1997 Belgian Cup final

1997 Belgian Cup final
Event1996–97 Belgian Cup
Germinal Ekeren Anderlecht
4 2
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

See also: 1996–97 Belgian Cup
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 Belgium Philippe Vande Walle (c)
RB 7 Belgium Rudy Janssens
CB 6 Belgium Mike Verstraeten
CB 8 Hungary Flórián Urbán
CB 2 Belgium Bernard Wégria downward-facing red arrow 56'
LB 9 Belgium Didier Dheedene
CM 15 Belgium Marc Schaessens downward-facing red arrow 80'
CM 10 Belgium Gunther Hofmans
CM 14 Belgium Christophe Kinet
CF 12 Netherlands Edwin van Ankeren downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 13 Canada Tomasz Radzinski Yellow card
Substitutes:
CF 11 Belgium Alex Czerniatynski upward-facing green arrow 80'
CB 5 Hungary Ervin Kovács upward-facing green arrow 56'
CM 17 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Cvijan Milošević upward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Belgium Herman Helleputte
GK 1 Belgium Geert De Vlieger
RB 12 Belgium Olivier Doll
CB 18 Bosnia and Herzegovina Suvad Katana
CB 14 Ghana Samuel Johnson downward-facing red arrow 84'
LB 4 Nigeria Celestine Babayaro
RM 11 Belgium Danny Boffin
CM 10 Sweden Pär Zetterberg (c) downward-facing red arrow 63'
CM 5 Belgium Johan Walem
LM 2 Romania Tibor Selymes Yellow card
RF 22 Ukraine Oleg Iachtchouk
LF 13 Belgium Bruno Versavel downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutes:
RB 30 Belgium Stéphane Stassin upward-facing green arrow 46'
CM 28 Belgium Walter Baseggio upward-facing green arrow 63'
CF 8 Ghana Yaw Preko upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Netherlands 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.