In February 2023, some AA Gent supporters branded the center circle in Club Brugge’s Jan Breydel Stadium with 9K, a reference to the postal code of Ghent. They also sprayed graffiti with insults on the walls of the stadium and defaced the goalposts with blue paint. Club Brugge and the city itself filed a complaint.
The Bruges football cell was eventually able to identify all suspects. On the orders of the investigating judge, they were arrested at home and taken for questioning. On Monday morning they were finally sentenced to community service and a stadium ban. The damage was initially estimated at several tens of thousands of euros, but was limited to 3,500 euros.
