2020 Belgian Cup final

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2020 Belgian Cup final
Event 2019–20 Belgian Cup
Date1 August 2020
Venue King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Referee Nicolas Laforge
Attendance0 [note 1]
2019
2021

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.

Contents

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

Club BruggeAntwerp
OpponentResultLegsScorersRoundOpponentResultLegsScorers
Francs Borains (IV)3–03–0 away Tau, Okereke (2) Sixth round Lokeren (II)4–24–2 home ( a.e.t. ) Mbokani, Miyoshi (2), Baby
Oostende (I)1–11–1 away ( a.e.t. ) (4–2 p) Diatta Seventh round Genk (I)3–33–3 home ( a.e.t. ) (4–3 p) Juklerød, Mbokani (2)
Anderlecht (I)2–02–0 away Vormer, Balanta Quarter-finals Standard Liège (I)3–13–1 away De Laet, Benson, Mbokani
Zulte Waregem (I)3–21–1 home; 2–1 away Rits; Mechele, De Ketelaere Semi-finals Kortrijk (I)2–11–1 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

Club Brugge 0–1 Antwerp
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Club Brugge
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Antwerp
GK88 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Simon Mignolet
RB77 Flag of Angola.svg Clinton Mata
CB44 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brandon Mechele
CB17 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Simon Deli
LB11 Flag of Senegal.svg Krépin Diatta
MF25 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ruud Vormer (c)Yellow card.svg 90'
MF20 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Hans Vanaken
FW3 Flag of Colombia.svg Éder Álvarez Balanta Yellow card.svg 39'Sub off.svg 75'
MF2 Flag of Ukraine.svg Eduard Sobol Yellow card.svg 60'Sub off.svg 72'
CF90 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Charles De Ketelaere
LW14 Flag of Nigeria.svg David Okereke Sub off.svg 52'
Substitutes:
MF26 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mats Rits Yellow card.svg 76'Sub on.svg 75'
MF16 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Siebe Schrijvers Sub on.svg 72'
FW27 Flag of Senegal.svg Youssouph Mamadou Badji Sub on.svg 52'
FW42 Flag of Nigeria.svg Emmanuel Dennis
GK22 Flag of the United States.svg Ethan Horvath
DF5 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Odilon Kossounou
DF18 Flag of Uruguay.svg Federico Ricca
Manager:
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Philippe Clement
GK60 Flag of Croatia.svg Davor Matijaš Yellow card.svg 82'
RW3 Flag of Senegal.svg Abdoulaye Seck
CB40 Flag of Nigeria.svg Junior Pius Yellow card.svg 32'
CB2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ritchie De Laet
MF7 Flag of Cameroon.svg Didier Lamkel Zé Sub off.svg 90'
CB30 Flag of Portugal.svg Aurélio Buta
CM38 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Faris Haroun (c)Yellow card.svg 90'
CM18 Flag of Cameroon.svg Martin Hongla
DF6 Flag of Norway.svg Simen Juklerød
FW11 Flag of Israel.svg Lior Refaelov Sub off.svg 90+1'
FW70 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Dieumerci Mbokani
Substitutes:
GK41 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bill Lathouwers
MF12 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Luete Ava Dongo
DF17 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Robbe Quirynen
MF8 Flag of Portugal.svg Ivo Rodrigues Sub on.svg 90'
MF19 Flag of Japan.svg Koji Miyoshi
MF22 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bruny Nsimba Sub on.svg 90+1'
FW28 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Manuel Benson
Manager:
Flag of Croatia.svg 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

  1. 1 2 The final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.

References