2008 Turkish Cup final
# 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.

## 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 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
