2008 Belgian Cup final

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.

2008 Belgian Cup final

Event	2007–08 Belgian Cup
Gent Anderlecht 2 3
Date	18 May 2008
Venue	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Referee	Serge Gumienny
Attendance	50,000
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Road to the Final

See also: 2007–08 Belgian Cup

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

18 May 2008

16:30 CET

Gent	2–3	Anderlecht
Foley 7' Olufadé 34'		Polák 8' Boussoufa 70' Gillet 71'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Serge Gumienny

Gent	Anderlecht

GENT: GK 29 Bojan Jorgacević RB 17 Roberto Rosales CB 27 Jonas De Roeck  86' CB 3 Marko Šuler LB 24 Aleksandar Mutavdžić CM 8 Bernd Thijs  12' CM 28 Miloš Marić  89' CM 99 Khalilou Fadiga  75' RW 15 Adékambi Olufadé  75' CF 18 Dominic Foley (c) LW 20 Bryan Ruiz Substitutes: MF 11 Gil Vermuth  75' FW 30 Zlatan Ljubijankič  75' MF 10 Randall Azofeifa  86' Manager: Trond Sollied

ANDERLECHT: GK 13 Silvio Proto RB 27 Marcin Wasilewski  64' CB 26 Nicolás Pareja CB 6 Jelle Van Damme LB 3 Olivier Deschacht (c)  75' DM 5 Lucas Biglia AM 30 Guillaume Gillet CM 8 Jan Polák RW 7 Stanislav Vlček  46' LW 11 Mbark Boussoufa  83' CF 29 Nicolás Frutos  91' Substitutes: GK 1 Daniel Zítka MF 14 Bart Goor  91' LW 36 Jonathan Legear RW 12 Thomas Chatelle  46' MF 10 Ahmed Hassan  73'  64' Manager: 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