2012–13 Slovenian Football Cup

2012–13 Slovenian Football Cup
Tournament details
Country	Slovenia
Teams	28
Final positions
Champions	Maribor (8th title)
Runner-up	Celje
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	93 (3 per match)
Attendance	23,320 (752 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Dejan Mezga; Marcos Tavares; Dejan Žigon; (4 goals each)
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Slovenian Football Cup was the 22nd season of the Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenia's football knockout competition.

Qualified clubs

2011–12 Slovenian PrvaLiga members

Celje
Domžale
Gorica
Koper
Maribor
Mura 05
Olimpija
Rudar Velenje
Triglav Kranj
Nafta (dissolved following the 2011–12 season)

Qualified through MNZ Regional Cups

Winners and runners-up of the regional MNZ cups.

MNZ Ljubljana: Bela Krajina, Kamnik
MNZ Maribor: Pesnica, Dravograd
MNZ Celje: Dravinja, Šmarje pri Jelšah
MNZ Koper: Cerknica, Ankaran Hrvatini
MNZ Nova Gorica: Tolmin, Brda
MNZ Murska Sobota: Tromejnik, Šalovci
MNZ Lendava: Odranci, Turnišče
MNZG-Kranj: Jesenice, Šenčur
MNZ Ptuj: Aluminij, Zavrč

First round

Maribor, Celje, Olimpija, Mura 05 and Tolmin joined the competition in the second round (round of 16).^[1]

21 August 2012

Jesenice

(w/o)¹

Zavrč

Jesenice

21 August 2012	Šalovci	1–6	Gorica	Šalovci
17:00 CEST	Škerlak 7'	Report	Jakovljević 15' Žigon 20', 64', 87' N'Diaye 68' Dornik 83'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Roman Glažar

22 August 2012	Pesnica	1–2	Domžale	Pesnica
17:00 CEST	Muršič 74'	Report	Husmani 70' Papež 80'	Stadium: Pesnica Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Vojko Goričan

22 August 2012	Brda	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Šenčur	Dobrovo
17:00 CEST	Pavič 73'	Report	Križaj 57'	Stadium: Vipolže Stadium Attendance: 70 Referee: Asmir Sagrković
	Penalties
	Popovič Črnigoj Pintol Pavič Čermelj Blaško Mehanović		Stjepanović Ajdovec Brezarič Bunderla Kotnik Kern Frantar

22 August 2012	Dravograd	1–3	Rudar Velenje	Dravograd
17:00 CEST	Gluhovič 74' (pen.)	Report	Bratanović 27' (pen.) Bizjak 63', 81'	Stadium: Sports Centre Attendance: 300 Referee: Bojan Mertik

22 August 2012	Tromejnik	0–2	Koper	Kuzma
17:00 CEST		Report	Čadikovski 30' Majcen 55'	Stadium: Kuzma Football Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Gregor Gostenčnik

22 August 2012	Šmarje pri Jelšah	2–4	Aluminij	Šmarje pri Jelšah
17:00 CEST	Oparenović 16' Debelak 56'	Report	Vraničar 17' Bešić 53' Rešek 73' Kmetec 90'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 200 Referee: Boris Tošeski

22 August 2012	Odranci	3–2	Bela Krajina	Odranci
17:00 CEST	Tompa 32' Graj 61' Lunder 69' (o.g.)	Report	Ćehić 43' Pejić 71' (pen.)	Stadium: ŠRC Odranci Attendance: 150 Referee: Alen Borošak

22 August 2012	Turnišče	0–8	Ankaran Hrvatini	Turnišče
17:00 CEST		Report	Horvat 14' (o.g.) Šestić 39' Šahinović 44', 64', 85' (pen.) Valenčič 70', 77', 88'	Stadium: Turnišče Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Emir Huselja

22 August 2012	Kamnik	1–3	Dravinja	Kamnik
17:00 CEST	Žeželj 66' (pen.)	Report	Černec 83' Kotnik 62' Žurej 90'	Stadium: Stadion Prijateljstva Attendance: 100 Referee: Darjan Kovačič

22 August 2012	Cerknica	0–3	Triglav Kranj	Cerknica
17:00 CEST		Report	Jelar 45' Stojnić 58' Kongnyuy 87'	Stadium: Cerknica Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Rade Obrenović

Notes

Note 1: Zavrč qualified to the next round automatically, after Jesenice withdrew from the 2012–13 Cup edition.^[1]

Round of 16

The draw for the second round (round of 16) took place in Ljubljana at the headquarters of the Football Association of Slovenia on 3 September 2012.^[2]

19 September 2012	Mura 05	0–3	Olimpija	Murska Sobota
16:00 CEST		Report	Jović 58', 90' (pen.) Nikezić 83'	Stadium: Fazanerija Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Darko Čeferin

19 September 2012	Tolmin	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Gorica	Tolmin
16:00 CEST	Kravanja 65'	Report	N'Diaye 47' Praprotnik 99' Celcer 115' Jogan 119' (pen.)	Stadium: Brajda Sports Park Attendance: 350 Referee: Roberto Ponis

19 September 2012	Dravinja	2–1	Domžale	Slovenske Konjice
16:00 CEST	Kotnik 17', 57'	Report	Knezović 71'	Stadium: Dobrava Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Miran Bukovec

19 September 2012	Aluminij	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Rudar Velenje	Kidričevo
16:00 CEST	Topolovec 51'	Report	Bratanović 85'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 200 Referee: Mitja Žganec
	Penalties
	Kmetec Bingo Topolovec Kurež Drevenšek		Jeseničnik Rotman Rošer Bratanović Radujko

19 September 2012	Brda	0–3	Celje	Brda
16:00 CEST		Report	Moćić 38' Močivnik 47' Žurej 66'	Stadium: Vipolže Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Boris Tošeski

19 September 2012	Odranci	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Triglav Kranj	Odranci
16:00 CEST		Report	Poplatnik 114' Jelar 116'	Stadium: ŠRC Odranci Attendance: 150 Referee: Roman Glažar

19 September 2012	Ankaran Hrvatini	0–3	Koper	Ankaran
17:00 CEST		Report	Wellington Teixeira 35', 79' Majcen 38'	Stadium: ŠRC Katarina Attendance: 250 Referee: Davor Drečnik

31 October 2012²	Zavrč	0–2	Maribor	Zavrč
19:00 CET		Report	Berić 26' Mezga 31'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Vojko Goričan

Notes

Note 2: The match between Zavrč and Maribor was rescheduled from 19 September to 31 October, as Maribor played their first match of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League on 20 September.^[3]

Quarter-finals

The draw for the third round (quarter-finals) took place in Ljubljana at the headquarters of the Football Association of Slovenia on 8 October 2012.^[4] The quarter-final pairs were drawn together by footballer Tim Matavž, with each team playing one match at home and one away.^[4] At the time of the draw only seven quarter-finalist were known, as the round of 16 match between Zavrč and Maribor was rescheduled from 19 September to 31 October.^[4] However, the draw was possible because the teams were not seeded.^[4] The date of the quarter-finals match between Olimpija Ljubljana and Maribor was announced by the Football Association of Slovenia on 12 December 2012.^[5]

First leg

24 October 2012	Aluminij	1–2	Gorica	Kidričevo
15:00 CEST	Režonja 52'	Report	Žigon 2' Vetrih 44'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 150 Referee: Davor Drečnik

24 October 2012	Triglav Kranj	0–1	Koper	Kranj
15:00 CEST		Report	Brečević 74'	Stadium: Stanko Mlakar Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Dejan Balažič

24 October 2012	Celje	2–0	Dravinja	Celje
17:00 CEST	Verbič 2', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 400 Referee: Miran Bukovec

27 February 2013³	Olimpija	1–3	Maribor	Ljubljana
18:30 CET	Omladič 61'	Report	Mezga 69', 87' Rajčević 90+1'	Stadium: Stožice Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Damir Skomina

Notes

Note 3: The first leg of the quarter-finals match between Olimpija Ljubljana and Maribor was originally scheduled on 23 February 2013. However, after starting on schedule, the match was suspended in the 24th minute due to heavy snowfall. The match was then rescheduled for 27 February 2013, the date originally intended for the second leg match in Maribor.^[6]

Second leg

31 October 2012	Gorica	0–2 (2–3 agg.)	Aluminij	Nova Gorica
14:00 CET		Report	Jeleč 82' Kurež 89'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 200 Referee: Dejan Balažič

31 October 2012	Koper	0–2 (a.e.t.) (1–2 agg.)	Triglav Kranj	Koper
18:00 CET		Report	Zolić 90+3' Jelar 115'	Stadium: Bonifika Attendance: 500 Referee: Slavko Vinčić

21 November 2012⁴	Dravinja	0–1 (0–3 agg.)	Celje	Slovenske Konjice
13:00 CET		Report	Medved 48'	Stadium: Slovenske Konjice Sports Centre Attendance: 100 Referee: Andrej Žnidaršič

6 March 2013⁵	Maribor	0–1 (3–2 agg.)	Olimpija	Maribor
17:00 CET		Report	Valenčič 5'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Matej Jug

Notes

Note 4: The match between Dravinja and Celje was postponed from 31 October 2012 to 21 November 2012, due to bad conditions (flooded pitch).^[7]
Note 5: The second leg of the quarter-finals match between Maribor and Olimpija Ljubljana was originally scheduled on 27 February 2013.^[6] However, the match was then rescheduled to 6 March 2013, due to the cancellation of the first leg match.^[8]

Semi-finals

The draw for the fourth round (semi-finals) took place in Ljubljana at the headquarters of the Football Association of Slovenia on 8 March 2013.^[9] The semi-final pairs were drawn together by Slovenia national football team manager Srečko Katanec, with each team playing one match at home and one away.^[9] The semi-final consists of three Styrian clubs (Aluminij Kidričevo, Celje, Maribor) and Triglav Kranj. The 2012–13 Cup edition is Maribor's tenth successive season, where they have qualified at least to a semi-final stage of the competition. The 2011–12 Slovenian Football Cup final was played between Celje and Maribor.

First leg

1 May 2013⁶	Triglav Kranj	2–2	Maribor	Kranj
17:00 CEST	Bubanja 14' Đurković 76'	Report	Mezga 8' Tavares 90'	Stadium: Stanko Mlakar Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Davor Drečnik

1 May 2013⁶	Aluminij	1–1	Celje	Kidričevo
17:00 CEST	Petek 66'	Report	Verbič 41'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Miran Bukovec

Notes

Note 6: The first leg of the semi-finals were rescheduled from 10 April 2013 to 1 May 2013, due to rescheduling of the matches in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.^[10]

Second leg

8 May 2013⁷	Maribor	3–0 (5–2 agg.)	Triglav Kranj	Maribor
20:00 CEST	Tavares 50', 73', 77'	Report		Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Vojko Goričan

8 May 2013⁷	Celje	0–0 (1a–1 agg.)	Aluminij	Celje
18:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Arena Petrol Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Matej Jug

Notes

Note 7: The second leg of the semi-finals were rescheduled from 17 April 2013 to 8 May 2013, due to rescheduling of the matches in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.^[10]

Final

29 May 2013

20:45 CEST

Maribor	1–0	Celje
Ibraimi 44'	Report

Bonifika, Koper

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Matej Jug

References

General

"Pokal Slovenije 2012/13". Football Association of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

Specific

^ ^a ^b "Zavrč napredoval brez boja" [Zavrc advanced without a fight] (in Slovenian). Siol. 20 August 2012. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
^ Rok Plestenjak (3 September 2012). "Pokalni žreb: Maribor pri Zavrču, Mura gosti Olimpijo" [Cup draw: Maribor to Zavrc, Mura will host Olimpija] (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
^ "Pokalni boji med tednom" [Cup battles during the week]. nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Matavž v četrtfinalu pokala Olimpiji namenil Zavrč ali Maribor" [Matavz draws Olimpija with either Maribor or Zavrc] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
^ Matej Rijavec (12 December 2012). "Pokalna derbija med Olimpijo in Mariborom konec februarja" [Cup derbies between Olimpija and Maribor in late February]. rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
^ ^a ^b A.V. (23 February 2013). "Po 24 minutah v Stožicah zmagalo sneženje" [Snowfall won in Stozice after 24 minutes]. RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
^ "V sredo brez tekme v Slovenskih Konjicah, brez termina le še tekma v Domžalah" [No match in Slovenske Konjice on Wednesday, match in Domzale still without a date] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
^ A.V. (27 February 2013). "Rezervist Mezga mariborski junak v Stožicah" [Substitute Mezga became Maribor's hero in Stozice] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
^ ^a ^b Rok Plestenjak (8 March 2013). "Žreb: Katanec poslal Maribor v Kranj" [Draw: Katanec sends Maribor to Kranj] (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
^ ^a ^b "25. krog prestavljen, prestavljeni tudi pokalni dvoboji" [25th round postponed, cup matches postponed as well]. nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.

External links

Official website

[siol111-1] "Zavrč napredoval brez boja" [Zavrc advanced without a fight] (in Slovenian). Siol. 20 August 2012. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.

[2] Rok Plestenjak (3 September 2012). "Pokalni žreb: Maribor pri Zavrču, Mura gosti Olimpijo" [Cup draw: Maribor to Zavrc, Mura will host Olimpija] (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 3 September 2012.

[nzs26-3] "Pokalni boji med tednom" [Cup battles during the week]. nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.

[nzs_3-4] "Matavž v četrtfinalu pokala Olimpiji namenil Zavrč ali Maribor" [Matavz draws Olimpija with either Maribor or Zavrc] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.

[rtvslo_1212-5] Matej Rijavec (12 December 2012). "Pokalna derbija med Olimpijo in Mariborom konec februarja" [Cup derbies between Olimpija and Maribor in late February]. rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 17 December 2012.

[rtvslo_sneg2302-6] A.V. (23 February 2013). "Po 24 minutah v Stožicah zmagalo sneženje" [Snowfall won in Stozice after 24 minutes]. RTV Slovenija (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

[7] "V sredo brez tekme v Slovenskih Konjicah, brez termina le še tekma v Domžalah" [No match in Slovenske Konjice on Wednesday, match in Domzale still without a date] (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.

[rtvslo_2702-8] A.V. (27 February 2013). "Rezervist Mezga mariborski junak v Stožicah" [Substitute Mezga became Maribor's hero in Stozice] (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 28 February 2013.

[siol_sf1-9] Rok Plestenjak (8 March 2013). "Žreb: Katanec poslal Maribor v Kranj" [Draw: Katanec sends Maribor to Kranj] (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 11 March 2013.

[nzs_semis-10] "25. krog prestavljen, prestavljeni tudi pokalni dvoboji" [25th round postponed, cup matches postponed as well]. nzs.si (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia official website. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.

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