Slovenian Football Cup


The Slovenian Football Cup is the top knockout tournament of Slovenian football and the second most important football competition in Slovenia after the Slovenian PrvaLiga championship. The cup was established in 1991 after local clubs had abandoned the Yugoslav First League and Yugoslav Cup competitions following the breakup of Yugoslavia.
The cup is contested by a total of 28 clubs: 18 lower level sides qualify via regional cups organised by the Intercommunal football associations. They are joined by the six lower placed top flight clubs and are reduced to twelve clubs through the first round proper. They are then joined by the best four top flight clubs who automatically enter the second round proper. The games are played in a single leg knock-out format until the quarter-finals and semi-finals when home and away matches are played and aggregate scores are taken into account. Since 2005 the final is also held as a single-legged match, although it was a two-legged affair in the period between 1994 and 2004.
As of 2020, a total of 16 clubs have reached the cup finals; the most successful side in the history of the competition is Maribor, who have triumphed 9 times in their 14 cup final appearances. They are followed by Olimpija, who won four titles before folding in 2005. Primorje hold the record for most appearances in the final without winning the title, finishing as runners-up in three consecutive finals between 1996 and 1998. Aluminij and Nafta 1903 are the only sides from outside the top flight which managed to reach the cup final, having finished as runners-up in 2002 and 2020, respectively.

List of finals

Key
Match ended after extra time
Match decided by a penalty shoot-out after the extra time
Match decided on aggregate score in a two-legged tie
ItalicTeam from outside the top flight

SeasonWinnersScoreRunners-upVenueAttendance
1991–92Maribor0–0
OlimpijaBežigrad2,000
1992–93Olimpija2–1CeljeSkalna Klet2,500
1993–94Maribor3–2 Mura
1994–95Mura2–1 Celje
1995–96Olimpija2–1 Primorje
1996–97Maribor3–0 Primorje
1997–98Rudar Velenje4–2 Primorje
1998–99Maribor5–2 Olimpija
1999–2000Olimpija3–2 Korotan Prevalje
2000–01Gorica4–3 Olimpija
2001–02Gorica6–1 Aluminij
2002–03Olimpija3–3 Celje
2003–04Maribor7–4 Dravograd
2004–05Celje1–0GoricaArena Petrol3,800
2005–06Koper1–1
CeljeArena Petrol3,200
2006–07Koper1–0MariborArena Petrol3,500
2007–08Interblock2–1MariborArena Petrol5,400
2008–09Interblock2–1KoperLjudski vrt2,500
2009–10Maribor3–2 DomžaleLjudski vrt6,000
2010–11Domžale4–3MariborStožice6,000
2011–12Maribor2–2
CeljeStožice4,132
2012–13Maribor1–0CeljeBonifika1,500
2013–14Gorica2–0MariborBonifika3,500
2014–15Koper2–0CeljeBonifika3,000
2015–16Maribor2–2
CeljeBonifika2,500
2016–17Domžale1–0Olimpija LjubljanaBonifika3,230
2017–18Olimpija Ljubljana6–1AluminijStožice8,804
2018–19Olimpija Ljubljana2–1MariborStadion Z'dežele8,623
2019–20Mura2–0Nafta 1903NNC Brdo200

List of winners

Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence.
ClubWinnersLast final wonRunners-upLast final lost
Maribor9201652019
Olimpija4200332001
Gorica3201412005
Koper3201512009
Domžale2201712010
Olimpija Ljubljana2201912017
Interblock220090—
Celje1200582016
NK Mura1199511994
Rudar Velenje119980—
NŠ Mura120200—
Primorje0—31998
Aluminij0—22018
Korotan Prevalje0—12000
Dravograd0—12004
Nafta 19030—12020