2009 Ligakupa final

2009 Ligakupa final
	The Révész Géza utcai Stadion in Siófok hosted the final.
Event	2008–09 Ligakupa
Date	13 May 2009
Venue	Révész Géza utcai Stadion, Siófok
Referee	Ferenc Bede
Attendance	3,000
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The 2009 Ligakupa final decided the winners of the 2008–09 Ligakupa, the 2nd season of Hungarian football league cup, the Ligakupa. The match was played on 13 May 2009 at the Révész Géza utcai Stadion in Siófok between Pécs and Fehérvár.^[2]

Fehérvár successfully defended their title with a 3–1 victory, securing their second Ligakupa trophy. The club remain, the last team to successfully defend their trophy. The winners also received 20 million forint in prize money, while the runners-up received 10 million forint and an additional 2 million forint as the highest finishing NB II team.^[3]

Background

Fehérvár made its second Ligakupa final appearance in history, having won previous year in 2008. For Pécs, this was their first final appearance, additionally the first second division team to reach the final since the creation of the competition and the admission of second-tier teams.^[4]

Previous finals

Team	Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Pécs	None
Fehérvár	1 (2008)

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Pécs

Round

Fehérvár

Opponent

Result

Group stage

Opponent

Result

Paks

1–0 (A)

Matchday 1

Rákospalota

4–0 (H)

Zalaegerszeg

2–0 (H)

Matchday 2

Baktalórántháza

2–0 (A)

Újpest

1–1 (H)

Matchday 3

Ferencváros

0–0 (H)

Kaposvár

4–1 (A)

Matchday 4

Honvéd

2–2 (H)

Dunaújváros

3–1 (H)

Matchday 5

Kecskemét

3–2 (A)

Paks

3–1 (H)

Matchday 6

Rákospalota

4–2 (A)

Zalaegerszeg

0–0 (A)

Matchday 7

Baktalórántháza

8–0 (H)

Újpest

0–4 (A)

Matchday 8

Ferencváros

3–2 (A)

Kaposvár

2–4 (H)

Matchday 9

Honvéd

1–1 (A)

Dunaújváros

8–2 (A)

Matchday 10

Kecskemét

2–0 (H)

Group C runners-up

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Újpest	10	20
2	Pécs	10	20
3	Kaposvár	10	19
4	Zalaegerszeg	10	13
5	Paks	10	11
6	Dunaújváros	10	2

Source: HFF

Final standings

Group D winners

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Fehérvár	10	24
2	Honvéd	10	19
3	Ferencváros	10	19
4	Kecskemét	10	11
5	Rákospalota	10	10
6	Baktalórántháza	10	0

Source: HFF

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Knockout phase

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Haladás

7–3

3–2 (H)

4–1 (A)

Quarter-finals

Diósgyőr

1–0

0–0 (A)

1–0 (H)

Honvéd

2–0

1–0 (A)

1–0 (H)

Semi-finals

Győr

3–1

2–0 (H)

1–1 (A)

Match

Summary

Pécs started the game stronger, they had more possession and led dangerous attacks, Dávid Wittrédi got into position several times, and in the ninth minute Zsolt Horváth could have scored the lead for his team, but the midfielder missed from 11 meters. Then, in the 11th minute, Pécs's manager Antal Botos found himself in a very difficult situation. Alves was given a great start, broke inside the penalty area. Levente Lantos came on and stepped on the striker's heel and he fell. Referee Bede awarded a penalty and the Pécs defender was sent off for denying obvious goal scoring opportunity. The penalty was taken by Goran Vujović, who shot the ball under the crossbar, Lajos Hegedűs had no chance to save. This gave Fehérvár the lead. After the goal the Fehérvár side took control of the game, Pécs seemed to be affected by the loss of Lantos and the goal. The high pressure paid off in the 25th minute, Ákos Elek went down the left and tried to shoot, but his attempt was flat to the middle and Vujović came on and scored his and his team's second goal from five meters. After that, however, Pécs woke up, regained more possession and played aggressively, although it did not show in big situations. However, the equalizer was not came until the second half. Dávid Wittrédi, took a free kick from 21 metres from and fired the ball into the top left corner into Zsolt Sebők's net. In the 70th minute it was all decided. Dénes Szakály tried a shot from 25 metres out, but his powerful shot was not caught by Lajos Hegedűs, and the ball fell to Illés Sitku, who stepped on it in a great position and then passed for Dániel Nagy. He crossed to the far post and Alison Silva, who was on his own and came on as a substitute, fired into the bottom right corner from 6 metres. Alison could have added to his tally in the 83rd minute. Dániel Nagy curled a free-kick into the middle and Gábor Horváth headed home from 11 metres, but Hegedűs showed great bravery to push the ball onto the post, but it was straight to Alison, who fired over from 5 metres. Fehérvár won and defended their title.^[1]

Details

13 May 2009

18:00 CEST

Pécs	1–3	Fehérvár
Wittrédi 58'	Report	Vujović 13' (pen.), 26' Silva 69'

Révész Géza utcai Stadion, Siófok

Attendance: 3,000^[1]

Referee: Ferenc Bede

Pécs

Fehérvár


GK	31	Lajos Hegedűs
DF	5	József Szabados
DF	6	Gábor Kovács
DF	18	Levente Lantos	12'
DF	33	Ádám Présinger
MF	7	Dávid Wittrédi
MF	26	Balázs Schrancz		68'
MF	27	Tamás Szalai
MF	82	Balázs Berdó		15'
FW	20	Gergő Lovrencsics		88'
FW	69	Zsolt Horváth		46'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Roland Herbert
DF	4	József Nagy
DF	8	János Sipos
DF	21	Roland Racskó		15'
MF	10	Olivér Nagy		68'
MF	22	Béla Koplárovics	64'	46'
MF	25	Balázs Fónai		88'
Manager:
Antal Botos


GK	1	Zsolt Sebők
DF	2	Marko Anđić	36'
DF	3	Gábor Horváth II
DF	13	Ilija Radović
DF	20	Pál Lázár	39'	46'
MF	14	Balázs Farkas
MF	15	Dániel Nagy
MF	17	Dénes Szakály		80'
MF	25	Ákos Elek		71'
FW	18	Goran Vujović		46'
FW	21	André Alves		60'
Substitutes:
GK	22	Nenad Filipović
DF	4	Dávid Mohl		46'
DF	5	Ákos Koller
MF	10	Zsolt Dvéri		80'
MF	26	César Romero		71'
FW	9	Illés Sitku		46'
FW	29	Alison Silva		60'
Manager:
István Varga