2008 Turkish Cup final

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.

2008 Turkish Cup final

Event	2007–08 Turkish Cup
Gençlerbirliği Kayserispor 0 0
Kayserispor won 11–10 on penalties.
Date	7 May 2008
Venue	Bursa Atatürk Stadium, Bursa
Man of the Match	Mehmet Topuz (Kayserispor)
Referee	Yunus Yıldırım (Turkey)
Weather	Fine

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

7 May 2008

20:00

Gençlerbirliği	0 - 0 (a.e.t.)	Kayserispor
	Report
Penalties
Kahê Mehmet Çakır Mehmet Nas Engin Baytar Ergün Teber Hakan Aslantaş Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa Tuna Üzümcü Daniel Addo Kerem Şeras Nicolás Peric Kahê Ergün Teber Mehmet Çakır	10 – 11	Dimitar Ivankov Alioum Saidou Koray Çölgeçen Aydın Toscalı Kemal Okyay Delio Toledo Turgay Bahadır Mehmet Topuz Kamber Arslan Leonardo Andrés Iglesias Ali Turan Dimitar Ivankov Alioum Saidou Aydın Toscalı

Bursa Atatürk Stadyumu, Bursa

Referee: Yunus Yıldırım

Gençlerbirliği

Kayserispor

GENÇLERBİRLİĞİ: GK 22 Nicolás Peric CB 24 Daniel Addo CB 35 Tuna Üzümcü  18' RB 6 Erkan Özbey  92' LB 3 Ergün Teber DM 7 Mehmet Nas DM 61 Kerem Şeras RM 12 Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa LM 25 Engin Baytar CF 8 Kahê CF 14 Isaac Promise  80' Substitutes: GK 1 Recep Öztürk MF 11 Burhan Eşer MF 15 Adamu Mohammed MF 17 Ferhat Kiraz MF 25 Hakan Aslantaş  92' FW 10 Mehmet Çakır  80' FW 9 Okan Öztürk Manager: Mesut Bakkal

KAYSERİSPOR: GK 27 Dimitar Ivankov CB 5 Ali Turan  3' CB 25 Aydın Toscalı RB 51 Koray Çölgeçen LB 12 Delio Toledo DM 20 Alioum Saidou DM 8 Ragıp Başdağ  100' RM 66 Mehmet Topuz LM 67 Mehmet Eren Boyraz  88' CF 7 Leonardo Andrés Iglesias CF 19 Franco Cángele  114' Substitutes: GK 1 Hasan Sönmez DF 2 Durmuş Bayram DF 4 Juan Pablo Avendaño DF 11 Kemal Okyay  114' MF 18 Ali Çamdalı MF 38 Kamber Arslan  100' FW 22 Turgay Bahadır  88' Manager: Tolunay Kafkas

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