2008 Turkish Cup final explained

2008 Turkish Cup final
Event:2007–08 Turkish Cup
Team1:Gençlerbirliği
Team1score:0
Team2:Kayserispor
Team2score:0
Details:Kayserispor won 11–10 on penalties.
Date:7 May 2008
Stadium:Bursa Atatürk Stadium
City:Bursa
Man Of The Match1a:Mehmet Topuz (Kayserispor)
Referee:Yunus Yıldırım (Turkey)
Weather:Fine
Previous:2007
Next:2009

The 2008 Turkish Cup final was a football match between Gençlerbirliği and Kayserispor and the final of the 2007–08 Turkish Cup. Kayserispor won 11–10 on penalties.

Gençlerbirliği

Gençlerbirliği started the tournament in the second qualifying round. They beat Akçaabat Sebatspor 4–1, and proceeded to the group stage. Gençlerbirliği was put in Group B with Adana Demirspor, Trabzonspor, Manisaspor and Kırıkkalespor. Gençlerbirliği finished 1st and continued to the Quarter-finals. They beat Adana Demirspor 1–0 at home and 2–2 away. In the Semi-finals, Gençlerbirliği played Galatasaray. Gençlerbirliği won 1–0 at home and 1–1 in Istanbul. With the win over Galatasaray, they proceeded to the finals.

Kayserispor

After finishing in second place in group C, Kayserispor played and beat G.Oftaşspor 2–0. In the Semi-finals, Kayseri beat Çaykur Rizespor 3–0 away and 4–1 at home. With this win Kayseri proceeded to the final.

Final

After ending extra time with a 0–0 tie, poth teams competed in a penalty shootout. With the game tied at 10–10, Mehmet Çakır (Gençlerbirliği) missed the shot and Aydın Toscalı scored for Kayseri giving them an 11–10 victory giving Kayserispor their first Turkish Cup.

Match details

GENÇLERBİRLİĞİ:
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GK 22 Nicolás Peric
CB 24
CB 35
RB 6
LB 3 Ergün Teber
DM 7
DM 61 Kerem Şeras
RM 12
LM 25 Engin Baytar
CF 8
CF 14
Substitutes:
GK 1 Recep Öztürk
MF 11 Burhan Eşer
MF 15 Adamu Mohammed
MF 17
MF 25
FW 10
FW 9
Manager:
Mesut Bakkal
KAYSERİSPOR:
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GK 27 Dimitar Ivankov
CB 5
CB 25 Aydın Toscalı
RB 51
LB 12 Delio Toledo
DM 20
DM 8
RM 66
LM 67
CF 7 Leonardo Andrés Iglesias
CF 19
Substitutes:
GK 1 Hasan Sönmez
DF 2
DF 4 Juan Pablo Avendaño
DF 11
MF 18 Ali Çamdalı
MF 38
FW 22
Manager:
Tolunay Kafkas

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Man of the match:
Mehmet Topuz (Kayserispor)
Referee:
Yunus Yıldırım
Assistant referees:
Bülent Gökçü
Serkan Ok
Fourth referee:
Koray Gençerler