{"id":900,"date":"2026-05-23T09:40:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zalebs.com\/news\/onyedika-celebrates-as-club-brugge-clinch-belgian-league-title-again\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T09:40:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:40:45","slug":"onyedika-celebrates-as-club-brugge-clinch-belgian-league-title-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zalebs.com\/news\/onyedika-celebrates-as-club-brugge-clinch-belgian-league-title-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Onyedika Celebrates as Club Brugge Clinch Belgian League Title Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Raphael Onyedika has added another Belgian title to his growing honours, with the Super Eagles midfielder crowned champion for a second time after Club Brugge confirmed their status at the top via a 2-2 draw at Mechelen.<\/p>\n<h2>Club Brugge clinch the title with late-season draw<\/h2>\n<p>The result on Thursday night ensured Club Brugge could not be overtaken in the championship playoffs, producing an unassailable four-point cushion at the summit with only one round of fixtures left to complete the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>By finishing the season with 54 points from 39 matches, the Belgian giants ended the regular programme four points clear of their nearest challengers and defending champions, Union St.Gilloise.<\/p>\n<h2>Onyedika\u2019s role as Brugge secure the championship<\/h2>\n<p>Onyedika was named among the substitutes but did not take the field, making him an unused option as the title was decided. The 25-year-old defensive midfielder is now widely expected to push for a significant move during the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<h3>His season numbers in Belgium<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>He featured 23 times and found the net once during the regular season.<\/li>\n<li>He then made seven appearances in the championship playoffs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Belgian honours: the midfielder\u2019s trophy trail<\/h2>\n<p>Onyedika\u2019s latest triumph builds on a run of silverware in Belgium. He first tasted league success in the Jupiler Pro League during the 2023\/2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>He has also collected additional honours, winning the Belgian Cup in 2025 and later adding the Super Cup to his list in the 2025\/2026 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raphael Onyedika has added another Belgian title to his growing honours, with the Super Eagles midfielder crowned champion for a second time after Club Brugge confirmed their status at the top via a 2-2 draw at Mechelen. Club Brugge clinch the title with late-season draw The result on Thursday night ensured Club Brugge could not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_title":"Onyedika as Club Brugge Win Belgian League Title Again","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Raphael Onyedika celebrates as Club Brugge secure a second Belgian league title, holding Mechelen to a 2-2 draw to clinch the crow","mma_seo_breadcrumb_text":"","mma_seo_breadcrumb_url":"","mma_seo_breadcrumb_hide_ui":"","mma_seo_breadcrumb_labels":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Onyedika as Club Brugge Win Belgian League Title 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