Jan Breydel Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium

Multi-purpose stadium

Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...

 in Sint-Andries

Sint-Andries

Sint-Andries is suburb of Bruges in the province of West Flanders in Belgium.The Jan Breydel Stadium, where the football teams Club Brugge and Cercle Brugge play, is situated in Sint-Andries....

, Bruges

Bruges

Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country....

, Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

. The city-owned stadium is the home stadium of two top-flight association football clubs, Club Brugge

Club Brugge

Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging is a football club from Bruges in Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and is one of the top clubs in Belgium. Its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,472....

 and Cercle Brugge

Cercle Brugge K.S.V.

Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging is a Belgian football team from Bruges. Cercle have played in the Belgian Pro League since the 2003-04 season, having previously spent several years in the Belgian Second Division following relegation in 1997. Their matricule is the n°12. The club play...

. It is used mainly for football matches, which cost between €5 and €60/seat/match. The stadium was built in 1975. It currently has 29,472 seats. It is named after Jan Breydel

Jan Breydel

Jan Breydel is credited with leading the Bruges Matins , a violent uprising against Philip the Fair....

, an instigator of the Bruges Matins

Bruges Matins (history)

The Bruges Matins or Brugse Metten was the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by the members of the local Flemish militia on 18 May 1302. It has been named "matins" in analogy to the Sicilian Vespers...

, the insurgency that led to the Battle of the Golden Spurs

Battle of the Golden Spurs

The Battle of the Golden Spurs, known also as the Battle of Courtrai was fought on July 11, 1302, near Kortrijk in Flanders...

. Prior to 1999 and the Euro 2000 Championship the stadium was known as Olympiastadion, the Olympic stadium in Dutch

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

, and had 18,000 seats.

Average attendances

The average season attendances from league matches held at the Jan Breydel for Cercle Brugge and Club Brugge.

Season	Cercle Brugge	Club Brugge
1990-91	3,941	12,500
1991-92	3,659	11,970
1992-93	3,659	11,529
1993-94	3,647	10,176
1994-95	3,312	10,618
1995-96	4,129	14,176
1996-97	4,021	13,824
1997-98	?	13,676
1998-99	?	12,324
1999–2000	?	14,249
2000-01	?	16,265
2001-02	1,491	17,854
2002-03	2,506	20,976
2003-04	5,103	23,716
2004-05	5,156	24,432
2005-06	5,945	25,329
2006-07	6,552	25,034
2007-08	10,101	26,368
2008-09	10,502	26,085
2009-10	8,833	24,368
2010-11	7,775	24,113

External links

• www.clubbrugge.be
• www.cerclebrugge.be
• Jan Breydel: Photos stadium