List of Belgian Cup winning managers

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This is a list of Belgian Cup winning football managers.

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Urbain Braems won the tournament on no less than three occasions, as he led Anderlecht to success in the 1975 final and won both the 1978 and 1983 Belgian Cup Finals with Beveren; fourteen other managers have won the title on two occasions.

Only four managers have been able to win two consecutive cups, namely Hugo Broos, Raymond Goethals, Georg Keßler and Milorad Pavić. Eight managers have won the title with two sides: Urbain Braems, Johan Boskamp, Hans Croon, Ernst Happel, Ariël Jacobs, Georges Leekens, Walter Meeuws and Michel Preud'homme.

Winning managers

Georg Kessler, winning manager in 1972 and 1973 Georg Kessler 1968.jpg
Georg Keßler, winning manager in 1972 and 1973
Ernst Happel, winning manager in 1977 and 1981 Ernst Happel 1978.jpg
Ernst Happel, winning manager in 1977 and 1981
Raymond Goethals, winning manager in 1988 and 1989 Raymond Goethals 1977.jpg
Raymond Goethals, winning manager in 1988 and 1989
Ariel Jacobs, winning manager in 2003 and 2008 Ariel Jacobs 2011.jpg
Ariël Jacobs, winning manager in 2003 and 2008
Peter Maes, winning manager in 2012 and 2014 Peter Maes.jpg
Peter Maes, winning manager in 2012 and 2014
FinalManagerNationalityClubRef
1912 Racing Club Bruxelles
1913 Union SG
1914 Union SG
1927 Louis Saeys Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Cercle Brugge
1935 Daring Club Bruxelles
1954 André Riou Flag of France.svg  France Standard Liège
1955 Harry Game Flag of England.svg  England Antwerp
1956 Tournai
1964 Louis Verstraeten Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Gent
1965 Pierre Sinibaldi Flag of France.svg  France Anderlecht
1966 Milorad Pavić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Standard Liège
1967 Milorad Pavić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Standard Liège
1968 Norberto Höfling Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Club Brugge
1969 Staf Van den Bergh Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Lierse
1970 Frans de Munck Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Club Brugge
1971 András Béres Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Beerschot
1972 Georg Keßler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Anderlecht
1973 Georg Keßler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Anderlecht
1974 Hans Croon Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Waregem
1975 Urbain Braems Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Anderlecht
1976 Hans Croon Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Anderlecht
1977 Ernst Happel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Club Brugge
1978 Urbain Braems Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Beveren
1979 George Knobel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Beerschot
1980 Cor Brom Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Waterschei
1981 Ernst Happel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Standard Liège
1982 Ernst Künnecke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Waterschei
1983 Urbain Braems Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Beveren
1984 Robert Goethals Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Gent
1985 Georges Leekens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Cercle Brugge
1986 Henk Houwaart Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Club Brugge
1987 Aad de Mos Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands KV Mechelen
1988 Raymond Goethals Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Anderlecht
1989 Raymond Goethals Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Anderlecht
1990 Robert Waseige Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium RFC Liège
1991 Georges Leekens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Club Brugge
1992 Walter Meeuws Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Antwerp
1993 Arie Haan Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Standard Liège
1994 Johan Boskamp Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Anderlecht
1995 Hugo Broos Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Club Brugge
1996 Hugo Broos Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Club Brugge
1997 Herman Helleputte Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Germinal Ekeren
1998 Aimé Anthuenis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Genk
1999 Walter Meeuws Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Lierse
2000 Johan Boskamp Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Genk
2001 Jan Ceulemans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Westerlo
2002 Trond Sollied Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Club Brugge
2003 Ariël Jacobs Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium La Louvière
2004 Trond Sollied Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Club Brugge
2005 Marc Brys Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Germinal Beerschot
2006 Francky Dury Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Zulte Waregem [1]
2007 Čedomir Janevski Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Club Brugge [2]
2008 Ariël Jacobs Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Anderlecht
2009 Pierre Denier Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Genk
2010 Michel Preud'homme Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Gent
2011 Dominique D'Onofrio Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Standard Liège
2012 Peter Maes Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Lokeren [3]
2013 Mario Been Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Genk [4]
2014 Peter Maes Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Lokeren [5]
2015 Michel Preud'homme Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Club Brugge
2016 Yannick Ferrera Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Standard Liège
2017 Francky Dury Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Zulte Waregem
2018 Ricardo Sá Pinto Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Standard Liège
2019 Wouter Vrancken Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium KV Mechelen
2020 Ivan Leko Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Antwerp
2021 John van den Brom Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Genk
2022 Hein Vanhaezebrouck Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Gent
2023 Mark van Bommel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Antwerp
2024 Alexander Blessin Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Union SG
2025 Nicky Hayen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Club Brugge

By individual

RankNameWinnersClub(s)Winning Years
1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Urbain Braems
3
Anderlecht, Beveren 1975, 1978, 1983
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Johan Boskamp
2
Anderlecht, Genk 1994, 2000
= Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Hugo Broos
2
Club Brugge 1995, 1996
= Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hans Croon
2
Anderlecht, Waregem 1974, 1976
= Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Francky Dury
2
Zulte Waregem 2006, 2017
= Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Raymond Goethals
2
Anderlecht 1988, 1989
= Flag of Austria.svg Ernst Happel
2
Anderlecht, Standard Liège 1977, 1981
= Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ariël Jacobs
2
Anderlecht, La Louvière 2003, 2008
= Flag of Germany.svg Georg Keßler
2
Anderlecht 1972, 1973
= Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Georges Leekens
2
Cercle Brugge, Club Brugge 1985, 1991
= Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Peter Maes
2
Lokeren 2012, 2014
= Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Walter Meeuws
2
Antwerp, Lierse 1992, 1999
= Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Milorad Pavić
2
Standard Liège 1966, 1967
= Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Michel Preud'homme
2
Club Brugge, Gent 2010, 2015
= Flag of Norway.svg Trond Sollied
2
Club Brugge 2002, 2004

By nationality

CountryManagersTotal
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2434
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1113
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 34
Flag of France.svg  France 22
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 22
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 12
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 12
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 11
Flag of England.svg  England 11
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 11
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 11
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 11
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 11

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