2009–10 Belgian Cup

Competition format

The competition consists of ten rounds. The first seven rounds are held as single-match elimination rounds. If the match remains tied after 90 minutes in the first three rounds, penalties are taken immediately. In rounds four to seven, when tied after 90 minutes first an extra time period of 30 minutes is played followed by penalties if still necessary. The quarter- and semi-finals are played as Two-legged ties, where the team winning both matches on aggregate advances. The final is played as a single match at a neutral venue.

Teams enter the competition in different rounds, based upon their 2008–09 league affiliation. Teams from the fourth-level Promotion or lower begin in Round 1. Third Division teams enter in Round 3, with Second Division teams joining in the following round. Teams from the Belgian First Division enter in Round 6.

Starting Rounds

The starting five rounds feature only teams of lower divisions and all matches are played during the summer and early fall, mostly in July and August.

Round 1

The matches were played on 25 and 26 July 2009.

Round 2

The matches were played on 2 August 2009.

Round 3

The matches were played on 8 and 9 August 2009.

Round 4

The matches were played on 16 August 2009.

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Round 5

The matches were played on 23 August 2009.

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Final Stages

Bracket

| RD1-team01=Wetteren | RD1-score01=1 | RD1-team02=Charleroi (aet) | RD1-score02=2 | RD1-team03=KV Mechelen | RD1-score03=2 | RD1-team04=Spouwen-Mopertingen | RD1-score04=0 | RD1-team05=Westerlo (aet) | RD1-score05=3 | RD1-team06=Aalst | RD1-score06=2 | RD1-team07=Mons (aet) | RD1-score07=2 | RD1-team08=Mouscron | RD1-score08=1 | RD1-team09=Club Brugge | RD1-score09=5 | RD1-team10=Hamme | RD1-score10=0 | RD1-team11=Lokeren | RD1-score11=2 | RD1-team12=Tubize | RD1-score12=0 | RD1-team13=Gent | RD1-score13=3 | RD1-team14=Woluwe | RD1-score14=1 | RD1-team15=Germinal Beerschot | RD1-score15=3 | RD1-team16=Deinze | RD1-score16=0 | RD1-team17=Anderlecht | RD1-score17=2 | RD1-team18=Verviers | RD1-score18=0 | RD1-team19=Antwerp | RD1-score19=0 | RD1-team20=Dender | RD1-score20=1 | RD1-team21=Zulte Waregem | RD1-score21=3 | RD1-team22=Ronse | RD1-score22=0 | RD1-team23=Cercle Brugge | RD1-score23=2 | RD1-team24=OH Leuven | RD1-score24=0 | RD1-team25=Standard Liège (aet) | RD1-score25=2 | RD1-team26=Lierse | RD1-score26=1 | RD1-team27=Virton | RD1-score27=0 | RD1-team28=Kortrijk (aet) | RD1-score28=1 | RD1-team29=Sint-Truiden | RD1-score29=0 | RD1-team30=Genk | RD1-score30=1 | RD1-team31=Roeselare (aet) | RD1-score31=2 | RD1-team32=Beveren | RD1-score32=1 | RD2-team01=Charleroi | RD2-score01=2 | RD2-team02=KV Mechelen (aet) | RD2-score02=5 | RD2-team03=Westerlo | RD2-score03=3 | RD2-team04=Mons | RD2-score04=1 | RD2-team05=Club Brugge | RD2-score05=2 | RD2-team06=Lokeren | RD2-score06=1 | RD2-team07=Gent | RD2-score07=1 | RD2-team08=Germinal Beerschot | RD2-score08=0 | RD2-team09=Anderlecht | RD2-score09=3 | RD2-team10=Dender | RD2-score10=0 | RD2-team11=Zulte Waregem | RD2-score11=1 | RD2-team12=Cercle Brugge | RD2-score12=3 | RD2-team13=Standard Liège | RD2-score13=1 | RD2-team14=Kortrijk | RD2-score14=2 | RD2-team15=Genk | RD2-score15=1 | RD2-team16=Roeselare | RD2-score16=2 | RD3-team01=KV Mechelen | RD3-score01-1=3 | RD3-score01-2=0 | RD3-score01-agg=3 | RD3-team02=Westerlo | RD3-score02-1=2 | RD3-score02-2=0 | RD3-score02-agg=2 | RD3-team03=Club Brugge | RD3-score03-1=1 | RD3-score03-2=0 | RD3-score03-agg=1 | RD3-team04=Gent | RD3-score04-1=4 | RD3-score04-2=1 | RD3-score04-agg=5 | RD3-team05=Anderlecht | RD3-score05-1=2 | RD3-score05-2=0 | RD3-score05-agg=2 | RD3-team06=Cercle Brugge (a) | RD3-score06-1=1 | RD3-score06-2=1 | RD3-score06-agg=2 | RD3-team07=Kortrijk | RD3-score07-1=3 | RD3-score07-2=0 | RD3-score07-agg=3 | RD3-team08=Roeselare (a) | RD3-score08-1=2 | RD3-score08-2=1 | RD3-score08-agg=3 | RD4-team01=KV Mechelen | RD4-score01-1=2 | RD4-score01-2=0 | RD4-score01-agg=2 | RD4-team02=Gent | RD4-score02-1=2 | RD4-score02-2=1 | RD4-score02-agg=3 | RD4-team03=Cercle Brugge | RD4-score03-1=3 | RD4-score03-2=1 | RD4-score03-agg=4 | RD4-team04=Roeselare | RD4-score04-1=0 | RD4-score04-2=3 | RD4-score04-agg=3 | RD5-team01=Gent | RD5-score01=3 | RD5-team02=Cercle Brugge | RD5-score02=0

Round 6

The matches were played on 27 and 28 October 2009. All 16 Belgian First Division teams were supposed to enter in this round, however newly promoted Sint-Truiden had to start already in round 4 due to an error by the KBVB-URBSFA. The three teams relegated last season from the top division were also allowed to enter in this round. The top 16 teams of the Belgian First Division 2008–09 are seeded in this round and cannot meet each other. This means that newly promoted Sint-Truiden was not seeded, whereas relegated Dender is.

The draw was made on 2 September 2009.

de Petter Lord Van der Heyden Dahmane Meeus Chávez Habibou Frutos El Mouataz Roussel Dissa Rossini Biot Coulibaly Dufer Ernemann Chevalier Dosunmu De Man

Round 7

The draw for the seventh round and the quarter finals was made on 4 November 2009. The match between Gent and Germinal Beerschot was originally scheduled one day earlier than the other matches for television broadcasting, but due to snow, the match was rescheduled to also be played on 23 December 2009. |access-date=21 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091223071357/http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/beker_van_belgie/091221_GNT_GBE_verschoven |archive-date=23 December 2009 |url-status=dead One day after this match had been rescheduled, the match between Zulte-Waregem and Cercle Brugge was postponed for the same reason. This match was originally scheduled to be played on 13 January 2010,{{cite news |access-date=25 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227194500/http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.674023 |archive-date=27 December 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=14 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117231153/http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.693844 |archive-date=17 January 2010 |url-status=live |access-date=17 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100120022515/http://www.sporza.be/permalink/1.695606 |archive-date=20 January 2010 |url-status=live

Vargas Guedioura Geudens van Hoevelen Mununga Ghomsi Biglia Dekelver Tomou Benteke Foley

Quarter-finals

With the match between Zulte-Waregem and Cercle Brugge postponed three times and not many options remaining, the decision was made by the Belgian Football Association to play the Anderlecht versus Cercle Brugge in just one leg instead of two, with that match being played at Anderlecht.

First legs

De Beule Ibou Tomou Gorius Yakovenko Leye Smolders Kouyaté

Second legs

Semi-finals

The semi finals are also two-legged. The draw was made on 1 February 2010.

First legs

Biset Coulibaly Cornelis Iachtchouk

Second legs

Huyghebaert Kelhar

Final

References

References

1. (April 2019). "Speeldag 1". [[Belgian FA]] official website.
2. (April 2019). "Speeldag 2". [[Belgian FA]] official website.
3. (April 2019). "Speeldag 3". [[Belgian FA]] official website.
4. (April 2019). "Speeldag 4". [[Belgian FA]] official website.
5. (April 2019). "Speeldag 5". [[Belgian FA]] official website.
6. (2010-01-21). "Cup duel between Anderlecht and Cercle Brugge played over two legs after all". sporza.be.