2007–08 Estonian Cup

Estonian Cup 2007–08 (Estonian: Eesti Karikas) was the twenty-first season of the Estonian football knockout tournament. Winners of the cup qualified for the UEFA Cup 2008–09 second qualifying round. The defending champion, Levadia, was knocked out in the semi-final in a penalty shoot-out against Flora.

The competition culminated with the final held at Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn on 13 May 2008 with Flora taking the title 3 – 1. It was broadcast by Kalev Sport.

All in all, 71 teams took part of the competition.

First round

Only seven games were played in the first round, to take the number of teams down from 71 to 64, other 57 teams got byes. Two teams from Meistriliiga – TVMK Tallinn (winners in 2003, 2006; finalists in 2004, 2005) and Tulevik Viljandi (finalists in 1999; 2000) – started their journey from early on.

Fourth round

Quarter-finals

Four teams from Tallinn got through to the quarter-finals, including the defending champion Levadia. Three clubs from Tartu and one from Narva were also represented.

The win by Flora II was a bit unexpected, but as they had played well in the previous rounds, it was really no big surprise that they overcame the Meistriliiga side. Maag Tammeka had no problem defeating Santos, the only club from the second division. While the main team were victorious, Maag Tammeka's reserve team lost to Flora, conceding two goals in the first eight minutes and two more later in the game. The only game containing both teams from the Top Division culminated with an easy victory for Levadia against 2001 cup-winner Trans.

15 April 200818:00

Levadia	3 – 1	Narva Trans
Zelinski  2' Andreev  44'  57'		Lõsanov 74'

Kadrioru staadion, Tallinn

Attendance: 150

Referee: Hannes Kaasik

16 April 200817:00

Maag Tammeka II	1 – 4	Flora
Perlin  58'		Post  7' Anier  8'  71' Hurt  57'

Annelinna kunstmuruväljak, Tartu

Attendance: 125

Referee: Urmo Visnapuu

16 April 200818:45

Tallinna Kalev	1 – 3	Flora U21
Tikenberg  37'		Reinsoo  58' (pen.) Toomet  76' Kallaste  85'

Kalevi kunstmuruväljak, Tallinn

Attendance: 90

Referee: Kristo Tohver

16 April 200819:45

Santos†	0 – 3	Maag Tammeka
		Ossipov  23' Starovoitov  52' Prosa  82'

Annelinna kunstmuruväljak, Tartu

Attendance: 170

Referee: Raivo Lattik

† – Välk 494 Tartu changed their name to FC Santos Tartu.

Semi-finals

29 April 200818:45

Flora	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Levadia
Kasimir  13'		Malov  85'
Penalties
Hakola Zahovaiko Sidorenkov Vunk	4 – 1	Nahk Kink Leitan

A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn

Attendance: 350

Referee: Silver Kõiv

30 April 200818:00

Flora U21	0 – 3	Maag Tammeka
		Starovoitov  4'  15'  17'

A. Le Coq Arena 1st grass pitch, Tallinn

Attendance: 150

Referee: Margus Kotter

Final

The clear favourite, Flora Tallinn, having won the competition twice before, in 1995 and 1997, attended the final for the sixth time. The underdog, Maag Tammeka Tartu, played in their first cup final, while also being only the second team from Tartu to reach that stage of the competition.

13 May 200818:45

Flora	3 – 1	Maag Tammeka
Post  1' Hakola  47' (pen.)  64' Aksalu  69'		Ossipov  72' (pen.)  90+1'

Kadrioru staadion

Attendance: 500

Referee: Hannes Kaasik

Top goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alo Dupikov	Flora U21	9
2	Mario Hansi	Maag Tammeka II	6
	Vladislav Ivanov	Narva Trans
	Robert Pluum	Santos
	Tõnis Starkopf	Esteve
5	Mikk Laas	Maag Tammeka III	5
	Dmitri Lipartov	Narva Trans
	Sander Post	Flora
	Sergei Starovoitov	Maag Tammeka
	Denis Šerikov	Maag Tammeka II
	Aleksandr Tarassenkov	Narva Trans

External links

• Official site (in Estonian)

References

Estonia Cup 2007/08 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation