The 2020 Belgian Cup final, named Croky Cup after the sponsor, was the 65th
Belgian Cup final. It was originally scheduled to take place on 22 March 2020, but was postponed to 1 August 2020 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium. The match was played without supporters and saw
Club Brugge play
Antwerp. Prior to the match, Club Brugge had already won the Belgian Cup 11 times, with their most recent appearance the
2016 Belgian Cup Final loss against
Standard Liège. Antwerp featured in the cup final for the fourth time, with their previous final already 26 years ago when the club beat
Mechelen on penalty kicks.
Defending champions
Mechelen were unable to defend their title as they were found guilty of match-fixing as part of the investigation surrounding the
2017–19 Belgian football fraud scandal and therefore banned from the competition for one season.
Both clubs were only allowed to use players that were part of the squad during the 2019–20 season, meaning that newly signed players during the
summer 2020 transfer window were not eligible, while all players who had already left could of course no longer be used either. Antwerp was hampered due to this as no less than nine players had left the club over the summer up to that point, most notably including goalkeeper
Sinan Bolat, defenders
Dino Arslanagić,
Wesley Hoedt and
Daniel Opare, midfielders
Steven Defour and
Kevin Mirallas; and striker
Zinho Gano. On the other hand, Club Brugge had seen almost no departures, with
Percy Tau most influential.