2007–08 Czech Cup

2007–08 Czech Cup

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Tournament details
Country	Czech Republic
Teams	129
Defending champions	Sparta Prague
Final positions
Champions	Sparta Prague
Runner-up	Slovan Liberec
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	David Kočián (5 goals)
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The 2007–08 Czech Cup was the fifteenth season of the annual football knock-out tournament of the Czech Republic. It began on 22 August 2007 with the preliminary round and concluded with the final on 13 May 2008. The competition offered a place in the second qualifying round of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup for the winner; however since winners Sparta Prague qualified for the Champions League through the Czech First League this season, the place went to Slovan Liberec as runners-up.

Teams

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round
Preliminary round	129	34	none	34	Levels 4 and 5 in football league pyramid
First round	112	96	17	79	Czech 2. Liga Bohemian Football League Moravian-Silesian Football League Level 4 in football league pyramid
Second round	64	64	48	16	Czech First League
Third round	32	32	32	none	none
Fourth round	16	16	16	none	none
Quarter finals	8	8	8	none	none
Semi finals	4	4	4	none	none
Final	2	2	2	none	none

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held on 22 August 2007. The 34 participants were teams from fourth level leagues (Divize A, Divize B, Divize C, Divize D, Divize E) and from 5th level leagues (regional championships). Bold teams won and advanced to the first round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Meteor Prague VIII	2–2 5-4 pen	Bzová
Semice*	2–3	Sokol Libiš
Sokol Kamenný újezd*	0–2	Jankov
Rapid Sport Plzeň*	3–2	Senco Doubravka
Spartak Chodov*	1–3	Slavia Vejprnice
Stap Tratec Vilémov*	4–0	Litvínov
Česká Lípa*	1–1 4-2 pen	Motorlet Prague
Nový Bydžov*	4–1	Chrudim
Sokol Živanice*	3–0	Agria Choceň
Nový Jičín*	1–0	EPO Frenštát pod Radhoštěm
Tatran Brno Bohunice*	1–5	Rostex Vyškov
Vidnava*	3–2	Avízo Město Albrechtice
Rak Provodov*	0–2	Spartak Hulín
Slovan Havlíčkův Brod	2–2 6-5 pen	Velké Meziříčí
Vsetín	1–2	Velké Karlovice
Ledeč nad Sázavou*	2–2 2-4 pen	Žďas Žďár nad Sázavou
Sokol Protivanov	2–0	Hranice

^* teams from regional championships

First round

The first round was held on 29 July 2007. The 96 participating teams were the 17 winners from the preliminary round and 79 teams from the second, third and fourth level leagues (Czech 2. Liga; ČFL, MSFL; Divize A, Divize B, Divize C, Divize D, Divize E).

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Čelákovice	2–4	FK Kolín
Rakovník	0–4	Union Cheb 2001
Domažlice	0–2	FK Baník Sokolov
FC Písek	2–0	Sezimovo Ústí
Brozany	0–4	Varnsdorf
Pěčín-Turnov	0–1	Dobrovice
Převýšov	1–2	Náchod-Deštné
Dvůr Králové	1–1 3-2 pen	Velim BB
SK Holice v Čechách	0–4	Letohrad
TJ Sokol Živanice	2–0	Tesla Pardubice
Nový Bydžov	2–1	FK Trutnov
Týniště nad Orlicí	0–1	FC Hradec Králové
Česká Lípa	2–5	Jiskra Nový Bor
Chomutov	1–1 11-10 pen	K.Vary-Dvory
Vilémov	0–0 7-6 pen	FK Ústí nad Labem
Vejprnice	2–1	FK Chmel Blšany
Rapid Sport Plzeň	2–3	Klatovy
Jankov	3–4	Jiskra Třeboň
Horažďovice	1–1 4-3 pen	Prachatice
Strakonice 1908	0–5	FK Marila Příbram
Libiš	4–1	SK Český Brod
Meteor Prague VIII	0–3	FK Dukla Prague
Ovčáry	0–3	Vyšehrad
Votice	2–4	Bohemians (Střížkov) Prague
Králův Dvůr	0–3	Sparta Krč
Admira Prague	0–4	FC Zenit Čáslav
Loko Vltavín	0–1	Vlašim
Bohuslavice	1–3	Orlová
MFK Havířov	1–2	SFC Opava
Vidnava	2–4	Rýmařov
Velké Losiny	1–1 2-3 pen	SK Uničov
FC TVD Slavičín	0–5	FK Fotbal Třinec
Nový Jičín	0–2	Fotbal F-M
Protivanov	0–4	1. FC Slovácko
Konice	1–0	SK Sulko Zábřeh
Boskovice	0–3	MSK Břeclav
FK Apos Blansko	0–2	FK Mutěnice
Vyškov	1–1 6-7 pen	SK Líšeň
MKZ Rájec Jestřebí	0–1	1.SC Znojmo
Velké Karlovice	4–2	FK Bystřice p.H.
Viktoria Otrokovice	0–3	Fotbal Fulnek
Framoz Rousínov	0–2	1. HFK Olomouc
SK HS Kroměříž	2–1	Hulín
Havlíčkův Brod	1–2	Žďár n.S.
HFK Třebíč	0–4	Vysočina Jihlava
Cukrovar Hrušovany	0–3	FC Dosta Bystrc
MFK Karviná	1–1 3-0 pen	FC Hlučín
Dolní Benešov	0–1	FC Vítkovice

Second round

The second round was held on 5 September 2007. The 64 participating teams were the 48 winners from the first round and 16 teams from the Czech First League. Teams in Bold won and advanced to the third round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FK Baník Sokolov	1–5	AC Sparta Prague
Vyšehrad	0–3	FK Dukla Prague
Dvůr Králové	1–4	Bohemians 1905
MSK Břeclav	1–0	FC Dosta Bystrc
FK Mutěnice	3–4	1. FC Brno
FC Žďas Žďár nad Sázavou	2–3	Vysočina Jihlava
FK Horažďovice	0–1	SK Dynamo České Budějovice
Jiskra Nový Bor	0–2	FK Union Cheb 2001
Varnsdorf	0–3	FK Siad Most
FC Chomutov	4–0	SK Slavia Vejprnice
SK Stap Tratec Vilémov	0–4	FK Teplice
SK HS Kroměříž	0–1	1. HFK Olomouc
FK Fotbal Třinec	1–1 5-4 pen	FC Tescoma Zlín
SK Uničov	0–3	1. FC Slovácko
TJ Sokol Libiš	1–5	FK Mladá Boleslav
Dobrovice	1–2	FK Kolín
FC Zenit Čáslav	0–2	FC Slovan Liberec
Jiskra Rýmařov	3–2	SFC Opava
Sokol Konice	0–0 5-4 pen	SK Sigma Olomouc
Fotbal Fulnek	5–3	FC Vítkovice
Fotbal Frýdek-Místek	2–0	FC Baník Ostrava
Orlová	0–3	MFK Karviná
FK Nový Bydžov	0–7	FK Jablonec 97
Jiskra Třeboň	3–0	FC Písek
Klatovy	0–3	FC Viktoria Plzeň
SK Sparta Krč	1–3	FK Marila Příbram
Bohemians (Střížkov) Prague	1–1 4-2 pen	SK Kladno
TJ Sokol Živanice	1–3	FC Hradec Králové
Vlašim	0–1	FK Viktoria Žižkov
FK Náchod-Deštné	0–0 5-4 pen	FK OEZ Letohrad
SK Líšeň	2–1	1. SC Znojmo
FC Velké Karlovice	0–4	SK Slavia Prague

Third round

The third round was held on 26 September 2007. The 32 participating teams were all winners from the second round. Teams in Bold won and advanced to the fourth round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FK Dukla Prague (2)	1–3	AC Sparta Prague (1)
MSK Břeclav (3)	0–1	Bohemians 1905 (1)
FC Vysočina Jihlava (2)	0–2	1. FC Brno (1)
FK Union Cheb 2001 (3)	0–1	SK Dynamo České Budějovice (1)
FC Chomutov (4)	0–0 5-4 pen	FK SIAD Most (1)
1. HFK Olomouc (2)	2–1	FK Teplice (1)
FK Fotbal Třinec (2)	0–0 5-4 pen	1. FC Slovácko (2)
FK Kolín (3)	0–4	FK Mladá Boleslav (1)
Jiskra Rýmařov (4)	0–4	FC Slovan Liberec (1)
Sokol Konice (4)	1–3	Fotbal Fulnek (2)
Fotbal Frýdek-Místek (3)	2–1	MFK Karviná (3)
Jiskra Třeboň (4)	0–2	FK Jablonec 97 (1)
FK Marila Příbram (2)	0–1	FC Viktoria Plzeň (1)
Bohemians (Střížkov) Prague (2)	1–0	FC Hradec Králové (2)
FK Náchod-Deštné (3)	1–4	FK Viktoria Žižkov (1)
SK Líšeň (4)	4–3	SK Slavia Prague (1)

Fourth round

The fourth round was held on 10 October 2007. The 16 participating teams were the winners from the third round. Bold teams won and qualified for the quarter-finals.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
AC Sparta Prague (1)	2–0	Bohemians 1905 (1)
SK Dynamo České Budějovice (1)	0–2	1. FC Brno (1)
FC Chomutov (4)	0–3	1. HFK Olomouc (2)
FK Fotbal Třinec (2)	2–1	FK Mladá Boleslav (1)
Fotbal Fulnek (2)	1–1 3-4 pen	FC Slovan Liberec (1)
Fotbal Frýdek-Místek (3)	1–2	FK Jablonec 97 (1)
Bohemians (Střížkov) Prague (2)	2–0	FC Viktoria Plzeň (1)
SK Líšeň (4)	0–1	FK Viktoria Žižkov (1)

Quarter-finals

The quarter finals were played over two legs on 9 April and 16 April 2008. The 8 participating teams were the winners from the fourth round matches. Bold teams won and progressed to the semi-finals.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FK Fotbal Třinec	2–5	FC Slovan Liberec	0–3	2–2
1. HFK Olomouc	2–5	AC Sparta Prague	1–2	1–3
FK Viktoria Žižkov	1–1 (a)	Bohemians (Střížkov) Prague	1–1	0–0
FK Jablonec 97	1–5	1. FC Brno	0–3	1–2

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

The semi finals were played on 30 April and 7 May 2008. The 4 participating teams were the winners from the quarter-finals. Bold teams won and qualified for the final.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
1. FC Brno	3–4	FC Slovan Liberec	2–2	1–2
Bohemians (Střížkov) Prague	0–2	AC Sparta Prague	0–1	0–1

First leg

Second leg

Final

FC Slovan Liberec qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round because Sparta Prague had already qualified for European competition through the league.

Way to the victory

As all Czech First League teams, Sparta Prague joined in the second round. They won all six matches. This was their third consecutive victory in the competition.

Round	Home team	1st Leg	2nd Leg	Agg	Away team
2nd	FK Baník Sokolov	1-5		1-5	AC Sparta Prague
3rd	FK Dukla Prague	1-3		1-3	AC Sparta Prague
4th	AC Sparta Prague	2-0		2-0	Bohemians 1905
Quarter final	1. HFK Olomouc	1-2	1-3	2-5	AC Sparta Prague
Semi final	FK Bohemians Prague (Střížkov)	0-1	0-1	0-2	AC Sparta Prague
Final	FC Slovan Liberec	0-0 (p.s. 3–4)		0-0 (p.s. 3–4)	AC Sparta Prague

See also

• 2007–08 Czech First League
• 2007–08 Czech 2. Liga

References

• Czech Republic Cup 2007/08 at RSSSF.org
• Official site (in Czech)