1996 Belgian Cup Final
# 1996 Belgian Cup Final

The 1996 Belgian Cup Final, took place on 26 May 1996 and was a Bruges derby between Club Brugge and Cercle Brugge. It was the 41st Belgian Cup final. Cercle Brugge took the lead through an early goal by Gábor Torma, but two goals by Mario Stanić still in the first half tilted the tie in favour of Club Brugge.

## Route to the final

| Club Brugge | Club Brugge | Club Brugge | | Cercle Brugge | Cercle Brugge | Cercle Brugge |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Legs | Round | Opponent | Result | Legs |
| K.F.C. Poederlee (III) | 1–0 | 1–0 home | Sixth round | Lommel (I) | 2–1 | 2–1 home |
| Beveren (I) | 4–1 | 4–1 away | Seventh round | Lokeren (II) | 4–1 | 4–1 home |
| RFC Liège (III) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) home | Quarter-finals | Beerschot (II) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) home |
| Sint-Truiden (I) | 6–2 | 3–1 home, 3–1 away | Semi-finals | Antwerp (I) | 6–3 | 3–0 away; 3–3 home |

## Match

### Details

| Club Brugge | Cercle Brugge |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Dany Verlinden |
| RB | 2 | Gunter Verjans |
| CB | 4 | Dirk Medved |
| CB | 3 | Pascal Renier |
| LB | 5 | Vital Borkelmans |
| RM | 7 | Sven Vermant | 80' |
| CM | 6 | Franky Van der Elst |
| CM | 8 | Lorenzo Staelens |
| LM | 11 | Gert Claessens | 75' |
| CF | 10 | Gert Verheyen | 89' |
| CF | 9 | Mario Stanić |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | | Pascal Plovie | 89' |
| DF | | Hervé Nzelo Lembi | 75' |
| DF | | Tjörven De Brul | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Hugo Broos ||
| GK | 1 | Wim Henneman |
| RWB | 2 | Bert Lamaire | 66' |
| CB | 6 | Thierry Siquet |
| CB | 5 | Wim Kooiman |
| CB | 4 | Alex Camerman |
| LWB | 10 | Tibor Selymes |
| RM | 8 | Björn Renty | 56' |
| CM | 3 | Geoffrey Claeys |
| LM | 7 | Kurt Soenens |
| CF | 9 | Davy Cooreman | 83' |
| CF | 11 | Gábor Torma |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | | Ilie Stan | 81' |
| DF | | Bernard Beuken | 56' |
| MF | | Joe Bwalya | 66' |
| Manager: ||
| Jerko Tipurić ||

* 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.
