2021 Slovak Cup final

The 2021 Slovak Cup final (known as the Slovnaft Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the final match of the 2020–21 Slovak Cup, the 52nd season of the top cup competition in Slovak football. The match was played at the Tehelné pole in Bratislava, on 19 May 2021,^[1] contested by MŠK Žilina and ŠK Slovan Bratislava.

2021 Slovak Cup final

Tehelné pole in Bratislava held the final
Event	2020–21 Slovak Cup
Žilina Slovan Bratislava 1 2
After extra time
Date	19 May 2021
Venue	Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Referee	Peter Kráľovič
Attendance	0[note 1]
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Teams

In the following table, finals until 1993 were in the Czechoslovak era, since 1994 were in the Slovak era.

Team	Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Žilina	9 (1961, 1977, 1980, 1986, 1990, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019)
Slovan Bratislava	21 (1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020)

Road to the final

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

Žilina (1)		Round	Slovan Bratislava (1)
Opponent	Result	2020–21 Slovak Cup	Opponent	Result
Námestovo (3)	7–0 (A)	Second Round	Beluša (3)	2–0 (A)
Tatran Oravské Veselé (3)	1–1 (4–3 p) (A)	Third Round	Spartak Kvašov (4)	6–0 (A)
Belá (5)	w/o	Fourth Round	Príbelce (4)	w/o
Železiarne Podbrezová (2)	1–1 (6–5 p) (N)	Round of 16	Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš (2)	1–0 (N)
Zlaté Moravce (1)	2–0 (A)	Quarter-finals	Petržalka (2)	5–1 (H)
Košice (2)	4–2 (A), 4–1 (H) (8–3 agg.)	Semi-finals	Dukla Banská Bystrica (2)	3–0 (H), 3–1 (A) (6–1 agg.)

Match

Details

Although the match was played at the home stadium of Slovan Bratislava, "home" team (for administrative purposes) had been determined by an additional draw held after the semi-finals.

19 May 2021

18:00 (UTC+2)

Žilina	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Slovan Bratislava
Kiwior 30'	Report	Henty 61' Weiss 105+4' (pen.)

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Peter Kráľovič

Žilina

Slovan Bratislava

GK 30 Ľubomír Belko RB 28 Benson Anang CB 23 Ján Minárik  26' CB 14 Jakub Piotr Kiwior LB 2 Dominik Javorček  90+2'  105' CM 21 Ján Bernát  120'  42' CM 18 Enis Fazlagikj  90' CM 9 Miroslav Gono  105' RW 29 Dávid Ďuriš  75'  61' CF 17 Jakub Paur (c)  64' LW 66 Matúš Rusnák  78'  78' Substitutes: GK 22 Samuel Petráš DF 5 Adam Kopas  40' DF 27 Branislav Sluka  105' MF 7 Patrik Myslovič  78' MF 11 Vahan Bichakhchyan  105' FW 6 Adrián Kaprálik  78' FW 90 Dawid Kurminowski  120+4'  64' Manager: Pavol Staňo

GK 30 Michal Šulla  120' RB 81 Vernon De Marco  23'  78' CB 14 Myenty Abena  120+4' CB 29 Vasil Bozhikov (c)  105' LB 17 Jurij Medveděv CM 6 Joeri de Kamps  71' CM 10 Rabiu Ibrahim AM 21 Rafael Ratão  46' AM 8 David Holman  46' AM 55 Aleksandar Čavrić  78' CF 9 Ezekiel Henty Substitutes: GK 1 Dominik Greif DF 25 Lukáš Pauschek  78' DF 66 Kenan Bajrić  120+4'  105' MF 23 Erik Daniel  78' MF 24 Nono  71' MF 79 Vladimír Weiss  98'  111'  46' MF 15 David Strelec  46' Manager: Vladimír Weiss

Assistant referees: Peter Kováč Daniel Poláček Fourth official: Martin Dohál

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

See also

• 2020–21 Slovak Cup
• 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League

Notes

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