2008–09 Belgian Cup

2008–09 Belgian Cup
Country  Belgium
Champions Genk
Runner-up KV Mechelen
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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 Racing Genk.

Contents

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.

November 11, 2008
15:00 CET
 Cercle Brugge 2 – 1 Mol-Wezel (D3) Jan Breydel Stadion, Brugge
S. De Smet  14'
H. Gombami  35'		 J. Jansen  9'
November 11, 2008
16:00 CET
 Dessel (D3) 1 – 3 Dender Florent Beeckmanstadion, Denderleeuw
S. Didier  36' S. Blondelle  45'
D. Destorme  70'
N. Sylla  82'
November 11, 2008
16:00 CET
 KV Oostende (D2) 0 – 1 Zulte-Waregem Albertpark, Ostend
M. Leye  35'
November 11, 2008
16:00 CET
 Turnhout (D3) 1 – 4 Roeselare Stadsparkstadion, Turnhout
K. Janssens  52' K. Janssens  11' (o.g.)
S. Tanghe  26'
J. Mulisa  49'
M. Dissa  65'
November 11, 2008
16:00 CET
 Mons 0 – 2 Lierse (D2) Stade Charles Tondreau, Mons
J. Mertens  74'
J. Cavens  86'
November 11, 2008
16:00 CET
 Diegem (D3) 1 – 2 Lokeren Daknamstadion, Lokeren
R. Vanhamel  22' A. Toure  45'
N. Van Grunderbeeck  90' (o.g.)
November 11, 2008
18:00 CET
 Mouscron 3 – 1 Tubize Stade Le Canonnier, Mouscron
Jaycee  11', 29'
C. Lepoint  38'		 B. Chantry  90' (o.g.)
November 11, 2008
18:00 CET
 Anderlecht 3 – 1 Tournai (D2) Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht
H. Losada  12'
J. Legear  67'
M. Suárez  86'		 A. Frutos  21'
November 11, 2008
19:00 CET
 Genk 6 – 0 Seraing (D3) Cristal Arena, Genk
Dugary  12'
A. Nemec  42', 45', 69'
T. Soetaers  61'
I. Bošnjak  75'
November 11, 2008
19:00 CET
 Gent 3 – 0 OH Leuven (D2) Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent
D. Foley  12'
V. Sorokin  33'
R. Azofeifa  57'
November 11, 2008
20:00 CET
 KV Mechelen 4 – 2 Veldwezelt (D3) Veolia Stadium Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen
B. Vleminckx  68', 90', 90'
G. Rossini  85'		 S. Baidjoe  28'
F. Henke  70'
November 11, 2008
20:00 CET
 KVSK United (D2) 1 – 2 Westerlo Stedelijk Sportstadion, Lommel
J. Ketting  17' W. Scheelen  40'
J. Ruiz  46'
November 12, 2008
20:00 CET
 Charleroi 3 – 1 Ronse (D2) Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi
G. Bia  35', 64'
H. Habibou  84'		 K. Broyer  69'
November 12, 2008
20:00 CET
 Club Brugge 1 – 0 Beveren (D2) Jan Breydel Stadion, Brugge
P. Clement  45'
November 12, 2008
20:30 CET
 Germinal Beerschot 1 – 4 RC Mechelen (D3) Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp
K. Vandenbergh  59' T. Verstraeten  28'
J. Calicchio  52'
A. Da Silva  73', 90'
November 12, 2008
20:45 CET
 Kortrijk 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Standard Liège Guldensporen Stadion, Kortrijk
E. Coulibaly  9' D. Mbokani  22'
  Penalties  
S. Kums
Ibou
B. Verbrugghe
Barbosa		 3 – 2 D. Mbokani
S. Toama
Dante
Marcos
W. Dalmat

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]

January 11, 2009
15:00 CET
 Club Brugge 0 – 1 Roeselare Jan Breydel Stadion, Brugge
I. Perišić  50'
January 13, 2009
20:30 CET
 Dender 2 – 3 Lierse (D2) Florent Beeckmanstadion, Denderleeuw
D. de Storme  54',  69' M. Wahed  59'
T. Dreesen  81'
T. Radzinski  91'
January 13, 2009
20:45 CET
 KV Mechelen 2 – 1 Anderlecht Veolia Stadium Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen
B. Vleminckx  18' (pen.)
J. Mununga  50'		 N. Rnić  29'
January 14, 2009
20:30 CET
 Genk 1 – 0 Lokeren Cristal Arena, Genk
J. Vossen  36'
January 14, 2009
20:30 CET
 RC Mechelen (D3) 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) Zulte-Waregem Oscar Vankesbeeck Stadion, Mechelen
  Penalties  
E. Casagolda
Marcos
N. El Ayadi
T. Scheers
A. Da Silva
C. Verstappen
R. Engelen
O. Claessens
K. Goessens
M. Nnaji
M. Clepkens		 10 – 9 M. Leye
F. Berrier
J. Taravel
K. Roelandts
S. Minne
L. van Nieuwenhuyze
B. van Zundert
K. Roelandts
S. Colpaert
D. Subotić
S. Bossut
January 14, 2009
20:30 CET
 Gent 2 – 1 Mouscron Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent
B. Ruiz  36'
Z. Ljubijankič  72'		 Z. Deranja  94'
January 14, 2009
20:30 CET
 Kortrijk 3 – 1 Westerlo Guldensporen Stadion, Kortrijk
E. Coulibaly  39',  76',  84' J. Van Hout  91'
January 21, 2009
20:00 CET
 Cercle Brugge 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Charleroi Jan Breydel Stadion, Brugge
S. De Smet  48' (pen.)
K. Snelders  106'		 G. Mujangi Bia  37'

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were two-legged.

First legs

January 27, 2009
20:30 CET
 KV Mechelen 1 – 0 Kortrijk Veolia Stadium Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen
K. Persoons  74'
January 28, 2009
20:30 CET
 Cercle Brugge 1 – 0 Roeselare Jan Breydel Stadion, Brugge
A. Portier  26'
January 28, 2009
20:30 CET
 RC Mechelen (D3) 1 – 0 Lierse (D2) Oscar Vankesbeeck Stadion, Mechelen
J. Calicchio  74'
January 28, 2009
20:45 CET
 Gent 1 – 0 Genk Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent
B. Ruiz  37'

Second legs

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

February 4, 2009
20:30 CET
 Lierse (D2) 3 – 0 RC Mechelen (D3) Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier
M. Wahed  27'
J. Cavens  36' (pen.)
T. Radzinski  79'

Lierse won 3–1 on aggregate

February 4, 2009
20:45 CET
 Genk 2 – 0 (a.e.t.) Gent Cristal Arena, Genk
J. Vossen  32'
Alex  96' (pen.)

Genk won 2–1 on aggregate

February 17, 2009
20:30 CET
 Kortrijk 0 – 0 KV Mechelen Guldensporen Stadion, Kortrijk

KV Mechelen won 1–0 on aggregate

February 17, 2009
20:30 CET
 Roeselare 2 – 1 Cercle Brugge Schiervelde Stadion, Roeselare
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

March 3, 2009
20:45 CET
 Genk 2 – 2 Lierse (D2) Cristal Arena, Genk
Barda  13' (pen.)
De Mul  74'		 De Witte  23'
Tshiala  61'
March 4, 2009
20:45 CET
 Cercle Brugge 2 – 1 KV Mechelen Jan Breydel Stadion, Brugge
Gombani  61'
De Smet  75'		 Vleminckx  82'

Second legs

April 21, 2009
20:45 CEST
 KV Mechelen 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Cercle Brugge Veolia Stadium Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen
Vleminckx  28'
Mununga  68'		 Sergeant  45'
  Penalties  
5 – 3

3–3 on aggregate, KV Mechelen won on penalties

April 22, 2009
20:45 CEST
 Lierse (D2) 1 – 4 Genk Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier
Janssens  85' de Mul  47'  90'
Huysegems  53'  88'

Genk won 6–3 on aggregate

Final

For more details on this match, see 2009 Belgian Cup Final.
May 23, 2009
 KV Mechelen 0 – 2 Genk King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Ogunjimi  42',  62'

External links

References

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