2019 Slovak Cup final

The 2019 Slovak Cup final (Slovak: 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^[2] on 1 May 2019 between Spartak Trnava and Žilina.

2019 Slovak Cup final

Štadión pod Zoborom in Nitra held the final
Event	2018–19 Slovak Cup
Spartak Trnava Žilina 3 3
After extra time Spartak Trnava won 4–1 on penalties
Date	1 May 2019
Venue	Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra
Referee	Jozef Pavlík
Attendance	6,053[1]
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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.^[3]

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.^[3]

Road to the final

Spartak Trnava

Spartak Trnava began the competition by defeating Rača 9–0 in the second round.^[4] In the third round, they defeated Slovan Most 3–1.^[5] Spartak Trnava then defeated Partizán Bardejov 5–0.^[6] 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.^[7][8]

Žilina

Žilina began the competition by defeating Ďarmoty 7–0 in the second round.^[9] In the third round, they defeated Tatran Krásno 6–0.^[10] Žilina then defeated Tatran Prešov 2–1.^[11] 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.^[7][8]

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

Spartak Trnava		Round	Žilina
Opponent	Result	2018–19 Slovak Cup	Opponent	Result
FK Rača	9–0 (A)	Second Round	FK Slovenské Ďarmoty	7−0 (A)
Most pri Bratislave	3−1 (A)	Third Round	Krásno nad Kysucou	6–0 (A)
Bardejov	5−0 (A)	Fourth Round	Tatran Prešov	2–1 (A)
Podbrezová	2−0 (A)	Round of 16	Sereď	3–1 (H)
FC Košice	0–0 (4–3 p) (A)	Quarter-finals	Skalica	4–1 (H)
FK Senica	1–0 (H), 0–0 (A) (1–0 agg.)	Semi-finals	Zemplín Michalovce	1–1 (H), 2–0 (A) (3–1 agg.)

Match

Details

Spartak Trnava	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Žilina
Miesenböck 20' Markoski 45+4', 48'	Report	Balaj 50', 71' Boženík 68'
Penalties
Košút Depetris Lovat Abena	4–1	Holúbek Káčer Boženík

1 May 2019

18:00 (UTC+2)

Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra

Attendance: 6,053

Referee: Jozef Pavlík

FC Spartak Trnava

MŠK Žilina

GK 26 Petr Bolek  119' RB 2 Matúš Turňa CB 14 Myenty Abena CB 44 Tomáš Košút  16' LB 36 Lucas Lovat  31' CM 66 Marek Janečka  106' CM 18 Anton Sloboda (c) CM 17 Fabian Miesenböck  26'  72' RW 24 Kire Markoski  75' FW 11 Kubilay Yilmaz LW 20 Matúš Čonka  100' Substitutes: GK 31 Dobrivoj Rusov  119' RB 16 Macario Hing-Glover  75' DF 10 Musefiu Ashiru CM 25 Jakub Rada CF 39 Štefan Pekár  72'  114' FW 27 Andrej Lovás FW 22 David Depetris  106' Manager: Michal Ščasný

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

Assistant referees: Tomáš Somoláni Ján Pozor Fourth official: Michal Tomčík

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

See also

• 2018–19 Slovak Cup
• 2019–20 UEFA Europa League