2009 Ligakupa final

2009 Ligakupa final

The Révész Géza utcai Stadion in Siófok hosted the final.
Event	2008–09 Ligakupa
Pécs Fehérvár 1 3
Date	13 May 2009 (2009-05-13)
Venue	Révész Géza utcai Stadion, Siófok
Referee	Ferenc Bede
Attendance	3,000

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.

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.

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.

Previous finals

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

Route to the final

Further information: 2008–09 Ligakupa

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 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 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.

Details

13 May 2009 (2009-05-13)

18:00 CEST

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

Révész Géza utcai Stadion, Siófok

Attendance: 3,000

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

Assistant referees: Tibor Virágh Zoltán Kovács Fourth official: Gábor Oláh

External links

• HFF Official Website (in Hungarian)