2008–09 Belgian Cup

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.

2008–09 Belgian Cup
Country Belgium
ChampionsGenk
Runners-upKV Mechelen

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 Brugge2 – 1Mol-Wezel (D3)
De Smet  14'
Gombami  35'		 Jansen  9'
Jan Breydel Stadion, Brugge
Dessel (D3)1 – 3Dender
Didier  36' Blondelle  45'
Destorme  70'
Sylla  82'
Florent Beeckmanstadion, Denderleeuw
KV Oostende (D2)0 – 1Zulte-Waregem
Leye  35'
Turnhout (D3)1 – 4Roeselare
Janssens  52' Janssens  11' (o.g.)
Tanghe  26'
Mulisa  49'
Dissa  65'
Stadsparkstadion, Turnhout
Mons0 – 2Lierse (D2)
J. Mertens  74'
J. Cavens  86'
Diegem (D3)1 – 2Lokeren
Vanhamel  22' Touré  45'
Van Grunderbeeck  90' (o.g.)
Mouscron3 – 1Tubize
Okwunwanne  11', 29'
Lepoint  38'		 Chantry  90' (o.g.)
Anderlecht3 – 1Tournai (D2)
Losada  12'
Legear  67'
Suárez  86'		 Frutos  21'
Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht
Genk6 – 0Seraing (D3)
Dugary  12'
Nemec  42', 45', 69'
Soetaers  61'
Bošnjak  75'
Cristal Arena, Genk
Gent3 – 0OH Leuven (D2)
Foley  12'
Sorokin  33'
Azofeifa  57'
KV Mechelen4 – 2Veldwezelt (D3)
Vleminckx  68', 90', 90'
Rossini  85'		 Baidjoe  28'
Henke  70'
Veolia Stadium Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen
KVSK United (D2)1 – 2Westerlo
Ketting  17' Scheelen  40'
Ruiz  46'
Stedelijk Sportstadion, Lommel
Charleroi3 – 1Ronse (D2)
Bia  35', 64'
Habibou  84'		 Broyer  69'
Club Brugge1 – 0Beveren (D2)
Clement  45'
Jan Breydel Stadion, Brugge
Germinal Beerschot1 – 4RC Mechelen (D3)
Vandenbergh  59' Verstraeten  28'
Calicchio  52'
Silva  73', 90'
Kortrijk1 – 1 (a.e.t.)Standard Liège
Coulibaly  9' Mbokani  22'
Penalties
Kums
Ibou
Verbrugghe
Barbosa 		3 – 2 Mbokani
Toama
Dante
Marcos
Dalmat

Round 7

The draw for the seventh round and the quarterfinals 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 Brugge0 – 1Roeselare
Perišić  50'
Jan Breydel Stadion, Brugge
Dender2 – 3Lierse (D2)
Destorme  54', 69' Wahed  59'
Dreesen  81'
Radzinski  91'
Florent Beeckmanstadion, Denderleeuw
KV Mechelen2 – 1Anderlecht
Vleminckx  18' (pen.)
Mununga  50'		 Rnić  29'
Veolia Stadium Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen
Genk1 – 0Lokeren
Vossen  36'
Cristal Arena, Genk
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
Gent2 – 1Mouscron
Ruiz  36'
Ljubijankić  72'		 Deranja  94'
Kortrijk3 – 1Westerlo
Coulibaly  39', 76', 84' Van Hout  91'
Cercle Brugge2 – 1 (a.e.t.)Charleroi
De Smet  48' (pen.)
Snelders  106'		 Mujangi Bia  37'
Jan Breydel Stadion, Brugge

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were two-legged.

First legs
KV Mechelen1 – 0Kortrijk
Persoons  74'
Veolia Stadium Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen
Cercle Brugge1 – 0Roeselare
Portier  26'
Jan Breydel Stadion, Brugge
RC Mechelen (D3)1 – 0Lierse (D2)
Calicchio  74'
Gent1 – 0Genk
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 – 0RC Mechelen (D3)
Wahed  27'
Cavens  36' (pen.)
Radzinski  79'

Lierse won 3–1 on aggregate

Genk2 – 0 (a.e.t.)Gent
Vossen  32'
Alex  96' (pen.)
Cristal Arena, Genk

Genk won 2–1 on aggregate

Kortrijk0 – 0KV Mechelen

KV Mechelen won 1–0 on aggregate

Roeselare2 – 1Cercle Brugge
Perišić  8', 79' (pen.) Serebrennikov  34'

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

Semifinals

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

First legs
Genk2 – 2Lierse (D2)
Barda  13' (pen.)
De Mul  74'		 De Witte  23'
Tshiala  61'
Cristal Arena, Genk
Cercle Brugge2 – 1KV Mechelen
Gombani  61'
De Smet  75'		 Vleminckx  82'
Jan Breydel Stadion, Brugge

Second legs
KV Mechelen2 – 1 (a.e.t.)Cercle Brugge
Vleminckx  28'
Mununga  68'		 Sergeant  45'
Penalties
5 – 3
Veolia Stadium Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen

3–3 on aggregate, KV Mechelen won on penalties

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

Genk won 6–3 on aggregate

Final
Further information on this match: 2009 Belgian Cup Final
KV Mechelen0 – 2Genk
Ogunjimi  42', 62'

References
  1. Terrein van Cercle Brugge is onbespeelbaar Archived 2009-01-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)
  2. Roeselare-Cercle gaat dan toch niet door Archived 2009-02-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)
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