2019 Slovak Cup final

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|caption=Štadión pod Zoborom in Nitra held the final

|event=2018–19 Slovak Cup

|team1=Spartak Trnava

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|team2=Žilina

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|details=After extra time
Spartak Trnava won 4–1 on penalties

|date=1 May 2019

|stadium=Štadión pod Zoborom

|city=Nitra

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|referee=Jozef Pavlík

|attendance=6,053{{cite web |url=https://sportnet.sme.sk/futbalnet/z/sfz/zapas/424770/ |title=FC Spartak a.s., Trnava - MŠK Žilina |trans-title=Slovnaft cup, 2018–19 season, Final |website=sfz.futbalnet.sk |publisher=Slovak Football Association |date=1 May 2019 |access-date=1 May 2019 |language=Slovak}}

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The 2019 Slovak Cup final ({{langx|sk|link=no|Slovenský Pohár}}), known as the Slovnaft Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the final match of the 2018–19 Slovak Cup, the 50th season of the top cup competition in Slovak football. The match was played at the Štadión pod Zoborom in Nitra{{cite web|url=http://www.teraz.sk/sport/futbal-sp-finale-slovenskeho-pohara/232178-clanok.html|title=Finále Slovenského pohára vo futbale bude v máji v Poprade|publisher=Teraz.sk|language=Slovak|date=6 December 2016|access-date=12 April 2017}} on 1 May 2019 between Spartak Trnava and Žilina.

Spartak Trnava took a 3–0 lead shortly after half time thanks to a goal from Fabian Miesenböck and a brace from Kire Markoski. However, the match went to extra time after a Filip Balaj brace and a Róbert Boženík goal for Žilina. There were no further goals in extra time and Spartak Trnava won the trophy 4–1 on penalties.

Background

Following the Velvet Divorce in 1992, Spartak Trnava had once previously won the Slovak Cup – in 1998 when they defeated Košice 2–0 – and had reached the final on five previous occasions.{{cite web |last=Stokkermans |first=Karel |title=Slovakia - List of Cup Finals |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/slowcuphist.html |publisher=RSSSF |access-date=27 April 2025 |date=24 April 2025}}

Similarly, Žilina had once previously won the Slovak Cup in the post-Czechoslovakia era – in 2012 when they defeated Senica 3–2 – and had reached the final on three previous occasions.

Road to the final

=Spartak Trnava=

Spartak Trnava began the competition by defeating Rača 9–0 in the second round.{{cite web |title=Rača vs. Spartak Trnava |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2018/09/06/slovakia/cup/fk-raca/fc-spartak-trnava/2868114/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=27 April 2025 |date=6 September 2018}} In the third round, they defeated Slovan Most 3–1.{{cite web |title=Slaven Most vs. Spartak Trnava |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2018/09/26/slovakia/cup/slovan-most/fc-spartak-trnava/2916438/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=27 April 2025 |date=26 September 2018}} Spartak Trnava then defeated Partizán Bardejov 5–0.{{cite web |title=Partizán Bardejov vs. Spartak Trnava |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2018/10/11/slovakia/cup/partizan-bardejov/fc-spartak-trnava/2925235/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=27 April 2025 |date=11 October 2018}} In the last 16, they defeated Železiarne Podbrezová 2–0. After a goalless draw, they then defeated Košice 4–3 on penalties. In the semi-finals, Spartak Trnava defeated Senica 1–0 on aggregate.{{cite web |title=Summary - Cup - Slovakia |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/national/slovakia/cup/20182019/s15835/final-stages/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=26 April 2025}}{{cite web |last=Samák |first=Miroslav |title=Slovakia 2018/19 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/slow2019.html |publisher=RSSSF |access-date=27 April 2025 |date=1 August 2019}}

=Žilina=

Žilina began the competition by defeating Ďarmoty 7–0 in the second round.{{cite web |title=Ďarmoty vs. Zilina |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2018/08/08/slovakia/cup/armoty/mk-ilina/2861319/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=27 April 2025 |date=8 August 2018}} In the third round, they defeated Tatran Krásno 6–0.{{cite web |title=Tatran Krásno vs. Zilina |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2018/09/18/slovakia/cup/tatran-krasno/mk-ilina/2890930/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=27 April 2025 |date=18 September 2018}} Žilina then defeated Tatran Prešov 2–1.{{cite web |title=Tatran Prešov vs. Zilina |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2018/10/23/slovakia/cup/1-fc-tatran-preov/mk-ilina/2922322/ |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=27 April 2025 |date=23 October 2018}} In the last 16, they defeated Sereď 3–1. They then defeated Skalica 4–1. In the semi-finals, Spartak Trnava defeated Zemplín Michalovce 3–1 on aggregate.

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

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!colspan=2 style="width:40%"|Spartak Trnava

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!colspan=2 style="width:40%"|Žilina

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|Opponent

|Result

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|2018–19 Slovak Cup

|Opponent

|Result

FK Rača

|9–0 (A)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Second Round

|FK Slovenské Ďarmoty

|7−0 (A)

Most pri Bratislave

|3−1 (A)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Third Round

|Krásno nad Kysucou

|6–0 (A)

Bardejov

|5−0 (A)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Fourth Round

|Tatran Prešov

|2–1 (A)

Podbrezová

|2−0 (A)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Round of 16

|Sereď

|3–1 (H)

FC Košice

|0–0 (4–3 p) (A)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Quarter-finals

|Skalica

|4–1 (H)

FK Senica

|1–0 (H), 0–0 (A) (1–0 agg.)

|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Semi-finals

|Zemplín Michalovce

|1–1 (H), 2–0 (A) (3–1 agg.)

Match

=Details=

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|date=1 May 2019

|time=18:00 (UTC+2)

|team1=Spartak Trnava

|score=3–3

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|penaltyscore=4–1

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Markoski {{goal|45+4||48}}

|goals2=*Balaj {{goal|50||71}}

Boženík {{goal|68}}

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Depetris {{pengoal}}
Lovat {{pengoal}}
Abena {{pengoal}}

|penalties2=*{{pengoal}} Holúbek

{{penmiss}} Káčer
{{penmiss}} Boženík

|stadium=Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra

|attendance=6,053

|referee=Jozef Pavlík

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GK	26	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Petr Bolek		{{suboff\|119}}
RB	2	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Matúš Turňa
CB	14	{{flagicon\|SUR}} Myenty Abena
CB	44	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Tomáš Košút	{{yel\|16}}
LB	36	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Lucas Lovat	{{yel\|31}}
CM	66	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Marek Janečka		{{suboff\|106}}
CM	18	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Anton Sloboda (c)
CM	17	{{flagicon\|AUT}} Fabian Miesenböck	{{yel\|26}}	{{suboff\|72}}
RW	24	{{flagicon\|MKD}} Kire Markoski		{{suboff\|75}}
FW	11	{{flagicon\|AUT}} Kubilay Yilmaz
LW	20	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Matúš Čonka	{{yel\|100}}
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
GK	31	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Dobrivoj Rusov		{{subon\|119}}
RB	16	{{flagicon\|USA}} Macario Hing-Glover		{{subon\|75}}
DF	10	{{flagicon\|NGA}} Musefiu Ashiru
CM	25	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Jakub Rada
CF	39	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Štefan Pekár	{{subon\|72}}	{{yel\|114}}
FW	27	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Andrej Lovás
FW	22	{{flagicon\|SVK}} David Depetris		{{subon\|106}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=3\|{{flagicon\|CZE}} Michal Ščasný

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GK	1	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Miloš Volešák
RB	28	{{flagicon\|GHA}} Benson Anang	{{yel\|90}}	{{suboff\|106}}
CB	3	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Martin Králik
CB	25	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Filip Kaša
LB	6	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Branislav Sluka
CM	66	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Miroslav Káčer	{{yel\|37}}
CM	20	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Michal Škvarka (c)
CM	9	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Iván Díaz		{{suboff\|46}}
RW	27	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Jaroslav Mihalík		{{suboff\|99}}
CF	10	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Filip Balaj		{{suboff\|111}}
LW	32	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Róbert Boženík
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
GK	30	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Dominik Holec
CB	2	{{flagicon\|GEO}} Luka Lochoshvili
CB	23	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Ján Minárik		{{subon\|106}}
MF	14	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Jakub Holúbek		{{subon\|46}}
DM	12	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Viktor Pečovský		{{subon\|111}}
RM	21	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Ján Bernát		{{subon\|99}}
RW	8	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Lukáš Jánošík
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=3\|{{flagicon\|SVK}} Jaroslav Kentoš

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Assistant referees:

Tomáš Somoláni

Ján Pozor

Fourth official:

Michal Tomčík

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Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

References

Category:Slovak Cup finals

Category:2018–19 in Slovak football

Category:Sport in Nitra

Slovak Cup Final

Category:FC Spartak Trnava matches

Category:MŠK Žilina matches

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width="100%" \|valign="top" width="50%"\| {\|style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" \|colspan=4\|
GK	26	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Petr Bolek		{{suboff\|119}}
RB	2	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Matúš Turňa
CB	14	{{flagicon\|SUR}} Myenty Abena
CB	44	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Tomáš Košút	{{yel\|16}}
LB	36	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Lucas Lovat	{{yel\|31}}
CM	66	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Marek Janečka		{{suboff\|106}}
CM	18	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Anton Sloboda (c)
CM	17	{{flagicon\|AUT}} Fabian Miesenböck	{{yel\|26}}	{{suboff\|72}}
RW	24	{{flagicon\|MKD}} Kire Markoski		{{suboff\|75}}
FW	11	{{flagicon\|AUT}} Kubilay Yilmaz
LW	20	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Matúš Čonka	{{yel\|100}}
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
GK	31	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Dobrivoj Rusov		{{subon\|119}}
RB	16	{{flagicon\|USA}} Macario Hing-Glover		{{subon\|75}}
DF	10	{{flagicon\|NGA}} Musefiu Ashiru
CM	25	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Jakub Rada
CF	39	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Štefan Pekár	{{subon\|72}}	{{yel\|114}}
FW	27	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Andrej Lovás
FW	22	{{flagicon\|SVK}} David Depetris		{{subon\|106}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=3\|{{flagicon\|CZE}} Michal Ščasný

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" \|colspan=4\|
GK	1	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Miloš Volešák
RB	28	{{flagicon\|GHA}} Benson Anang	{{yel\|90}}	{{suboff\|106}}
CB	3	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Martin Králik
CB	25	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Filip Kaša
LB	6	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Branislav Sluka
CM	66	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Miroslav Káčer	{{yel\|37}}
CM	20	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Michal Škvarka (c)
CM	9	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Iván Díaz		{{suboff\|46}}
RW	27	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Jaroslav Mihalík		{{suboff\|99}}
CF	10	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Filip Balaj		{{suboff\|111}}
LW	32	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Róbert Boženík
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
GK	30	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Dominik Holec
CB	2	{{flagicon\|GEO}} Luka Lochoshvili
CB	23	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Ján Minárik		{{subon\|106}}
MF	14	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Jakub Holúbek		{{subon\|46}}
DM	12	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Viktor Pečovský		{{subon\|111}}
RM	21	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Ján Bernát		{{subon\|99}}
RW	8	{{flagicon\|SVK}} Lukáš Jánošík
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=3\|{{flagicon\|SVK}} Jaroslav Kentoš