2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup

The 2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup was the 26th edition of the Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenia's football knockout competition. Maribor were the defending champions, having won their ninth cup title in the 2015–16 edition.

2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup

Tournament details
Country	Slovenia
Teams	28
Final positions
Champions	Domžale (2nd title)
Runner-up	Olimpija Ljubljana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	106 (3.21 per match)
Attendance	33,380 (1,012 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Leon Benko (four goals)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Competition format

Round	Draw date	Fixtures	Clubs	Format details[1]
First round	24 June 2016[2]	12	24 → 12	18 clubs that have qualified through MNZ Regional Cups + 6 clubs from the 2015–16 PrvaLiga that didn't qualify for UEFA competitions entered at this stage and were drawn into 12 pairs. Teams that have qualified from the same regional cup could not be drawn against each other. The twelve winners were decided over one leg, with extra time and penalties if scores were level. Lower level teams were the hosts. If both teams from a pair were from the same level, the home team was determined by the draw.
Round of 16	19 August 2016[3]	8	12+4 → 8	12 first round winners were joined by four 2015–16 PrvaLiga teams that qualified for UEFA competitions, and were drawn into 8 pairs. Teams that have qualified from the same regional cup could not be drawn against each other. The eight winners were decided over one leg, with extra time and penalties if scores were level. Lower level teams were the hosts. If both teams from a pair were from the same level, the home team was determined by the draw.
Quarter-finals	19 September 2016[4]	4	8 → 4	8 teams were drawn into 4 pairs. The four winners were decided over two legs on home and away basis with away goals rule being used. In case of a tie, extra time and penalties were used.
Semi-finals	7 November 2016[5]	2	4 → 2	4 teams were drawn into 2 pairs. The two winners were decided over two legs on home and away basis with away goals rule being used. In case of a tie, extra time and penalties were used.
Final	N/A	1	2 → 1	Winner was decided in a single game at Bonifika Stadium.[6] Extra time and penalties would be used if the scores would be level. The winners have qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.

Qualified teams

2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga members Celje Domžale Gorica Koper Krka Krško Maribor Olimpija Rudar Velenje Zavrč

Qualified through MNZ Regional Cups 2015–16 MNZ Celje Cup: Brežice and Šmarje pri Jelšah 2015–16 MNZ Koper Cup: Jadran Dekani and Postojna 2015–16 MNZG-Kranj Cup: Triglav Kranj and Žiri 2015–16 MNZ Lendava Cup: Nafta 1903 and Turnišče 2015–16 MNZ Ljubljana Cup: Dob and Radomlje 2015–16 MNZ Maribor Cup: Lenart and Dravograd 2015–16 MNZ Murska Sobota Cup: Beltinci and Bogojina 2015–16 MNZ Nova Gorica Cup: Brda and Tolmin 2015–16 MNZ Ptuj Cup: Aluminij and Videm

Participating teams sorted by league

2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga	2016–17 Slovenian Second League	2016–17 Slovenian Third League	2016–17 MNZ League
Aluminij Celje Domžale Gorica Koper Krško Maribor TH Olimpija Radomlje Rudar Velenje	Brda Brežice Dob Krka Triglav Kranj Zavrč	Beltinci Bogojina Dravograd Jadran Dekani Lenart Nafta 1903 Postojna Šmarje pri Jelšah Tolmin Turnišče Videm	Žiri (Div IV)

Bracket

	First round						Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
							Radomlje			0
							Maribor			2
	Postojna			0
	Radomlje			8
													Gorica	1	0	1
													Maribor (a.)	1	0	1
	Nafta Lendava (a.e.t.)			4
	Zavrč			2
							Nafta Lendava			1
							Gorica			3
																			Olimpija	2	1	3
																			Maribor	1	1	2
							Turnišče			0
							Olimpija			2
	Turnišče			1
	Brda			0
													Olimpija	2	4	6
													Aluminij	1	1	2
	Šmarje pri Jelšah			1
	Koper			5
							Koper			0 (3)
							Aluminij (pen.)			0 (4)
	Beltinci			0
	Aluminij			2
																									Domžale			1
																									Olimpija			0
							Tolmin			1
							Domžale (a.e.t.)			4
	Bogojina			3
	Tolmin			5
													Krško	0	1	1
													Domžale	2	2	4
	Dravograd			3
	Krško			4
							Krško (pen.)			2 (3)
							Celje			2 (1)
	Žiri			0
	Celje			5
																			Domžale	2	2	4
																			Krka	0	0	0
	Jadran Dekani			3
	Videm			0
							Jadran Dekani			1
							Rudar Velenje			2
	Lenart			0
	Rudar Velenje			4
													Rudar Velenje	0	2	2
													Krka	2	2	4
	Dob			1
	Triglav Kranj			0
							Dob			0
							Krka			1
	Krka			3
	Brežice			0

First round

Domžale, Gorica, Maribor and Olimpija joined the competition in the Second round (round of 16).

Jadran Dekani v Videm

17 August 2016	Jadran Dekani	3–0	Videm	Dekani
16:00 CEST	Terčič 36' Stepančič 52' Reja 64'	Report		Stadium: Dekani Sports Park Attendance: 100 Referee: Asmir Sagrković

Postojna v Radomlje

17 August 2016	Postojna	0–8	Radomlje	Postojna
16:00 CEST		Report	Gajič 37', 45' Šipek 42' Avbelj 57' Kumer 78' Nunić 84' Cerar 87' Jakovljević 90'	Stadium: Postojna Sports Park Attendance: 100 Referee: Marko Podgoršek

Lenart v Rudar Velenje

17 August 2016	Lenart	0–4	Rudar Velenje	Lenart
16:00 CEST		Report	Grgić 21' Vručina 62' (90) Krcić 72'	Stadium: ŠRC Polena Attendance: 200 Referee: Bojan Mertik

Dravograd v Krško

17 August 2016	Dravograd	3–4	Krško	Dravograd
16:00 CEST	Gluhovič 60' (pen.), 75' Hudin 69'	Report	Dangubić 17', 43' Baskera 76' Mensah 80'	Stadium: Dravograd Sports Centre Attendance: 400 Referee: Darjan Kovačič

Žiri v Celje

17 August 2016	Žiri	0–5	Celje	Žiri
16:00 CEST		Report	Podlogar 7', 66' Džinić 20' Lovrečič 32' Glavaš 40'	Stadium: Polje Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Rade Obrenović

Šmarje pri Jelšah v Koper

17 August 2016	Šmarje pri Jelšah	1–5	Koper	Šmarje pri Jelšah
16:00 CEST	Šoštarič 68'	Report	Štromajer 2', 30' Valencia 40' Datković 73' Vekić 83'	Stadium: Šmarje pri Jelšah Sports Park Attendance: 350 Referee: Boris Tošeski

Turnišče v Brda

17 August 2016	Turnišče	1–0	Brda	Turnišče
16:00 CEST	Pavel 17'	Report		Stadium: Turnišče Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Roman Glažar

Dob v Triglav Kranj

17 August 2016	Dob	1–0	Triglav Kranj	Dob
16:00 CEST	Grvala 10'	Report		Stadium: Dob Sports Park Attendance: 100 Referee: Alen Borošak

Bogojina v Tolmin

17 August 2016	Bogojina	3–5	Tolmin	Bogojina
16:00 CEST	Ivanič 48', 81' Ošlaj 70'	Report	Zornik 14' Kavčič 23' Kucalović 39' Jarc 39' Bratina 54'	Stadium: ŠRC Bogojina Attendance: 150 Referee: Iztok Gornjak

Krka v Brežice

17 August 2016	Krka	3–0	Brežice	Novo Mesto
16:00 CEST	Trščinar 20' Kambič 87' Gliha 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Portoval Attendance: 150 Referee: Mihael Antič

Beltinci v Aluminij

17 August 2016	Beltinci	0–2	Aluminij	Beltinci
16:00 CEST		Report	Kocić 43' Škoflek 87'	Stadium: Beltinci Sports Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Dejan Vivod

Nafta 1903 v Zavrč

17 August 2016	Nafta 1903	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Zavrč	Lendava
18:00 CEST	Koprivica 34' Lotrič 68' Zagorec 99' Kovač 104'	Report	Potočnik 35' Krajnc 52'	Stadium: Lendava Sports Park Attendance: 500 Referee: Tadej Mežnar

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 19 August 2016 at the Football Association of Slovenia headquarters in Kranj.^[3] In this phase of the competition the 12 clubs who advanced from the first round were joined by Domžale, Gorica, Maribor and Olimpija.

Jadran Dekani v Rudar Velenje

6 September 2016	Jadran Dekani	1–2	Rudar Velenje	Dekani
16:00 CEST	Stepančič 55'	Report	Dodlek 67', 90+1'	Stadium: Dekani Sports Park Attendance: 250 Referee: Asmir Sagrković

Dob v Krka

7 September 2016	Dob	0–1	Krka	Dob
16:00 CEST		Report	Brekalo 64'	Stadium: Dob Sports Park Attendance: 200 Referee: Bojan Mertik

Turnišče v Olimpija

7 September 2016	Turnišče	0–2	Olimpija	Turnišče
16:00 CEST		Report	Eleke 35' Benko 86'	Stadium: Turnišče Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

Tolmin v Domžale

13 September 2016	Tolmin	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Domžale	Tolmin
16:00 CEST	Kavčič 24'	Report	Vuk 5' (pen.) Bratanović 100' Brachi 107' Matjašič 115'	Stadium: Brajda Sports Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Roman Glažar

Krško v Celje

13 September 2016	Krško	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Celje	Krško
18:00 CEST	Džinić 9' (o.g.) Dangubić 120+1'	Report	Rahmanović 48', 97'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Darjan Kovačič
	Penalties
			Travner Džinić Vidmajer Kous

Radomlje v Maribor

14 September 2016	Radomlje	0–2	Maribor	Domžale
18:00 CEST		Report	Vršič 74' Kabha 90+3'	Stadium: Domžale Sports Park Attendance: 500 Referee: Vojko Goričan

Koper v Aluminij

14 September 2016	Koper	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Aluminij	Koper
18:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Bonifika Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Alen Borošak
	Penalties
	Ibričić Belima Datković Pekuson Muslimović		Krljanović Bizjak Kramer Škoflek Jakšić

Nafta 1903 v Gorica

15 September 2016	Nafta 1903	1–3	Gorica	Lendava
18:00 CEST	Kapić 39' (o.g.)	Report	Burgić 40' Kotnik 71' Franciosi 90+3'	Stadium: Lendava Sports Park Attendance: 800 Referee: Roman Glažar

Quarter-finals

First leg

Rudar Velenje v Krka

18 October 2016	Rudar Velenje	0–2	Krka	Velenje
18:00 CEST		Report	Vukadin 56' Kambič 89'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru Attendance: 200 Referee: Asmir Sagrković

Olimpija v Aluminij

18 October 2016	Olimpija	2–1	Aluminij	Ljubljana
18:00 CEST	Wobay 28' Velikonja 54' (pen.)	Report	Škoflek 10'	Stadium: Stožice Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Miran Bukovec

Gorica v Maribor

19 October 2016	Gorica	1–1	Maribor	Nova Gorica
18:00 CEST	Kotnik 58'	Report	Zahović 44'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 700 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

Krško v Domžale

19 October 2016	Krško	0–2	Domžale	Krško
18:00 CEST		Report	Volarič 15', 30'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Attendance: 450 Referee: Roberto Ponis

Second leg

Domžale v Krško

25 October 2016	Domžale	2–1 (4–1 agg.)	Krško	Domžale
17:15 CEST	Bratanović 20' Majer 58'	Report	Haljeta 90'	Stadium: Domžale Sports Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Alen Borošak

Krka v Rudar Velenje

26 October 2016	Krka	2–2 (4–2 agg.)	Rudar Velenje	Novo Mesto
14:00 CEST	Kostanjšek 45', 57'	Report	Mary 12' Glavina 27'	Stadium: Portoval Attendance: 200 Referee: Mitja Žganec

Aluminij v Olimpija

26 October 2016	Aluminij	1–4 (2–6 agg.)	Olimpija	Kidričevo
14:00 CEST	Srdić 56'	Report	Zajc 10' Velikonja 11' Benko 60' Kirm 78'	Stadium: Kidričevo Sports Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Bojan Mertik

Maribor v Gorica

26 October 2016	Maribor	0–0 (1a–1 agg.)	Gorica	Maribor
17:15 CEST		Report		Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Damir Skomina

Semi-finals

First leg

Domžale v Krka

4 April 2017	Domžale	2–0	Krka	Domžale
17:15 CEST	Firer 58' Batrović 83'	Report		Stadium: Domžale Sports Park Attendance: 500 Referee: Bojan Mertik

Olimpija v Maribor

5 April 2017	Olimpija	2–1	Maribor	Ljubljana
20:15 CEST	Benko 81', 85'	Report	Vršič 48'	Stadium: Stožice Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Matej Jug

Second leg

Krka v Domžale

11 April 2017	Krka	0–2 (0–4 agg.)	Domžale	Novo Mesto
16:30 CEST		Report	Žužek 30' Majer 53'	Stadium: Portoval Attendance: 150 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

Maribor v Olimpija

12 April 2017	Maribor	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Olimpija	Maribor
17:15 CEST	Hotić 71'	Report	Crețu 32'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Damir Skomina

Final

Main article: 2017 Slovenian Football Cup final

Domžale	1–0	Olimpija
Dobrovoljc 62'	Report

31 May 2017

20:30 CEST

Bonifika, Koper

Attendance: 3,230

Referee: Slavko Vinčić

References

General

• "Pokal Slovenije 2016/17" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

Specific

1. "Sklepi za tekmovanja v organizaciji NZS v članski kategoriji (v3.1)" (PDF) (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
2. "Pokal Slovenije: Znani pari uvodnega kroga" [Slovenian Cup: First round pairs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
3. MKo (19 August 2016). "Znani pari 2. kroga Pokala Slovenije" [Pairs of Second round of Slovenian Cup] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
4. "Pokal Slovenije: Znani četrtfinalni pari Pokala Slovenije" [Slovenian Cup: Quarterfinal pairs] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
5. "Veliki derbi v polfinalu Pokala Slovenije" [Big derby in semifinal of Slovenian Cup] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
6. "Finale pokala na Bonifiki" [Cup final at Bonifika] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.