2016–17 Belgian Cup

The 2016–17 Belgian Cup is the 62nd season of Belgium's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 30 July 2016 and is scheduled to end with the final in March 2017. The winners of the competition will qualify for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League Group Stage. Standard Liège were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the 6th round by ASV Geel.

2016–17 Belgian Cup
Country Belgium
Dates30 July 2016 – 18 March 2017
Teams312
ChampionsZulte Waregem (2nd title)
Runners-upOostende

Competition format

The competition consists of ten rounds. Except for the semi-finals, all rounds are single-match elimination rounds. When tied after 90 minutes in the first three rounds, penalties are taken immediately. In rounds four to seven and the quarterfinals, when tied after 90 minutes first an extra time period of 30 minutes are played, then penalties are taken if still necessary. The semi-finals will be played over two legs, where the team winning on aggregate advances. The final will be played as a single match.

Teams enter the competition in different rounds, based upon their 2016–17 league affiliation. Teams from the fifth-level Belgian Third Amateur Division or lower began in round 1. Belgian Second Amateur Division teams entered in round 2, Belgian First Amateur Division teams entered in round 3, Belgian First Division B teams in round 5 and finally the Belgian First Division A teams enter in round 6.

RoundClubs
remaining
Clubs
involved
Winners from
previous round
New entries
this round
Leagues entering at this round
Round 1312224none224Belgian Third Amateur Division and Belgian Provincial Leagues
Round 220016011248Belgian Second Amateur Division
Round 3120968016Belgian First Amateur Division
Round 4724848nonenone
Round 54832248Belgian First Division B
Round 632321616Belgian First Division A
Round 7161616nonenone
Quarter-Finals888nonenone
Semi-Finals444nonenone
Final222nonenone

Round and draw dates

The schedule is as follows.

Round Draw date Match date
First Round 26 June 2016 30 and 31 July 2016
Second Round 6 and 7 August 2016
Third Round 13 and 14 August 2016
Fourth Round 20 and 21 August 2016
Fifth Round 26, 27 and 28 August 2016
Sixth Round 29 August 2016 20 and 21 September 2016
Seventh Round 21 September 2016 29 November 2016 to 1 December 2016
Quarter-finals 1 December 2016 13 and 14 December 2016
Semi-finals 14 December 2016 Leg 1: 17 January 2017
Leg 2: 1 February 2017
Final 18 March 2017

First round

This round of matches was played on 30 & 31 July 2016 [1] and includes teams playing in the Belgian Third Amateur Division and Belgian Provincial Leagues. Teams from the Belgian Third Amateur Division were seeded and could not play each other.

Four teams from the lowest division at level nine of the Belgian football pyramid participated, namely Hermalienne, Lacs de l'eau d'heure, Negenmanneke and Pulle. These all got eliminated.

Notes
  1. Match played on the pitch of Andrimont.
  2. Originally URS Lixhe-Lanaye was drawn against Ster-Francorchamps, but they merged with CS Visé to become URSL Visé

Second round

The lowest ranked clubs still in the tournament were six teams from the third provincial level (level 8), of which only Ransartoise B managed to progress.

Notes
  1. The game was played at the ground of Walhain.

Third round

Ransartoise B was the lowest ranked team still in the tournament at this point being the only team from level 8, but they got eliminated by Ingelmunster.

Fourth round

The lowest ranked clubs in this round were five teams from level 6, namely Katelijne, Lochristi, Paturageois, Racing Waregem and Vlijtingen. They all failed to progress.

Fifth Round

Four teams from the Belgian Third Amateur Division (level 5) had managed to progress to this round but were all eliminated at this point: Francs Borains, Helchteren, Rebecq and Turnhout.

Sixth Round

The sixth round saw the entry of the Belgian First Division A teams. The matches were played on 20 and 21 September 2016.

20 September 2016 Club Brugge 3–1Lommel United (2)Bruges
20:00 Vormer  38'
Gedoz  45+2'
Limbombe  63'
Report Adesanya  26' Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
20 September 2016 Dessel Sport (3)3–3 (a.e.t.)
(7–8 p)
Excel Mouscron Dessel
20:30 Njengo  24'
Dreesen  90+1'
Breugelmans  112'
Report Simić  19'
Marković  55'
Trézéguet  110'
Stadium: Armand Melisstadion
Penalties
Janssens
Jutten
Smet
Njengo
Boiten
Breugelmans
Tilburgs
Dreesen
Remen
Simić
Hubert
Marković
Mohamed
Stojanović
Diedhiou
Vojvoda
Peyre
Trézéguet
21 September 2016 Lokeren 3–2Cercle Brugge (2)Lokeren
20:00 De Ridder  12', 45+2'
De Schryver  84' (o.g.)
Report Bourdin  59'
Kiš  62'
Stadium: Daknamstadion
21 September 2016 Roeselare (2)2–3 Eupen Roeselare
20:00 Diallo  85' (o.g.)
Van Eenoo  90+3'
Report Mouchamps  6'
Dufour  54', 76'
Stadium: Schiervelde Stadion
21 September 2016 Kortrijk 2–0Sprimont-Comblain (3)Kortrijk
20:00 Kage  80', 88' Report Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion
21 September 2016 Waasland-Beveren 2–0Oosterzonen Oosterwijk (3)Beveren
20:00 Marquet  19'
Jans  73'
Report Stadium: Freethiel Stadion
21 September 2016 Harelbeke (4)1–6 Sint-Truiden Harelbeke
20:30 Descheemaecker  69' Report Proschwitz  7', 18'
Bezus  8'
Ceballos  10'
Tchenkoua  24'
Boli  80'
Stadium: Forestiersstadion
21 September 2016 Westerlo0–1Tubize (2)Westerlo
20:30 Report Diallo  82' Stadium: Het Kuipje
21 September 2016 Cappellen (4)1–2 Zulte Waregem Kapellen
20:30 Van den Heuvel  76' Report Vetokele  39'
Leye  89'
Stadium: Stadion Jos Van Wellen
21 September 2016 Lierse (2)1–2 Gent Lier
20:30 Zizo  15' Report Schoofs  65'
Perbet  90+1'
Stadium: Herman Vanderpoortenstadion
21 September 2016 Sporting Hasselt (3)2–3 KV Mechelen Hasselt
20:30 Sidibe  12'
Caratta  20'
Report Croizet  53', 74'
Kolovos  88'
Stadium: Stedelijk Sportstadion Hasselt
21 September 2016 Eendracht Aalst (4)0–4 Genk Aalst
20:30 Report Karelis  16', 24', 45', 51' Stadium: Pierre Cornelisstadion
21 September 2016 Antwerp (2)0–2 Oostende Antwerp
20:30 Report Berrier  18'
Musona  64'
Stadium: Bosuilstadion
21 September 2016 ASV Geel (3)2–1Standard LiègeGeel
20:30 Damblon  33', 40' Report Raman  58' Stadium: De Leunen
21 September 2016 Charleroi 5–0Bocholt (4)Charleroi
20:30 Diandy  27'
Bedia  39'
Benavente  43', 68'
Fall  73'
Report Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Seventh Round

29 November 2016 Eupen 3–2Club BruggeEupen
20:00 García  21'
Onyekuru  51'
Blondelle  90+7'
Report Vanaken  63'
Vossen  68'
Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
30 November 2016 Kortrijk 1–0Excel MouscronKortrijk
20:00 Totovytskyi  78' Report Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion
Referee: Lawrence Visser
30 November 2016 Tubize (2)3–4 (a.e.t.) Oostende Tubize
20:00 Keita  56' (pen.)
Q. Laurent  58'
Diallo  64'
Report Cyriac  1', 47'
Pedersen  40'
Siani  119' (pen.)
Stadium: Stade Leburton
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
30 November 2016 Waasland-Beveren1–3 Genk Beveren
20:00 Gano  89' Report Samatta  15', 42'
Ndidi  80'
Stadium: Freethiel Stadion
Referee: Sébastien Delferière
30 November 2016 ASV Geel (3)1–2 (a.e.t.) Zulte Waregem Geel
20:30 Bangoura  9' Report Derijck  36' (pen.)
Meïté  114'
Stadium: De Leunen
Referee: Joeri Van de Velde
30 November 2016 Gent 1–0LokerenGhent
20:45 Perbet  78' Report Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Quarter-finals

The matches were played on 13 and 14 December 2016.

13 December 2016 Eupen 4–0KortrijkEupen
20:30 Diallo  9'
García  57' (pen.)
Sylla  70' (pen.)
Onyekuru  90'
Report Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
Referee: Wim Smet
14 December 2016 Charleroi1–3 (a.e.t.) Genk Charleroi
20:30 Willems  84' Report Karelis  70', 95', 117' Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Referee: Christof Dierick
14 December 2016 Oostende 1–0GentOstend
20:45 Cyriac  66' Report Stadium: Albertpark
Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Semi-finals

The semi-finals will be played over two legs, with the first legs played on 17 and 18 January 2017 and the second legs on 31 January and 1 February 2017.

First Legs

17 January 2017 Oostende1–1GenkOstend
20:30 Vandendriessche  22' report Malinovskyi  56' Stadium: Albertpark
Referee: Bart Vertenten
18 January 2017 Zulte Waregem1–0EupenWaregem
20:45 Coopman  87' report Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Second Legs

31 January 2017 Genk0–1
(1–2 agg.)
Oostende Genk
20:30 Report Musona  9' Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 8,687
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
1 February 2017 Eupen0–2
(0–3 agg.)
Zulte Waregem Eupen
20:30 Hämäläinen  78'
Marrone  90'
Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
Referee: Serge Gumienny

Final

The final took place on 18 March 2017 at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.

    References

    1. "1st Round". Soccerway. November 2016.
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