2011–12 Slovenian Football Cup

The 2011–12 Slovenian Football Cup was the 21st season of the Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenia's football knockout competition. Domžale were the defending champions, having won their first Slovenian Cup the previous season.

2011–12 Slovenian Football Cup

Pokal Hervis 2011–12
Tournament details
Country	Slovenia
Teams	28
Final positions
Champions	Maribor (7th title)
Runners-up	Celje
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	120 (3.87 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Etien Velikonja (6 goals)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Maribor won their seventh cup, beating Celje in the final after penalty shoot-out.

As runners-up of the competition, Celje qualified for the first qualifying round^[1] of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, since Maribor was already qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League as Slovenian PrvaLiga champions.

Qualified clubs

2010–11 Slovenian PrvaLiga members Celje Domžale Gorica Koper Maribor Nafta Olimpija Rudar Triglav Kranj Primorje (dissolved following the 2010–11 season)

Qualified through MNZ Regional Cups Winners and runners-up of the regional MNZ cups. MNZ Ljubljana: Krka, Interblock MNZ Maribor: Limbuš-Pekre, Malečnik MNZ Celje: Krško, NK Šentjur MNZ Koper: Portorož Piran, Ilirska Bistrica MNZ Nova Gorica: Adria, Tolmin MNZ Murska Sobota: Veržej, Grad MNZ Lendava: Hotiza, Odranci MNZG-Kranj: Šenčur, Britof MNZ Ptuj: Zavrč, Drava (dissolved following the 2010–11 season)

First round

The matches took place on 23 and 24 August 2011. Adria and NK Šentjur were automatically qualified for the round of 16.

Krško v Nafta

23 August 2011	Krško	0–2	Nafta	Krško
20:00 CEST		Report	Lulić 60' (o.g.) Polareczki 66'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Davor Drečnik

Britof v Triglav

24 August 2011	Britof	1–2	Triglav	Britof
17:00 CEST	Velkoski 4'	Report	Gaberšček 28' Jelar 43'	Stadium: NK Britof Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Asmir Sagrković

Malečnik v Interblock

24 August 2011	Malečnik	1–2	Interblock	Malečnik
17:00 CEST	Dvoršak 39'	Report	Grabić 61', 80'	Stadium: Berl Sports Center Attendance: 200 Referee: Vojko Goričan

Krka v Tolmin

24 August 2011	Krka	3–3 (a.e.t.) (8–9 p)	Tolmin	Novo Mesto
17:00 CEST	Šahinović 86' Fabjan 90+2' (pen.) Brulc 106'	Report	Kalaković 62' Jarc 67' Mrak 110'	Stadium: Portoval Attendance: 100 Referee: Sašo Habjanič

Portorož Piran v Šenčur

24 August 2011	Portorož Piran	1–6	Šenčur	Piran
17:00 CEST	Šabanagić 62'	Report	Brezarič 2' Čatić 18' Babić 25' (pen.) Narobe 83', 86' Aljančič 90'	Stadium: Pod Obzidjem Stadium Attendance: 60 Referee: Mitja Žganec

Limbuš-Pekre v Zavrč

24 August 2011	Limbuš-Pekre	0–6	Zavrč	Pekre
17:00 CEST		Report	Marinič 11' Šnajder 33' Marinič 63' Čeh 83', 90' Murat 86'	Stadium: Pod Grajskim gričem Attendance: 200 Referee: Andrej Tratnjek

Hotiza v Gorica

24 August 2011	Hotiza	0–5	Gorica	Hotiza
17:00 CEST		Report	Arčon 2', 15', 82' Jogan 26', 31' (pen.)	Stadium: Hotiza Sports Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Gregor Gostenčnik

Ilirska Bistrica v Rudar Velenje

24 August 2011	Ilirska Bistrica	1–2	Rudar Velenje	Ilirska Bistrica
17:00 CEST	Brozina 40'	Report	Majcen 20' Djokić 32'	Stadium: Trnovo Sports Centre Attendance: 250 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

Grad v Celje

24 August 2011	Grad	1–3	Celje	Grad
17:00 CEST	Krpič 47'	Report	Bakarić 43' Krljanović 45' Šmitran 89'	Stadium: Igrišče Pod gradom Attendance: 250 Referee: Peter Šart

Veržej v Odranci

24 August 2011	Veržej	2–3	Odranci	Veržej
17:00 CEST	Fajdiga 25' (pen.), 80'	Report	Žerdin 5', 30', 44'	Stadium: Čistina Attendance: 250 Referee: Emir Huselja

Round of 16

The matches took place on 6 and 14 September 2011. Maribor played their match on 8 October due to Europa League group stage matches.

Triglav Kranj v Celje

6 September 2011	Triglav Kranj	0–1	Celje	Kranj
16:30 CEST		Report	Močivnik 12'	Stadium: Stanko Mlakar Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Boris Tošeski

Šenčur v Nafta

14 September 2011	Šenčur	1–0	Nafta	Šenčur
16:00 CEST	Čatić 73'	Report		Stadium: Šenčur Sports Park Attendance: 250 Referee: Mitja Žganec

Odranci v Interblock

14 September 2011	Odranci	0–7	Interblock	Odranci
16:00 CEST		Report	Klebčar 5' Žitko 13' Hauschen 22', 30', 38', 49' Mušić 83'	Stadium: Odranci Sports Park Attendance: 200 Referee: Emir Huselja

NK Šentjur v Rudar Velenje

14 September 2011	NK Šentjur	0–10	Rudar Velenje	Šentjur
16:00 CEST		Report	Črnčič 5', 25' Podlogar 7' Bratanović 30' Trifković 37' Klinar 47', 72' Žinko 67' (pen.) Bizjak 70', 86'	Stadium: Šentjur Sport Park Attendance: 100 Referee: Roman Glažar

Zavrč v Domžale

14 September 2011	Zavrč	5–0	Domžale	Zavrč
16:00 CEST	Šnajder 20' Murat 34' Letonja 49', 56' Veselič 78'	Report		Stadium: Zavrč Sports Park Attendance: 350 Referee: Vojko Goričan

Tolmin v Gorica

14 September 2011	Tolmin	1–2	Gorica	Tolmin
16:00 CEST	Zornik 63'	Report	Jogan 45' Vicente 60'	Stadium: Brajda Attendance: 600 Referee: Aleksander Likič

Koper v Olimpija

14 September 2011	Koper	2–0	Olimpija	Koper
16:00 CEST	Bubanja 39' Struna 76'	Report		Stadium: Bonifika Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Bojan Mertik

Adria v Maribor

8 October 2011	Adria	0–2	Maribor	Miren
15:30 CEST		Report	Lesjak 21' Volaš 55'	Stadium: Pri Štantu Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 18, 19 and 26 October 2011, and the second legs were played on 25 and 26 October and 16 November 2011.

First legs

Rudar Velenje v Gorica

18 October 2011	Rudar Velenje	2–1	Gorica	Velenje
18:00 CEST	Klinar 4' Rotman 32'	Report	Martinović 90+3'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Dejan Balažič

Interblock v Celje

19 October 2011	Interblock	2–0	Celje	Ljubljana
15:00 CEST	Šporar 52' Klebčar 89'	Report		Stadium: ŽŠD Ljubljana Stadium Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

Šenčur v Koper

19 October 2011	Šenčur	0–0	Koper	Šenčur
15:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Šenčur Sports Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Gregor Gostenčnik

Zavrč v Maribor

26 October 2011	Zavrč	3–3	Maribor	Zavrč
15:00 CEST	Lenart 14' Murat 28' Šnajder 50'	Report	Filipović 32' Velikonja 55' (pen.) Jelić 72'	Stadium: Zavrč Sports Park Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mitja Žganec

Second legs

Gorica v Rudar Velenje

25 October 2011	Gorica	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Rudar Velenje	Nova Gorica
18:00 CEST	Žigon 76'	Report	Žinko 22'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 250 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

Celje v Interblock

26 October 2011	Celje	7–0 (7–2 agg.)	Interblock	Celje
17:00 CEST	Akakpo 10' Močivnik 22' Firer 33', 65' Bezjak 80' Žurej 82' Đaković 90'	Report		Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 500 Referee: Damir Skomina

Koper v Šenčur

2 November 2011	Koper	2–2 (2–2a agg.)	Šenčur	Koper
17:00 CET	Aljančič 36' (o.g.) Blažič 72'	Report	Pavlin 31' Kotnik 78'	Stadium: Bonifika Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Bojan Mertik

Maribor v Zavrč

16 November 2011	Maribor	1–0 (4–3 agg.)	Zavrč	Maribor
18:00 CET	Velikonja 76'	Report		Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

Semi-finals

First legs

Šenčur v Celje

11 April 2012	Šenčur	1–1	Celje	Šenčur
17:00 CEST	Pavlin 47'	Report	Verbič 86'	Stadium: Šenčur Sports Park Attendance: 600 Referee: Davor Drečnik

Rudar Velenje v Maribor

11 April 2012	Rudar Velenje	2–4	Maribor	Velenje
18:00 CEST	Črnčič 22' Majcen 82'	Report	Velikonja 17', 61' Mejač 58' Ibraimi 65'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Matej Jug

Second legs

Celje v Šenčur

18 April 2012	Celje	1–1 (2–2 agg.) (8–7 p)	Šenčur	Celje
16:30 CEST	Žurej 89'	Report	Kotnik 56'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Dejan Balažič
	Penalties
	Verbič Bezjak Medved Krljanović Krajcer Centrih Gobec Kotnik		Božičić Aljančič Čatić Bunderla Košnik Kern Rant Roos

Maribor v Rudar Velenje

18 April 2012	Maribor	4–2 (8–4 agg.)	Rudar Velenje	Maribor
17:30 CEST	Berić 10' Velikonja 18', 81' Tavares 90'	Report	Rotman 9' Klinar 37'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

Final

Main article: 2012 Slovenian Football Cup final

23 May 2012

20:45 CEST

Celje	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Maribor
Romih 36' Verbič 92'	Report	Volaš 46' Črnic 99'
Penalties
Verbič Gobec Bezjak Romih Centrih	2–3	Cvijanović Rajčević Volaš Mejač Tavares

Stožice, Ljubljana

Attendance: 4,132

Referee: Matej Jug