2008–09 Belgian Cup

2008–09 Belgian Cup
Country	Belgium
Champions	Genk
Runners-up	KV Mechelen
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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

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

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

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[]

* = after extra-time
D2 = second division
D3 = third division

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:

7 teams from Second Division (D2): Beveren, OH Leuven, Lierse, KV Oostende, Ronse, Tournai and KVSK United.
7 teams from Third Division (D3): Dessel, , RC Mechelen, , Seraing, Turnhout and .

The draw was made on September 3, 2008.

November 11, 2008

15:00 CET

Cercle Brugge	2 – 1	(D3)
De Smet 14' Gombami 35'		9'

Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges

November 11, 2008

16:00 CET

Dessel (D3)	1 – 3	Dender
36'		Blondelle 45' Destorme 70' Sylla 82'

Florent Beeckmanstadion, Denderleeuw

November 11, 2008

16:00 CET

KV Oostende (D2)	0 – 1	Zulte-Waregem
		Leye 35'

Albertpark, Ostend

November 11, 2008

16:00 CET

Turnhout (D3)	1 – 4	Roeselare
Janssens 52'		Janssens 11' (o.g.) Tanghe 26' Mulisa 49' Dissa 65'

, Turnhout

November 11, 2008

16:00 CET

Mons	0 – 2	Lierse (D2)
		74' J. Cavens 86'

Stade Charles Tondreau, Mons

November 11, 2008

16:00 CET

(D3)	1 – 2	Lokeren
22'		Touré 45' 90' (o.g.)

Daknamstadion, Lokeren

November 11, 2008

18:00 CET

Mouscron	3 – 1	Tubize
Okwunwanne 11', 29' Lepoint 38'		90' (o.g.)

Stade Le Canonnier, Mouscron

November 11, 2008

18:00 CET

Anderlecht	3 – 1	Tournai (D2)
Losada 12' Legear 67' Suárez 86'		Frutos 21'

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht

November 11, 2008

19:00 CET

Genk	6 – 0	Seraing (D3)
Dugary 12' Nemec 42', 45', 69' Soetaers 61' Bošnjak 75'

Cristal Arena, Genk

November 11, 2008

19:00 CET

Gent	3 – 0	OH Leuven (D2)
Foley 12' Sorokin 33' Azofeifa 57'

Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent

November 11, 2008

20:00 CET

KV Mechelen	4 – 2	(D3)
Vleminckx 68', 90', 90' Rossini 85'		28' 70'

Veolia Stadium Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen

November 11, 2008

20:00 CET

KVSK United (D2)	1 – 2	Westerlo
Ketting 17'		Scheelen 40' Ruiz 46'

, Lommel

November 12, 2008

20:00 CET

Charleroi	3 – 1	Ronse (D2)
Bia 35', 64' Habibou 84'		69'

Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi

November 12, 2008

20:00 CET

Club Brugge	1 – 0	Beveren (D2)
Clement 45'

Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges

November 12, 2008

20:30 CET

Germinal Beerschot	1 – 4	RC Mechelen (D3)
Vandenbergh 59'		28' 52' 73', 90'

Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp

November 12, 2008

20:45 CET

Kortrijk	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Standard Liège
Coulibaly 9'		Mbokani 22'
Penalties
Kums Ibou Verbrugghe Barbosa	3 – 2	Mbokani Toama Dante Marcos Dalmat

Guldensporen Stadion, Kortrijk

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]

January 11, 2009

15:00 CET

Club Brugge	0 – 1	Roeselare
		Perišić 50'

Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges

January 13, 2009

20:30 CET

Dender	2 – 3	Lierse (D2)
Destorme 54', 69'		Wahed 59' Dreesen 81' Radzinski 91'

Florent Beeckmanstadion, Denderleeuw

January 13, 2009

20:45 CET

KV Mechelen	2 – 1	Anderlecht
Vleminckx 18' (pen.) 50'		Rnić 29'

Veolia Stadium Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen

January 14, 2009

20:30 CET

Genk	1 – 0	Lokeren
Vossen 36'

Cristal Arena, Genk

January 14, 2009

20:30 CET

RC Mechelen (D3)	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Zulte-Waregem

Penalties
Casagolda Claessens Clepkens	10 – 9	Leye Berrier Taravel Roelandts Minne Van Zundert Roelandts Colpaert Subotić Bossut

Oscar Vankesbeeck Stadion, Mechelen

January 14, 2009

20:30 CET

Gent	2 – 1	Mouscron
Ruiz 36' Ljubijankić 72'		Deranja 94'

Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent

January 14, 2009

20:30 CET

Kortrijk	3 – 1	Westerlo
Coulibaly 39', 76', 84'		Van Hout 91'

Guldensporen Stadion, Kortrijk

January 21, 2009

20:00 CET

Cercle Brugge	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Charleroi
De Smet 48' (pen.) Snelders 106'		Mujangi Bia 37'

Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges

Quarter-finals[]

The quarter-finals were two-legged.

First legs[]

January 27, 2009

20:30 CET

KV Mechelen	1 – 0	Kortrijk
Persoons 74'

Veolia Stadium Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen

January 28, 2009

20:30 CET

Cercle Brugge	1 – 0	Roeselare
Portier 26'

Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges

January 28, 2009

20:30 CET

RC Mechelen (D3)	1 – 0	Lierse (D2)
74'

Oscar Vankesbeeck Stadion, Mechelen

January 28, 2009

20:45 CET

Gent	1 – 0	Genk
Ruiz 37'

Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent

Second legs[]

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

February 4, 2009

20:30 CET

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

Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier

Lierse won 3–1 on aggregate

February 4, 2009

20:45 CET

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

Cristal Arena, Genk

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
Perišić 8', 79' (pen.)		Serebrennikov 34'

Schiervelde Stadion, Roeselare

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[]

March 3, 2009

20:45 CET

Genk	2 – 2	Lierse (D2)
Barda 13' (pen.) De Mul 74'		De Witte 23' 61'

Cristal Arena, Genk

March 4, 2009

20:45 CET

Cercle Brugge	2 – 1	KV Mechelen
Gombani 61' De Smet 75'		Vleminckx 82'

Jan Breydel Stadion, Bruges

Second legs[]

April 21, 2009

20:45 CEST

KV Mechelen	2 – 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

April 22, 2009

20:45 CEST

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

Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier

Genk won 6–3 on aggregate

Final[]

May 23, 2009

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

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

External links[]

soccerway.com

References[]

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

[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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