2008 Belgian Cup Final
The 2008 Belgian Cup Final, named Cofidis Cup after the sponsor, was played on Sunday, 18 May 2008 between Gent and Anderlecht, won by Anderlecht. It is the 53rd Belgian Cup Final. Road to the Final * Both clubs received a bye to round six. * In square brackets is a letter that represents the opposition's division ** 1= Belgian First Division The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 te ... ** 2= Belgian Second Division Match details ; Match rules *90 minutes *30 minutes of extra-time if necessary *Penalty shoot-out if scores still level *Five named substitutes *Maximum of 3 substitutions References {{R.S.C. Anderlecht matches Belgian Cup Final Belgian Cup Final 2008 Belgian Cup Final 2008 Belgian Cup finals ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Belgian Cup
The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgian Football Association, Royal Belgian FA. The competition started in 1908 with provincial selections as the "Belgian Provinces Cup". Starting from 1912 only actual clubs were allowed to partake. As of 1964, the Belgian Cup has been organised annually. Since the 2015–16 edition, the Belgian Cup is called the Croky Cup, for sponsorship purposes. The final traditionally takes place at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels. The most successful cup club is Club Bruges with 11 Belgian cups in their possession. The current champions are KAA Gent, having beaten Anderlecht on penalties in the 2022 final. The winners are awarded a challenge cup and qualify for the UEFA Europa League and the Belgian Supercup. History First national cup competitions ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Randall Azofeifa
Randall Azofeifa Corrales (born 30 December 1984) is a Costa Rican football midfielder who currently plays for Sporting San José. Club career Azofeifa won two national championship, the UNCAF Nations Cup title and a CONCACAF Champions Cup title with Deportivo Saprissa. He participated in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup with his team, where he played a key role in helping them to finish in third place, behind São Paulo and Liverpool. Azofeifa joined Belgian Jupiler League club Gent in 2006. Turkey In January 2011 he was transferred to the Turkish team Gençlerbirliği at a transfer price of 1.6 million Euros and in May 2013 he moved on to Kayseri Erciyesspor. In September 2014, Azofeifa returned to Costa Rica to play for Uruguay Coronado and in January 2015 he joined Herediano. International career Azofeifa played at the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Trinidad and Tobago. As of January 2014, Azofeifa has made 35 appearances for the senior Costa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Roberto Rosales
Roberto José Rosales Altuve (; born 20 November 1988) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays for the Cypriot First Division club AEK Larnaca and Venezuela national team. Mainly a right back, he can also play as a right midfielder. Club career Gent Born in Caracas, Rosales played for Pedagogico Caracas and Deportivo Gulima before moving to hometown's Caracas, where he made his senior debuts, appearing in two matches before signing a two-year deal with Gent on 30 May 2007 following a successful trial. Rosales was linked with a move to Anderlecht. He made his debut for the latter on 14 July 2007, in a 4–0 win at Cliftonville, for that year's UEFA Intertoto Cup. It wasn't until on 16 September 2007 when he made his league debut for the club, coming on as a second-half substitute, in a 1–1 draw against Standard Liège. Despite being sent-off after a second bookable offence, in a 2–1 win over Charleroi on 3 May 2008, Rosales finished his first season, maki ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bojan Jorgacević
Bojan (Serbian Cyrillic and Macedonian: Бојан; Ukrainian, Russian and Bulgarian Cyrillic: Боян, transcribed ''Boyan'') is a Slavic given name, derived from the Slavic noun ''boj'' "battle." The ending ''-an'' is a suffix frequently found in anthroponyms of Slavic origin. The feminine variant is Bojana. The name is recorded in historical sources among Serbs, Bulgarians, Czechs, Poles, Croats, Slovenians, Macedonians, Ukrainians and Russians. In Slovenia, it is the 18th most popular name for males, as of 2010.Število moških z imenom BOJAN: 10.544 (ali 1,0 % vseh moških) (in Slovenian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. The name Bojan may refer to: * [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serge Gumienny
Serge Gumienny (born 14 April 1972 in Sint-Truiden) is a former Belgian football referee. He frequently operates in the Belgian First Division, Belgian Second Division and Belgian Cup. Occasionally he referees a matches in the Dutch Eredivisie, the UEFA Intertoto Cup, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Champions League. He also has whistled matches overseas and frequently operates as fourth official in the games refereed by Frank De Bleeckere. On 25 December 2008, he was promoted to the European A-category (Elite development). He has whistled 250 games in the Belgian first division. Belgian Supercup * 2003 Club Brugge - La Louvière * 2006 Anderlecht - Zulte-Waregem Belgian Cup Final * 2008 Anderlecht - Gent * 2015 Club Brugge - Anderlecht Some of his European matches thus far * the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualification match between Hungary and Switzerland on 24 March 2003. * the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualification match betwee ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, but is separate from the Flemish Region (within which it forms an enclave) and the Walloon Region. Brussels is the most densely populated region in Belgium, and although it has the highest GDP per capita, it has the lowest available income per household. The Brussels Region covers , a relatively small area compared to the two other regions, and has a population of over 1.2 million. The five times larger metropolitan area of Brusse ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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King Baudouin Stadium
The King Baudouin Stadium (french: Stade Roi Baudouin , nl, Koning Boudewijnstadion ) is a sports ground in north-west Brussels, Belgium. Located in the Heysel district of the City of Brussels, it was built to embellish the Heysel Plateau in view of the 1935 Brussels International Exposition. It was inaugurated on 23 August 1930, with Crown Prince Leopold attending the opening ceremony. The stadium hosted 70,000 at the time. Its name honours King Baudouin, Leopold's son and successor as King of the Belgians, from 1951 to his death in 1993. History Early history The first version of the King Baudouin Stadium was built in 1929–1930 by the architect Joseph Van Neck, also chief architect of the 1935 Brussels International Exposition, in a classical modernist style. Its original name was the Jubilee Stadium (french: Stade du Centenaire, link=no, nl, Jubelstadion, link=no) because it was inaugurated as part of the centenary celebrations of the Belgian Revolution, with an unof ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Guillaume Gillet
Guillaume Gillet (born 9 March 1984) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or defender for Anderlecht. Club career Born in Liège, Gillet has played for RFC Liège, Visé, Eupen, Gent, Anderlecht and SC Bastia who Gillet joined on a season-long loan deal with on 10 July 2014. On 1 November Gillet scored a costly own goal as Bastia lost 1–0 at home to Guingamp. On December 2015, while at Anderlecht, Gillet said he had turned down an offer from LA Galaxy but that he could still move to Major League Soccer that winter. He was out of contract at the end of the season. Eventually on 28 December 2015 has joined FC Nantes from Jupiler League champions Anderlecht. On 7 August 2017, Gillet signed a two-year contract with Olympiacos, thereby re-uniting with his former manager at Anderlecht, Besnik Hasi. On 18 November 2017, he scored his first goal with the club opening the score in a 2–1 home Greek Super League game against Levadiakos. He left Olympia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jan Polák
Jan Polák (; born 14 March 1981) is a retired Czech international footballer who played as a midfielder. Career In his younger days he played for FC Zbrojovka Brno and Tatran Bohunice. Formerly a member of the Czech national under-21 side, Polák, alongside players like Petr Čech and Milan Baroš, was a part of the team which won the European Under-21 Football Championship in 2002. He also holds the record for the most appearances for the Czech Republic under-21 team. In 2005, he was transferred from the Czech Premier League team FC Slovan Liberec for a fee of €1,500,000 to the Bundesliga side 1. FC Nürnberg. In the same year he played for the first time under Czech national coach Karel Brückner. On 3 August 2007, Anderlecht bought Polák. He was given number 8. The Czech international reportedly cost €3.5 million and was at the time the second most expensive transfer in Anderlecht's history, as well as one of the highest paid players in Belgian football. He was And ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Adékambi Olufadé
Adékambi Olufadé (born 7 January 1980 in Lomé) is a former Togolese football midfielder of Nigerian descent. He was a member of the national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the .... His first name is sometimes written Adekanmi or Adekamni, but it should normally be Adékambi. International career International goals :''Scores and results list Togo's goal tally first.'' References 1980 births Living people Togolese men's footballers Togolese expatriate men's footballers Togo men's international footballers Ligue 1 players Lille OSC players Belgian Pro League players OGC Nice players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players Royal Charleroi S.C. players K.A.A. Gent players Satellite FC players Al-Sail ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Europe and in a few North African countries. CET is also known as Middle European Time (MET, German: MEZ) and by colloquial names such as Amsterdam Time, Berlin Time, Brussels Time, Madrid Time, Paris Time, Rome Time, Warsaw Time or even Romance Standard Time (RST). The 15th meridian east is the central axis for UTC+01:00 in the world system of time zones. As of 2011, all member states of the European Union observe summer time (daylight saving time), from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. States within the CET area switch to Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00) for the summer. In Africa, UTC+01:00 is called West Africa Time (WAT), where it is used by several countries, year round. Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia also refer to it as ''Central European ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Massimo Moia
Massimo Moia (born 9 March 1987) is a Belgian football midfielder, who currently plays for Grâce-Hollogne in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th .... External links Guardian Football* 1987 births Living people Belgian men's footballers FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players K.A.A. Gent players Royal Charleroi S.C. players Sint-Truidense V.V. players Royale Union Tubize-Braine players C.S. Visé players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Belgian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Men's association football midfielders {{Belgium-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |