2008–09 Polish Cup

Football tournament season

2008–09 Polish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Poland
Teams	65
Defending champions	Legia Warsaw
Final positions
Champions	Lech Poznań
Runner-up	Ruch Chorzów
Tournament statistics
Matches played	70
Goals scored	194 (2.77 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Iliyan Mitsanski Fabian Pańko (4 goals each)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Polish Cup was the fifty-fifth season of the annual Polish cup competition. It began on July 30, 2008 with the extra preliminary round and ended on May 19, 2009 with the Final, played at Stadion Śląski, Chorzów.^[1] The winners qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Legia Warszawa were the defending champions.

Extra preliminary round

Eight of the 32 teams which had qualified on regional levels competed in this round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
30 July 2008
Pogoń Oleśnica	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Arka Nowa Sól
Chełmianka Chełm	2–3	KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
Koszarawa Żywiec	0–1	Unia Tarnów
GKS Starocin	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	Sokół Aleksandrów Łódzki

Preliminary round

The four winners of the extra preliminary round and the 24 remaining teams qualified through regional levels competed in this round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
13 August 2008
OKS 1945 Olsztyn	0–3	Kotwica Kołobrzeg
Victoria Koronowo	0–1	Huragan Morąg
Omega Kleszczów II	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Promień Opalenica
Górnik Łęczna	2–0	Warmia Grajewo
Pniówek Pawłowice Śląskie	2–1	Resovia Rzeszów
Przebój Wolbrom II	0–2	Sokół Aleksandrów Łódzki
Stal Sanok	3–1	Unia Tarnów
Bytovia Bytów	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Dąb Dębno
LZS Leśnica	2–1	KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
Orzeł Ząbkowice Śląskie	0–2	Pogoń Oleśnica
Lechia Zielona Góra II	0–2	Nielba Wągrowiec
Naprzód Jędrzejów	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Legia Warszawa II
Hutnik Warszawa	1–4	Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Supraślanka Supraśl	1–2	Lechia Gdańsk II

Round 1

The fourteen winners of the preliminary round, along with the eighteen teams from 2007–08 II Liga, competed in this round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
26 August 2008
Zawisza Bydgoszcz	0–1	Kmita Zabierzów
27 August 2008
Kotwica Kołobrzeg	0–2	Arka Gdynia
Huragan Morąg	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Warta Poznań
Promień Opalenica	2–1	Pelikan Łowicz
Górnik Łęczna	5–1	Tur Turek
Pniówek Pawłowice Śląskie	1–3	Odra Opole
Sokół Aleksandrów Łódzki	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	Piast Gliwice
Stal Sanok	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
Dąb Dębno	0–3	Lechia Gdańsk
LZS Leśnica	1–2	GKS Jastrzębie-Zdrój
Pogoń Oleśnica	1–3	GKS Katowice
Nielba Wągrowiec	1–0	Śląsk Wrocław
Legia Warszawa II	0–3	Motor Lublin
Lechia Gdańsk II	3–0	Znicz Pruszków
Wisła Płock	8–0	ŁKS Łomża
No match
Stal Stalowa Wola	w/o	¹

Notes

Note 1: The draw was conducted prior to the merger of Polonia Warsaw and Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski. Upon completion of the merger, Stal Stalowa Wola, who were originally to play former II Liga side Polonia Warsaw, were awarded a walkover to the next round.

Round 2

The sixteen winners of Round 1, along with the sixteen teams from 2007–08 Ekstraklasa, competed in this round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
23 September 2008
Stal Stalowa Wola	1–0	GKS Bełchatów
Nielba Wągrowiec	0–3	Polonia Warsaw
Górnik Łęczna	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Cracovia
GKS Katowice	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Górnik Zabrze
Odra Opole	2–0	Polonia Bytom
Wisła Płock	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Legia Warsaw
24 September 2008
Stal Sanok	1–0	Widzew Łódź
Motor Lublin	0–2	ŁKS Łódź
Promień Opalenica	1–0	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Warta Poznań	0–2	Ruch Chorzów
Kmita Zabierzów	3–0	Korona Kielce
GKS Jastrzębie	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Zagłębie Lubin
Piast Gliwice	0–4	Lech Poznań
Lechia Gdańsk II	0–3	Wisła Kraków
Arka Gdynia	1–2	Odra Wodzisław Śląski
7 October 2008
Lechia Gdańsk	0–1	Jagiellonia Białystok

Stal Stalowa Wola v GKS Bełchatów

23 September 2008	Stal Stalowa Wola	1–0	GKS Bełchatów	Stalowa Wola
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lebioda 10'			Stadium: Stadion MOSiR Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Marcin Roguski (Warsaw)

Nielba Wągrowiec v Polonia Warsaw

23 September 2008	Nielba Wągrowiec	0–3	Polonia Warsaw	Wągrowiec
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Kazimierowski 56' J. Lato 78' Gajtkowski 80'	Stadium: Stadion OSiR Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dariusz Giejsztorewicz (Suwałki)

Górnik Łęczna v Cracovia

23 September 2008	Górnik Łęczna	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Cracovia	Łęczna
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Grzegorzewski 39' (pen.) Stefaniuk 65'		Pawlusiński 37' (pen.) Krzywicki 46' Moskała 108'	Stadium: Stadion Górnika Attendance: no attendance allowed Referee: Mirosław Górecki (Katowice)

GKS Katowice v Górnik Zabrze

23 September 2008	GKS Katowice	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Górnik Zabrze	Katowice
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Plewnia 20' B. Iwan 42' Markowski 86'		Madejski 32', 39', 112' Wodecki 78'	Stadium: Stadion GKS Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Jacek Granat (Warsaw)

Odra Opole v Polonia Bytom

23 September 2008	Odra Opole	2–0	Polonia Bytom	Opole
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Copik 42' Jaskólski 81'			Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mariusz Podgórski (Wrocław)

Wisła Płock v Legia Warsaw

23 September 2008	Wisła Płock	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Legia Warsaw	Płock
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Wiśniewski 22'		Iwański 80', 102' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Wisły Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Piotr Wasilewski (Kalisz)

Stal Sanok v Widzew Łódź

24 September 2008	Stal Sanok	1–0	Widzew Łódź	Sanok
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Borowczyk 43'			Stadium: Stadion MOSiR Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Jarosław Chmiel (Warsaw)

Motor Lublin v ŁKS Łódź

24 September 2008	Motor Lublin	0–2	ŁKS Łódź	Lublin
15:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Biskup 31' Mowlik 61'	Stadium: MOSiR–Bystrzyca Attendance: 800 Referee: Marek Karkut (Warsaw)

Promień Opalenica v Zagłębie Sosnowiec

24 September 2008	Promień Opalenica	1–0	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Opalenica
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rewers 90+1'			Stadium: Stadion Promienia Attendance: 700 Referee: Marcin Szrek (Kielce)

Warta Poznań v Ruch Chorzów

24 September 2008	Warta Poznań	0–2	Ruch Chorzów	Poznań
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Ćwieląg 56' Zając 75'	Stadium: Stadion przy Drodze Dębińskiej Attendance: 200 Referee: Radosław Trochimiuk (Ciechanów)

Kmita Zabierzów v Korona Kielce

24 September 2008	Kmita Zabierzów	3–0	Korona Kielce	Zabierzów
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cios 20', 90' P. Wasilewski 34'			Stadium: Stadion Kmity Attendance: 250 Referee: Paweł Pskit (Łódź)

GKS Jastrzębie v Zagłębie Lubin

24 September 2008	GKS Jastrzębie	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Zagłębie Lubin	Jastrzębie-Zdrój
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Wawrzyczek 12', 40' (pen.), 47'		Kędziora 58' (pen.) Zapaśnik 62' Klofik 81' Pawłowski 94'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 450 Referee: Leszek Gawron (Mielec)

Piast Gliwice v Lech Poznań

24 September 2008	Piast Gliwice	0–4	Lech Poznań	Gliwice
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Štilić 11', 53' Murawski 22' Rengifo 90'	Stadium: Stadion Piast Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Jacek Walczyński (Lublin)

Lechia Gdańsk Reserves v Wisła Kraków

24 September 2008	Lechia Gdańsk Reserves	0–3	Wisła Kraków	Gdańsk
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Jirsak 64' Brożek 72', 82'	Stadium: Stadion MOSiR Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Włodzimierz Bartos (Łódź)

Arka Gdynia v Odra Wodzisław Śląski

24 September 2008	Arka Gdynia	1–2	Odra Wodzisław Śląski	Gdynia
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Chmiest 69'		Szymiczek 33' Korzym 90'	Stadium: Stadion GOSiR Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Płock)

Lechia Gdańsk v Jagiellonia Białystok

7 October 2008	Lechia Gdańsk	0–1	Jagiellonia Białystok	Gdańsk
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Zawistowski 90'	Stadium: Stadion MOSiR Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Marcin Szulc (Warsaw)

Round 3

The sixteen winners of Round 2 competed in this round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
28 October 2008
Cracovia	3–0	ŁKS Łódź
Kmita Zabierzów	0–2	Polonia Warsaw
Lech Poznań	1–0	Odra Wodzisław Śląski
Odra Opole	0–2	Ruch Chorzów
29 October 2008
Legia Warsaw	0–0 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	Jagiellonia Białystok
Promień Opalenica	1–4	Zagłębie Lubin
Wisła Kraków	2–1	Górnik Zabrze
Stal Sanok	2–0	Stal Stalowa Wola

Kmita Zabierzów v Polonia Warsaw

28 October 2008	Kmita Zabierzów	0–2	Polonia Warsaw	Zabierzów
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)			Kosmalski 20', 87'	Stadium: Stadion Kmity Attendance: 100 Referee: Mirosław Górecki (Katowice)

Cracovia v ŁKS Łódź

28 October 2008	Cracovia	3–0	ŁKS Łódź	Kraków
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kaszuba 12' Witkowski 80' Nowak 84'			Stadium: Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Piotr Wasielewski (Kalisz)

Odra Opole v Ruch Chorzów

28 October 2008	Odra Opole	0–2	Ruch Chorzów	Opole
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)			Sobczak 15' Grzyb 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Opole Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Piotr Pielak (Warsaw)

Lech Poznań v Odra Wodzisław Śląski

28 October 2008	Lech Poznań	1–0	Odra Wodzisław Śląski	Poznań
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Đurđević 90'			Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Włodzimierz Bartos (Łódź)

Legia Warsaw v Jagiellonia Białystok

29 October 2008	Legia Warsaw	0–0 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	Jagiellonia Białystok	Warsaw
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jarosław Żyro (Bydgoszcz)
	Penalties
	Iwański Roger Kiełbowicz Choto Grzelak Rybus Rzeźniczak Smoliński		Hermes Everton Łatka Cionek Pacan Norambuena Dzienis Pešír

Promień Opalenica v Zagłębie Lubin

29 October 2008	Promień Opalenica	1–4	Zagłębie Lubin	Opalenica
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gościniak 52'		Micanski 32', 58', 59', 90'	Stadium: Stadion Promienia Attendance: 500 Referee: Tomasz Cwalina (Gdańsk)

Wisła Kraków v Górnik Zabrze

29 October 2008	Wisła Kraków	2–1	Górnik Zabrze	Kraków
20:10 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zieńczuk 12' Díaz 80'		Léo 5'	Stadium: Wisła Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Marcin Szulc (Warsaw)

Stal Sanok v Stal Stalowa Wola

29 October 2008	Stal Sanok	2–0	Stal Stalowa Wola	Sanok
13:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Węgrzyn 55' Borowczyk 77'			Stadium: Stadion MOSiR Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Erwin Paterek (Lublin)

Quarter-finals

The quarterfinals were played in two legs. The first legs were played on March 4, 17 and 18, 2009 while the second legs took place on April 7 and 8, 2009.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wisła Kraków	1–3	Lech Poznań	0–1	1–2
Ruch Chorzów	5–1	Zagłębie Lubin	3–0	2–1
Legia Warsaw	4–2	Stal Sanok	3–1	1–1
Polonia Warsaw	3–2	Cracovia	1–0	2–2

First leg

Wisła Kraków v Lech Poznań

4 March 2009	Wisła Kraków	0–1	Lech Poznań	Kraków
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)			Lewandowski 49'	Stadium: Stadion Henryka Reymana Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Robert Małek (Zabrze)

Ruch Chorzów v Zagłębie Lubin

17 March 2009	Ruch Chorzów	3–0	Zagłębie Lubin	Chorzów
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Baláž 32' (pen.) Pulkowski 38' Grzyb 54'			Stadium: Stadion Śląski Attendance: not attendanced Referee: Piotr Wasielewski (Kalisz)

Legia Warsaw v Stal Sanok

17 March 2009	Legia Warsaw	3–1	Stal Sanok	Warsaw
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rocki 19' Paluchowski 45+1' Rzeźniczak 90'		Borowczyk 24'	Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Wojciech Krztoń (Olsztyn)

Polonia Warsaw v Cracovia

18 March 2009	Polonia Warsaw	1–0	Cracovia	Warsaw
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lato 54'			Stadium: Stadion Polonii Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dawid Piasecki (Słupsk)

Second leg

Zagłębie Lubin v Ruch Chorzów

7 April 2009	Zagłębie Lubin	1–2 (1–5 agg.)	Ruch Chorzów	Lubin
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Piotrowski 70'		Baláž 9' Nowacki 57'	Stadium: Dialog Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marcin Roguski (Warsaw)

Cracovia v Polonia Warsaw

7 April 2009	Cracovia	2–2 (2–3 agg.)	Polonia Warsaw	Kraków
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nowak 49' Moskała 73'		Ivanovski 6' Piątek 56'	Stadium: Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mariusz Trofimiec (Kielce)

Stal Sanok v Legia Warsaw

8 April 2009	Stal Sanok	1–1 (2–4 agg.)	Legia Warsaw	Sanok
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kosiba 46'		Rocki 64'	Stadium: Stadion MOSiR Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Sebastian Jarzębak (Bytom)

Lech Poznań v Wisła Kraków

8 April 2009	Lech Poznań	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Wisła Kraków	Poznań
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lewandowski 26' Rengifo 29'		Głowacki 49'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Adam Kajzer (Rzeszów)

Semi-finals

The semifinals were also played in two legs. The first legs were played on April 29 and 30, 2009, while the second legs took place on May 6 and 7, 2009.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Legia Warsaw	0–2	Ruch Chorzów	0–1	0–1
Lech Poznań	2–2 (3–0 p)	Polonia Warsaw	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)

First leg

Legia Warsaw v Ruch Chorzów

29 April 2009	Legia Warsaw	0–1	Ruch Chorzów	Warsaw
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report (in Polish)	Mucha 70' (o.g.)	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Włodzimierz Bartos (Łódź)

Lech Poznań v Polonia Warsaw

30 April 2009	Lech Poznań	1–1	Polonia Warsaw	Poznań
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Štilić 14'	Report (in Polish)	Lato 23'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Robert Małek (Zabrze)

Second leg

Polonia Warsaw v Lech Poznań

6 May 2009	Polonia Warsaw	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (0–3 p)	Lech Poznań	Warsaw
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jodłowiec 87'	Report (in Polish)	Rengifo 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Polonia Stadium Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Mirosław Górecki (Katowice)
	Penalties
	Mynář Lato Majewski		Kucharski Štilić Cueto

Ruch Chorzów v Legia Warsaw

7 May 2009	Ruch Chorzów	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	Legia Warsaw	Chorzów
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baláž 2'	Report (in Polish)		Stadium: Stadion Ruchu Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Adam Lyczmański (Bydgoszcz)

Final

19 May 2009

20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)

Ruch Chorzów	0–1	Lech Poznań
		Peszko 51'

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Lublin)

Ruch Chorzów

Lech Poznań



GK	80	Krzysztof Pilarz
DF	29	Ariel Jakubowski
DF	15	Rafał Grodzicki
DF	4	Ireneusz Adamski
DF	22	Tomasz Brzyski
MF	6	Wojciech Grzyb (c)
MF	3	Grzegorz Baran
MF	17	Michał Pulkowski		77'
MF	11	Marcin Nowacki		55'
FW	20	Pavol Baláž
FW	76	Remigiusz Jezierski		65'
Substitutes:
FW	19	Artur Sobiech	55'
FW	14	Łukasz Janoszka	65'
MF	28	Gábor Straka	77'
Manager:
Waldemar Fornalik



GK	31	Ivan Turina
DF	23	Marcin Kikut
DF	18	Zlatko Tanevski
DF	5	Manuel Arboleda
DF	25	Luis Henríquez
MF	14	Semir Štilić	73'
MF	17	Sławomir Peszko	89'
MF	6	Tomasz Bandrowski
MF	16	Rafał Murawski (c)
FW	11	Hernán Rengifo
FW	8	Robert Lewandowski	90'
Substitutes:
MF	21	Dimitrije Injac	73'
MF	7	Jakub Wilk	89'
MF	3	Ivan Đurđević	90'
Manager:
Franciszek Smuda

References

^ "Poland Cups 2008/09". rsssf.org. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

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