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2024 Belgian Cup final

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

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.

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'
Report
Union SG
Antwerp
GK 49 Luxembourg Anthony Moris Yellow card 90+1'
LB 5 Argentina Kevin Mac Allister
CB 16 England Christian Burgess Yellow card 68'
CB 28 Japan Kōki Machida
CB 21 Belgium Alessio Castro-Montes Yellow card 90'
RB 24 Belgium Charles Vanhoutte
MF 23 Spain Cameron Puertas
MF 4 Norway Mathias Rasmussen downward-facing red arrow 84'
MF 10 Madagascar Loïc Lapoussin downward-facing red arrow 81'
CF 47 Algeria Mohamed Amoura Yellow card 24' downward-facing red arrow 90+6'
CF 29 Sweden Gustaf Nilsson downward-facing red arrow 81'
Substitutes:
FW 7 Belgium Elton Kabangu
MF 8 Ivory Coast Jean Thierry Lazare upward-facing green arrow 90+6'
FW 11 Germany Henok Teklab
GK 12 Austria Heinz Lindner
FW 13 Ecuador Kevin Rodríguez upward-facing green arrow 81'
DF 26 England Ross Sykes upward-facing green arrow 81'
DF 27 Democratic Republic of the Congo Noah Sadiki upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Germany Alexander Blessin
GK 91 Belgium Senne Lammens
RB 2 Belgium Ritchie De Laet downward-facing red arrow 73'
CB 23 Belgium Toby Alderweireld
CB 33 Belgium Zeno Van Den Bosch Yellow card 88'
LB 5 Netherlands Owen Wijndal downward-facing red arrow 86'
RW 7 Netherlands Gyrano Kerk downward-facing red arrow 73'
MF 27 Belgium Mandela Keita
MF 24 Netherlands Jurgen Ekkelenkamp downward-facing red arrow 86'
LW 6 Belgium Eliot Matazo Yellow card 30' downward-facing red arrow 73'
FW 10 Belgium Michel-Ange Balikwisha
FW 18 Netherlands Vincent Janssen Yellow card 55'
Substitutes:
MF 8 Nigeria Alhassan Yusuf upward-facing green arrow 73'
FW 9 Nigeria George Ilenikhena upward-facing green arrow 86'
FW 19 Nigeria Chidera Ejuke upward-facing green arrow 73'
DF 34 Belgium Jelle Bataille upward-facing green arrow 73'
DF 44 France Soumaïla Coulibaly upward-facing green arrow 86'
FW 60 Nigeria Victor Udoh
GK 81 Belgium Niels Devalckeneer
Manager:
Netherlands 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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