# 2008–09 Polish Cup

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. 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 | |

### 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 |

## 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 |

## 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 |

### Second leg
## 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.) |

### Second leg
## Final

| Ruch Chorzów | Lech Poznań |
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 ||||
| 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 ||||