The

Azerbaijan Cup The Azerbaijan Cup () is a major association football competition in Azerbaijan. In its original form, it started in 1936, when Azerbaijan was a republic of the Soviet Union and it was not disputed by Azerbaijani teams in the Soviet league pyramid ...

2008–09 was the 17th season of the annual cup competition in

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. It started on 17 September 2008 with two games of Preliminary Round and ended on 23 May 2009 with the

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held at

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. Khazar Lenkoran were the defending champions. Eighteen teams compete in this year's competition.

Preliminary round

Four lower division teams, qualified for this competition for unknown reasons, played out two participants who would join the fourteen teams of the

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in the next round. The games were played on September 17 (first legs) and September 24, 2008 (second legs).

Round of 16

The two winners from the preliminary round joined fourteen Premier League teams in this round. The first legs were played on October 29 and 30, 2008. The second legs were played on November 5 and 6, 2008.

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on February 25 while the second legs were played on March 11 and 12, 2009.

Semifinals

The first legs were played on April 29, 2009. The second legs were played on May 6, 2009.

Final

References

External links

Official page
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