# 2008–09 Ligakupa

The 2008–09 Ligakupa was the second edition of the Hungarian League Cup, the Ligakupa. The first matches were played on 1 October 2008 and the final was held on 13 May 2009 at the Révész Street Stadium in Siófok.
Fehérvár won a second consecutive title, defeating a second division team, Pécs 3–1 in the final.

## Format

Participating teams were from the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 8 from the Nemzeti Bajnokság II. Each six club in each of the 4 groups played each other twice, so the regular season was ten rounds, with the final two rounds took place in February. The top two finishers from each group progressed and, following a managed draw (group opponents could only met in the final), started the straight knockout stage. The quarter-finals and semi-finals were two-legged matches, with the winner decided in a single final meeting.
| | Clubs entering in this round | Clubs advancing from previous round | Number of games | Main date |
| Group stage (4 group, 24 clubs) | 16 clubs from Nemzeti Bajnokság I 8 clubs from Nemzeti Bajnokság II | N/A | 120 | 2 October 2008–15 February 2009 |
| Quarter-finals (8 clubs) | No clubs enter the quarter-finals | 4 group winners from the group stage 4 group runners-up from the group stage | 8 (two-legged) | 3 March 2009–26 March 2009 |
| Semi-finals (4 clubs) | No clubs enter the semi-finals | 4 winners from quarter-finals | 4 (two-legged) | 29 March 2009–9 April 2009 |
| Final (2 clubs) | No clubs enter the final | 2 winners from semi-finals | 1 | 13 May 2009 |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VAS | DIO | DEB | NYI | BOC | VAC |
| 1 | Vasas | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 14 | +17 | 21 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 7–1 |
| 2 | Diósgyőr | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 21 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–2 | — | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Debrecen | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 12 | | 3–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 |
| 4 | Nyíregyháza | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 11 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| 5 | Bőcs | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 10 | | 1–5 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | — | 5–0 |
| 6 | Vác-Újbuda | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 35 | −22 | 9 | | 0–4 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | — |

#### Tenth round
### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HAL | GYO | MTK | SIO | BUD | PAP |
| 1 | Haladás | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 22 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Győr | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | 4–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 0–4 |
| 3 | MTK | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 15 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–8 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Siófok | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 14 | | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| 5 | Budaörs | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | −12 | 10 | | 2–5 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 6 | Pápa | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 7 | | 0–2 | 5–6 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — |

#### Tenth round
### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UJP | PEC | KAP | ZAL | PAK | DUN |
| 1 | Újpest | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 20 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Pécs | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 20 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Kaposvár | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 19 | | 2–4 | 1–4 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| 4 | Zalaegerszeg | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 13 | | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–5 | — | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| 5 | Paks | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 11 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 |
| 6 | Dunaújváros | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 40 | −29 | 2 | | 1–3 | 2–8 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–5 | — |

#### Tenth round
### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FEH | HON | FER | KEC | RAK | BAK |
| 1 | Fehérvár | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 9 | +20 | 24 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 8–0 |
| 2 | Honvéd | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 19 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 5–3 | 8–1 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Ferencváros | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 19 | | 2–3 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Kecskemét | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 11 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| 5 | Rákospalota | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 10 | | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | — | 4–1 |
| 6 | Baktalórántháza | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 41 | −38 | 0 | | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | — |

#### Tenth round
## Knockout phase

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Honvéd | 5 | 0 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Vasas | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Vasas | 1 | 0 | 1 | Honvéd | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| | | | | Pécs | 1 | 1 | 2 | | |
| Pécs | 3 | 4 | 7 | Pécs | 1 | 1 | 2 | | |
| Haladás | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Haladás | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | Pécs | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | Fehérvár | 3 |
| Diósgyőr | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | Fehérvár | 3 |
| Fehérvár | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Fehérvár | 0 | 1 | 1 | Fehérvár | 2 | 1 | 3 | | |
| | | | | Győr | 0 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Győr | 3 | 2 | 5 | Győr | 0 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Újpest | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals
#### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Diósgyőr | 0–1 | Fehérvár | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Pécs | 7–3 | Haladás | 3–2 | 4–1 |
| Győr | 5–3 | Újpest | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Honvéd | 5–1 | Vasas | 5–1 | 0–0 |
Fehérvár won 1–0 on aggregate.
Pécs won 7–3 on aggregate.
Győr won 5–3 on aggregate.
Budapest Honvéd won 5–1 on aggregate.

### Semi-finals
#### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Honvéd | 0–2 | Pécs | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Fehérvár | 3–1 | Győr | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Pécs won 2–0 on aggregate.
Fehérvár won 3–1 on aggregate.