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Football match

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

← 2007 2009 →

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

Match details

18 May 200816:30 CET

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

King Baudouin Stadium, BrusselsAttendance: 50,000Referee: 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

References

v t e Belgian Cup
Seasons	1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 Not held 1926–27 Not held 1934–35 Not held 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 Not held 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Finals	1912 1913 1914 Not held 1927 Not held 1935 Not held 1954 1955 1956 Not held 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Winners	Club Brugge (11) Anderlecht (9) Standard Liège (8) Genk (5) Antwerp (4) Gent (4) Union SG (3) Beerschot VAC (2) Beveren (2) Cercle Brugge (2) Germinal Beerschot (2) Lierse (2) Lokeren (2) KV Mechelen (2) Waterschei (2) Zulte Waregem (2) Daring Bruxelles (1) RC Bruxelles (1) La Louvière (1) RFC Liège (1) Tournai (1) Waregem (1) Westerlo (1)
List of finals Winning managers

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Club seasons
First Division	Anderlecht Brussels Cercle Brugge Charleroi Club Brugge Dender Genk Gent Germinal Beerschot Lokeren Mechelen Mons Mouscron Roeselare Sint-Truiden Standard Liège Westerlo Zulte-Waregem

v t e K.A.A. Gent matches
Belgian Cup Finals	1964 1984 2008 2010 2019 2022
Belgian Super Cups	1984 2010 2015 2022

v t e R.S.C. Anderlecht matches
Belgian Cup Finals	1965 1966 1972 1973 1975 1976 1977 1988 1989 1994 1997 2008 2015 2022
Belgian League Cup Final	1973 1974 1975 1986 2000
Belgian Super Cups	1981 1985 1986 1987 1988 ~~1989~~ 1991 1993 1994 1995 2000 2001 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2012 2013 2014 2017
European Cup Winners' Cup Finals	1976 1977 1978 1990
UEFA Cup Finals	1983 1984
European Super Cups	1976 1978
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final	1970

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