TheAzerbaijan Cup 2008–09 was the 17th season of the annual cup competition inAzerbaijan. It started on 17 September 2008 with two games of Preliminary Round and ended on 23 May 2009 with theFinal held atTofik Bakhramov Stadium inBaku.[1]Khazar Lenkoran were the defending champions. Eighteen teams compete in this year's competition.
Four lower division teams, qualified for this competition for unknown reasons, played out two participants who would join the fourteen teams of theAzerbaijan Premier League in the next round. The games were played on September 17 (first legs) and September 24, 2008 (second legs).[2]
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.[2]