2020 Belgian Cup Final
# 2020 Belgian Cup Final

The 2020 Belgian Cup Final, named Croky Cup after the sponsor, was the 65th 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.

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

| Club Brugge | Club Brugge | Club Brugge | Club Brugge | | Antwerp | Antwerp | Antwerp | 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 Brugge | Antwerp |
| - | - |
| GK | 88 | Simon Mignolet |
| RB | 77 | Clinton Mata |
| CB | 44 | Brandon Mechele |
| CB | 17 | Simon Deli |
| LB | 11 | Krépin Diatta |
| MF | 25 | Ruud Vormer (c) | 90' |
| MF | 20 | Hans Vanaken |
| FW | 3 | Éder Álvarez Balanta | 39' | 75' |
| MF | 2 | Eduard Sobol | 60' | 72' |
| CF | 90 | Charles De Ketelaere |
| LW | 14 | David Okereke | | 52' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 26 | Mats Rits | 76' | 75' |
| MF | 16 | Siebe Schrijvers | | 72' |
| FW | 27 | Youssouph Mamadou Badji | | 52' |
| FW | 42 | Emmanuel Dennis |
| GK | 22 | Ethan Horvath |
| DF | 5 | Odilon Kossounou |
| DF | 18 | Federico Ricca |
| Manager: ||
| Philippe Clement ||
| GK | 60 | Davor Matijaš | 82' |
| RW | 3 | Abdoulaye Seck |
| CB | 40 | Junior Pius | 32' |
| CB | 2 | Ritchie De Laet |
| MF | 7 | Didier Lamkel Zé | | 90' |
| CB | 30 | Aurélio Buta |
| CM | 38 | Faris Haroun (c) | 90' |
| CM | 18 | Martin Hongla |
| DF | 6 | Simen Juklerød |
| FW | 11 | Lior Refaelov | | 90+1' |
| FW | 70 | Dieumerci Mbokani |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 41 | Bill Lathouwers |
| MF | 12 | Luete Ava Dongo |
| DF | 17 | Robbe Quirynen |
| MF | 8 | Ivo Rodrigues | | 90' |
| MF | 19 | Koji Miyoshi |
| MF | 22 | Bruny Nsimba | | 90+1' |
| FW | 28 | Manuel Benson |
| Manager: ||
| Ivan Leko ||

* 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.
