2019–20 Belgian Cup
The 2019–20 Belgian Cup was the 65th season of Belgium's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 26 July 2019 and ended with the final on 1 August 2020. The winners of the competition qualified for the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League Group Stage. KV Mechelen were the defending champions, but were unable to defend their title as the club got banned from the competition for one season after being found guilty of match-fixing as part of the 2017–19 Belgian football fraud scandal.
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| Dates | 26 July 2019 – 1 August 2020 |
| Champions | Antwerp |
| Runners-up | Club Brugge |
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Competition format
The competition consisted 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 2019–20 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. With KV Mechelen being banned from the competition, one of the Belgian First Division B teams (Union SG) was drawn randomly to receive a bye in round 5 and progress automatically to 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 | 311 | 224 | none | 224 | Belgian Third Amateur Division and Belgian Provincial Leagues |
| Round 2 | 199 | 160 | 112 | 48 | Belgian Second Amateur Division |
| Round 3 | 119 | 96 | 80 | 16 | Belgian First Amateur Division |
| Round 4 | 73 | 50 | 46 + 4 byes | none | none |
| Round 5 | 48 | 32 | 25 | 7 | Belgian First Division B |
| Round 6 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 16 | Belgian First Division A (except KV Mechelen) + Union SG |
| 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 2019 | 26, 27 and 28 July 2019 |
| Second Round | 3 and 4 August 2019 | |
| Third Round | 10 and 11 August 2019 | |
| Fourth Round | 17 and 18 August 2019 | |
| Fifth Round | 23, 24 and 25 August 2019 | |
| Sixth Round | 26 August 2019 | 24, 25 and 26 September 2019 |
| Seventh Round | 26 September 2019 | 3, 4 and 5 December 2019 |
| Quarter-finals | 5 December 2019 | 17, 18 and 19 December 2019 |
| Semi-finals | 19 December 2019 | Leg 1: 22 and 23 January 2020 Leg 2: 5 and 6 February 2020 |
| Final | 1 August 2020 |
First round
This round of matches were played on 27, 28 & 29 July 2019[1] and included 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
Non-professional teams (tiers 3 and below) always receive the home advantage when playing professional teams, if their stadium meets the seating and safety requirements. As a result Lokeren and Roeselare had to give up their home advantage in this round.
| 25 August 2019 Match 268 | Duffel (4) | 2–1 | Knokke (4) | Duffel |
| 16:00 CEST | Nawel  Verheyden |
Descheemaecker |
Stadium: Gemeentelijk Sportcentrum |
| 24 August 2019 Match 270 | Mandel United (4) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Gullegem (4) | Izegem |
| 20:00 CEST | Verspeeten |
Stadium: Gemeentelijk Sportcentrum |
| 23 August 2019 Match 271 | Oud-Heverlee Leuven (2) | 6–0 | Wetteren (5) | Leuven |
| 20:30 CEST | Maertens Aguemon Henry Sowah Allemeersch |
report | Stadium: Den Dreef |
| 25 August 2019 Match 272 | Francs Borains (4) | 6–1 | Torhout (5) | Boussu |
| 16:00 CEST | Laï H. Chaabi Turcan Zorbo Gomis Ebosse |
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Stadium: Stade Robert Urbain |
| 24 August 2019 Match 274 | Heist (3) | 0–4 [A] | Lokeren (2) | Heist-op-den-Berg |
| 20:00 CEST | Said Vande Cauter Hupperts |
Stadium: Gemeentelijk Sportcentrum |
| 24 August 2019 Match 276 | La Louvière Centre (3) | 1–2 | Westerlo (2) | La Louvière |
| 20:00 CEST | Dansoko |
Buyl De Schryver |
Stadium: Stade du Tivoli |
| 24 August 2019 Match 277 | Dessel Sport (3) | 3–1 | Virton (2) | Dessel |
| 17:00 CEST | Vansimpsen Breugelmans |
report | Turpel |
Stadium: Armand Melisstadion |
| 23 August 2019 Match 278 | Verlaine (4) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | Bambrugge (6) | Verlaine |
| 20:00 CEST | Guillaume |
Coppens |
Stadium: Stade Des Six Bonniers |
| 24 August 2019 Match 279 | Seraing (3) | 1–0 [A] | Roeselare (2) | Seraing |
| 20:00 CEST | Cascio |
report | Stadium: Stade du Pairay |
| 24 August 2019 Match 280 | Beerschot (2) | 6–1 | Dikkelvenne (4) | Antwerp |
| 16:00 CEST | Brogno Noubissi Saint-Louis Prychynenko Placca Fessou |
Dudouit |
Stadium: Olympisch Stadion |
| 25 August 2019 Match 282 | Rupel Boom (3) | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | Vosselaar (4) | Boom |
| 16:00 CEST | Spaenhoven Binst |
Van De Vel Verheyen |
Stadium: Gemeentelijk Parkstadion |
| 24 August 2019 Match 282 | Lommel (2) | 4–0 | Temse (4) | Lommel |
| 20:00 CEST | Hendrickx Santermans Cerigioni Zaroury |
report | Stadium: Soevereinstadion |
- ^ Order of legs reversed as non-professional team received home advantage.
Sixth round
The draw for the sixth round was made on 26 August 2019 and included the teams from the Belgian First Division A and Union SG, the latter replacing KV Mechelen which were banned from the competition after being found guilty of match-fixing. The 16 teams entering at this stage were seeded and could not meet each other.
| 24 September 2019 | Cercle Brugge (1) | 0–1 | Rebecq (4) | Bruges |
| 20:00 CEST | report | Rosy |
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium |
| 24 September 2019 | Waasland-Beveren (1) | 3–4 | Westerlo (2) | Beveren |
| 20:00 CEST | Emmers Durmishaj |
report | Janssens Keïta Gboho De Schryver |
Stadium: Freethiel Stadion |
| 24 September 2019 | Ronse (4) | 0–3 | Genk (1) | Ronse |
| 20:30 CEST | report | Odey Heynen Onuachu |
Stadium: Orphale Cruckestadion |
| 25 September 2019 | Cappellen (4) | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3-5 p) | Eupen (1) | Kapellen |
| 20:00 CEST | report | Stadium: Stadion Jos Van Wellen | ||
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| 25 September 2019 | Zulte Waregem (1) | 4–2 | Duffel (4) | Waregem |
| 20:00 CEST | Govea Bruno Larin |
report | Verlinden Cobos Copado |
Stadium: Regenboogstadion |
| 25 September 2019 | Rupel Boom (3) | 2–3 | Charleroi (1) | Boom |
| 20:00 CEST | Laureys |
report | Rezaei Gholizadeh |
Stadium: Gemeentelijk Parkstadion |
| 25 September 2019 | Union SG (2) | 3–0 | Verlaine (4) | Forest, Brussels |
| 20:00 CEST | Young Fixelles Ferber |
report | Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien |
| 25 September 2019 | Seraing (3) | 1–3 | Kortrijk (1) | Seraing |
| 20:00 CEST | Sanogo |
report | Hornby Kage De Sart |
Stadium: Stade du Pairay |
| 25 September 2019 | Mandel United (4) | 0–2 | Oostende (1) | Izegem |
| 20:00 CEST | report | Rajsel Sakala |
Stadium: Gemeentelijk Sportcentrum |
| 25 September 2019 | Sint-Truiden (1) | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Oud-Heverlee Leuven (2) | Sint-Truiden |
| 20:30 CEST | Boli Botaka |
report | Stadium: Stayen |
| 25 September 2019 | Eendracht Aalst (4) | 0–4 | Gent (1) | Aalst |
| 20:30 CEST | report | Kvilitaia Kubo Mbayo |
Stadium: Pierre Cornelisstadion |
| 25 September 2019 | Dessel Sport (3) | 0–1 | Excel Mouscron (1) | Dessel |
| 20:30 CEST | report | Olinga |
Stadium: Armand Melisstadion |
| 25 September 2019 | Francs Borains (4) | 0–3 | Club Brugge (1) | Boussu |
| 20:30 CEST | report | Tau Okereke |
Stadium: Stade Robert Urbain |
| 25 September 2019 | Beerschot (2) | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Anderlecht (1) | Antwerp |
| 20:45 CEST | Holzhauser Brogno |
report | Nasri Bourdin Kiese Thelin |
Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
| 26 September 2019 | Antwerp (1) | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | Lokeren (2) | Antwerp |
| 20:30 CEST | Mbokani Miyoshi Baby |
report | Beridze Navarro |
Stadium: Bosuilstadion |
| 26 September 2019 | Standard Liège (1) | 2–1 | Lommel (2) | Liège |
| 20:30 CEST | Boljević |
report | Sanyang |
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne |
Seventh Round
The draw for the seventh round was made immediately after the last game of the sixth round, between Antwerp and Lokeren, was finished. Only three teams outside the top division qualified for this round, with Rebecq from the Belgian Second Amateur Division the lowest still in the competition.
The matches will be played on 3, 4 and 5 of December 2019.
| 3 December 2019 | Antwerp (1) | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | Genk (1) | Antwerp |
| 20:45 CET | Juklerød Mbokani |
report | Mæhle Hoedt Ito |
Stadium: Bosuilstadion Referee: Lothar D'Hondt |
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| Refaelov Hoedt Buta Juklerød Mbokani |
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| 4 December 2019 | Zulte Waregem (1) | 3–0 | Sint-Truiden (1) | Waregem |
| 20:00 CET | Govea Bruno |
report | Stadium: Regenboogstadion |
| 4 December 2019 | Kortrijk (1) | 2–1 | Eupen (1) | Kortrijk |
| 20:00 CET | Mboyo Ezatolahi |
report | Marreh |
Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion |
| 4 December 2019 | Standard Liège (1) | 3–0 | Rebecq (4) | Liège |
| 20:00 CET | Boljević Čop Fai |
report | Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne |
| 4 December 2019 | Union SG (2) | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p) | Westerlo (2) | Forest, Brussels |
| 20:00 CET | Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien | |||
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| Teuma Fixelles Haugen Nielsen |
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| 4 December 2019 | Oostende (1) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p) | Club Brugge (1) | Ostend |
| 20:30 CET | Sylla |
Diatta |
Stadium: Versluys Arena Referee: Jonathan Lardot | |
| Penalties | ||||
| Neto Milović Palaversa Ndenbe |
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| 4 December 2019 | Charleroi (1) | 1–0 | Gent (1) | Charleroi |
| 20:45 CET | Bruno |
report | Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi |
| 5 December 2019 | Excel Mouscron (1) | 2–3 | Anderlecht (1) | Mouscron |
| 20:45 CET | Perica Omoigui |
Roofe Doku Luckassen |
Stadium: Stade Le Canonnier |
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was made immediately after the last game of the seventh round, between Excel Mouscron and Anderlecht was finished. Only one team from outside the top division remained at this stage of the competition, Union SG playing in the Belgian First Division B, who also reached the semifinals the previous season.
The matches were played on 17, 18 and 19 December 2019.
| 17 December 2019 | Zulte Waregem (1) | 2–0 | Charleroi (1) | Waregem |
| 20:45 CET | Berahino Larin |
report | Stadium: Regenboogstadion Referee: Jan Boterberg |
| 18 December 2019 | Union SG (2) | 0–1 | Kortrijk (1) | Forest, Brussels |
| 20:00 CET | report | Kagelmacher |
Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien Referee: Lothar D'Hondt |
| 18 December 2019 | Standard Liège (1) | 1–3 | Antwerp (1) | Liège |
| 20:45 CET | Lestienne |
De Laet Benson Mbokani |
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Referee: Erik Lambrechts |
| 19 December 2019 | Anderlecht (1) | 0–2 | Club Brugge (1) | Anderlecht, Brussels |
| 20:45 CET | Vormer Balanta |
Stadium: Lotto Park Referee: Bram Van Driessche |
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was made immediately after the last game of the seventh round, between Anderlecht and Club Brugge was finished. The first leg matches will be played on 22 and 23 January 2020, the second legs on 5 and 6 February 2020.
First Legs
| 22 January 2020 | Club Brugge (1) | 1–1 | Zulte Waregem (1) | Bruges |
| 20:45 CET | Rits |
report | Berahino |
Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium Referee: Wesley Alen |
| 23 January 2020 | Antwerp (1) | 1–1 | Kortrijk (1) | Antwerp |
| 20:45 CET | Mbokani |
report | Stojanović |
Stadium: Bosuilstadion Referee: Jonathan Lardot |
Second Legs
| 5 February 2020 | Zulte Waregem (1) | 1–2 | Club Brugge (1) | Waregem |
| 20:45 CET | Oberlin |
report | Mechele De Ketelaere |
Stadium: Regenboogstadion Referee: Alexandre Boucaut |
Club Brugge win 3–2 on aggregate
| 6 February 2020 | Kortrijk (1) | 0–1 | Antwerp (1) | Kortrijk |
| 20:45 CET | report | Refaelov |
Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion Referee: Nicolas Laforge |
Antwerp win 2–1 on aggregate
Final
| Club Brugge | 0–1 | Antwerp |
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| Refaelov |
Notes
- The final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
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References
- "1st Round" (PDF). Royal Belgian Football Association. August 2019.
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