1998 Belgian Cup Final
# 1998 Belgian Cup Final

The 1998 Belgian Cup Final, took place on 16 May 1998 between Genk and Club Brugge. It was the 43rd Belgian Cup final. Genk played their first Cup final ever and took a convincing victory, by four goals to nil.

## Route to the final

| Genk | Genk | Genk | | Club Brugge | Club Brugge | Club Brugge |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Legs | Round | Opponent | Result | Legs |
| Lebbeke (IV) | 2–1 | 2–1 home | Sixth round | Oostende (II) | 4–1 | 4–1 home |
| Lierse | 3–1 | 3–1 home | Seventh round | Patro Eisden (II) | 6–0 | 6–0 home |
| Sint-Truiden | 3–1 | 3–1 home | Quarter-finals | Standard Liège | 5–1 | 5–1 home |
| Germinal Ekeren | 2–2 (away goals) | 2–2 away, 0–0 home | Semi-finals | Mouscron | 3–2 | 1–1 home; 2–1 away |

## Match

### Details

| Genk | Club Brugge |
| - | - |
| GK | István Brockhauser |
| RB | Jacky Peeters |
| CB | Wilfried Delbroek |
| CB | Domenico Olivieri (c) | 88' |
| CB | Marc Vangronsveld |
| LB | Davy Oyen |
| CM | Andy Stroy |
| CM | Philippe Clement | 87' |
| RW | Þórður Guðjónsson |
| LW | Marc Hendrikx |
| CF | Souleymane Oularé | 86' |
| Substitutes: ||
| RW | Salif Keïta | 86' |
| CM | Ngoy Nsumbu | 87' |
| CF | Ernest Konon | 88' |
| Manager: ||
| Aimé Anthuenis ||
| GK | Dany Verlinden |
| RB | Tjörven De Brul |
| CB | Milan Lešnjak |
| CB | Lorenzo Staelens | 84' |
| LB | Aleksandar Ilić |
| CM | Eric Addo |
| CM | Franky Van der Elst (c) | 63' |
| RW | Gert Verheyen |
| AM | Khalilou Fadiga |
| LW | Darko Anić |
| CF | Edgaras Jankauskas | 46' |
| Substitutes: ||
| RB | Olivier De Cock | 46' |
| CM | Sven Vermant | 63' |
| RB | Eric Deflandre | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| Eric Gerets ||

* 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.
