The 2019 Belgian Super Cup was a
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
match that took place on 20 July 2019 between
Genk, the winners of the
2018–19 Belgian First Division A
The 2018–19 Belgian First Division A (officially known as Jupiler Pro League) was the 116th season of top-tier football in Belgium.
Team changes
* Mechelen was relegated after finishing last in the 2017–18 Belgian First Division A, ending a ...
, and
Mechelen
Mechelen (; french: Malines ; traditional English name: MechlinMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical contex ...
, the winners of the
2018–19 Belgian Cup
The 2018–19 Belgian Cup, called the Croky Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 64th season of Belgium's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 29 July 2018 and ended with the final in May 2019. The winners of the competition qu ...
. In its eighth appearance, Genk won its second
Belgian Super Cup after already winning the
2011 edition, by a convincing 3–0 margin. Defender
Sébastien Dewaest
Sébastien Dewaest (born 27 May 1991) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as centre-back. He is currently unemployed after most recently playing for AEL Limassol. He has formerly played for Roeselare from 2011 until 2013 and for Charl ...
was twice able to score from a set piece delivery, with
Dante Vanzeir scoring the final goal in the closing minutes. Mechelen could have become only the ninth different club to win the Belgian Super Cup, but failed to win again after an earlier loss in the
1987 Belgian Super Cup. With the victory of Genk, the Belgian Super Cup was won for the 15th consecutive year by the league winners, as the
2004 Belgian Super Cup
The 2004 Belgian Supercup was a football match between the winners of the previous season's Belgian First Division and Belgian Cup competitions. The match was contested by Cup winners Club Brugge, and 2004–05 Belgian First Division champions, An ...
still marked the last year the cup winners overcame the league winners, when
Club Brugge
(), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062. beat
Anderlecht
Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...
.
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2018–19 Belgian First Division A
The 2018–19 Belgian First Division A (officially known as Jupiler Pro League) was the 116th season of top-tier football in Belgium.
Team changes
* Mechelen was relegated after finishing last in the 2017–18 Belgian First Division A, ending a ...
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2018–19 Belgian Cup
The 2018–19 Belgian Cup, called the Croky Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 64th season of Belgium's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 29 July 2018 and ended with the final in May 2019. The winners of the competition qu ...
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2019
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K.R.C. Genk matches
K.V. Mechelen matches
Supercup
A super cup is a competition, usually but not exclusively in association football, which often forms the 'curtain raiser' to a season, and typically involves only two teams who have qualified through success in other competitions during the prev ...
Belgian Super Cup