2016 Belgian Cup final

2016 Belgian Cup final
Event2015–16 Belgian Cup
Date20 March 2016
VenueKing Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
RefereeJohan Verbist
Attendance50,093

The 2016 Belgian Cup final, named Croky Cup after the sponsor, was the 61st Belgian Cup final and took place on 20 March 2016 between Club Brugge and Standard Liège. It was the first time the two teams met in the final since the 2006–07 Belgian Cup Final. Standard Liège won the match by 2 goals to 1, with the final goal coming two minutes from time.

Route to the final

Standard Liège Club Brugge
Opponent Result Legs Round Opponent Result Legs
Coxyde (II) 3–2 3–2 away Sixth round Patro Eisden Maasmechelen (II) 4–0 4–0 away
Sint-Truiden 2–0 2–0 home Seventh round Lokeren 1–0 1–0 home
Kortrijk 2–0 2–0 home Quarter-finals Westerlo 2–0 2–0 away
Genk 3–1 2–0 home; 1–1 away Semi-finals Gent 2–2 1–2 away; 1–0 home

Match

Details

Club Brugge1–2Standard Liège
Refaelov 27' Report Dompé 17'
Santini 88'
Attendance: 50,093
Referee: Johan Verbist
Club Brugge
Standard Liège
GK 1 Ludovic Butelle
RB 19 Thomas Meunier
CB 40 Björn Engels
CB 5 Benoît Poulain
LB 28 Laurens De Bock
MF 25 Ruud Vormer  90'
MF 20 Hans Vanaken  20'  90'
MF 3 Timmy Simons (c)  9'
MF 8 Lior Refaelov
FW 10 Abdoulay Diaby  51'
FW 22 José Izquierdo  61'
Substitutes:
DF 2 Davy De fauw
MF 6 Claudemir
FW 9 Jelle Vossen  90'
GK 16 Sébastien Bruzzese
MF 18 Felipe Gedoz  90'  90'
CB 44 Brandon Mechele
FW 55 Tuur Dierckx  61'
Manager:
Michel Preud'homme
GK 1 Víctor Valdés  90+4'
RW 33 Collins Fai
CB 13 Alexander Scholz
CB 33 Miloš Kosanović
LB 27 Darwin Andrade  39'
CM 7 Giannis Maniatis
CM 17 Mathieu Dossevi
CM 23 Adrien Trebel (c)  7'  74'
LW 10 Jean-Luc Dompé
CF 18 Ivan Santini  90+2'
CF 22 Edmilson Junior  57'  90'
Substitutes:
DF 2 Réginal Goreux
FW 9 Renaud Emond  74'
FW 11 Benjamin Tetteh
FW 15 Farouk Miya
GK 28 Guillaume Hubert
MF 30 Jonathan Legear  90+2'
DF 36 Dino Arslanagić  90'
Manager:
Yannick Ferrera

Match rules

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

Footnotes