1981 Belgian Cup final

1981 Belgian Cup final
Event	1980–81 Belgian Cup
Date	7 June 1981
Venue	Heizel Stadium, Brussels
Referee	Alexis Ponnet
Attendance	46,035
	← 1980 1982 →

The 1981 Belgian Cup final, took place on 7 June 1981 between Standard Liège and Sporting Lokeren. It was the 26th Belgian Cup final and Standard Liège won the match 4-0.

Route to the final

Standard Liège				Lokeren
Opponent	Result	Legs	Round	Opponent	Result	Legs
Tilleur FC	1–0	1–0 away	Round of 64	KFC Herentals	3-1	3–1 home
Berchem Sport	3–0	3–0 home	Round of 32	Mechelen	1–0	1–0 home
Charleroi	3–0	3–0 away	Round of 16	RFC Liège	4–1	4–1 home
Antwerp	6–2	3–1 away; 3–1 home	Quarter-finals	Beveren	5–2	2–2 away; 3–0 home
Thor Waterschei	8–4	2–5 away; 3–2 home	Semi-finals	Lierse SK	5–1	1–1 away; 4–0 home

Match

Details

7 June 1981

16:00 CET

Standard Liège	4–0	Lokeren
Edström 24' Daerden 63' Tahamata 69' Önal 90'

Heizel Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 46,035

Referee: Alexis Ponnet

Standard Liège

Lokeren


GK	Michel Preud'homme
RB	Eric Gerets
CB	Michel Renquin
CB	Erhan Önal
LB	Gerard Plessers
MF	Guy Vandersmissen
MF	Jos Daerden
MF	Ásgeir Sigurvinsson	6'
MF	Simon Tahamata
FW	Eddy Voordeckers
FW	Ralf Edström	77'
Substitutes:
CB	Theo Poel	6'
MF	Willy Wellens	77'
Manager:
Ernst Happel


GK	Bouke Hoogenboom
RB	Karol Dobiaš
CB	Maurits De Schrijver
CB	Roland Ingels	73'
LB	Ronald Somers
MF	Grzegorz Lato
MF	Eddy Snelders
MF	René Verheyen
MF	Raymond Mommens
FW	Preben Elkjær Larsen	64'
FW	Włodzimierz Lubański
Substitutes:
FW	Arnór Guðjohnsen	64'
CB	Bob Dalving	73'
Manager:
Urbain Haesaert

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Maximum of two substitutions.

External links

Official website (in French and Dutch)
Match report at Sporting Lokeren
Belgium Cup 1980/81 at RSSSF

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League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland
Super cups	Soviet Union '81
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v t e Standard Liège matches
Belgian Cup Finals	1954 1965 1966 1967 1972 1973 1981 1984 1988 1989 1993 1999 2000 2007 2011 2016 2018 2021
Belgian League Cup Final	1974 1975
Belgian Super Cups	1981 1982 1983 1993 2008 2009 2011 2016 2018
European Cup Winners' Cup Final	1982