2015–16 Slovenian Football Cup

The 2015–16 Slovenian Football Cup was the 25th season of the Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenia's football knockout competition. Koper were the defending champions, having won their third cup title in the 2014–15 edition.

2015–16 Slovenian Football Cup

Tournament details
Country	Slovenia
Teams	28
Final positions
Champions	Maribor (9th title)
Runners-up	Celje
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	99 (3.09 per match)
Attendance	24,785 (775 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Milan Kocić (4 goals)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Competition format

Round	Draw date	Fixtures	Clubs	Format details[1][2]
First round	23 June 2015	12	24 → 12	18 clubs that have qualified through MNZ Regional Cups + 6 clubs from the 2014–15 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 the score was level after 90 minutes. 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	21 August 2015	8	12+4 → 8	12 first round winners were joined by four 2014–15 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 the score was level after 90 minutes. 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	18 September 2015	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	18 January 2016	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, played at Bonifika Stadium in Koper. In case of a tie, extra time and penalties were used. The winners have qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.

Qualified teams

2014–15 Slovenian PrvaLiga members Celje Domžale Gorica Koper Krka Maribor Olimpija Radomlje Rudar Velenje Zavrč

Qualified through MNZ Regional Cups 2014–15 MNZ Celje Cup: Šampion and Rogaška 2014–15 MNZ Koper Cup: Ankaran Hrvatini and Izola 2014–15 MNZG-Kranj Cup: Triglav Kranj and Zarica Kranj 2014–15 MNZ Lendava Cup: Odranci and Hotiza 2014–15 MNZ Ljubljana Cup: Ivančna Gorica and Ilirija 1911 2014–15 MNZ Maribor Cup: Fužinar and Pesnica 2014–15 MNZ Murska Sobota Cup: Veržej and Mura 2014–15 MNZ Nova Gorica Cup: Brda and Tolmin 2014–15 MNZ Ptuj Cup: Drava Ptuj and Stojnci

Bracket

	First round						Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
							Celje			3
							Mura			0
	Mura			1
	Gorica			0
													Celje	2	3	5
													Olimpija	2	1	3
	Ivančna Gorica			6
	Odranci			0
							Ivančna Gorica			1
							Olimpija Ljubljana			3
	Rogaška			0
	Olimpija Ljubljana (w/o)			3
																			Celje	1	1	2
																			Domžale	0	0	0
							Koper			3
							Zarica Kranj			0
	Brda			1
	Zarica Kranj			4
													Koper	1	1	2
													Domžale (a)	0	2	2
	Ilirija 1911 (a.e.t.)			2
	Radomlje			1
							Ilirija 1911			1
							Domžale			3
																									Celje			2 (6)
																									Maribor (pen.)			2 (7)
	Šampion			0
	Zavrč			2
							Zavrč			4
							Veržej			0
	Izola			0 (2)
	Veržej (pen.)			0 (3)
													Zavrč	1	3	4
													Drava Ptuj	1	0	1
	Triglav Kranj			1
	Stojnci			0
							Triglav Kranj			1 (3)
							Drava Ptuj (pen.)			1 (5)
	Hotiza			1
	Drava Ptuj (a.e.t.)			2
																			Zavrč	2	1	3
																			Maribor (a.e.t.)	1	5	6
	Pesnica			0
	Rudar Velenje			7
							Rudar Velenje			3
							Krka			2
	Fužinar			1
	Krka			3
													Rudar Velenje	1	0	1
													Maribor	0	3	3
	Tolmin			2
	Ankaran			1
							Tolmin			0
							Maribor			3

First round

Slovenian PrvaLiga clubs Celje, Domžale, Koper and Maribor joined the competition in the second round (round of 16).^[3]

Rogaška v Olimpija

19 August 2015	Rogaška	(w.o.)[A]	Olimpija	Rogaška Slatina
16:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: City Stadium

Hotiza v Drava Ptuj

19 August 2015	Hotiza	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Drava Ptuj	Lendava
16:00 CEST	Nikolaj 70'	Report	Tomažič Šeruga 62' Pauko 96'	Stadium: Hotiza Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Aleksandar Matković

Ivančna Gorica v Odranci

19 August 2015	Ivančna Gorica	6–0	Odranci	Ivančna Gorica
16:00 CEST	Pene 4', 57' Adamič 22', 37', 79' Ivanovski 81'	Report		Stadium: Ivančna Gorica Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Mihael Antič

Fužinar v Krka

19 August 2015	Fužinar	1–3	Krka	Ravne na Koroškem
16:00 CEST		Report	Perić 25', 49' Potokar 57'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Iztok Gornjak

Brda v Zarica

19 August 2015	Brda	1–4	Zarica	Vipolže
16:00 CEST	Debenjak 23'	Report	Šujica 2' Križaj 39' Božičić 76' Marinković 89'	Stadium: Vipolže Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Boris Tošeski

Tolmin v Ankaran

19 August 2015	Tolmin	2–1	Ankaran	Tolmin
16:00 CEST	Kucalović 54', 74'	Report	Zlatič 84'	Stadium: Brajda Sports Park Attendance: 250 Referee: Darjan Kovačič

Mura v Gorica

19 August 2015	Mura	1–0	Gorica	Murska Sobota
16:00 CEST	Toth 29'	Report		Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Alen Borošak

Ilirija 1911 v Radomlje

19 August 2015	Ilirija 1911	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Radomlje	Radomlje[B]
16:00 CEST	Anželj 30' Urtelj 112'	Report	Ajdinović 39'	Stadium: Radomlje Sports Park Attendance: 100 Referee: Tadej Mežnar

Izola v Veržej

19 August 2015	Izola	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Veržej	Izola
16:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Izola City Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Asmir Sagrković
	Penalties
	Finkšt Sajinčič		Vinkovič Dobaj Pelcl

Pesnica v Rudar Velenje

19 August 2015	Pesnica	0–7	Rudar Velenje	Pesnica
16:00 CEST		Report	Kašnik 17' Kocić 51', 54' (pen.), 61', 81' Krcić 70', 78'	Stadium: Pesnica Sports Park Attendance: 250 Referee: Dejan Vivod

Stojnci v Triglav

19 August 2015	Stojnci	0–1	Triglav	Stojnci
16:00 CEST		Report	Guberac 61'	Stadium: Stojnci Sports Park Attendance: 110 Referee: Vojko Goričan

Šampion v Zavrč

19 August 2015	Šampion	0–2	Zavrč	Celje
16:00 CEST		Report	Tuđan 37' Matjašič 68'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 80 Referee: Štefan Fekonja

Notes

1. ^
   The match between Rogaška and Olimpija Ljubljana was not held.^[4][5] The home side as the organizer of the event refused and was unable to meet the high financial demands of the local police to safeguard the event, which they have deemed as "high risk".^[4][5] Olimpija advanced to the next round automatically.^[4][5]
2. ^
   The match between Ilirija 1911 and Radomlje was originally scheduled to be played at the home venue of Ilirija 1911.^[6] However, because the turf at their stadium was undergoing a renovation, the match was played in Radomlje.^[6]

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 21 August 2015 at the headquarters of the Football Association of Slovenia in Ljubljana.^[7][8] In this phase of the competition, the twelve clubs who advanced from the first round were joined by Celje, Domžale, Koper and Maribor.^[7]

Mura v Celje

9 September 2015	Mura	0–3	Celje	Murska Sobota
16:00 CEST		Report	Travner 36' Poredoš 43' (o.g.) Firer 54'	Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Roman Glažar

Drava Ptuj v Triglav

9 September 2015	Drava Ptuj	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Triglav	Ptuj
16:00 CEST	N. Čeh 35' (pen.)	Report	Poplatnik 59'	Stadium: Ptuj City Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Asmir Sagrković
	Penalties
	A. Čeh Rešek Monjac Pauko N. Čeh		Udovič Šturm Ljubijankić Mlakar

Zarica v Koper

15 September 2015	Zarica	0–3	Koper	Kranj
16:00 CEST		Report	Rahmanović 48' Posavac 78', 84'	Stadium: Zarica Sports Park Attendance: 200 Referee: Dejan Balažič

Ivančna Gorica v Olimpija

15 September 2015	Ivančna Gorica	1–3	Olimpija	Ivančna Gorica
16:00 CEST	Šajn 64'	Report	Mariotto dos Santos 7' Henty 66' Djermanović 81'	Stadium: Ivančna Gorica Stadium Attendance: 750 Referee: Marko Podgoršek

Ilirija 1911 v Domžale

16 September 2015	Ilirija 1911	1–3	Domžale	Ljubljana
16:00 CEST	Urtelj 72'	Report	Požeg Vancaš 39' Dobrovoljc 60' Šišić 73'	Stadium: Ilirija Sports Park Attendance: 645 Referee: Rade Obrenović

Veržej v Zavrč

16 September 2015	Veržej	0–4	Zavrč	Veržej
16:00 CEST		Report	Polić 56' (pen.), 87' Pihler 75' Glavica 88'	Stadium: Čistina Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Alen Borošak

Tolmin v Maribor

16 September 2015	Tolmin	0–3	Maribor	Tolmin
16:00 CEST		Report	Volaš 47' Dervišević 51' Bajde 73'	Stadium: Brajda Sports Park Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Dragoslav Perić

Rudar Velenje v Krka

16 September 2015	Rudar Velenje	3–2	Krka	Velenje
18:00 CEST	Knezović 37' Babić 42' Ihbeisheh 56'	[https://www.nzs.si/tekmovanja?action=tekma&id_tekme=29264	Novinić 4' (pen.) Dangubić 15'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Miran Bukovec

Quarter-finals

The draw of pairs was held on 18 September 2015 at the headquarters of the Football Association of Slovenia in Ljubljana.^[9]

First leg

Olimpija v Celje

21 October 2015	Olimpija	2–2	Celje	Ljubljana
17:30 CEST	Mitrović 32', 68'	Report	Firer 26' Pajač 36'	Stadium: Stožice Attendance: 700 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

Zavrč v Drava Ptuj

21 October 2015	Zavrč	1–1	Drava Ptuj	Zavrč
18:00 CEST	Batrović 37'	Report	Šalamun 57'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 600 Referee: Darjan Kovačič

Rudar Velenje v Maribor

21 October 2015	Rudar Velenje	1–0	Maribor	Velenje
18:00 CEST	Jahić 80'	Report		Stadium: Ob Jezeru Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Roman Glažar

Domžale v Koper

28 October 2015	Domžale	0–1	Koper	Domžale
18:00 CET		Report	Rahmanović 89'	Stadium: Domžale Sports Park Attendance: 650 Referee: Davor Drečnik

Second leg

Drava Ptuj v Zavrč

28 October 2015	Drava Ptuj	0–3 (1–4 agg.)	Zavrč	Ptuj
14:00 CET		Report	Batrović 41', 77' Riera 68'	Stadium: Ptuj City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

Celje v Olimpija

28 October 2015	Celje	3–1 (5–3 agg.)	Olimpija	Celje
17:30 CET	Firer 23' Spremo 33' Mitrović 79' (o.g.)	Report	Henty 88'	Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: Roberto Ponis Referee: 1,100

Maribor v Rudar Velenje

28 October 2015	Maribor	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Rudar Velenje	Maribor
18:00 CET	Kabha 60' Vršič 76' Tavares 86'	Report		Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Mitja Žganec

Koper v Domžale

4 November 2015	Koper	1–2 (2–2a agg.)	Domžale	Koper
18:00 CET	Ivančić 47'	Report	Črnic 3' Morel 90+2'	Stadium: Bonifika Attendance: 250 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

Semi-finals

The draw of pairs was held on 18 January 2016 at the headquarters of the Football Association of Slovenia.^[10]

First leg

Celje v Domžale

13 April 2016	Celje	1–0	Domžale	Celje
18:00 CEST	Omoregie 55'	Report		Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 900 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

Zavrč v Maribor

14 April 2016	Zavrč	2–1	Maribor	Zavrč
18:00 CEST	Golubar 11' Matjašič 43'	Report	Bajde 71'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Dejan Balažič

Second leg

Domžale v Celje

20 April 2016	Domžale	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Celje	Domžale
17:30 CEST		Report	Omoregie 6'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 800 Referee: Roberto Ponis

Maribor v Zavrč

20 April 2016	Maribor	5–1 (a.e.t.) (6–3 agg.)	Zavrč	Maribor
18:00 CEST	Mendy 30' Sallalich 72', 91' Novaković 102', 105'	Report	Handanović 43' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Nejc Kajtazović

Final

Main article: 2016 Slovenian Football Cup final

25 May 2016

20:30 CEST

Celje	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Maribor
Podlogar 19', 111'	Report	Kabha 7' Vršič 107'
Penalties
Hadžić Miškić Vidmajer Sousa Vrhovec Kous Travner Pungaršek	6–7	Filipović Vršič Janković Tavares Novaković Kabha Viler Mertelj

Bonifika, Koper

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Matej Jug