1997 Belgian Cup Final
# 1997 Belgian Cup Final

The 1998 Belgian Cup Final, took place on 1 June 1997 between Germinal Ekeren and Anderlecht. It was the 42nd Belgian Cup final. Germinal Ekeren came back from a 0-2 deficit to force extra time and eventually came out 4-2 winners.

## Route to the final

| Germinal Beerschot | Germinal Beerschot | Germinal Beerschot | | Anderlecht | Anderlecht | Anderlecht |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Legs | Round | Opponent | Result | Legs |
| Verbroedering Geel (II) | 4–0 | 4–0 home | Sixth round | Oostende (II) | 4–1 | 4–1 home |
| Lokeren | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | 4–3 (a.e.t.) home | Seventh round | Poederlee (III) | 6–0 | 6–0 home |
| Standard Liège | 1–1 | 1–1 away | Quarter-finals | Gent | 3–1 | 3–1 away |
| Standard Liège | 3–0 | 3–0 home | Quarter-finals replay | | | |
| Eendracht Aalst | 3–3 (away goals) | 0–0 home, 3–3 away | Semi-finals | Tielen (II) | 4–2 | 1–0 away; 3–2 home |

## Match

### Details

| Germinal Ekeren | Anderlecht |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Philippe Vande Walle (c) |
| RB | 7 | Rudy Janssens |
| CB | 6 | Mike Verstraeten |
| CB | 8 | Flórián Urbán |
| CB | 2 | Bernard Wégria | 56' |
| LB | 9 | Didier Dheedene |
| CM | 15 | Marc Schaessens | 80' |
| CM | 10 | Gunther Hofmans |
| CM | 14 | Christophe Kinet |
| CF | 12 | Edwin van Ankeren | 46' |
| CF | 13 | Tomasz Radzinski |
| Substitutes: ||
| CF | 11 | Alex Czerniatynski | 80' |
| CB | 5 | Ervin Kovács | 56' |
| CM | 17 | Cvijan Milošević | 46' |
| Manager: ||
| Herman Helleputte ||
| GK | 1 | Geert De Vlieger |
| RB | 12 | Olivier Doll |
| CB | 18 | Suvad Katana |
| CB | 14 | Samuel Johnson | 84' |
| LB | 4 | Celestine Babayaro |
| RM | 11 | Danny Boffin |
| CM | 10 | Pär Zetterberg (c) | 63' |
| CM | 5 | Johan Walem |
| LM | 2 | Tibor Selymes |
| RF | 22 | Oleg Iachtchouk |
| LF | 13 | Bruno Versavel | 46' |
| Substitutes: ||
| RB | 30 | Stéphane Stassin | 46' |
| CM | 28 | Walter Baseggio | 63' |
| CF | 8 | Yaw Preko | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| Johan Boskamp ||

* 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.
