The 1998 Belgian Cup final, took place on 16 May 1998 between Genk and Club Brugge. It was the 43rd Belgian Cup final. Genk played their first Cup final ever and took a convincing victory, by four goals to nil.

Route to the final

Genk				Club Brugge
Opponent	Result	Legs	Round	Opponent	Result	Legs
Lebbeke (IV)	2–1	2–1 home	Sixth round	Oostende (II)	4–1	4–1 home
Lierse	3–1	3–1 home	Seventh round	Patro Eisden (II)	6–0	6–0 home
Sint-Truiden	3–1	3–1 home	Quarter-finals	Standard Liège	5–1	5–1 home
Germinal Ekeren	2–2 (away goals)	2–2 away, 0–0 home	Semi-finals	Mouscron	3–2	1–1 home; 2–1 away

Match

Details

16 May 1998

20:00

Genk	4–0	Club Brugge
Oularé 26', 27' Guðjónsson 39' Peeters 59'	Report

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Armand Ancion

Genk

Club Brugge


GK	István Brockhauser
SW	Domenico Olivieri (c)	88'
RB	Jacky Peeters
CB	Wilfried Delbroek
CB	Marc Vangronsveld
LB	Davy Oyen
CM	Andy Stroy
CM	Philippe Clement	87'
RW	Þórður Guðjónsson
LW	Marc Hendrikx
CF	Souleymane Oularé	86'
Substitutes:
RW	Salif Keïta	86'
CM	Ngoy Nsumbu	87'
CF	Ernest Konon	88'
Manager:
Aimé Anthuenis


GK	Dany Verlinden
SW	Lorenzo Staelens	84'
RB	Tjörven De Brul
CB	Milan Lešnjak
LB	Aleksandar Ilić
CM	Eric Addo
CM	Franky Van der Elst (c)	63'
RW	Gert Verheyen
AM	Khalilou Fadiga
LW	Darko Anić
CF	Edgaras Jankauskas	46'
Substitutes:
RB	Olivier De Cock	46'
CM	Sven Vermant	63'
RB	Eric Deflandre	84'
Manager:
Eric Gerets

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 1997/98

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