1997 Belgian Cup final

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.

1997 Belgian Cup final

Event	1996–97 Belgian Cup
Germinal Ekeren Anderlecht 4 2
After extra time
Date	1 June 1997
Venue	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Referee	Marnix Sandra
Attendance	21,520
← 1996 1998 →

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

1 June 1997

16:00

Germinal Ekeren	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Anderlecht
Johnson 65' (o.g.) Kinet 85' Radzinski 93' Hofmans 96'		Iachtchouk 32' Johnson 57'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

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.

External links

• Official website (in French and Dutch)
• RSSSF Belgium Cups 1996/97