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 BruggeAntwerpOpponentResultLegsScorersRoundOpponentResultLegsScorersFrancs Borains (IV)3–03–0 awayTau, Okereke (2)Sixth roundLokeren (II)4–24–2 home Mbokani, Miyoshi (2), BabyOostende (I)1–11–1 away (4–2 p)DiattaSeventh roundGenk (I)3–33–3 home (4–3 p)Juklerød, Mbokani (2)Anderlecht (I)2–02–0 awayVormer, BalantaQuarter-finalsStandard Liège (I)3–13–1 awayDe Laet, Benson, MbokaniZulte Waregem (I)3–21–1 home; 2–1 awayRits; Mechele, De KetelaereSemi-finalsKortrijk (I)2–11–1 home; 1–0 awayMbokani; 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
GK 88 Simon MignoletRB 77 Clinton MataCB 44 Brandon MecheleCB 17 Simon DeliLB 11 Krépin DiattaMF 25 Ruud Vormer (c) MF 20 Hans VanakenFW 3 Éder Álvarez Balanta MF 2 Eduard Sobol CF 90 Charles De KetelaereLW 14 David Okereke Substitutes:MF 26 Mats Rits MF 16 Siebe Schrijvers FW 27 Youssouph Mamadou Badji FW 42 Emmanuel DennisGK 22 Ethan HorvathDF 5 Odilon Kossounou DF 18 Federico RiccaManager: Philippe Clement GK 60 Davor Matijaš RW 3 Abdoulaye SeckCB 40 Junior Pius CB 2 Ritchie De LaetMF 7 Didier Lamkel Zé CB 30 Aurélio ButaCM 38 Faris Haroun (c) CM 18 Martin HonglaDF 6 Simen JuklerødFW 11 Lior Refaelov FW 70 Dieumerci MbokaniSubstitutes:GK 41 Bill LathouwersMF 12 Luete Ava DongoDF 17 Robbe QuirynenMF 8 Ivo Rodrigues MF 19 Koji MiyoshiMF 22 Bruny Nsimba 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.
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