The 2020 Austrian Cup final was played on 29 May 2020 between FC Red Bull Salzburg and SC Austria Lustenau at Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, a neutral ground. The final was the culmination of the 2019–20 Austrian Cup, the 89th season of the Austrian Cup.
Red Bull Salzburg won their seventh cup title after defeating Austria Lustenau 5–0, which would have earned them a place in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, but they instead qualified for the UEFA Champions League by virtue of their first-place finish in the 2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga.
Teams TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)SC Austria Lustenau2 (2011, 2020)FC Red Bull Salzburg12 (1974, 1980, 1981, 2000, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Venue
Wörthersee Stadion, known as 28 Black Arena for sponsorship purposes, is the home of SK Austria Klagenfurt of the Austrian Football Bundesliga, with a capacity of 30,000.
Background The Austrian Bundesliga clubs FC Red Bull Salzburg and SC Austria Lustenau contested the final, with the winner earning a place in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage. Since Red Bull Salzburg qualified for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League by virtue of their first-place finish in the 2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga, the Europa League group stage place was passed down to 3rd place Wolfsberger AC.
Red Bull Salzburg competed in its twelfth overall final, which was also their seventh consecutive final. Austria Lustenau competed in their second overall final, which was their first since 2011. Austria Lustenau has never won the domestic cup, while Red Bull Salzburg has won it 6 times. The two teams have never met in the Austrian cup final. As Red Bull Salzburg and Austria Lustenau are in different tiers of the Austrian football league system, this is their first match up of the season.
Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). FC Red Bull SalzburgRoundSC Austria LustenauOpponentResultOpponentResultSC-ESV Parndorf 19197–1 (A)First roundATSV Stadl-Paura5–0 (A)SK Rapid Wien2–1 (A)Second roundFloridsdorfer AC2–1 (H)ASK Ebreichsdorf5–0 (A)Third roundUnion Gurten3–2 (A)SKU Amstetten3–0 (A)Quarter-finalsWSG Swarovski Tirol2–2 (A)LASK1–0 (H)Semi-finalsFC Wacker Innsbruck1–0 (H)
Match
GK1 Cican StankovicRB5 Albert VallciCB15 André RamalhoCB39 Maximilian WöberLB17 Andreas Ulmer (c)CM4 Majeed AshimeruCM16 Zlatko JunuzovićRM77 Noah OkaforLM14 Dominik SzoboszlaiCF20 Patson DakaCF9 Hwang Hee-chanSubstitutes:GK31 Carlos Miguel CoronelDF6 Jérôme OnguénéDF25 Patrick FarkasMF28 Antoine BernèdeFW7 Sékou KoïtaFW8 Mërgim BerishaFW27 Karim AdeyemiManager: Jesse MarschGK98 Florian EresRB29 Michael LagederCB24 Sebastian FeyrerCB5 Dominik StumbergerLB18 Christian SchillingDM16 Christoph FreitagRM55 Thomas MayerCM33 Daniel TiefenbachCM23 Pius GrabherLM14 Alexander RanacherCF9 Ronivaldo (c)Substitutes:GK77 Marcel StumbergerDF26 Darijo GrujcicMF10 Daniel SteinwenderMF20 WallaceFW11 Lukas KatnikFW22 Bojan AvramovićFW99 Andy ReyesManager: Roman Mählich Assistant referees:
Stefan Kühr
Stefan Stangl
Fourth official:
Stefan EbnerMatch rules
90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Seven named substitutes, of which up to four may be used
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