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: GK 22 Nicolás PericCB 24 Daniel Addo CB 35 Tuna Üzümcü RB 6 Erkan Özbey LB 3 Ergün TeberDM 7 Mehmet Nas DM 61 Kerem ŞerasRM 12 Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa LM 25 Engin BaytarCF 8 Kahê CF 14 Isaac Promise Substitutes:GK 1 Recep ÖztürkMF 11 Burhan EşerMF 15 Adamu MohammedMF 17 Ferhat Kiraz MF 25 Hakan Aslantaş FW 10 Mehmet Çakır FW 9 Okan Öztürk Manager: Mesut Bakkal
KAYSERİSPOR: GK 27 Dimitar IvankovCB 5 Ali Turan CB 25 Aydın ToscalıRB 51 Koray Çölgeçen LB 12 Delio ToledoDM 20 Alioum Saidou DM 8 Ragıp Başdağ RM 66 Mehmet Topuz LM 67 Mehmet Eren Boyraz CF 7 Leonardo Andrés IglesiasCF 19 Franco Cángele Substitutes:GK 1 Hasan SönmezDF 2 Durmuş Bayram DF 4 Juan Pablo AvendañoDF 11 Kemal Okyay MF 18 Ali ÇamdalıMF 38 Kamber Arslan FW 22 Turgay Bahadır Manager: Tolunay Kafkas
Man of the match: Mehmet Topuz (Kayserispor) Referee: Yunus Yıldırım Assistant referees: Bülent Gökçü Serkan Ok Fourth referee: Koray Gençerler
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