2008 Belgian Cup final

Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other The 2008 Belgian Cup final, named Cofidis Cup after the sponsor, was played on Sunday, 18 May 2008 between Gent and Anderlecht, won by Anderlecht. It is the 53rd Belgian Cup Final.

Road to the Final

Gent			Round	Anderlecht
Tienen [D2] H 2–0	Marić 7' Thijs 47'	Round Six		Hamme [D2] H 2–1	Legear 31' Mpenza 71'
Mons [D1] A 1–0 (AET)	Vermuth 122'	Round Seven		Waasland [D2] H 2–0	Akın 60' Boussoufa 62'
Kortrijk [D2] A 1–5	Ruiz 72'	Quarter Finals First Leg		Dender [D1] H 3–0	Vlček 1', 46' Mpenza 87'
Kortrijk [D2] H 4–0	Marić 12', 20' Mutavdžić 82' Ljubijankič 93'	Quarter Finals Second Leg		Dender [D1] A 1–1	Goor 17'
Standard Liège [D1] A 2–2	Azofeifa 70' Ruiz 90'	Semi-finals First Leg		Germinal Beerschot [D1] H 1–0	Dheedene 87' (OG)
Standard Liège [D1] H 4–0	Foley 45+2' Ruiz 68' Moia 70' Vermuth 82'	Semi-finals Second Leg		Germinal Beerschot [D1] A 1–1	Vlček 54'

• Both clubs received a bye to round six.
• In square brackets is a letter that represents the opposition's division
  • [D1] = Belgian First Division
  • [D2] = Belgian Second Division

Match details

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GENT: GK 29 Template:Flagicon Bojan Jorgacević RB 17 Template:Flagicon Roberto Rosales CB 27 Template:Flagicon Jonas De Roeck downward-facing red arrow 86' CB 3 Template:Flagicon Marko Šuler LB 24 Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Mutavdžić CM 8 Template:Flagicon Bernd Thijs Template:Yel CM 28 Template:Flagicon Miloš Marić Template:Yel CM 99 Template:Flagicon Khalilou Fadiga downward-facing red arrow 75' RW 15 Template:Flagicon Adékambi Olufadé downward-facing red arrow 75' CF 18 Template:Flagicon Dominic Foley (c) LW 20 Template:Flagicon Bryan Ruiz Substitutes: MF 11 Template:Flagicon Gil Vermuth upward-facing green arrow 75' FW 30 Template:Flagicon Zlatan Ljubijankič upward-facing green arrow 75' MF 10 Template:Flagicon Randall Azofeifa upward-facing green arrow 86' Manager: Template:Flagicon Trond Sollied

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ANDERLECHT: GK 13 Template:Flagicon Silvio Proto RB 27 Template:Flagicon Marcin Wasilewski downward-facing red arrow 64' CB 26 Template:Flagicon Nicolás Pareja CB 6 Template:Flagicon Jelle Van Damme LB 3 Template:Flagicon Olivier Deschacht (c) Template:Yel DM 5 Template:Flagicon Lucas Biglia AM 30 Template:Flagicon Guillaume Gillet CM 8 Template:Flagicon Jan Polák RW 7 Template:Flagicon Stanislav Vlček downward-facing red arrow 46' LW 11 Template:Flagicon Mbark Boussoufa Template:Yel CF 29 Template:Flagicon Nicolás Frutos downward-facing red arrow 91' Substitutes: GK 1 Template:Flagicon Daniel Zítka MF 14 Template:Flagicon Bart Goor upward-facing green arrow 91' LW 36 Template:Flagicon Jonathan Legear RW 12 Template:Flagicon Thomas Chatelle upward-facing green arrow 46' MF 10 Template:Flagicon Ahmed Hassan Template:Yel upward-facing green arrow 64' Manager: Template:Flagicon Ariel Jacobs

Match rules

• 90 minutes
• 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
• Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
• Five named substitutes
• Maximum of 3 substitutions