2007–08 Estonian Cup

Estonian Cup 2007–08 (Estonian: Eesti Karikas) was the 18th season of the Estonian football knockout tournament. Winners of the cup qualified for the UEFA Cup 2008–09 second qualifying round. The defending champion, Levadia, was knocked out in the semi-final in a penalty shoot-out against Flora.

2007–08 Estonian Cup
Eesti Karikas
Tournament details
CountryEstonia

The competition culminated with the final held at Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn on 13 May 2008 with Flora taking the title 3 – 1. It was broadcast by Kalev Sport.

All in all, 71 teams took part of the competition.

First round

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Only seven games were played in the first round, to take the number of teams down from 71 to 64, other 57 teams got byes. Two teams from MeistriliigaTVMK Tallinn (winners in 2003, 2006; finalists in 2004, 2005) and Tulevik Viljandi (finalists in 1999; 2000) – started their journey from early on.

Lasnamäe Ajax II1 – 3TVMK
Attendance: 35
Referee: Ainar Kuusk

Kaitseliit4 – 3Elva II

Välk 4945 – 2Metec

Olympic0 – 1Quattromed

Tulevik3 – 1Atletik


Second round

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Third round

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Fourth round

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Flora6 – 0Tabasalu
Attendance: 170
Referee: Ainar Kuusk

Levadia4 – 1Maag Tammeka III

Tallinna Kalev1 – 0Trans II

TVMK1 – 3Maag Tammeka

Narva Trans9 – 1Esteve

Santos
(as Välk 494 Tartu)
3 – 1Tulevik II

Maag Tammeka II4 – 0Ganvix

Elva1 – 8Flora U21
Attendance: 10

Quarter-finals

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Four teams from Tallinn got through to the quarter-finals, including the defending champion Levadia. Three clubs from Tartu and one from Narva were also represented.

The win by Flora II was a bit unexpected, but as they had played well in the previous rounds, it was really no big surprise that they overcame the Meistriliiga side. Maag Tammeka had no problem defeating Santos, the only club from the second division. While the main team were victorious, Maag Tammeka's reserve team lost to Flora, conceding two goals in the first eight minutes and two more later in the game. The only game containing both teams from the Top Division culminated with an easy victory for Levadia against 2001 cup-winner Trans.

Levadia3 – 1Narva Trans
Zelinski   2'
Andreev   44'   57'
Lõsanov  74'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Hannes Kaasik

Maag Tammeka II1 – 4Flora
Perlin   58' Post   7'
Anier   8'   71'
Hurt   57'

Tallinna Kalev1 – 3Flora U21
Tikenberg   37' Reinsoo   58' (pen.)
Toomet   76'
Kallaste   85'

Santos0 – 3Maag Tammeka
Ossipov   23'
Starovoitov   52'
Prosa   82'

– Välk 494 Tartu changed their name to FC Santos Tartu.

Semi-finals

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Flora1 – 1
(a.e.t.)
Levadia
Kasimir   13' Malov   85'
Penalties
Hakola  
Zahovaiko  
Sidorenkov  
Vunk  
4 – 1   Nahk
  Kink
  Leitan
[[Lilleküla Stadium ]], Tallinn
Attendance: 350
Referee: Silver Kõiv

Flora U210 – 3Maag Tammeka
Starovoitov   4'   15'   17'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Margus Kotter

Final

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The clear favourite, Flora Tallinn, having won the competition twice before, in 1995 and 1997, attended the final for the sixth time. The underdog, Maag Tammeka Tartu, played in their first cup final, while also being only the second team from Tartu to reach that stage of the competition.

Flora3 – 1Maag Tammeka
Post   1'
Hakola   47' (pen.)   64'
Aksalu   69'
Ossipov   72' (pen.)   90+1'  
Attendance: 500
Referee: Hannes Kaasik

Top goalscorers

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Position Player Club Goals
1   Alo Dupikov Flora U21 9
2   Mario Hansi Maag Tammeka II 6
  Vladislav Ivanov Narva Trans
  Robert Pluum Santos
  Tõnis Starkopf Esteve
5   Mikk Laas Maag Tammeka III 5
  Dmitri Lipartov Narva Trans
  Sander Post Flora
  Sergei Starovoitov Maag Tammeka
  Denis Šerikov Maag Tammeka II
  Aleksandr Tarassenkov Narva Trans
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References

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Estonia Cup 2007/08 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation