# 2020 Belgian Cup final

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2020 Belgian Cup final Event 2019–20 Belgian Cup Club Brugge Antwerp 0 1 Date 1 August 2020 Venue King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Referee Nicolas Laforge Attendance 0[note 1] ← 2019 2021 →

The **2020 Belgian Cup final**, named Croky Cup after the sponsor, was the 65th [Belgian Cup](/source/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](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Belgium). The match was played without supporters and saw [Club Brugge](/source/Club_Brugge_KV) play [Antwerp](/source/Royal_Antwerp_F.C.). Prior to the match, Club Brugge had already won the Belgian Cup 11 times, with their most recent appearance the [2016 Belgian Cup Final](/source/2016_Belgian_Cup_Final) loss against [Standard Liège](/source/Standard_Li%C3%A8ge). Antwerp featured in the cup final for the fourth time, with their previous final already 26 years ago when the club beat [Mechelen](/source/KV_Mechelen) on penalty kicks.

Defending champions [Mechelen](/source/KV_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](/source/2017%E2%80%9319_Belgian_football_fraud_scandal) and therefore banned from the competition for one season.

## Route to the final

See also: [2019–20 Belgian Cup](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_Belgian_Cup)

Club Brugge 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](/source/List_of_Belgian_football_transfers_summer_2020) 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](/source/Sinan_Bolat), defenders [Dino Arslanagić](/source/Dino_Arslanagi%C4%87), [Wesley Hoedt](/source/Wesley_Hoedt) and [Daniel Opare](/source/Daniel_Opare), midfielders [Steven Defour](/source/Steven_Defour) and [Kevin Mirallas](/source/Kevin_Mirallas); and striker [Zinho Gano](/source/Zinho_Gano). On the other hand, Club Brugge had seen almost no departures, with [Percy Tau](/source/Percy_Tau) most influential.

## Match

### Details

1 August 2020

20:30

Club Brugge 0–1 Antwerp Refaelov 25'

[King Baudouin Stadium](/source/King_Baudouin_Stadium), [Brussels](/source/Brussels)

Attendance: 0[note 1]

Referee: [Nicolas Laforge](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicolas_Laforge&action=edit&redlink=1)

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

Assistant referees: Florian Lemaire Vito Di Vincenzo Fourth official: Bram Van Driessche

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

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Behind_closed_doors_Final_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Behind_closed_doors_Final_1-1) The final was played [behind closed doors](/source/Behind_closed_doors_(sport)) due to the [COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium](/source/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Belgium).

## References

## External links

- [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20120622110948/http://www.cofidiscup.be:80/) (in French and Dutch)

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