2016–17 Belgian Cup

2016–17 Belgian Cup
Tournament details
CountryBelgium
Dates30 July 2016 – 18 March 2017
Teams312
Final positions
ChampionsZulte Waregem (2nd title)
Runner-upOostende

The 2016–17 Belgian Cup, called the Croky Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the 62nd season of Belgium's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 30 July 2016 and is scheduled to end with the final in March 2017. The winners of the competition will qualify for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League Group Stage. Standard Liège were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the 6th round by ASV Geel.

Competition format

The competition consists of ten rounds. Except for the semi-finals, all rounds are single-match elimination rounds. When tied after 90 minutes in the first three rounds, penalties are taken immediately. In rounds four to seven and the quarterfinals, when tied after 90 minutes first an extra time period of 30 minutes are played, then penalties are taken if still necessary. The semi-finals will be played over two legs, where the team winning on aggregate advances. The final will be played as a single match.

Teams enter the competition in different rounds, based upon their 2016–17 league affiliation. Teams from the fifth-level Belgian Third Amateur Division or lower began in round 1. Belgian Second Amateur Division teams entered in round 2, Belgian First Amateur Division teams entered in round 3, Belgian First Division B teams in round 5 and finally the Belgian First Division A teams enter in round 6.

Round Clubs
remaining		 Clubs
involved		 Winners from
previous round		 New entries
this round		 Leagues entering at this round
Round 1 312 224 none 224 Belgian Third Amateur Division and Belgian Provincial Leagues
Round 2 200 160 112 48 Belgian Second Amateur Division
Round 3 120 96 80 16 Belgian First Amateur Division
Round 4 72 48 48 none none
Round 5 48 32 24 8 Belgian First Division B
Round 6 32 32 16 16 Belgian First Division A
Round 7 16 16 16 none none
Quarter-Finals 8 8 8 none none
Semi-Finals 4 4 4 none none
Final 2 2 2 none none

Round and draw dates

The schedule is as follows.

Round Draw date Match date
First Round 26 June 2016 30 and 31 July 2016
Second Round 6 and 7 August 2016
Third Round 13 and 14 August 2016
Fourth Round 20 and 21 August 2016
Fifth Round 26, 27 and 28 August 2016
Sixth Round 29 August 2016 20 and 21 September 2016
Seventh Round 21 September 2016 29 November 2016 to 1 December 2016
Quarter-finals 1 December 2016 13 and 14 December 2016
Semi-finals 14 December 2016 Leg 1: 17 January 2017
Leg 2: 1 February 2017
Final 18 March 2017

First round

This round of matches was played on 30 & 31 July 2016 [1] and includes teams playing in the Belgian Third Amateur Division and Belgian Provincial Leagues. Teams from the Belgian Third Amateur Division were seeded and could not play each other.

Four teams from the lowest division at level nine of the Belgian football pyramid participated, namely Hermalienne, Lacs de l'eau d'heure, Negenmanneke and Pulle. These all got eliminated.

Notes
  1. ^ Match played on the pitch of Andrimont.
  2. ^ Originally URS Lixhe-Lanaye was drawn against Ster-Francorchamps, but they merged with CS Visé to become URSL Visé

Second round

The lowest ranked clubs still in the tournament were six teams from the third provincial level (level 8), of which only Ransartoise B managed to progress.

Notes
  1. ^ The game was played at the ground of Walhain.

Third round

Ransartoise B was the lowest ranked team still in the tournament at this point being the only team from level 8, but they got eliminated by Ingelmunster.

Fourth round

The lowest ranked clubs in this round were five teams from level 6, namely Katelijne, Lochristi, Paturageois, Racing Waregem and Vlijtingen. They all failed to progress.

Fifth Round

Four teams from the Belgian Third Amateur Division (level 5) had managed to progress to this round but were all eliminated at this point: Francs Borains, Helchteren, Rebecq and Turnhout.

Sixth Round

The sixth round saw the entry of the Belgian First Division A teams. The matches were played on 20 and 21 September 2016.

20 September 2016 Club Brugge 3–1Lommel United (2)Bruges
20:00 Vormer 38'
Gedoz 45+2'
Limbombe 63'		 Report Adesanya 26' Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium
20 September 2016 Dessel Sport (3)3–3 (a.e.t.)
(7–8 p)		 Excel Mouscron Dessel
20:30 Njengo 24'
Dreesen 90+1'
Breugelmans 112'		 Report Simić 19'
Marković 55'
Trézéguet 110'		 Stadium: Armand Melisstadion
Penalties
Janssens soccer ball with check mark
Jutten soccer ball with check mark
Smet soccer ball with check mark
Njengo soccer ball with check mark
Boiten soccer ball with red X
Breugelmans soccer ball with check mark
Tilburgs soccer ball with check mark
Dreesen soccer ball with check mark
Remen soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Simić
soccer ball with check mark Hubert
soccer ball with red X Marković
soccer ball with check mark Mohamed
soccer ball with check mark Stojanović
soccer ball with check mark Diedhiou
soccer ball with check mark Vojvoda
soccer ball with check mark Peyre
soccer ball with check mark Trézéguet
21 September 2016 Lokeren 3–2Cercle Brugge (2)Lokeren
20:00 De Ridder 12', 45+2'
De Schryver 84' (o.g.)		 Report Bourdin 59'
Kiš 62'		 Stadium: Daknamstadion
21 September 2016 Roeselare (2)2–3 Eupen Roeselare
20:00 Diallo 85' (o.g.)
Van Eenoo 90+3'		 Report Mouchamps 6'
Dufour 54', 76'		 Stadium: Schiervelde Stadion
21 September 2016 Kortrijk 2–0Sprimont-Comblain (3)Kortrijk
20:00 Kage 80', 88' Report Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion
21 September 2016 Waasland-Beveren 2–0Oosterzonen Oosterwijk (3)Beveren
20:00 Marquet 19'
Jans 73'		 Report Stadium: Freethiel Stadion
21 September 2016 Harelbeke (4)1–6 Sint-Truiden Harelbeke
20:30 Descheemaecker 69' Report Proschwitz 7', 18'
Bezus 8'
Ceballos 10'
Tchenkoua 24'
Boli 80'		 Stadium: Forestiersstadion
21 September 2016 Westerlo0–1Tubize (2)Westerlo
20:30 Report Diallo 82' Stadium: Het Kuipje
21 September 2016 Cappellen (4)1–2 Zulte Waregem Kapellen
20:30 Van den Heuvel 76' Report Vetokele 39'
Leye 89'		 Stadium: Stadion Jos Van Wellen
21 September 2016 Lierse (2)1–2 Gent Lier
20:30 Zizo 15' Report Schoofs 65'
Perbet 90+1'		 Stadium: Herman Vanderpoortenstadion
21 September 2016 Sporting Hasselt (3)2–3 KV Mechelen Hasselt
20:30 Sidibe 12'
Caratta 20'		 Report Croizet 53', 74'
Kolovos 88'		 Stadium: Stedelijk Sportstadion Hasselt
21 September 2016 Eendracht Aalst (4)0–4 Genk Aalst
20:30 Report Karelis 16', 24', 45', 51' Stadium: Pierre Cornelisstadion
21 September 2016 Antwerp (2)0–2 Oostende Antwerp
20:30 Report Berrier 18'
Musona 64'		 Stadium: Bosuilstadion
21 September 2016 ASV Geel (3)2–1Standard LiègeGeel
20:30 Damblon 33', 40' Report Raman 58' Stadium: De Leunen
21 September 2016 Charleroi 5–0Bocholt (4)Charleroi
20:30 Diandy 27'
Bedia 39'
Benavente 43', 68'
Fall 73'		 Report Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi

Seventh Round

29 November 2016 Eupen 3–2Club BruggeEupen
20:00 García 21'
Onyekuru 51'
Blondelle 90+7'		 Report Vanaken 63'
Vossen 68'		 Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
30 November 2016 Kortrijk 1–0Excel MouscronKortrijk
20:00 Totovytskyi 78' Report Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion
Referee: Lawrence Visser
30 November 2016 Tubize (2)3–4 (a.e.t.) Oostende Tubize
20:00 Keita 56' (pen.)
Q. Laurent 58'
Diallo 64'		 Report Cyriac 1', 47'
Pedersen 40'
Siani 119' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stade Leburton
Referee: Nathan Verboomen
30 November 2016 Waasland-Beveren1–3 Genk Beveren
20:00 Gano 89' Report Samatta 15', 42'
Ndidi 80'		 Stadium: Freethiel Stadion
Referee: Sébastien Delferière
30 November 2016 ASV Geel (3)1–2 (a.e.t.) Zulte Waregem Geel
20:30 Bangoura 9' Report Derijck 36' (pen.)
Meïté 114'		 Stadium: De Leunen
Referee: Joeri Van de Velde
30 November 2016 Gent 1–0LokerenGhent
20:45 Perbet 78' Report Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Quarter-finals

The matches were played on 13 and 14 December 2016.

13 December 2016 Eupen 4–0KortrijkEupen
20:30 Diallo 9'
García 57' (pen.)
Sylla 70' (pen.)
Onyekuru 90'		 Report Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
Referee: Wim Smet
14 December 2016 Charleroi1–3 (a.e.t.) Genk Charleroi
20:30 Willems 84' Report Karelis 70', 95', 117' Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Referee: Christof Dierick
14 December 2016 Oostende 1–0GentOstend
20:45 Cyriac 66' Report Stadium: Albertpark
Referee: Jonathan Lardot

Semi-finals

The semi-finals will be played over two legs, with the first legs played on 17 and 18 January 2017 and the second legs on 31 January and 1 February 2017.

First Legs

17 January 2017 Oostende1–1GenkOstend
20:30 Vandendriessche 22' report Malinovskyi 56' Stadium: Albertpark
Referee: Bart Vertenten
18 January 2017 Zulte Waregem1–0EupenWaregem
20:45 Coopman 87' report Stadium: Regenboogstadion
Referee: Nicolas Laforge

Second Legs

31 January 2017 Genk0–1
(1–2 agg.)		 Oostende Genk
20:30 Report Musona 9' Stadium: Luminus Arena
Attendance: 8,687
Referee: Alexandre Boucaut
1 February 2017 Eupen0–2
(0–3 agg.)		 Zulte Waregem Eupen
20:30 Hämäläinen 78'
Marrone 90'		 Stadium: Kehrwegstadion
Referee: Serge Gumienny

Final

Main article: 2017 Belgian Cup final

The final took place on 18 March 2017 at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.

Oostende3–3 (a.e.t.)Zulte Waregem
Dimata 19', 54'
Musona 116' (pen.)		 report Derijck 25'
Coopman 64'
Guèye 111'
Penalties
Siani soccer ball with check mark
Canesin soccer ball with red X
Marušić soccer ball with check mark
Musona soccer ball with red X		 2–4 soccer ball with check mark Derijck
soccer ball with check mark Mühren
soccer ball with check mark Meïté
soccer ball with check mark Hämäläinen
Attendance: 35,000

References

  1. ^ "1st Round". Soccerway. November 2016.