Slovak Cup

{{Short description|National association football cup}}

{{Infobox football tournament

| current = 2024–25 Slovak Cup

| logo =

| upright =

| founded = 1993

| number of teams = Various

| region = Slovakia

| qualifier for = UEFA Europa League

| current champions = Spartak Trnava (9th title)

| most successful club = Slovan Bratislava
(17 titles)

| website = {{URL|https://futbalsfz.sk}}

|broadcasters=STVR|image=Slovensky pohar trophy.jpg}}The Slovak Cup ({{Langx|sk|Slovenský pohár}}), currently named Slovnaft Cup due to sponsorship agreement with Slovnaft, is the only nationwide knockout competition in Slovak football. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa League qualification rounds.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

History

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The competition was first contested in 1969. Until 1993, the winner of the Slovak Cup would face the winner of the Czech Cup in the Czechoslovak Cup final, the winner of which would be Czechoslovakia's representative in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (Slovan Bratislava won the tournament in 1968–69).

Sponsorship

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!Period

!Sponsor

!Name

1969–1997

|No main sponsor

|Slovenský pohár

1997–2001

|Zlatý Bažant

|Slovenský pohár Zlatého Bažanta

2002–2011

|No main sponsor

|Slovenský pohár

2011–present

|Slovnaft

|Slovnaft Cup{{cite web |url=http://www.futbalsfz.sk/slovensko/slovensky-pohar/spravy/novinka/video-novymi-partnermi-sfz-su-slovenska-sporitelna-a-slovnaft.html |title = Správy {{!}} Slovenský futbalový zväz}}

Qualification

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Format

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Cup winners (Czechoslovak era 1969–1993)<ref name="rsssf">{{cite web|title=Slovakia – List of Cup Finals|website=[[RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/slowcuphist.html|access-date=21 July 2011}}</ref>

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!Season

!Winner

!Score

!Runner-up

!Venue

align=center|1969–70

|Slovan Bratislava

|2–2, 1–0

|Dukla Banská Bystrica

|rowspan="16"|2 matches played

align=center|1970–71

|Spartak Trnava

|2–0, 0–1

|Slovan Bratislava

align=center|1971–72

|Slovan Bratislava

|1–2, 4–1 (aet)

|Spartak Trnava

align=center|1972–73

|VSS Košice

|3–0, 3–3

|Tatran Prešov

align=center|1973–74

|Slovan Bratislava

|0–0, 2–2 (6–5p)

|Spartak Trnava

align=center|1974–75

|Spartak Trnava

|2–0, 1–2

|Nitra

align=center|1975–76

|Slovan Bratislava

|0–0, 2–1

|Inter Bratislava

align=center|1976–77

|Lokomotíva Košice

|0–2, 4–0

|Žilina

align=center|1977–78

|Jednota Trenčín

|1–0, 3–1

|Slovan Bratislava

align=center|1978–79

|Lokomotíva Košice

|2–2, 3–0

|Inter Bratislava

align=center|1979–80

|ZŤS Košice

|2–4, 5–0

|Žilina

align=center|1980–81

|Dukla Banská Bystrica

|1–1, 1–0

|ZŤS Košice

align=center|1981–82

|Slovan Bratislava

|3–1, 0–0

|Petržalka

align=center|1982–83

|Slovan Bratislava

|0–0, 1–1

|Nitra

align=center|1983–84

|Inter Bratislava

|2–0, 1–0

|Dukla Banská Bystrica

align=center|1984–85

|Lokomotíva Košice

|1–0, 1–1

|Tatran Prešov

align=center|1985–86

|Spartak Trnava

|1–0

|Žilina

|Futbalový štadión Prievidza

align=center|1986–87

|DAC Dunajská Streda

|0–0 (6–5p)

|Nitra

|Štadión Antona Malatinského

align=center|1987–88

|Inter Bratislava

|1–0

|Spartak Trnava

|Štadión na Sihoti

align=center|1988–89

|Slovan Bratislava

|2–1

|Považská Bystrica

|Štadión Hlohovec

align=center|1989–90

|Inter Bratislava

|6–0

|Žilina

|Mestský štadión Žiar nad Hronom

align=center|1990–91

|Spartak Trnava

|1–0

|Nitra

|Štadión pod Čebraťom

align=center|1991–92

|Tatran Prešov

|2–0

|Lokomotíva Košice

|Stadium MUDr. Ivan Chodák

align=center|1992–93

|1. FC Košice

|0–0 (5–4p)

|DAC Dunajská Streda

|Na Zahradkach Stadium

Cup winners (Slovak era 1993–present)<ref name="rsssf" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Cup history|url=http://www.futbalsfz.sk/slovensko/slovensky-pohar/historia.html|publisher=futbalsfz.sk|access-date=21 July 2011|language=sk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701171050/http://www.futbalsfz.sk/slovensko/slovensky-pohar/historia.html|archive-date=1 July 2011}}</ref>

File:Slovensky pohar trophy.jpg

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!Season

!Winner

!Score

!Runner-up

!Venue

!Attendance

align="center" |1993–94

|Slovan Bratislava

|2–1

|Tatran Prešov

|Mestský štadión Brezno

|5,620

align="center" |1994–95

|Inter Bratislava

| style="background-color:#cedff2" |1–1 (aet, 3–1 pen)

|DAC Dunajská Streda

|Mestský štadión (Dubnica)

|2,550

align="center" |1995–96

|Humenné

|2–1

|Spartak Trnava

|Štadión Bukóza

|9,000

align="center" |1996–97

|Slovan Bratislava

| style="background-color:#FBCEB1" |1–0 (aet)

|Tatran Prešov

|Štadión na Sihoti

|11,286

align="center" |1997–98

|Spartak Trnava

|2–0

|1. FC Košice

|Stadium ŠKP Inter Dúbravka

|7,800

align="center" |1998–99

|Slovan Bratislava

|3–0

|Dukla Banská Bystrica

|Mestský štadión Žiar nad Hronom

|10,048

align="center" |1999–00

|Inter Bratislava

| style="background-color:#cedff2" |1–1 (aet, 4–2 pen)

|1. FC Košice

|Tatran Stadium

|3,150

align="center" |2000–01

|Inter Bratislava

|1–0

|Ružomberok

|Mestský štadión (Dubnica)

|5,200

align="center" |2001–02

|Senec

| style="background-color:#cedff2" |1–1 (aet, 4–2 pen)

|Púchov

|Štadión MŠK Považská Bystrica

|4,584

align="center" |2002–03

|Púchov

| style="background-color:#FBCEB1" |2–1 (aet)

|Slovan Bratislava

|Vojtech Schottert Stadium

|4,356

align="center" |2003–04

|Petržalka

|2–0

|Ličartovce

|Mestský štadión Dunajská Streda

|2,650

align="center" |2004–05

|Dukla Banská Bystrica

|2–1

|Petržalka

|Štadión pod Zoborom

|2,474

align="center" |2005–06

|Ružomberok

| style="background-color:#cedff2" |0–0 (aet, 4–3 pen)

|Spartak Trnava

|Štadión Pasienky

|8,426

align="center" |2006–07

|Zlaté Moravce

|4–0

|Senec

|Štadión Pasienky

|3,119

align="center" |2007–08

|Petržalka

|1–0

|Spartak Trnava

|Štadión pod Dubňom

|5,000

align="center" |2008–09

|MFK Košice

|3–1

|Petržalka

|NTC Senec

|1,528

align="center" |2009–10

|Slovan Bratislava

|6–0

|Spartak Trnava

|Štadión Michalovce

|3,752

align="center" |2010–11

|Slovan Bratislava

| style="background-color:#cedff2" |3–3 (aet, 5–4 pen)

|Žilina

|SNP Stadium

|2,653

align="center" |2011–12

|Žilina

| style="background-color:#FBCEB1" |3–2 (aet)

|Senica

|Mestský štadión Bardejov

|3,000

align="center" |2012–13

|Slovan Bratislava

|2–0

|Žilina

|Štadión pod Čebraťom

|3,410

align="center" |2013–14

|MFK Košice

|2–1

|Slovan Bratislava

|Stadium Myjava

|2,647

align="center" |2014–15

|AS Trenčín

| style="background-color:#cedff2" |2–2 (aet, 3–2 pen)

|Senica

|NTC Poprad

|3,473

align="center" |2015–16

|AS Trenčín

|3–1

|Slovan Bratislava

|Štadión Antona Malatinského

|8,547

align="center" |2016–17

|Slovan Bratislava

|3–0

|Skalica

|NTC Poprad

|2,432

align="center" |2017–18

|Slovan Bratislava

|3–1

|Ružomberok

|Štadión Antona Malatinského

|4,405

align="center" |2018–19

|Spartak Trnava

| style="background-color:#cedff2" |3–3 (aet, 4–1 pen)

|Žilina

|Štadión pod Zoborom

|6,053

align="center" |2019–20

|Slovan Bratislava

|1–0

|Ružomberok

|Tehelné pole

|3,624

align="center" |2020–21

|Slovan Bratislava

| style="background-color:#FBCEB1" |2–1 (aet)

|Žilina

|Tehelné pole

|0The final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia.

align="center" |2021–22

|Spartak Trnava

| style="background-color:#FBCEB1" |2–1 (aet)

|Slovan Bratislava

|Tehelné pole

|10,411

align="center" |2022–23

|Spartak Trnava

| style="background-color:#FBCEB1" |3–1 (aet)

|Slovan Bratislava

|Štadión Antona Malatinského

|15,427

align="center" |2023–24

|Ružomberok

|1–0

|Spartak Trnava

|Košická Futbalová Aréna

|8,764

align="center" |2024–25

|Spartak Trnava

|1–0

|Ružomberok

|DAC Aréna

|9,437

Key

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|Match went to extra time

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|Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time

Italic

|Team from outside the top flight

Performance by club

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! Club

! Winners

! Runners-up

! Winning Years

! Runner-up Years

Slovan Bratislava

| 17

| 7

| 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021

| 1971, 1978, 2003, 2014, 2016, 2022, 2023

Spartak Trnava

| 9

| 8

| 1971, 1975, 1980, 1991, 1998, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025

| 1972, 1974, 1988, 1996, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2024

Inter Bratislava

| 6

| 2

| 1984, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2001

| 1976, 1979

VSS Košice

| 5

| 3

| 1973, 1980, 1993, 2009, 2014

| 1981, 1998, 2000

Lokomotíva Košice

| 3

| 1

| 1977, 1979, 1985

| 1992

Ružomberok

|2

|4

|2006, 2024

|2001, 2018, 2020, 2025

Petržalka

| 2

| 3

| 2004, 2008

| 1982, 2005, 2009

Dukla Banská Bystrica

| 2

| 3

| 1981, 2005

| 1970, 1984, 1999

AS Trenčín

| 2

| –

| 2015, 2016

| –

Žilina

| 1

| 8

| 2012

| 1977, 1980, 1986, 1990, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2021

Tatran Prešov

| 1

| 4

| 1992

| 1973, 1985, 1994, 1997

DAC Dunajská Streda

| 1

| 2

| 1987

| 1993, 1995

Púchov

| 1

| 1

| 2003

| 2002

Senec

| 1

| 1

| 2002

| 2007

Zlaté Moravce

| 1

| –

| 2007

| –

Humenné

| 1

| –

| 1996

| –

Jednota Trenčín

|1

|–

|1978

|–

Nitra

| –

| 4

| –

| 1975, 1983, 1987, 1991

Senica

| –

| 2

| –

| 2012, 2015

Skalica

| –

| 1

| –

| 2017

Ličartovce

| –

| 1

| –

| 2004

Považská Bystrica

| –

| 1

| –

| 1989

Titles by city

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class="wikitable"
CityTitlesWinning clubs
x24px Bratislava{{center|25}}Slovan Bratislava (17), Inter Bratislava (6), Artmedia Petržalka (2)
x24px Trnava{{center|9}}Spartak Trnava (9)
x24px Košice{{center|8}}VSS Košice (5), Lokomotíva Košice (3)
x24px Trenčín{{center|3}}AS Trenčín (2), Jednota Trenčín (1)
x24px Banská Bystrica{{center|2}}Dukla Banská Bystrica (2)
x24px Ružomberok

|{{center|2}}

|Ružomberok (2)

x24px Dunajská Streda{{center|1}}DAC Dunajská Streda (1)
x24px Humenné{{center|1}}Humenné (1)
x24px Prešov{{center|1}}Tatran Prešov (1)
x24px Púchov{{center|1}}Púchov (1)
x24px Senec{{center|1}}Senec (1)
x24px Zlaté Moravce{{center|1}}Zlaté Moravce (1)
x24px Žilina{{center|1}}Žilina (1)

Venues of final matches

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(Does not include matches when the home-away system was played)

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!Venue

!Nr. of final

matches

!Years

Bratislava

|6

|1998, 2006, 2007, 2020, 2021, 2022

Trnava

|4

|1987, 2016, 2018, 2023

Dunajská Streda

|2

|2004, 2025

Nitra

|2

|2005, 2019

Poprad

|2

|2015, 2017

Ružomberok

|2

|1991, 2013

Dubnica

|2

|1995, 2001

Žiar nad Hronom

|2

|1990, 1999

Trenčín

|2

|1988, 1997

Košice

|1

|2024

Myjava

|1

|2014

Bardejov

|1

|2012

Banská Bystrica

|1

|2011

Michalovce

|1

|2010

Senec

|1

|2009

Žilina

|1

|2008

Topoľčany

|1

|2003

Považská Bystrica

|1

|2002

Prešov

|1

|2000

Vranov nad Topľov

|1

|1996

Brezno

|1

|1994

Rimavská Sobota

|1

|1993

Dolný Kubín

|1

|1992

Hlohovec

|1

|1989

Prievidza

|1

|1986

Notes

References

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