The 2008–09 Polish Cup was the fifty-fifth season of the annual Polish cup competition. It began on July 30, 2008 with the extra preliminary round and ended on May 19, 2009 with the Final, played at Stadion Śląski, Chorzów. The winners qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Legia Warszawa were the defending champions.
Extra preliminary round Eight of the 32 teams which had qualified on regional levels competed in this round.
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|30 July 2008
Preliminary round The four winners of the extra preliminary round and the 24 remaining teams qualified through regional levels competed in this round.
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|13 August 2008
Round 1 The fourteen winners of the preliminary round, along with the eighteen teams from 2007–08 II Liga, competed in this round.
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|26 August 2008
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|27 August 2008
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|No match
Notes Note 1: The draw was conducted prior to the merger of Polonia Warsaw and Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski. Upon completion of the merger, Stal Stalowa Wola, who were originally to play former II Liga side Polonia Warsaw, were awarded a walkover to the next round.
Round 2 The sixteen winners of Round 1, along with the sixteen teams from 2007–08 Ekstraklasa, competed in this round.
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|23 September 2008
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|24 September 2008
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|7 October 2008
Round 3 The sixteen winners of Round 2 competed in this round.
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|28 October 2008
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|29 October 2008
Quarter-finals The quarterfinals were played in two legs. The first legs were played on March 4, 17 and 18, 2009 while the second legs took place on April 7 and 8, 2009.
First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals The semifinals were also played in two legs. The first legs were played on April 29 and 30, 2009, while the second legs took place on May 6 and 7, 2009.
First leg
Second leg
Final
GK80 Krzysztof PilarzDF29 Ariel JakubowskiDF15 Rafał Grodzicki DF4 Ireneusz AdamskiDF22 Tomasz BrzyskiMF6 Wojciech Grzyb (c)MF3 Grzegorz BaranMF17 Michał Pulkowski MF11 Marcin Nowacki FW20 Pavol BalážFW76 Remigiusz Jezierski Substitutes:FW19 Artur Sobiech FW14 Łukasz Janoszka MF28 Gábor Straka Manager: Waldemar Fornalik GK31 Ivan Turina DF23 Marcin KikutDF18 Zlatko Tanevski DF5 Manuel ArboledaDF25 Luis HenríquezMF14 Semir Štilić MF17 Sławomir Peszko MF6 Tomasz Bandrowski MF16 Rafał Murawski (c)FW11 Hernán RengifoFW8 Robert Lewandowski Substitutes:MF21 Dimitrije Injac MF7 Jakub Wilk MF3 Ivan Đurđević Manager: Franciszek Smuda
References
External links 90minut.pl