1997 Belgian Cup final

1997 Belgian Cup final
Event1996–97 Belgian Cup
After extra time
Date1 June 1997
VenueKing Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
RefereeMarnix Sandra
Attendance21,520
1996
1998

The 1998 Belgian Cup final, took place on 1 June 1997 between Germinal Ekeren and Anderlecht. It was the 42nd Belgian Cup final. Germinal Ekeren came back from a 0-2 deficit to force extra time and eventually came out 4-2 winners.

Route to the final

Germinal Beerschot Anderlecht
Opponent Result Legs Round Opponent Result Legs
Verbroedering Geel (II) 4–0 4–0 home Sixth round Oostende (II) 4–1 4–1 home
Lokeren 4–3 (a.e.t.) 4–3 (a.e.t.) home Seventh round Poederlee (III) 6–0 6–0 home
Standard Liège 1–1 1–1 away Quarter-finals Gent 3–1 3–1 away
Standard Liège 3–0 3–0 home Quarter-finals replay
Eendracht Aalst 3–3 (away goals) 0–0 home, 3–3 away Semi-finals Tielen (II) 4–2 1–0 away; 3–2 home

Match

Details

Germinal Ekeren4–2 (a.e.t.)Anderlecht
Johnson 65' (o.g.)
Kinet 85'
Radzinski 93'
Hofmans 96'
Iachtchouk 32'
Johnson 57'
Attendance: 21,520
Referee: Marnix Sandra
Germinal Ekeren
Anderlecht
GK 1 Philippe Vande Walle (c)
RB 7 Rudy Janssens
CB 6 Mike Verstraeten
CB 8 Flórián Urbán
CB 2 Bernard Wégria  56'
LB 9 Didier Dheedene
CM 15 Marc Schaessens  80'
CM 10 Gunther Hofmans
CM 14 Christophe Kinet
CF 12 Edwin van Ankeren  46'
CF 13 Tomasz Radzinski
Substitutes:
CF 11 Alex Czerniatynski  80'
CB 5 Ervin Kovács  56'
CM 17 Cvijan Milošević  46'
Manager:
Herman Helleputte
GK 1 Geert De Vlieger
RB 12 Olivier Doll
CB 18 Suvad Katana
CB 14 Samuel Johnson  84'
LB 4 Celestine Babayaro
RM 11 Danny Boffin
CM 10 Pär Zetterberg (c)  63'
CM 5 Johan Walem
LM 2 Tibor Selymes
RF 22 Oleg Iachtchouk
LF 13 Bruno Versavel  46'
Substitutes:
RB 30 Stéphane Stassin  46'
CM 28 Walter Baseggio  63'
CF 8 Yaw Preko  84'
Manager:
Johan Boskamp

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.