2018–19 Belgian Cup
The 2018–19 Belgian Cup was the 64th season of Belgium's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 29 July 2018 and ended with the final in May 2019. The winners of the competition qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League Group Stage. Standard Liège were the defending champions.
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Dates | 29 July 2018 – 1 May 2019 |
Champions | Mechelen |
Runners-up | Gent |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
Competition format
The competition consists of ten rounds. Except for the semi-finals, all rounds are single-match elimination rounds. When tied after 90 minutes in the first three rounds, penalties are taken immediately. In rounds four to seven and the quarterfinals, when tied after 90 minutes first an extra time period of 30 minutes are played, then penalties are taken if still necessary. The semi-finals will be played over two legs, where the team winning on aggregate advances. The final will be played as a single match.
Teams enter the competition in different rounds, based upon their 2018–19 league affiliation. Teams from the fifth-level Belgian Third Amateur Division or lower began in round 1. Belgian Second Amateur Division teams entered in round 2, Belgian First Amateur Division teams entered in round 3, Belgian First Division B teams in round 5 and finally the Belgian First Division A teams enter in round 6.
Round | Clubs remaining | Clubs involved | Winners from previous round | New entries this round | Leagues entering at this round |
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Round 1 | 312 | 224 | none | 224 | Belgian Third Amateur Division and Belgian Provincial Leagues |
Round 2 | 200 | 160 | 112 | 48 | Belgian Second Amateur Division |
Round 3 | 120 | 96 | 80 | 16 | Belgian First Amateur Division |
Round 4 | 72 | 48 | 48 | none | none |
Round 5 | 48 | 32 | 24 | 8 | Belgian First Division B |
Round 6 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 16 | Belgian First Division A |
Round 7 | 16 | 16 | 16 | none | none |
Quarter-Finals | 8 | 8 | 8 | none | none |
Semi-Finals | 4 | 4 | 4 | none | none |
Final | 2 | 2 | 2 | none | none |
Round and draw dates
Round | Draw date | Match date |
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First Round | 29 June 2018 | 28 and 29 July 2018 |
Second Round | 4 and 5 August 2018 | |
Third Round | 11 and 12 August 2018 | |
Fourth Round | 18 and 19 August 2018 | |
Fifth Round | 24, 25 and 26 August 2018 | |
Sixth Round | 27 August 2018 | 25, 26 and 27 September 2018 |
Seventh Round | 4 to 6 December 2018 | |
Quarter-finals | 18 to 20 December 2018 | |
Semi-finals | Leg 1: 22 to 24 January 2019 | |
Leg 2: 29 to 31 January 2019 | ||
Final | 1 May 2019 |
First round
This round of matches is scheduled to be played on 28 & 29 July 2018[1] and includes teams playing in the Belgian Third Amateur Division and Belgian Provincial Leagues. Teams from the Belgian Third Amateur Division were seeded and could not play each other.
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Second round
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Third round
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Fourth round
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Fifth Round
Some fifth round ties were reversed as amateur teams (tiers 3 and below) automatically received home advantage in case they met the stadium requirements regarding seating, lighting and safety. Amateur teams are allowed to sell their home advantage.
25 August 2018 Match 265 | Lierse Kempenzonen (3) | 2–3[A] | Lommel (2) | Lier |
20:00 CEST | Meeus Buyens |
Report | Rocha Valcke |
Stadium: Herman Vanderpoortenstadion |
26 August 2018 Match 266 | Westhoek (4) | 0–4 | Virton (3) | Ypres |
16:00 GMT | Report | Lazaar Lecomte Koré |
Stadium: Crackstadion Attendance: 200 |
26 August 2018 Match 267 | Givry (5) | 4–4 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p) | Knokke (3) | Givry |
16:00 GMT | Baillet Schinckus Sylla Freid |
Vanfleteren Vandewalle Van Eyk |
26 August 2018 Match 268 | Duffel (4) | 3–0 | Westerlo (2) | Duffel |
16:00 GMT | Vertonghen Van den Buys |
Stadium: Sportcentrum@Duffel |
25 August 2018 Match 269 | Sint-Niklaas (4) | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Harelbeke (4) | Nieuwkerken-Waas |
20:00 GMT |
25 August 2018 Match 270 | Union SG (2) | 3–0[B] | City Pirates Antwerp (4) | Forest, Brussels |
20:00 GMT | Gérard Vercauteren Tau |
Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien |
27 August 2018 Match 271 | KV Mechelen (2) | 2–0[B] | Albert Quévy-Mons (5) | Mechelen |
20:30 GMT | Tainmont |
Stadium: Achter de Kazerne |
26 August 2018 Match 272 | Olsa Brakel (4) | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Eendracht Aalst (3) | Brakel |
16:00 GMT | Lkoutbi |
Heymans De Rock Bounou |
26 August 2018 Match 273 | Heist (3) | 3–0 | Menen (4) | Heist-op-den-Berg |
16:00 GMT | Webers Orye |
25 August 2018 Match 274 | Tubize (2) | 7–0 | Stade Brainois (5) | Tubize |
20:00 GMT | Diawara Henrique Rosenthal Naah Traore |
Stadium: Stade Leburton |
26 August 2018 Match 275 | Olympic Charleroi (4) | 2–1[A] | Roeselare (2) | Charleroi |
16:00 GMT | Gorry Luvuezo |
Van der Weg |
Stadium: Stade de la Neuville |
25 August 2018 Match 276 | Hoogstraten (4) | 4–0 | Entente Acren Lessines (4) | Hoogstraten |
Van Huffel Maes Meeuwis |
Match 277 | ASV Geel (3) | 0–2[A] | Beerschot Wilrijk (2) | Geel |
Vanzeir Okotie |
Stadium: De Leunen |
25 August 2018 Match 278 | Deinze (3) | 6–0 | RWDM47 (3) | Deinze |
Mertens Brulmans Tarfi Lallemand |
Report | Stadium: Burgemeester Van de Wiele Stadion |
26 August 2018 Match 279 | Mandel United (4) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p) | Temse (4) | |
Debouver |
Van Kerckhoven |
Sixth Round
The draw for the sixth round was made on 28 August 2018 and included the 16 teams from the Belgian First Division A, which were all seeded and could not meet each other. All non-professional teams (division 3 and below) automatically received home advantage if their stadium had sufficient capacity and floodlight luminosity, which was the case for all teams except Duffel and Mandel United.
25 September 2018 | Eupen (1) | 3–0 | Tubize (2) | Eupen |
20:00 CEST | Lotiès Yagan Laurent |
Report | Stadium: Kehrwegstadion |
25 September 2018 | Waasland-Beveren (1) | 1–2 | Mandel United (4) | Beveren |
20:00 CEST | Salquist |
de Oliveira Beyens |
Stadium: Freethiel Stadion |
25 September 2018 | Harelbeke (4) | 0–1 | Kortrijk (1) | Harelbeke |
20:30 CEST | Report | Chevalier |
Stadium: Forestiersstadion |
26 September 2018 | Genk (1) | 4–0 | Lommel (2) | Genk |
20:00 CEST | Wouters Zhegrova Seck Ingvartsen |
Report | Stadium: Luminus Arena |
26 September 2018 | Olympic Charleroi (4) | 2–5 | Lokeren (1) | Charleroi |
20:00 CEST | Somé Virgone |
Report | Skúlason Filipović Cevallos Saroka |
Stadium: Stade de la Neuville |
26 September 2018 | Virton (3) | 2–4 | Gent (1) | Virton |
20:00 CEST | François Joachim |
Report | Awoniyi Limbombe |
Stadium: Stade Yvan Georges |
26 September 2018 | Cercle Brugge (1) | 1–2 | Beerschot Wilrijk (2) | Bruges |
20:00 CEST | Gakpé |
Report | Noubissi Hoffer |
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium |
26 September 2018 | Heist (3) | 1–2 | Zulte Waregem (1) | Heist-op-den-Berg |
20:30 CEST | Ventose |
Report | De Pauw Harbaoui |
26 September 2018 | Sint-Truiden (1) | 3–0 | Duffel (4) | Sint-Truiden |
20:30 CEST | De Bruyn Bezus Nazon |
Report | Stadium: Stayen |
26 September 2018 | Dessel Sport (3) | 0–3 | Excel Mouscron (1) | Dessel |
20:30 CEST | Report | Pierrot Benson |
Stadium: Armand Melisstadion |
26 September 2018 | Hoogstraten (4) | 1–3 | Oostende (1) | Hoogstraten |
20:30 CEST | Bokila |
Report | Guri Faes Milović |
26 September 2018 | Eendracht Aalst (3) | 0–2 | Charleroi (1) | Aalst |
20:30 CEST | Report | Osimhen Benavente |
Stadium: Pierre Cornelisstadion |
26 September 2018 | Standard Liège (1) | 1–2 | Knokke (3) | Liège |
20:30 CEST | Sá |
Report | Luyindama Dhondt |
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne |
26 September 2018 | Deinze (3) | 2–0 | Club Brugge (1) | Deinze |
20:30 CEST | Tarfi De Greef |
Report | Stadium: Burgemeester Van de Wiele Stadion |
26 September 2018 | KV Mechelen (2) | 3–1 | Antwerp (1) | Mechelen |
20:45 CEST | De Witte Engvall Van Damme |
Report | Mbokani |
Stadium: Achter de Kazerne |
27 September 2018 | Anderlecht (1) | 0–3 | Union SG (2) | Anderlecht |
20:45 CEST | Report | Niakaté |
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium |
Seventh Round
The draw for the seventh round was made immediately after the last game of the sixth round, between Anderlecht and Union SG, was finished. Six teams outside the top division qualified for this round, with Mandel United from the Belgian Second Amateur Division the lowest still in the competition.
The matches will be played on 4, 5 and 6 December 2018.
4 December 2018 | Kortrijk (1) | 1–0 | Zulte Waregem (1) | Kortrijk |
20:30 CET | Batsula |
Report | Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Nathan Verboomen |
4 December 2018 | Gent (1) | 3–0 | Beerschot Wilrijk (2) | Ghent |
20:45 CET | Yaremchuk Rosted Chakvetadze |
Report | Stadium: Ghelamco Arena Referee: Jan Boterberg |
5 December 2018 | Excel Mouscron (1) | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p) | Oostende (1) | Mouscron |
20:00 CET | Boya Diedhiou Mbombo Leye |
Report | Boonen Guri Zivkovic |
Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier |
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Leye Mbombo Vojvoda Benson Boya Chibani |
5 December 2018 | Mechelen (2) | 2–0 | Lokeren (1) | Mechelen |
20:30 CET | Engvall De Camargo |
Report | Stadium: AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne |
5 December 2018 | Deinze (3) | 1–3 | Eupen (1) | Deinze |
20:30 CET | Mertens |
Report | Bushiri Mulumba Boone |
Stadium: Burgemeester Van de Wiele Stadion |
5 December 2018 | Sint-Truiden (1) | 3–2 | Mandel United (4) | Sint-Truiden |
20:30 CET | De Norre Boli Kamada |
Report | Rodrigo Pyck |
Stadium: Stayen |
5 December 2018 | Charleroi (1) | 1–3 | Genk (1) | Charleroi |
20:45 CET | Gholizadeh |
Report | Dewaest Mæhle Gano |
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi |
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 5 December 2018, with the matches were played on 18 and 19 December 2018. Both Mechelen and Union SG, the two remaining teams from outside the top division managed to qualify for the Semi-finals.
18 December 2018 | Sint-Truiden (1) | 1–3 | Gent (1) | Sint-Truiden |
20:45 CET | Boli |
Report | Dompé Yaremchuk |
Stadium: Stayen Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Bram Van Driessche |
19 December 2018 | Mechelen (2) | 3–0 | Kortrijk (1) | Mechelen |
20:00 CET | Cocalić Storm De Camargo |
Report | Mboyo Charisis |
Stadium: AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 10,520 Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was made on 19 December, after completion of the last matches of the quarter-finals. As the two teams remaining from the 2018–19 Belgian First Division B, Mechelen and Union SG, were drawn against each other, at least one team from outside the top division will play the final, which last happened in the 2001 Belgian Cup Final when Belgian Second Division champions Lommel lost to Westerlo.
The matches will be played on 23, 24, 29 and 30 January 2019.
First Legs
Second Legs
29 January 2019 | Union SG (2) | 1–2 (1–2 agg.) | Mechelen (2) | Forest |
20:45 CET | Lemoine |
Report | de Camargo Tainmont |
Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien Attendance: Nicolas Laforge Referee: 6,500 |
Final
The final took place on 1 May 2019 at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.
References
- "1st Round" (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. June 2018.