2008–09 Belgian Cup

2008–09 Belgian Cup
Country  Belgium
Champions Genk
Runners-up KV Mechelen

The Belgian Cup 2008–09 was the 54th season of the main knockout football competition in Belgium. It is commonly named Cofidis Cup, after its sponsor Cofidis. It was won by Genk.

Bracket

Sixth Round Seventh Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Gent 3
D2 OH Leuven 0 Gent 2
Mouscron 3 Mouscron 1
Tubize 1 Gent 1 0*
Genk 6 Genk 0 2*
D3 Seraing 0 Genk 1
D3 Diegem 1 Lokeren 0
Lokeren 2 Genk 2 4
Germinal Beerschot 1 D2 Lierse 2 1
D3 RC Mechelen 4 D3 RC Mechelen 0 (10)
D2 KV Oostende 0 Zulte-Waregem 0 (9)
Zulte-Waregem 1 D3 RC Mechelen 1 0
D3 Dessel 1 D2 Lierse 0 3
Dender 3 Dender 2
Mons 0 D2 Lierse 3
D2 Lierse 2 Genk 2
Cercle Brugge 2 KV Mechelen 0
D3 Mol-Wezel 1 Cercle Brugge 2*
Charleroi 3 Charleroi 1*
D2 Ronse 1 Cercle Brugge 1 1
Club Brugge 1 Roeselare 0 2
D2 Beveren 0 Club Brugge 0
D3 Turnhout 1 Roeselare 1
Roeselare 4 Cercle Brugge 2 1*
KV Mechelen 4 KV Mechelen 1 2*
D3 Veldwezelt 2 KV Mechelen 2
Anderlecht 3 Anderlecht 1
D2 Tournai 1 KV Mechelen 1 0
Kortrijk 1 (3) Kortrijk 0 0
Standard Liège 1 (2) Kortrijk 3
D2 KVSK United 1 Westerlo 1
Westerlo 2

Legend

Results

In the first two rounds, teams from the provincial leagues and promotion division played each other. In the third round, teams from the third division joined in. Round four was the starting point for the teams from the second division. After the fifth round, only 14 teams remained.

Round 6

Teams from the Jupiler Pro League entered the competition at this stage. Teams from the first division were seeded and couldn't meet each other, except for the newly promoted teams, Kortrijk and Tubize, who did not belong to this seeded group.

Apart from the 18 teams directly qualified, 14 other teams had qualified through winning in the fifth round:

The draw was made on September 3, 2008.

Cercle Brugge 2 – 1 Mol-Wezel (D3)
De Smet  14'
Gombami  35'		 Jansen  9'
Dessel (D3) 1 – 3 Dender
Didier  36' Blondelle  45'
Destorme  70'
Sylla  82'
KV Oostende (D2) 0 – 1 Zulte-Waregem
Leye  35'
Turnhout (D3) 1 – 4 Roeselare
Janssens  52' Janssens  11' (o.g.)
Tanghe  26'
Mulisa  49'
Dissa  65'
Stadsparkstadion, Turnhout
Mons 0 – 2 Lierse (D2)
J. Mertens  74'
J. Cavens  86'
Diegem (D3) 1 – 2 Lokeren
Vanhamel  22' Touré  45'
Van Grunderbeeck  90' (o.g.)
Mouscron 3 – 1 Tubize
Okwunwanne  11', 29'
Lepoint  38'		 Chantry  90' (o.g.)
Anderlecht 3 – 1 Tournai (D2)
Losada  12'
Legear  67'
Suárez  86'		 Frutos  21'
Genk 6 – 0 Seraing (D3)
Dugary  12'
Nemec  42', 45', 69'
Soetaers  61'
Bošnjak  75'
Gent 3 – 0 OH Leuven (D2)
Foley  12'
Sorokin  33'
Azofeifa  57'
KV Mechelen 4 – 2 Veldwezelt (D3)
Vleminckx  68', 90', 90'
Rossini  85'		 Baidjoe  28'
Henke  70'
KVSK United (D2) 1 – 2 Westerlo
Ketting  17' Scheelen  40'
Ruiz  46'
Stedelijk Sportstadion, Lommel
Charleroi 3 – 1 Ronse (D2)
Bia  35', 64'
Habibou  84'		 Broyer  69'
Club Brugge 1 – 0 Beveren (D2)
Clement  45'
Germinal Beerschot 1 – 4 RC Mechelen (D3)
Vandenbergh  59' Verstraeten  28'
Calicchio  52'
Silva  73', 90'

Round 7

The draw for the seventh round and the quarter finals was made on November 21, 2008. The match between Cercle Brugge and Charleroi was postponed from January 13 to January 21 due to insufficient pitch conditions.[1]

Club Brugge 0 – 1 Roeselare
Perišić  50'
Dender 2 – 3 Lierse (D2)
Destorme  54', 69' Wahed  59'
Dreesen  81'
Radzinski  91'
KV Mechelen 2 – 1 Anderlecht
Vleminckx  18' (pen.)
Mununga  50'		 Rnić  29'
Genk 1 – 0 Lokeren
Vossen  36'
RC Mechelen (D3) 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Zulte-Waregem
Penalties
Casagolda
Marcos
El Ayadi
T. Scheers
Silva
Verstappen
Engelen
Claessens
Goessens
Nnaji
Clepkens 		10 – 9 Leye
Berrier
Taravel
Roelandts
Minne
Van Nieuwenhuyze
Van Zundert
Roelandts
Colpaert
Subotić
Bossut
Gent 2 – 1 Mouscron
Ruiz  36'
Ljubijankić  72'		 Deranja  94'
Kortrijk 3 – 1 Westerlo
Coulibaly  39', 76', 84' Van Hout  91'
Cercle Brugge 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Charleroi
De Smet  48' (pen.)
Snelders  106'		 Mujangi Bia  37'

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were two-legged.

First legs

KV Mechelen 1 – 0 Kortrijk
Persoons  74'
Cercle Brugge 1 – 0 Roeselare
Portier  26'
RC Mechelen (D3) 1 – 0 Lierse (D2)
Calicchio  74'
Gent 1 – 0 Genk
Ruiz  37'

Second legs

The matches Kortrijk – KV Mechelen and Roeselare – Cercle Brugge were postponed to 17 February due to insufficient pitch conditions.[2]

Lierse (D2) 3 – 0 RC Mechelen (D3)
Wahed  27'
Cavens  36' (pen.)
Radzinski  79'

Lierse won 3–1 on aggregate

Genk 2 – 0 (a.e.t.) Gent
Vossen  32'
Alex  96' (pen.)

Genk won 2–1 on aggregate

Kortrijk 0 – 0 KV Mechelen

KV Mechelen won 1–0 on aggregate

Roeselare 2 – 1 Cercle Brugge
Perišić  8', 79' (pen.) Serebrennikov  34'

2–2 on aggregate, Cercle Brugge won on away goals

Semifinals

The semi finals were also two-legged. The draw was made on February 10, 2009.

First legs

Genk 2 – 2 Lierse (D2)
Barda  13' (pen.)
De Mul  74'		 De Witte  23'
Tshiala  61'
Cercle Brugge 2 – 1 KV Mechelen
Gombani  61'
De Smet  75'		 Vleminckx  82'

Second legs

KV Mechelen 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Cercle Brugge
Vleminckx  28'
Mununga  68'		 Sergeant  45'
Penalties
5 – 3

3–3 on aggregate, KV Mechelen won on penalties

Lierse (D2) 1 – 4 Genk
Janssens  85' De Mul  47', 90'
Huysegems  53', 88'

Genk won 6–3 on aggregate

Final

KV Mechelen 0 – 2 Genk
Ogunjimi  42', 62'

References

  1. ↑ Terrein van Cercle Brugge is onbespeelbaar (in Dutch)
  2. ↑ Roeselare-Cercle gaat dan toch niet door (in Dutch)
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