2024 Belgian Cup final

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The 2024 Belgian Cup Final, named Croky Cup after the sponsor, will be the 69th Belgian Cup final and is scheduled to be played on 9 May 2024. Union SG qualified on 28 February for its third ever Cup final, 110 years after last reaching it in 1914. One day later, current cup holders Antwerp became their opponent, qualifying for its sixth final. Antwerp would be the first club to defend its title since Club Brugge won the 1996 Belgian Cup final after having already won the 1995 Belgian Cup final.

2024 Belgian Cup Final
Event2023–24 Belgian Cup
Date9 May 2024
VenueKing Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
RefereeErik Lambrechts
Weathersunny
2023
2025

Route to the final

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Union SG Antwerp
Opponent Result Legs Scorers Round Opponent Result Legs Scorers
Meux (IV) 2–1 2–1 home Leysen, Rasmussen Seventh round Lierse Kempenzonen (II) 4–1 4–1 away Alderweireld, Ilenikhena, De Laet, Oularé (o.g.)
Beveren (II) 2–0 2–0 away Bateau (o.g.), Koyalipou (o.g.) Eighth round Charleroi (I) 5–2 5–2 home Ejuke, Boukamir (o.g.), Janssen (2), Ilenikhena
Anderlecht (I) 2–1 2–1 home Lapoussin, Rodríguez (pen.) Quarter-finals OH Leuven (I) 3–2 3–2 away Janssen (2 of which 1 pen.), Van Den Bosch
Club Brugge (I) 3–2 1–2 away; 2–0 home Machida; Amoura, Sykes Semi-finals Oostende (II) 4–1 1–1 away; 3–0 home Doumbia; Ilenikhena (2), Van Den Bosch

Pre-match

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Going into the match, both teams were struggling: Antwerp had a difficult season as defending league and cup champions and despite playing in the UEFA Champions League during the season, the club had ups and downs throughout the season and was currently only in 6th in the league, which would mean they were not going to qualify for European football. Meanwhile, Union SG had dominated the regular season, but had been struggling since the playoffs (starting with four losses) and had dropped from first to third place, with three matches to go however, they could still win the title.

The winner of the match qualifies for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League Play-off round. If Union SG were to win but also finish in the top two of the league, they would instead qualify for the qualifying rounds of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League, with the ticket for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League Play-off round, in that case, being passed along to the third-place finisher in the league.

Match

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Summary

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Both teams started the match in no-risk mode, with lots of duels for the ball, but without any major chances. Union SG had most possession (about 75%). First excitement came when Jurgen Ekkelenkamp hit the outside of the post from a long range kick over the ground from outside of the penalty area, about midway through the first half. In the added time of the first half, Zeno Van Den Bosch headed-on a corner kick which ended up with Kōki Machida who reacted fasted to open the scoring. During the second half Antwerp tried to equalize, but no chances came from it until 10 minutes from time when Christian Burgess lost the ball to Ekkelenkamp whose shot went straight at Anthony Moris. It would turn out to be the only big chance for Antwerp, after that on multiple occasions Union SG came close to extending the lead on counter-attacks, with both Cameron Puertas and Mohamed Amoura missing big chances in the final minutes to leave the score at 1–0.

Details

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Union SG1–0Antwerp
  • Machida   45+1'
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Union SG
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Antwerp
GK 49   Anthony Moris   90+1'
LB 5   Kevin Mac Allister
CB 16   Christian Burgess   68'
CB 28   Kōki Machida
CB 21   Alessio Castro-Montes   90'
RB 24   Charles Vanhoutte
MF 23   Cameron Puertas
MF 4   Mathias Rasmussen   84'
MF 10   Loïc Lapoussin   81'
CF 47   Mohamed Amoura   24'   90+6'
CF 29   Gustaf Nilsson   81'
Substitutes:
FW 7   Elton Kabangu
MF 8   Jean Thierry Lazare   90+6'
FW 11   Henok Teklab
GK 12   Heinz Lindner
FW 13   Kevin Rodríguez   81'
DF 26   Ross Sykes   81'
DF 27   Noah Sadiki   84'
Manager:
  Alexander Blessin
GK 91   Senne Lammens
RB 2   Ritchie De Laet   73'
CB 23   Toby Alderweireld
CB 33   Zeno Van Den Bosch   88'
LB 5   Owen Wijndal   86'
RW 7   Gyrano Kerk   73'
MF 27   Mandela Keita
MF 24   Jurgen Ekkelenkamp   86'
LW 6   Eliot Matazo   30'   73'
FW 10   Michel-Ange Balikwisha
FW 18   Vincent Janssen   55'
Substitutes:
MF 8   Alhassan Yusuf   73'
FW 9   George Ilenikhena   86'
FW 19   Chidera Ejuke   73'
DF 34   Jelle Bataille   73'
DF 44   Soumaïla Coulibaly   86'
FW 60   Victor Udoh
GK 81   Niels Devalckeneer
Manager:
  Mark van Bommel

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions.

Notes

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References

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