2008 Kazakhstan Cup

2008 Kazakhstan Cup
Tournament details
Country	Kazakhstan
Final positions
Champions	Aktobe
Runner-up	Almaty
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The 2010 Kazakhstan Cup was the 17th season of the Kazakhstan Cup, the annual nationwide football cup competition of Kazakhstan since the independence of the country. The competition started on 9 April 2008 and finished with the Final played on 16 November 2008. The winners of the Cup earned a place in second qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

First round

The first round involved 28 teams. When the draw was conducted teams were divided into three pots to avoid matches between the strongest clubs in the early stage of competition. The matches were played on April 9, 2008.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Caspiy	0–2	FC Irtysh
FC Akzhayik	3–2	FC Okzhetpes
FC Kazakhmys	0–3	FC Tobol
FC Aktobe-Zhas	1–2	FC Energetik
Astana	1–0	FC Bolat
FC Karasay Sarbazdary	0–1	FC Esil Bogatyr
FC Ile-Saulet	1–4	FC Vostok
FC Kaisar	2–0	FC Asbest
FC Shakhter Karagandy	11–0	FC Gornyak
FC Taraz	1–2	FC Kairat
FC Avangard	1–3	FC Zhetysu
FC Spartak Semey	0–6	FC Ordabasy
FC Aksu	0–3	FC Almaty
FC Aizharyk	1–2	FC Megasport

Round of 16

The matches were played on April 23, 2008.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FC Aktobe	5–0	FC Atyrau
FC Irtysh	3–1	FC Akzhayik
FC Tobol	4–0	FC Energetik
Astana	0–2	FC Esil Bogatyr
FC Vostok	1–0	FC Kaisar
FC Shakhter Karagandy	1–1 (aet, p. 4–5)	FC Kairat
FC Zhetysu	2–1 (aet)	FC Ordabasy
FC Almaty	4–1	FC Megasport

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinal matches were played on May 7 (first legs) and May 14, 2008 (second legs).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Kairat	0–3	FC Aktobe	0–1	0–2
FC Vostok	4–3	FC Irtysh	4–1	0–2
FC Tobol	6–1	FC Zhetysu	4–1	2–0
FC Esil Bogatyr	1–4	FC Almaty	0–3	1–1

Semifinals

The first legs were played on October 28 and second on November 12, 2008.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Vostok	4–7	FC Almaty	2–2	2–5
FC Tobol	1–2	FC Aktobe	1–1	0–1

The expulsion of FC Vostok, assessed on September 16, 2008 by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan for taking part in a fixed match, was revoked on October 2, 2008.^[1]