2020 Austrian Cup final

The 2020 Austrian Cup final was played on 29 May 2020 between FC Red Bull Salzburg and SC Austria Lustenau at Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, a neutral ground. The final was the culmination of the 2019–20 Austrian Cup, the 89th season of the Austrian Cup.

2020 Austrian Cup final
Wörthersee Stadion hosted the final.
Event2019–20 Austrian Cup
Date29 May 2020
VenueWörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt
RefereeDieter Muckenhammer
Attendance0 (behind-closed-doors)
WeatherMostly Cloudy
59 °F (15 °C)
48% humidity[1]
2019
2021

Red Bull Salzburg won their seventh cup title after defeating Austria Lustenau 5–0, which would have earned them a place in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, but they instead qualified for the UEFA Champions League by virtue of their first-place finish in the 2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga.

Teams

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Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
SC Austria Lustenau 2 (2011, 2020)
FC Red Bull Salzburg 12 ([a]1974, [a]1980, [a]1981, [a]2000, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
  1. ^ a b c d as SV Austria Salzburg

Venue

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Wörthersee Stadion, known as 28 Black Arena for sponsorship purposes, is the home of SK Austria Klagenfurt of the Austrian Football Bundesliga, with a capacity of 30,000.[2]

Background

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The Austrian Bundesliga clubs FC Red Bull Salzburg and SC Austria Lustenau contested the final, with the winner earning a place in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage. Since Red Bull Salzburg qualified for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League by virtue of their first-place finish in the 2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga, the Europa League group stage place was passed down to 3rd place Wolfsberger AC.

Red Bull Salzburg competed in its twelfth overall final, which was also their seventh consecutive final. Austria Lustenau competed in their second overall final, which was their first since 2011. Austria Lustenau has never won the domestic cup, while Red Bull Salzburg has won it 6 times. The two teams have never met in the Austrian cup final. As Red Bull Salzburg and Austria Lustenau are in different tiers of the Austrian football league system, this is their first match up of the season.

Route to the final

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Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

FC Red Bull Salzburg Round SC Austria Lustenau
Opponent Result Opponent Result
SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 7–1 (A) First round ATSV Stadl-Paura 5–0 (A)
SK Rapid Wien 2–1 (A) Second round Floridsdorfer AC 2–1 (a.e.t.) (H)
ASK Ebreichsdorf 5–0 (A) Third round Union Gurten 3–2 (A)
SKU Amstetten 3–0 (A) Quarter-finals WSG Swarovski Tirol 2–2 (a.e.t.) (A)

(5–4 p)

LASK 1–0 (H) Semi-finals FC Wacker Innsbruck 1–0 (H)

Match

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Red Bull Salzburg5–0Austria Lustenau
Szoboszlai   19'
Stumberger   21' (o.g.)
Okafor   53'
Ashimeru   65'
Koïta   79'
Report
GK 1   Cican Stankovic
RB 5   Albert Vallci   75'
CB 15   André Ramalho
CB 39   Maximilian Wöber   78'
LB 17   Andreas Ulmer (c)   86'
CM 4   Majeed Ashimeru
CM 16   Zlatko Junuzović   68'
RM 77   Noah Okafor   68'
LM 14   Dominik Szoboszlai
CF 20   Patson Daka   78'
CF 9   Hwang Hee-chan
Substitutes:
GK 31   Carlos Miguel Coronel
DF 6   Jérôme Onguéné   78'
DF 25   Patrick Farkas   86'
MF 28   Antoine Bernède   68'
FW 7   Sékou Koïta   68'
FW 8   Mërgim Berisha
FW 27   Karim Adeyemi   78'
Manager:
  Jesse Marsch
GK 98   Florian Eres
RB 29   Michael Lageder
CB 24   Sebastian Feyrer
CB 5   Dominik Stumberger   15'
LB 18   Christian Schilling
DM 16   Christoph Freitag   51'
RM 55   Thomas Mayer   55'
CM 33   Daniel Tiefenbach   38'   55'
CM 23   Pius Grabher   62'
LM 14   Alexander Ranacher
CF 9   Ronivaldo (c)
Substitutes:
GK 77   Marcel Stumberger
DF 26   Darijo Grujcic
MF 10   Daniel Steinwender   62'
MF 20   Wallace   55'
FW 11   Lukas Katnik   55'
FW 22   Bojan Avramović
FW 99   Andy Reyes
Manager:
  Roman Mählich
Assistant referees:

Stefan Kühr

Stefan Stangl

Fourth official:

Stefan Ebner

Match rules
  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to four may be used

References

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  1. ^ "Weather History for Klagenfurt, Austria". wunderground.com. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Wörthersee Stadium". Sportpark Klagenfurt. 2023-10-08. Retrieved 2023-10-01.