The 2008 Danish Cup final was the final and deciding match of the 2007–08 Danish Cup. It took place on Thursday, 1 May 2008 at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen. Brøndby IF, the Superliga number 9 of the day, met the then number 8 Esbjerg fB.

Brøndby had won the Cup on five previous occasions (1989, 1994, 1998, 2003, and 2005), while Esbjerg took the trophy in 1964 and 1976, but lost the final in 2006 to Randers FC.

Referee Claus Bo Larsen officiated the match.

Brøndby defeated Esbjerg 3–2.

Road to Copenhagen Brøndby IFEsbjerg fBAllerød FK [DS]A4–1Williams 6Lorentzen 10Madsen 45, 69 Second roundVanløse IF [2D]A2–0Lekic 32Demba-Nyrén 48Silkeborg IF [1D]A2–1Retov 47T. Rasmussen 88 Third roundVærløse BK [2D]A4–1Jørgensen 31 (pen.), 59 (pen.)Demba-Nyrén 68Bech 74OB [SL]A1–0Lorentzen 119 Fourth roundHerfølge BK [1D]A1–0Zimling 103Randers FC [SL]H2–1Gislason 50Duncan Rasmussen 58 Quarter finalsSkive IK [1D]A4–0Lange 13, 88Bech 44Murcy 60FC Midtjylland [SL]H3–0Katongo 34, 73Holmén 63 Semi finalsFirst legF.C. Copenhagen [SL]A1–0Murcy 66FC Midtjylland [SL]A2–0Katongo 10von Schlebrügge 80 Second legF.C. Copenhagen [SL]H2–2Bech 104Lange 119 Both sides entered the competition in its second round. Square brackets [ ] represent the opposition's division.

Match details

BRØNDBY IF GK 16 Stephan Andersen RB 32 Anders Randrup CB 5 Mark Howard CB 18 Max von Schlebrügge LB 21 Thomas Rasmussen (c) DM 20 Stefán Gíslason RM 6 Samuel Holmén LM 7 Kasper Lorentzen AM 9 Martin Retov FW 10 Martin Ericsson FW 28 Chris Katongo Substitutes:GK 30 Michael Tørnes MF 8 Kim Daugaard MF 25 Tobias Mikkelsen DF 29 Daniel Wass Manager: Tom KøhlertESBJERG FB GK 16 Lars Winde (c) RB 2 Frank Hansen CB 20 Kristian Flittie Onstad CB 21 Fredrik Björck LB 15 Andreas Klarström RM 31 Søren Rieks CM 7 Jesper Jørgensen CM 14 Martin Vingaard LM 10 Thiago Pinto Borges FW 11 Jesper Bech FW 25 Michaël Murcy Substitutes:GK 1 Tally Hall DF 6 Niki Zimling MF 13 Kevin Conboy FW 22 Jesper Lange Manager: Troels Bech Man of the Match (Pokalfighter): Samuel Holmén (Brøndby IF)

Assistant referees: Bill René Hansen Ole V. Hansen Fourth official: Lars ChristoffersenMatch rules: 90 minutes. 2 x 15 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Four named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions.

See also 2007–08 Danish Cup for details of the current competition

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