Club YLA

Club YLA is Club Brugge's women's section. It was founded in 2000 as the women's division of KSV Jabbeke. In 2010 they started working together with Club Brugge as it was needed to cooperate with a male club in the highest division to become part of the Elite League for women.

Club YLA

Full name	Club Yvonne Lahousse
Nickname(s)	Club Brugge
Founded	2000 (KSV Jabbeke) 2010 (Club Brugge Dames) 2020 (Club YLA)
Ground	Municipal Sports Centre, Aalter Schiervelde Stadion (selected matches)
Capacity	1,500
Owner	Club Brugge
CEO	Guillian Preud'homme
Manager	Heleen Jaques
League	Belgian Women's Super League
2022-23	5th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

In 2012 they changed their name into Club Brugge Dames. In 2012 they joined the new BeNe League.^[1] After the 2014/15 season the first team was disbanded.^[2][3]

Season 2020-21 saw renewed interest and a new competition format with the "Scooore Super League".^[4] Club Brugge KV changed its name to "Club YLA". YLA are the initials of Yvonne Lahousse(died January 12, 2006) who was one of the leading ladies of Club Bruges' fanbase from mid 1960s until her death.^[5]
Additionally, YLA is part of a new identity and branding of the women's team.^[6] Clothes and merchandising equivalent to the Club YLA look & feel is made available from the webshop.

They ended the 2020-21 regular competition in fifth place, which earned them a place in Play-off 1. These play-offs however, saw no further improvement and Club YLA finished the season in fifth.
This was the last season for Leo Van der Elst as T1, and now fulfills the role of marketing- and recruitment manager.^[7]

For season 2021-22 Dennis Moerman left his position as T2 of Gent Ladies, to become the new head coach of Club YLA.^[8]

In early April 2022, Van Der Elst announced that Club YLA will be using a period coach the next season, in an effort to reduce the possibility of injuries and / or optimise performances.^[9]

Honours

• Belgian Women's Cup

finalists (2x): 2013/14, 2014/15

• Belgian Women's First Division (II)

vice-champions (1x): 2018/19

• Belgian Women's Second Division (III)

champions (1x): 2017/18 (A-series)

vice-champions (1x): 2016/17 (A-series)

Results

Season	Level			Competition	Pts.	Notes	Cup
	I	II	III
2010/11	9			Eerste Klasse	30		1/16 final
2011/12	8			Eerste Klasse	37		1/8 final
2012/13	11			Women's BeNe League	19	8th place in the BeNe League B	Semi-final
2013/14	16			Women's BeNe League	13		Final
2014/15	11			Women's BeNe League	19		Final
A-team disbanded, B-team is the new main team
2015/16			4	Tweede Klasse A	44		Third round
2016/17			2	Tweede Klasse A	68		Third round
2017/18			1	Tweede Klasse A	68		Quarter-final
2018/19		2		Eerste Klasse	57		1/8 final
2019/20	5			Super League	13	Competition was stopped early due to the COVID-19 pandemic	1/8 final
2020/21	5			Super League	17	Cub YLA finished 5th in the regular season with 26 points.	n/a^[Note 1]
2021/22	5			Super League	20	Cub YLA finished 5th in the regular season with 35 points.	Semi-final
2022/23	5			Super League	30	Cub YLA finished 3rd in the regular season with 37 points.	Semi-final

Current squad

As of 9 July 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF   SWE Sejde Abrahamsson 3 DF   BEL Febe Vanhaecke 4 DF   BEL Emely Schapdryver 6 DF   BEL Saar Verdonck 7 MF   BEL Rania Boutiebi 9 FW   SWE Hanna Stenberg 10 FW   BEL Celien Guns 12 MF   BEL Marith Decabooter 13 FW   BEL Angel Kerkhove 14 DF   BEL Sterre Gielen 15 MF   NED Melanie Gerrits 17 MF   BEL Fleur Pauwels

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF   BEL Margaux Martlé 19 MF   NED Jade Heida 20 FW   NGA Roosa Ariyo 21 DF   BEL Caitlin Lievens 22 DF   BEL Jody Vangheluwe 25 MF   BEL Davinia Vanmechelen 27 GK   BEL Zoë Van Wijmeersch 30 GK   BEL Nell Van Dyck 31 GK   BEL Marie Elferink 87 GK   BEL Jorijn Covent — MF   GRE Danai Kaldaridou

Head coaches

•   Jean-Marie Saeremans
•   Karel Gobert (2013–2013)
•   Gunther Bomon (2013–2014)
•   Dieter Lauwers (2014–2015)
•   Leo Van der Elst (2017–2020)
•   Dennis Moerman (2021-2023)
•   Heleen Jaques (2023~)

References & notes

1. "Club Brugge Dames klaar voor BeNe League". Nieuwsblad.be. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
2. "Club Brugge duwt verschillende internationals naar de exit". 5 February 2015.
3. "Club Brugge stopt met de A-ploeg".
4. "Scooore Super League". Scooore Super League. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
5. t'Kint, Peter (2020-04-14). "Club YLA nieuwe naam voor de Club Brugge Vrouwen". Site-Sportmagazine-NL (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-05-28.
6. "Club YLA". www.sportingbrands.co. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
7. "Leo Van der Elst kiest voor nieuwe rol bij de vrouwen van Club Brugge". Vrouwenvoetbalkrant.be (in Dutch). 2021-06-05. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
8. "Club Brugge haalt nieuwe hoofdcoach voor vrouwen op bij Gent Ladies". Vrouwenvoetbalkrant.be (in Dutch). 2021-06-26. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
9. NWS, VRT (2022-04-01). "Vrouwenteam van Club Brugge krijgt "menstruatiecoach": hoe cyclus (serieuze) impact kan hebben op sportprestaties". vrtnws.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-05-28.

Notes

1. This edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

External links

• Official website