2001 Belgian Cup final

2001 Belgian Cup final
Event2000–01 Belgian Cup
Date27 May 2001
VenueKing Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
RefereeEric Romain
Attendance20 000
Weatherclear
2000
2002

The 2001 Belgian Cup final, took place on 27 May 2001 between Westerlo and second division champions Lommel. It was the 46th Belgian Cup final and was won by Westerlo. This was the first time since Tongeren in 1974 that a team from outside the top division had made it into the final.

Route to the final

Westerlo Lommel
Opponent Result Legs Round Opponent Result Legs
Denderleeuw (II) 1–0 1–0 home Sixth round Aalst 2–0 2–0 away
Beveren 3–1 (a.e.t.) 3–1 home (a.e.t.) Seventh round La Louvière 3–0 3–0 home
Sint-Truiden 1–0 1–0 home Quarter-finals Lokeren 3–1 3–1 home
Germinal Beerschot 4–2 2–1 away, 2–1 home Semi-finals Genk 3–2 2–1 home; 1–1 away

Match

Details

Westerlo1–0Lommel
Delen 22'
Westerlo
Lommel
GK 1 Belgium Bart Deelkens
RB 6 Belgium Sidney Lammens
CB 15 Belgium Sadio Ba
CB 16 Belgium Frank Machiels
LB 8 Belgium Björn De Coninck
RM 3 Belgium Marc Schaessens downward-facing red arrow 66'
CM 7 Belgium Rudy Janssens (c)
CM 20 Belgium Bart Willemsen Yellow card downward-facing red arrow 74'
CM 11 Czech Republic Lukáš Zelenka
LM 18 Belgium Jef Delen
CF 9 Bosnia and Herzegovina Vedran Pelić Yellow card downward-facing red arrow 85'
Substitutes:
CM 12 Belgium Dirk Thoelen upward-facing green arrow 74'
CF 5 Belgium Ives Serneels upward-facing green arrow 85'
CM 23 Serbia and Montenegro Dalibor Mitrović upward-facing green arrow 66'
Manager:
Belgium Jan Ceulemans
GK 1 Belgium Gert Davidts
RB 15 Belgium Kris Vincken Yellow card
CB 2 Belgium Daniël Nassen
CB 4 Belgium Michel Noben Yellow card
LB 5 Belgium Didier Segers downward-facing red arrow 71'
RM 7 Czech Republic Richard Culek
CM 14 Belgium Wim Mennes
CM 22 Hungary Zsolt Bárányos
LM 11 Belgium Dieter Dekelver
CF 10 Netherlands Twan Scheepers Yellow card
CF 9 Poland Mirosław Waligóra
Substitutes:
CB 6 Belgium Daniël Scavone Red card upward-facing green arrow 71'
Manager:
Netherlands Harm van Veldhoven

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.