Club Brugge Foundation again awarded 4-star Football & Social Responsibility label by Pro League

Club Brugge received today the prestigious "4-star Football & Social Responsibility" label for the operation of our Foundation. This label, awarded annually by the Pro League, recognizes clubs for their quality social policies and activities over the past year.

Club Brugge Foundation engages daily in a wide range of social projects focused on sports participation, inclusion, health, education and sustainability. Their goal is to use soccer as a powerful tool for social change and to have a positive impact on society.

A panel of diverse experts recognized this commitment today with the ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Football & Social Responsibility label, the highest award for our Foundation. This label is a reward for our outstanding social commitment at club level, translated into a quality and strategic policy plan. Moreover, our pioneering role in the field of socio-sports policy at the national level was recognized by the jury. Since the introduction of this prestigious quality label in 2017, Foundation has received this highest recognition for seven years in a row!

Building bridges through soccer

Since the start of our community operation in 2007, Club Brugge has been using the immense power of soccer to realize various social projects and to look beyond our sporting task. Under the slogan "No Heart/No Glory," we annually carry out some twenty projects at local, national and international level around the themes of sports participation, education, health, inclusion and sustainability.

President Bart Verhaeghe is delighted with this award: "This 4-star FSR label from the Pro League is a great recognition for all the hard work and dedication of our team, our staff, our project partners and our volunteers. It confirms that we are on the right track and motivates us to continue and expand our efforts with the help of the entire Club family. We thank the Pro League for this recognition and look forward to continuing our important community work in the coming season."

Peter Gheysen, Head of Foundation at Club Brugge, responds with great satisfaction to this news: "We are convinced that through soccer we can build bridges and have a lasting, positive impact on society. We see this every day during our many Foundation projects. Through our initiatives, we can help people who are at risk of being sidelined advance in society through soccer. We create opportunities for those who could use our help. This award strengthens our motivation to also Bluvn Goan off the field and work for a better future, using the power of soccer to connect and inspire people."

Social policy as core mission

"Social policy is one of the core missions of the Pro League and its clubs," said Pro League CEO Lorin Parys. "We support our clubs on a daily basis through formations, exchanges, offering partnerships and projects and thus also with an annual support of meanwhile 180,000 euros. At the past General Assembly on June 20, the clubs voted in favor of integrating qualitative FSR criteria into the licensing conditions. Clubs will be required to include a qualitative commitment to society from 2025-2026. With the support from the Pro League, but also through partners such as Younited Belgium, VUB, Inter, Sportieq (the former Center for Ethics in Sport), More2Win, Alzheimer's League Flanders, Child Focus, Out For The Win and others, the social policy of professional soccer will be able to provide even more services to society, locally and nationally."

Find out all about our Foundation operation at www.clubbruggefoundation.be.