2020 Belgian Cup final

2020 Belgian Cup final

Event	2019–20 Belgian Cup
Club Brugge Antwerp 0 1
Date	1 August 2020
Venue	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Referee	Nicolas Laforge
Attendance	0 [note 1]
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The 2020 Belgian Cup final, named Croky Cup after the sponsor, was the 65th Belgian Cup final. It was originally scheduled to take place on 22 March 2020, but was postponed to 1 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium. The match was played without supporters and saw Club Brugge play Antwerp. Prior to the match, Club Brugge had already won the Belgian Cup 11 times, with their most recent appearance the 2016 Belgian Cup Final loss against Standard Liège. Antwerp featured in the cup final for the fourth time, with their previous final already 26 years ago when the club beat Mechelen on penalty kicks.

Defending champions Mechelen were unable to defend their title as they were found guilty of match-fixing as part of the investigation surrounding the 2017–19 Belgian football fraud scandal and therefore banned from the competition for one season.

Route to the final

See also: 2019–20 Belgian Cup

Club Brugge					Antwerp
Opponent	Result	Legs	Scorers	Round	Opponent	Result	Legs	Scorers
Francs Borains (IV)	3–0	3–0 away	Tau, Okereke (2)	Sixth round	Lokeren (II)	4–2	4–2 home ( a.e.t. )	Mbokani, Miyoshi (2), Baby
Oostende (I)	1–1	1–1 away ( a.e.t. ) (4–2 p)	Diatta	Seventh round	Genk (I)	3–3	3–3 home ( a.e.t. ) (4–3 p)	Juklerød, Mbokani (2)
Anderlecht (I)	2–0	2–0 away	Vormer, Balanta	Quarter-finals	Standard Liège (I)	3–1	3–1 away	De Laet, Benson, Mbokani
Zulte Waregem (I)	3–2	1–1 home; 2–1 away	Rits; Mechele, De Ketelaere	Semi-finals	Kortrijk (I)	2–1	1–1 home; 1–0 away	Mbokani; Refaelov

Pre-match

Both clubs were only allowed to use players that were part of the squad during the 2019–20 season, meaning that newly signed players during the summer 2020 transfer window were not eligible, while all players who had already left could of course no longer be used either. Antwerp was hampered due to this as no less than nine players had left the club over the summer up to that point, most notably including goalkeeper Sinan Bolat, defenders Dino Arslanagić, Wesley Hoedt and Daniel Opare, midfielders Steven Defour and Kevin Mirallas; and striker Zinho Gano. On the other hand, Club Brugge had seen almost no departures, with Percy Tau most influential.

Match

Details

1 August 2020

20:30

Club Brugge	0–1	Antwerp
		Refaelov 25'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 0 ^{[note 1]}

Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Club Brugge

Antwerp

GK 88 Simon Mignolet RB 77 Clinton Mata CB 44 Brandon Mechele CB 17 Simon Deli LB 11 Krépin Diatta MF 25 Ruud Vormer (c)  90' MF 20 Hans Vanaken FW 3 Éder Álvarez Balanta  39'  75' MF 2 Eduard Sobol  60'  72' CF 90 Charles De Ketelaere LW 14 David Okereke  52' Substitutes: MF 26 Mats Rits  76'  75' MF 16 Siebe Schrijvers  72' FW 27 Youssouph Mamadou Badji  52' FW 42 Emmanuel Dennis GK 22 Ethan Horvath DF 5 Odilon Kossounou DF 18 Federico Ricca Manager: Philippe Clement

GK 60 Davor Matijaš  82' RW 3 Abdoulaye Seck CB 40 Junior Pius  32' CB 2 Ritchie De Laet MF 7 Didier Lamkel Zé  90' CB 30 Aurélio Buta CM 38 Faris Haroun (c)  90' CM 18 Martin Hongla DF 6 Simen Juklerød FW 11 Lior Refaelov  90+1' FW 70 Dieumerci Mbokani Substitutes: GK 41 Bill Lathouwers MF 12 Luete Ava Dongo DF 17 Robbe Quirynen MF 8 Ivo Rodrigues  90' MF 19 Koji Miyoshi MF 22 Bruny Nsimba  90+1' FW 28 Manuel Benson Manager: Ivan Leko

Assistant referees: Florian Lemaire Vito Di Vincenzo Fourth official: Bram Van Driessche Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. Notes The final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium. External links Official website (in French and Dutch)