2020 Belgian Cup Final

The 2020 Belgian Cup Final, named Croky Cup after the sponsor, was the 66th 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.

2020 Belgian Cup Final
Event2019–20 Belgian Cup
Club Brugge Antwerp
0 1
Date1 August 2020
VenueKing Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
RefereeNicolas Laforge
Attendance0[note 1]

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
Club Brugge0–1Antwerp
Refaelov  25'
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Nicolas Laforge
Club Brugge
Antwerp
GK88 Simon Mignolet
RB77 Clinton Mata
CB44 Brandon Mechele
CB17 Simon Deli
LB11 Krépin Diatta
MF25 Ruud Vormer (c) 90'
MF20 Hans Vanaken
FW3 Éder Álvarez Balanta 39' 75'
MF2 Eduard Sobol 60' 72'
CF90 Charles De Ketelaere
LW14 David Okereke 52'
Substitutes:
MF26 Mats Rits 76' 75'
MF16 Siebe Schrijvers 72'
FW27 Youssouph Mamadou Badji 52'
FW42 Emmanuel Dennis
GK22 Ethan Horvath
DF5 Odilon Kossounou
DF18 Federico Ricca
Manager:
Philippe Clement
GK60 Davor Matijaš 82'
RW3 Abdoulaye Seck
CB40 Junior Pius 32'
CB2 Ritchie De Laet
MF7 Didier Lamkel Zé 90'
CB30 Aurélio Buta
CM38 Faris Haroun (c) 90'
CM18 Martin Hongla
DF6 Simen Juklerød
FW11 Lior Refaelov 90+1'
FW70 Dieumerci Mbokani
Substitutes:
GK41 Bill Lathouwers
MF12 Luete Ava Dongo
DF17 Robbe Quirynen
MF8 Ivo Rodrigues 90'
MF19 Koji Miyoshi
MF22 Bruny Nsimba 90+1'
FW28 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

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

References


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