The 2016 Belgian Super Cup was a football match that took take place on 23 July 2016, between the 2015–16 Belgian Pro League winners Club Brugge and Standard Liège, the winners of the 2015–16 Belgian Cup. Club Brugge played their 17th Super Cup and featured in their second consecutive Super Cup after losing the 2015 Belgian Super Cup to Gent, while Standard Liège played their 8th Belgian Super Cup after last appearing in 2011 when they lost to Genk. Although together both teams have already played 23 times the Belgian Super Cup, they have never met each other in this competition. Standard Liège last success in the competition dates from a 2-0 win in 2009, against Genk, while Club Brugge last won in 2005 against the now defunct team Germinal Beerschot. The match was however a replay of the 2016 Belgian Cup Final, won by Standard Liège in March 2016.
Match Details
GK 1 Ludovic ButelleRB 21 Dion CoolsCB 3 Timmy Simons (c)CB 24 Stefano DenswilLB 28 Laurens De BockCM 6 Claudemir CM 25 Ruud Vormer AM 20 Hans Vanaken RW 8 Lior Refaelov CF 9 Jelle Vossen LW 22 José Izquierdo Substitutes:GK 16 Sébastien BruzzeseDF 2 Ricardo van Rhijn CB 5 Benoît Poulain LB 63 Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo MF 7 Wesley FW 42 Nikola StormFW 10 Abdoulay Diaby Manager: Michel Preud'homme GK 1 Jean-François GilletRB 32 Collins FaiCB 36 Dino Arslanagić CB 13 Alexander Scholz LB 27 Darwin Andrade CM 44 Ibrahima Cissé CM 23 Adrien Trebel (c)AM 15 Farouk Miya RW 7 Mathieu Dossevi CF 18 Ivan Santini LW 22 Edmilson Substitutes:GK 28 Guillaume Hubert DF 2 Réginal Goreux DF 34 Constantinos Laifis MF 21 Eyong Enoh MF 30 Jonathan Legear FW 9 Renaud Emond FW 19 Mohamed Yattara Manager: Yannick Ferrera
Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
See also 2016–17 Belgian Pro League 2016–17 Belgian Cup
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