2013–14 Belgian Cup

2013–14 Belgian Cup

Country	Belgium
Champions	Lokeren
Runners-up	Zulte Waregem
Matches played	335
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The 2013–14 Belgian Cup (also known as Cofidis Cup for sponsorship purposes) was the 59th season of the main knockout football competition in Belgium. It commenced on 26 July 2013 with the first matches of Round 1 and ended on 22 March 2014. The winners qualified for the play-off round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League and the 2014 Belgian Super Cup. Genk were the defending champions, but they did not retain their title as they were eliminated at the quarter-final by Oostende.

Lokeren won the trophy after beating Zulte Waregem 1-0 in the final on 22 March 2014.

Competition format

The competition consists of ten rounds. The first seven rounds are held as single-match elimination rounds. When 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 are played, then penalties are taken if still necessary. The quarter- and semifinals 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 2012–13 league affiliation. Teams from the fourth-level Promotion or lower began in Round 1. Third Division teams entered in Round 3, with Second Division teams joining in the following round. Teams from the Belgian First Division enter in Round 6.

First round

These round of matches were played on 26, 27 & 28 July 2013.^[1]

On top of these fixtures, 8 teams received a bye to the second round, namely Torpedo Hasselt (6), Belgica Edegem (6), Wilrijk (6), Assesse (6), Spy (5), Couvin-Mariembourg (4), Gouy (6) and Wellin (5).

Second round

These round of matches were played on 3 & 4 August 2013.^[2]

Third round

These round of matches are to be played on 10 & 11 August 2013.^[3]

Fourth round

These round of matches were played on 17 & 18 August 2013.^[4]

Fifth round

These round of matches were played on 24 & 25 August 2013.^[5]

Final Stages

Round 6

The draw for round 6 was made on 28 August 2013 and the matches took place on 25 September 2013.^[6] The 16 teams from the Belgian Pro League entered at this stage, and each will play one of the 16 winners from the previous round.

Oostende v Ath (3)

25 September 2013	Oostende	5 – 1	Ath (3)	Albertpark, Ostend
20:15 CEST	Depoitre  15', 56' Berrier  66' Foket  82' Wilmet  84'		Sakanoko  33'

Genk v Tubize (2)

25 September 2013	Genk	3 − 1	Tubize (2)	Cristal Arena, Genk
20:00 CEST	Vossen  59' (pen.), 85' Ojo  66'		Lonsana  31'

Mechelen v Boussu Dour (2)

25 September 2013	Mechelen	3 − 0	Boussu Dour (2)	Argosstadion Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen
20:00 CEST	Biset  35' Diabang  60', 87' Cordaro  64' Prodell  88'		Koffi  59'

Westerlo (2) v Mons

25 September 2013	Westerlo (2)	1 − 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 3 p)	Mons	Het Kuipje, Westerlo
20:00 CEST	Cools  9'		Arbeitman  69'
		Penalties
	Paulussen Lecomte Trenson Geudens Maertens Kennedy		Angeli Matthys Arbeitman Lorenzi De Belder Sapina

Anderlecht v Eupen (2)

25 September 2013	Anderlecht	7 − 0	Eupen (2)	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht, Brussels
20:00 CEST	Bruno  6' (pen.), 52' De Zeeuw  26' Acheampong  36' Suárez  42' Tielemans  49' Cyriac  74'

Roeselare (2) v Waasland-Beveren

25 September 2013	Roeselare (2)	1 − 5	Waasland-Beveren	Schiervelde Stadion, Roeselare
20:00 CEST	Di Lallo  23'		Veselinović  6', 27' Oumarou  13' Henkens  14' Tričkovski  71'

ASV Geel (2) v Lokeren

25 September 2013	ASV Geel (2)	0 − 1	Lokeren	De Leunen, Geel
20:00 CEST			Marić  57'

Tempo Overijse (4) v Kortrijk

25 September 2013	Tempo Overijse (4)	0 − 1	Kortrijk	Begijnhofstadion, Overijse
20:00 CEST			Santini  71'

Gent v Oosterzonen Oosterwijk (3)

25 September 2013	Gent	4 − 0	Oosterzonen Oosterwijk (3)	Ghelamco Arena, Ghent
20:00 CEST	Lepoint  45+11' Soumahoro  56' Privat  87' Neto  89'

Visé (2) v OH Leuven

25 September 2013	Visé (2)	0 − 2	OH Leuven	Stade de la Cité de l'Oie, Visé
20:00 CEST			Ruytinx  54' Messoudi  57' (pen.)

Hamme (3) v Zulte Waregem

25 September 2013	Hamme (3)	1 − 2	Zulte Waregem	Gemeentelijk Stadion Vigor Wuitens Hamme, Hamme
20:00 CEST	Quintelier  38'		Cacérès  69' Habibou  80'

Charleroi v Westhoek (4)

25 September 2013	Charleroi	1 − 0	Westhoek (4)	Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi
20:00 CEST	Kebano  39'

Wolvertem (4) v Cercle Brugge

25 September 2013	Wolvertem (4)	0 − 3	Cercle Brugge	Frans Lathouwersstadion, Wolvertem
20:00 CEST			Van Eenoo  49' Kabananga  79' Staelens  82'

Lommel United (2) v Lierse

25 September 2013	Lommel United (2)	2 − 3	Lierse	Soevereinstadion, Lommel
20:30 CEST	Vanaken  26' Gano  49'		Vercauteren  27' Watt  82' Ghaly  89'

WS Brussels (2) v Standard Liège

25 September 2013	WS Brussels (2)	0 − 4	Standard Liège	Stade Fallon, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
20:30 CEST			M'Poku  5' (pen.) Ezekiel  34' Ghoochannejhad  45+1' Biton  85'

Oudenaarde (3) v Club Brugge

25 September 2013	Oudenaarde (3)	0 − 1	Club Brugge	Burgemeester Thienpontstadion, Oudenaarde
20:45 CEST			Jørgensen  59'

Round 7

The draw for round 7 was made on 28 August 2013 and the matches took place on 4 December 2013.^[6]

Oostende v Lierse

4 December 2013	Oostende	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (8 – 7 p)	Lierse	Albertpark, Ostend
20:00 CET
		Penalties
	Canesin Berrier Brillant Brouckaert Siani Mushekwi De Schutter Schmisser		Losada Swinkels Farag Wils Hoefkens Menga De Jonghe Lambot

Mechelen v Genk

4 December 2013	Mechelen	1 – 2	Genk	Argosstadion Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen
20:00 CET	de Witte  68' (pen.)		Kumordzi  13' Hyland  90+1'

Charleroi v Zulte Waregem

4 December 2013	Charleroi	0 – 3	Zulte Waregem	Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi
20:00 CET			Habibou  13' Kums  50' Colpaert  60'

Cercle Brugge v Standard Liège

4 December 2013	Cercle Brugge	1 – 0	Standard Liège	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:00 CET	Smolders  83' (pen.)

Westerlo (2) v Anderlecht

4 December 2013	Westerlo (2)	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (4 – 3 p)	Anderlecht	Het Kuipje, Westerlo
20:30 CET	MacDonald  7' Trossard  101'		Bruno  48', 107'
		Penalties
	Trenson Vanthournout Kennedy Rentmeister MacDonald		Praet Kljestan Bruno Milivojević Mitrović

Waasland-Beveren v Lokeren

4 December 2013	Waasland-Beveren	1 – 3	Lokeren	Freethiel Stadion, Beveren
20:30 CET	Maman  69'		Bojović  14' (o.g.) Dutra  31' De Pauw  34'

Gent v OH Leuven

4 December 2013	Gent	3 – 0	OH Leuven	Ghelamco Arena, Ghent
20:30 CET	Pedersen  38' (pen.) Neto  58' Privat  70'

Kortrijk v Club Brugge

4 December 2013	Kortrijk	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Club Brugge	Guldensporen Stadion, Kortrijk
20:45 CET	Santini  98'

Quarterfinals

The draw for the quarterfinals took place together with the draw for rounds 6 and 7 on 25 September 2013.^[6] The matches will be played over two legs on 18 December 2013 (leg 1) and 15 January 2014 (leg 2).

First legs

Genk v Oostende

18 December 2013	Genk	0 – 0	Oostende	Cristal Arena, Genk
20:00 CET

Westerlo (2) v Lokeren

18 December 2013	Westerlo (2)	0 – 1	Lokeren	Het Kuipje, Westerlo
20:00 CET			Dutra  53'

Zulte Waregem v Cercle Brugge

18 December 2013	Zulte Waregem	1 – 0	Cercle Brugge	Regenboogstadion, Waregem
20:00 CET	De Fauw  7'

Gent v Kortrijk

18 December 2013	Gent	1 – 0	Kortrijk	Ghelamco Arena, Ghent
20:45 CET	Soumahoro  85'

Second legs

Kortrijk v Gent

14 January 2014	Kortrijk	1 – 0 (1 – 1 agg.) (4 – 5 p)	Gent	Guldensporen Stadion, Kortrijk
20:45 CET	Raman  33'			Referee: Serge Gumienny
		Penalties
	De Smet Chanot Matton Raman Heylen Petrović		Neto El Ghanassy Soumahoro Pedersen Habibou Van der Bruggen

Cercle Brugge v Zulte Waregem

15 January 2014	Cercle Brugge	3 – 2 (3 – 3 agg.)	Zulte Waregem	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges
20:00 CET	Naudts  30' A. Staelens  87' Kabananga  90+4'		Bongonda  41' Hazard  57'

Lokeren v Westerlo (2)

15 January 2014	Lokeren	4 – 2 (5 – 2 agg.)	Westerlo (2)	Daknamstadion, Lokeren
20:30 CET	Vanaken  64' Marić  69' (pen.) Dutra  70' Trompet  87'		Cools  49' Paulussen  53' (pen.)	Referee: Bart Vertenten

Oostende v Genk

15 January 2014	Oostende	1 – 0 (a.e.t.) (1 – 0 agg.)	Genk	Albertpark, Ostend
20:45 CET	Siani  95'			Referee: Sebastien Delferiere

Semifinals

The matches will be played over two legs on 27 & 28 January 2014 (leg 1) and 5 February 2014 (leg 2).

First legs

Lokeren v Oostende

28 January 2014	Lokeren	1 – 1	Oostende	Daknamstadion, Lokeren
20:45 CET	Harbaoui  63'		Mushekwi  18'

Gent v Zulte Waregem

29 January 2014	Gent	0 – 1	Zulte Waregem	Ghelamco Arena, Ghent
20:45 CET		Report	Pourié  62'	Attendance: 9,960 Referee: Sébastien Delferière

Second legs

Oostende v Lokeren

5 February 2014	Oostende	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (8–9 p)	Lokeren	Albertpark, Ostend
20:45 CET	Depoitre  24'		Harbaoui  3'
		Penalties
	Berrier Jali Schmisser Wilmet Siani Hempte Brillant Mushekwi De Schutter Depoitre		Patosi Mertens Scholz Persoons Harbaoui Overmeire Galitsios Odoi Kaya Ansah

Zulte Waregem v Gent

5 February 2014	Zulte Waregem	0 – 0 (1–0 agg.)	Gent	Regenboogstadion, Waregem
20:45 CET

Final

Lokeren v Zulte Waregem

22 March 2014	Lokeren	1 – 0	Zulte Waregem	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
	Scholz  57'

See also

• 2013–14 Belgian Pro League

References

External links

• Official website (in French) (in Dutch)