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 Quarter-finals Semi-finals 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'
Dessel (D3)1 – 3Dender
Didier 36' Blondelle 45'
Destorme 70'
Sylla 82'
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'
Genk6 – 0Seraing (D3)
Dugary 12'
Nemec 42', 45', 69'
Soetaers 61'
Bošnjak 75'
Gent3 – 0OH Leuven (D2)
Foley 12'
Sorokin 33'
Azofeifa 57'
KV Mechelen4 – 2Veldwezelt (D3)
Vleminckx 68', 90', 90'
Rossini 85'		 Baidjoe 28'
Henke 70'
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'
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'
Dender2 – 3Lierse (D2)
Destorme 54', 69' Wahed 59'
Dreesen 81'
Radzinski 91'
KV Mechelen2 – 1Anderlecht
Vleminckx 18' (pen.)
Mununga 50'		 Rnić 29'
Genk1 – 0Lokeren
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
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'

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were two-legged.

First legs
KV Mechelen1 – 0Kortrijk
Persoons 74'
Cercle Brugge1 – 0Roeselare
Portier 26'
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.)

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'
Cercle Brugge2 – 1KV Mechelen
Gombani 61'
De Smet 75'		 Vleminckx 82'

Second legs
KV Mechelen2 – 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 – 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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