Behind Club Brugge

Lindner’s club narrowly misses out on the championship title!

Club Brugge have secured the Belgian soccer championship title for the 19th time! A 0-0 draw in Sunday's derby against Miron Muslic's Cercle Brugge was enough for the club to be crowned champions for the sixth time in nine years. Substitute goalkeeper Heinz Lindner missed out on the championship with Union Saint-Gilloise by just one point. A 2-0 home win against Genk at the end was not enough. 

Before the points were halved after the basic round, Club Brugge were still 19 points behind leaders Union. It would have been Saint-Gilloise's first league title since 1935.

Lindner arrived in January
Lindner joined the then league leaders in January after recovering from testicular cancer. The 33-year-old made one league appearance for the Brussels club and kept goal twice in the Conference League.

The loan player from FC Sion is also in the extended ÖFB squad for the European Championship in Germany. Muslic finished the season with Cercle Brugge in 4th place behind record champions RSC Anderlecht.