Polish Football Cup 2008/09

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Game scene of the 2009 Polish Cup final between Ruch Chorzów and Lech Posen in the Śląski Stadium , Chorzów

The Puchar Polski 2008/09 was the 55th draw of the Polish cup competition. It began on July 30, 2008 with the qualifying matches for the preliminary round and ended on May 19, 2009 with the final in the Śląski Stadium in Chorzów .

Lech Posen won the national cup for the fifth time in its sixth finals. Final opponent Ruch Chorzów reached the final for the eighth time and lost for the fifth time. By winning the cup, Lech Posen qualified for participation in the third qualifying round of the 2009/2010 Europa League .

Defending champion Legia Warsaw was eliminated in the semifinals.

Participating teams

The following 66 teams were qualified for the main round:

Ekstraklasa
16 clubs of the 2007/08 season 		2. Liga
18 clubs of the 2007/08 season 		32 regional participants from the voivodeships in the 2007/08 season

  Wisła Krakow

Legia Warszawa.svg   Legia Warsaw (TV)

Dyskobolia Grodzisk.svg   Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski 1

Lech Poznan.svg   Lech poses

  Zagłębie Lubin

Korona Kielce Logo.png   Corona Kielce

Cracovia Krakow.svg   Cracovia Krakow

Logo Gornik Zabrze.svg   Górnik Zabrze

GKS Belchatow Logo.JPG   GKS Bełchatów

Ruch chorzow.svg   Ruch Chorzów

Łódzki KS.png   ŁKS Łódź

Odra Wodzislaw.png  Odra Wodzislaw

PoloniaBytom.svg   Polonia Bytom

Jagiellonia Białystok.jpg   Jagiellonia Białystok

Widzew Lodz.svg   Widzew Łódź

Zaglebie Sosnowiec.png  Zagłębie Sosnowiec

Logo Lechia Gdansk.png   Lechia Gdańsk

Slask Wroclaw Logo.jpg   Śląsk Wrocław

KS Piast Gliwice.svg   Piast Gliwice

Arka Gdynia Logo.svg   Arka Gdynia

  Znicz Pruszków

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biala Logo.gif   Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

KSP Warszawa.svg   Polonia Warsaw 1

Wisla Plock.png   Wisla Plock

GKS Jastrzebie Logo.png   GKS 1962 Jastrzębie

Logo GKS Katowice.png   GKS Katowice

ZKS Stal Stalowa Wola.svg   Stal Stalowa Wola

LKP Motor Lublin.svg   Motor Lublin

OKS Odra Opole.svg   Odra Opole

Warta Poznan.svg   Warta poses

Coats of arms of None.svg   Kmita Zabierzów

Coats of arms of None.svg   Tur Turek

Pelikan Lowicz Logo.gif  Pelican Łowicz

Coats of arms of None.svg   ŁKS 1926 Łomża

  • Łódź
    Coats of arms of None.svg   Omega II Kleszczów -    Coats of arms of None.svg   Sokół Aleksandrów Łódzki
  • Lower Silesia
    Coats of arms of None.svg   Pogoń Oleśnica -    Coats of arms of None.svg   Orzeł Ząbkowice Śląskie
  • Opole
    Coats of arms of None.svg   LZS Leśnica -    Coats of arms of None.svg   GKS Starościn
  • Podlaskie
    Coats of arms of None.svg   Warmia Grajewo -    Coats of arms of None.svg   Supraślanka Supraśl
  • Silesia
    Coats of arms of None.svg   Pniówek Pawłowice Śląskie -    Coats of arms of None.svg   Koszarawa Żywiec
1Dyskobolia Grodzisk was sold to the owner of Polonia Warsaw before the competition began, which took Dyskobolia's place in Ekstraklasa .

Elimination games for the preliminary round

The qualifying matches for the preliminary round took place on July 30, 2008 with eight of the 32 regional representatives from the voivodships .

date Home team Visiting team result
07/30/2008 Pogoń Oleśnica Arka Nowa Sól 1: 0 a.d.
07/30/2008 Chełmianka Chełm KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 2: 3
07/30/2008 Koszarawa Żywiec Unia Tarnów 0: 1
07/30/2008 GKS Starościn Sokół Aleksandrów Łódzki 1: 1 n.V. , 6: 7 n.e.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round matches with the winners of the qualifying games for the preliminary round and the 24 remaining regional teams took place on August 13, 2008.

date Home team Visiting team result
08/13/2008 OKS Stomil Olsztyn Kotwica Kołobrzeg 0: 3
08/13/2008 Victoria Koronowo Huragan Morag 0: 1
08/13/2008 Omega II Kleszczów Promień Opalenica 2: 2 n.V. , 4: 5 n.e.
08/13/2008 Górnik Łęczna Warmia Grajewo 2-0
08/13/2008 Pniówek Pawłowice Śląskie Resovia Rzeszów 2: 1
08/13/2008 Przebój Wolbrom Sokół Aleksandrów Łódzki 0: 2
08/13/2008 Stal Sanok Unia Tarnów 3: 1
08/13/2008 Bytovia Bytów Dąb Dębno 2: 3 a.d.
08/13/2008 LZS Leśnica KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 2: 1
08/13/2008 Orzeł Ząbkowice Śląskie Pogoń Oleśnica 0: 2
08/13/2008 Lechia II Zielona Góra Nielba Wągrowiec 0: 2
08/13/2008 Naprzód Jędrzejów Legia II Warsaw 1: 1 a.d. , 4: 5 a.d.
08/13/2008 Hutnik Warsaw Zawisza Bydgoszcz 1: 4
08/13/2008 Supraślanka Supraśl Lechia II Gdańsk 1: 2

1 round

The first round games took place on August 26th and 27th, 2008. The 14 winners of the preliminary round matches as well as the 18 teams of the 2nd division took part. Stal Stalowa Wola received a bye because Polonia Warsaw had been drawn as an opponent. Polonia took over from Dyskobolia Grodzisk in the Ekstraklasa and only intervened in the second round.

date Home team Visiting team result
08/26/2008 Zawisza Bydgoszcz Kmita Zabierzów 0: 1
08/27/2008 Kotwica Kołobrzeg Arka Gdynia 0: 2
08/27/2008 Huragan Morag Warta poses 1: 2 a.d.
08/27/2008 Promień Opalenica Pelican Łowicz 2: 1
08/27/2008 Górnik Łęczna Tur Turek 5: 1
08/27/2008 Pniówek Pawłowice Śląskie Odra Opole 1: 3
08/27/2008 Sokół Aleksandrów Łódzki Piast Gliwice 1: 1 n.V. , 1: 4 n.E.
08/27/2008 Stal Sanok Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 2: 2 n.a. , 5: 4 n.e.
08/27/2008 Dąb Dębno Lechia Gdańsk 0: 3
08/27/2008 LZS Leśnica GKS 1962 Jastrzębie 1: 2
08/27/2008 Pogoń Oleśnica GKS Katowice 1: 3
08/27/2008 Nielba Wągrowiec Śląsk Wrocław 1-0
08/27/2008 Legia II Warsaw Motor Lublin 0: 3
08/27/2008 Lechia II Gdańsk Znicz Pruszków 3-0
08/27/2008 Wisla Plock ŁKS 1926 Łomża 8-0

2nd round

The 2nd round games took place on September 23rd and 24th and October 7th, 2008. The 16 winners of the 1st round and the 16 teams of Ekstraklasa took part.

date Home team Visiting team result
09/23/2008 Stal Stalowa Wola GKS Bełchatów 1-0
09/23/2008 Nielba Wągrowiec Polonia Warsaw 0: 3
09/23/2008 Górnik Łęczna Cracovia Krakow 2: 3 a.d.
09/23/2008 GKS Katowice Górnik Zabrze 3: 4 a.d.
09/23/2008 Odra Opole Polonia Bytom 2-0
09/23/2008 Wisla Plock Legia Warsaw 1: 2 a.d.
09/24/2008 Stal Sanok Widzew Łódź 1-0
09/24/2008 Motor Lublin ŁKS Łódź 0: 2
09/24/2008 Promień Opalenica Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1-0
09/24/2008 Warta poses Ruch Chorzów 0: 2
09/24/2008 Kmita Zabierzów Corona Kielce 3-0
09/24/2008 GKS 1962 Jastrzębie Zagłębie Lubin 3: 4 a.d.
09/24/2008 Piast Gliwice Lech poses 0: 4
09/24/2008 Lechia II Gdańsk Wisła Krakow 0: 3
09/24/2008 Arka Gdynia Odra Wodzislaw 1: 2
07/10/2008 Lechia Gdańsk Jagiellonia Białystok 0: 1

3rd round

The third round games took place on October 28 and 29, 2008.

date Home team Visiting team result
10/28/2008 Cracovia Krakow ŁKS Łódź 3-0
10/28/2008 Kmita Zabierzów Polonia Warsaw 0: 2
10/28/2008 Lech poses Odra Wodzislaw 1-0
10/28/2008 Odra Opole Ruch Chorzów 0: 2
October 29, 2008 Legia Warsaw Jagiellonia Białystok 0: 0 a.d. , 8: 7 a.d.
October 29, 2008 Promień Opalenica Zagłębie Lubin 1: 4
October 29, 2008 Wisła Krakow Górnik Zabrze 2: 1
October 29, 2008 Stal Sanok Stal Stalowa Wola 2-0

Quarter finals

The games were played back and forth. The first named teams had home rights first. The first legs took place on March 4, 17 and 18, 2009, the second legs on April 7 and 8, 2009.

Home team Visiting team First leg Return leg total
Wisła Krakow Lech poses 0: 1 1: 2 1: 3
Ruch Chorzów Zagłębie Lubin 3-0 2: 1 5: 1
Legia Warsaw Stal Sanok 3: 1 1: 1 4: 2
Polonia Warsaw Cracovia Krakow 1-0 2: 2 3: 2

Semifinals

The first named teams had home rights first. The first legs took place on April 29 and 30, and the second legs on May 6 and 7, 2009.

Home team Visiting team First leg Return leg total
Legia Warsaw Ruch Chorzów 0: 1 0: 1 0: 2
Lech poses Polonia Warsaw 1: 1 1: 1 a.d. 1: 1, 3: 0 n.e.

final

Ruch Chorzów Lech poses
Ruch Chorzów
May 19, 2009 in Śląski Stadium , Chorzów
Result: 0: 1 (0: 0)
Spectators: 25,000
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski, ( Lublin )
Lech poses


Krzysztof Pilarz - Ariel Jakubowski , Rafał Grodzicki , Ireneusz Adamski , Tomasz Brzyski - Wojciech Grzyb , Grzegorz Baran , Michał Pulkowski (77 Gábor Straka ), Marcin Nowacki (55 Artur Sobiech ) - Pavol Baláž , Remigiusz Jezierski (65 Łukasz Janoszka )
Trainer: Waldemar Fornalik 		Ivan Turina - Marcin Kikut , Zlatko Tanevski , Manuel Arboleda , Luis Henríquez - Sławomir Peszko (89th Jakub Wilk ), Tomasz Bandrowski , Rafał Murawski , Semir Štilić (73rd Dimitrije Injac ) - Robert Lewandowski (90th Ivan Đurán Rengif ), Herno
Coach: Franciszek Smuda
goal0: 1 Sławomir Peszko (51.)
yellow cards Rafał Grodzicki, Remigiusz Jezierski yellow cards Ivan Turina, Złatko Tanewski, Tomasz Bandrowski

Best goal scorers

Below are the top goal scorers of the 2008/09 Polish Football Cup. The sorting takes place according to the number of hits, with the same number of goals alphabetically.

rank player society Gates
1 BulgariaBulgaria Ilijan Mizanski Zagłębie Lubin 4th
PolandPoland Fabian Pańko Stal Sanok
Ilijan Mizanski (2011 in the jersey of 1. FC Kaiserslautern )

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