{{Infobox football match | title = 2020 Belgian Cup final | image = | event = [[2019–20 Belgian Cup]] | team1 = [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]] | team1score = 0 | team2 = [[Royal Antwerp F.C.|Antwerp]] | team2score = 1 | details = | date = 1 August 2020 | stadium = [[King Baudouin Stadium]] | city = [[Brussels]] | man_of_the_match1a = | referee = [[Nicolas Laforge]] | attendance = 0{{refn|group=note|name=Behind closed doors Final}} | weather = | previous = [[2019 Belgian Cup final|2019]] | next = [[2021 Belgian Cup final|2021]] }} 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 KV|Club Brugge]] play [[Royal Antwerp F.C.|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 [[KV Mechelen|Mechelen]] on penalty kicks.
Defending champions [[KV Mechelen|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}} {| width="100%" style="text-align:center" |- style="vertical-align:top; background:#9cf;" !colspan=4 style="width:1*"|Club Brugge ! !colspan=4 style="width:1*"|Antwerp |- style="vertical-align:top; background:#c1e0ff;" |Opponent |Result |Legs |Scorers | style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Round |Opponent |Result |Legs |Scorers |- |[[Francs Borains]] ([[2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division|IV]]) |3–0 |3–0 away |[[Percy Tau|Tau]], [[David Okereke|Okereke]] (2) | style="background:#c1e0ff;"|[[2019–20 Belgian Cup#Round 6|Sixth round]] |[[K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen|Lokeren]] ([[2019–20 Belgian First Division B|II]]) |4–2 |4–2 home {{aet}} |[[Dieumerci Mbokani|Mbokani]], [[Koji Miyoshi|Miyoshi]] (2), [[Amara Baby|Baby]] |- |[[K.V. Oostende|Oostende]] ([[2019–20 Belgian First Division A|I]]) |1–1 |1–1 away {{aet}} (4–2 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]]) |[[Krépin Diatta|Diatta]] | style="background:#c1e0ff;"|[[2019–20 Belgian Cup#Round 7|Seventh round]] |[[K.R.C. Genk|Genk]] ([[2019–20 Belgian First Division A|I]]) |3–3 |3–3 home {{aet}} (4–3 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]]) |[[Simen Juklerød|Juklerød]], [[Dieumerci Mbokani|Mbokani]] (2) |- |[[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]] ([[2019–20 Belgian First Division A|I]]) |2–0 |2–0 away |[[Ruud Vormer|Vormer]], [[Éder Álvarez Balanta|Balanta]] | style="background:#c1e0ff;"|[[2019–20 Belgian Cup#Quarterfinals|Quarter-finals]] |[[Standard Liège]] ([[2019–20 Belgian First Division A|I]]) |3–1 |3–1 away |[[Ritchie De Laet|De Laet]], [[Manuel Benson|Benson]], [[Dieumerci Mbokani|Mbokani]] |- |[[S.V. Zulte Waregem|Zulte Waregem]] ([[2019–20 Belgian First Division A|I]]) |3–2 |1–1 home; 2–1 away |[[Mats Rits|Rits]]; [[Brandon Mechele|Mechele]], [[Charles De Ketelaere|De Ketelaere]] | style="background:#c1e0ff;"|[[2019–20 Belgian Cup#Semifinals|Semi-finals]] |[[K.V. Kortrijk|Kortrijk]] ([[2019–20 Belgian First Division A|I]]) |2–1 |1–1 home; 1–0 away |[[Dieumerci Mbokani|Mbokani]]; [[Lior Refaelov|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 [[List of Belgian football transfers summer 2020|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=== <onlyinclude>{{Football box | date = 1 August 2020 | time = 20:30 | team1 = [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]] | team2 = [[Royal Antwerp F.C.|Antwerp]] | score = 0–1 | aet = | report = | goals1 = | goals2 = [[Lior Refaelov|Refaelov]] {{goal|25}} | stadium = [[King Baudouin Stadium]], [[Brussels]] | attendance = 0{{refn|group=note|name=Behind closed doors Final|The final was played [[Behind closed doors (sport)|behind closed doors]] due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium]].}} | referee = [[Nicolas Laforge]] }}</onlyinclude>
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{| width="100%" |valign="top" width="50%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" |- !width="25"| !!width="25"| |- |GK ||'''88''' ||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Simon Mignolet]] |- |RB ||'''77''' ||{{flagicon|ANG}} [[Clinton Mata]] |- |CB ||'''44'''||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Brandon Mechele]] |- |CB ||'''17'''||{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Simon Deli]] |- |LB ||'''11'''||{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Krépin Diatta]] |- |MF ||'''25'''||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Ruud Vormer]] ([[captain (association football)|c]]) || {{yel|90}} |- |MF ||'''20'''||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Hans Vanaken]] |- |FW ||'''3'''||{{flagicon|COL}} [[Éder Álvarez Balanta]] || {{yel|39}} || {{suboff|75}} |- |MF ||'''2'''||{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Eduard Sobol]] || {{yel|60}} || {{suboff|72}} |- |CF ||'''90'''||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Charles De Ketelaere]] |- |LW ||'''14'''||{{flagicon|NGA}} [[David Okereke]] || || {{suboff|52}} |- |colspan=4|'''Substitutes:''' |- |MF ||'''26'''||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Mats Rits]] || {{yel|76}} || {{subon|75}} |- |MF ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Siebe Schrijvers]] || || {{subon|72}} |- |FW ||'''27'''||{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Youssouph Mamadou Badji]] || || {{subon|52}} |- |FW ||'''42'''||{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Emmanuel Dennis]] |- |GK ||'''22'''||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ethan Horvath]] |- |DF ||'''5'''||{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Odilon Kossounou]] |- |DF ||'''18'''||{{flagicon|URU}} [[Federico Ricca]] |- |colspan=4|'''Manager:''' |- |colspan="4"|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Philippe Clement]] |} |valign="top"| |valign="top" width="50%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center |- !width="25"| !!width="25"| |- |GK ||'''60''' ||{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Davor Matijaš]] || {{yel|82}} |- |RW ||'''3'''||{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Abdoulaye Seck (footballer, born 1992)|Abdoulaye Seck]] |- |CB ||'''40'''||{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Junior Pius]] || {{yel|32}} |- |CB ||'''2'''||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Ritchie De Laet]] |- |MF ||'''7'''||{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Didier Lamkel Zé]] || || {{suboff|90}} |- |CB ||'''30'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Aurélio Buta]] |- |CM ||'''38''' ||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Faris Haroun]] ([[captain (association football)|c]])|| {{yel|90}} |- |CM ||'''18'''||{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Martin Hongla]] |- |DF ||'''6'''||{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Simen Juklerød]] |- |FW ||'''11'''||{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Lior Refaelov]] || || {{suboff|90+1}} |- |FW ||'''70''' ||{{flagicon|DRC}} [[Dieumerci Mbokani]] |- |colspan=4|'''Substitutes:''' |- |GK ||'''41'''||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Bill Lathouwers]] |- |MF ||'''12'''||{{flagicon|DRC}} [[Luete Ava Dongo]] |- |DF ||'''17'''||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Robbe Quirynen]] |- |MF ||'''8'''||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Ivo Rodrigues (footballer)|Ivo Rodrigues]] || || {{subon|90}} |- |MF ||'''19'''||{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Koji Miyoshi]] |- |MF ||'''22'''||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Bruny Nsimba]] || || {{subon|90+1}} |- |FW ||'''28''' ||{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Manuel Benson]] |- |colspan=4|'''Manager:''' |- |colspan="4"|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivan Leko]] |} |}
{| style="width:100%; font-size:90%;" |style="width:40%; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:''' <br />Florian Lemaire <br />Vito Di Vincenzo <br />'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:''' <br />Bram Van Driessche |}
{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%" |style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"| '''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== {{reflist|group=note}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20120622110948/http://www.cofidiscup.be:80/}} {{in lang|fr|nl}}
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