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Wörthersee Stadion hosted the final. | |||||||
| Event | 2019–20 Austrian Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 29 May 2020 | ||||||
| Venue | Wörthersee Stadion,Klagenfurt | ||||||
| Referee | Dieter Muckenhammer | ||||||
| Attendance | 0 (behind-closed-doors) | ||||||
| Weather | Mostly Cloudy 59 °F (15 °C) 48%humidity[1] | ||||||
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The2020 Austrian Cup final was played on 29 May 2020 betweenFC Red Bull Salzburg andSC Austria Lustenau atWörthersee Stadion,Klagenfurt, a neutral ground. The final was the culmination of the2019–20 Austrian Cup, the 89th season of theAustrian Cup.
Red Bull Salzburg won their seventh cup title after defeating Austria Lustenau 5–0, which would have earned them a place in the2020–21 UEFA Europa League, but they instead qualified for theUEFA Champions League by virtue of their first-place finish in the2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga.
| Team | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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| 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) |
Wörthersee Stadion, known as 28 Black Arena for sponsorship purposes, is the home ofSK Austria Klagenfurt of theAustrian Football Bundesliga, with a capacity of 30,000.[2]
TheAustrian Bundesliga clubsFC Red Bull Salzburg andSC Austria Lustenau contested the final, with the winner earning a place in the2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage. Since Red Bull Salzburg qualified for the2020–21 UEFA Champions League by virtue of their first-place finish in the2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga, the Europa League group stage place was passed down to 3rd placeWolfsberger 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 theAustrian football league system, this is their first match up of the season.
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 | ||
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| 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) (5–4p) |
| LASK | 1–0 (H) | Semi-finals | FC Wacker Innsbruck | 1–0 (H) |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 5–0 | Austria Lustenau |
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| Szoboszlai Stumberger Okafor Ashimeru Koïta | Report |
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| Assistant referees: Stefan Kühr Stefan Stangl Stefan Ebner | Match rules
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