2025–26 Belgian Cup

The 2025–26 Belgian Cup, called the Croky Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the 71st season of Belgium's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 19 July 2025. The winners of the competition will qualify for the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League. Club Brugge are the defending champions. Match times up to 26 October 2025 and from 29 March 2026 are CEST (UTC+2). Times on interim ("winter") days are CET (UTC+1).

The competition consists of eleven proper rounds. All rounds are single-match elimination rounds, except for the semi-finals. When tied after 90 minutes in the first three rounds, penalties will be taken immediately. From round four onwards, when tied after 90 minutes first an extra time period of 30 minutes will be played, then penalties are to be taken if still necessary.

This round of matches was played on 19 and 20 July 2025. It featured 52 teams from the provincial leagues.

This round was played on 26 and 27 July 2025 and featured the 26 winners from the preliminary round joined by the 88 other provincial teams that had not played yet. A total of 114 teams competed, with 57 advancing to the second round.

This round was played on 2 and 3 August 2025. The 57 winners from the first round were joined by the 63 clubs from the Division 3. A total of 60 teams were eliminated.

This round was played on 9 and 10 August 2025. The 60 winners from the second round were joined by the 46 clubs from the Division 2. A total of 53 teams were eliminated.

This round was played on 16 and 17 August 2025. The 53 winners from the third round were joined by the 23 clubs from the Division 1. A total of 38 teams were eliminated.

This round was played on 23 and 24 August 2025 and featured the 38 winners from the previous round.

This round was played from 5 to 7 September 2025 and featured the 19 winners from the previous round and the 13 eligible clubs from the Challenger Pro League.

This round will be played from 28 to 30 October 2025 and will feature the 16 winners from the previous round together with the 16 teams from the Pro League, which are seeded and cannot draw each other. The 6 non-professional teams left in the draw all received home advantage prior to the draw, with the exception of Eendracht Aalst Lede whose pitch was deemed unsuitable to host matches at this level, they were automatically assigned the away team prior to the draw. As a result, due to these rules, Knokke and Tubize-Braine (both originally drawn away) were handed the home advantage after the draw. The draw was held on 8 September 2025. Three days after the draw, the mayor of Ninove prohibited the match against Anderlecht to take place in Ninove, citing the stadium was too small to safely host the match, after which the clubs agreed Ninove would give up home advantage and instead play the match in Anderlecht.^[2]

This round will be played from 2 to 4 December 2025 and will feature the 16 winners from the previous round. Beerschot is the only team left not from the top division. The draw for this round was made after the last matches from the seventh round were completed, and one day later, the exact dates and times were also confirmed.^[3] Most notable fixture is the clash between Genk and Anderlecht, with all other bigger teams avoiding each other.

The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals took place on 4 December 2025, after completion of the final matches of the eighth round.^[4] No team outside the Belgian Pro League remained at this stage.

The four quarter-final winners entered the semi-finals, held over two legs.