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.
History In 2012 they changed their name into Club Brugge Dames. In 2012 they joined the new BeNe League. After the 2014/15 season the first team was disbanded.
Season 2020-21 saw renewed interest and a new competition format with the "Scooore Super League". 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. Additionally, YLA is part of a new identity and branding of the women's team. 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.
For season 2021-22 Dennis Moerman left his position as T2 of KAA Gent Ladies , to become the new head coach of Club YLA.
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.
Honours
Belgian Women's Cup
finalists (2x): 2013/14, 2014/15 winner (1x): 2023/24 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 SeasonLevelCompetitionPts.NotesCupIIIIII2010/119Eerste Klasse301/16 final2011/128Eerste Klasse371/8 final2012/1311Women's BeNe League198th place in the BeNe League BSemi-final2013/1416Women's BeNe League13Final2014/1511Women's BeNe League19FinalA-team disbanded, B-team is the new main team2015/164Tweede Klasse A44Third round2016/172Tweede Klasse A68Third round2017/181Tweede Klasse A68Quarter-final2018/192Eerste Klasse571/8 final2019/205Super League13Competition was stopped early due to the COVID-19 pandemic1/8 final2020/215Super League17Cub YLA finished 5th in the regular season with 26 points.n/aThis edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.2021/225Super League20Cub YLA finished 5th in the regular season with 35 points.Semi-final2022/233Super League30Cub YLA finished 3rd in the regular season with 37 points.Semi-final2023/244Super League24Cub YLA finished 4th in the regular season with 31 points.Winner2024/254Super League21Cub YLA finished 4th in the regular season with 33 points.1/4 final2025/263Super League22Cub YLA finished 3rd in the regular season with 34 points.1/2 final
Current squad
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 (2023-2024) Inka Grings (2024-2025) Sjaak Polak (2025-2026) Jonas Devos (2026-~)
References & notes Notes
External links Official website