Club Brugge win Belgian top flight for 20th time after Union Saint-Gilloise slip-up

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/club-brugge/rgTHIK74/"]Brugge[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/club-brugge-kv-rgTHIK74/kv-mechelen-ULVIb27i/?mid=hpeaWEKM"]capitalised[/a] on a slip-up by their closest rivals and reigning champions, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/royale-union-sg/407h8Ird/"]Union Saint-Gilloise[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/gent-MgkzUx7T/royale-union-sg-407h8Ird/?mid=Ao9IaGqo"]who drew 0-0[/a] at Ghent, to maintain a four-point lead with one matchday remaining in the play-offs.[/p][p]The title ensures the Flemish club will compete in the Champions League group phase for the third consecutive season.[/p][p]Brugge reached the European round of 16 in 2025, This season they advanced to the knockout round playoffs, where they lost to future semi-finalists [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atl-madrid/jaarqpLQ/"]Atletico Madrid[/a].[/p][embed guid="d5f63103-e5c1-4a56-a843-d9a9ab549f24" url="https://x.com/ClubBrugge/status/2057559634630640058?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]For [i]Blauw-Zwart[/i], however, it was not plain sailing. They sacked coach [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hayen-nicky/hQqTwYd7/"]Nicky Hayen[/a] on December 8 and replaced him with Croatian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/leko-ivan/C4NhTcv0/"]Ivan Leko[/a], poached from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gent/MgkzUx7T/"]Gent[/a].[/p][p]Brugge boasted the best attack in Belgium in both the regular season (59 goals) and the play-offs (27), thanks to the effectiveness of the league's top two scorers, Greek forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tzolis-christos/484Acu9H/"]Christos Tzolis[/a] and German striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tresoldi-nicolo/nuJC7uWq/"]Nicolo Tresoldi[/a] who both hit 16 goals.[/p]