The 2023 Slovak Cup final (known as the Slovnaft Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the final match of the 2022–23 Slovak Cup, the 54th season of the top cup competition in Slovak football. It was played at the Anton Malatinský Stadium in Trnava, Slovakia, on 1 May 2023.[1][2]

2023 Slovak Cup final
Both sets of fans during the final
Event2022–23 Slovak Cup
Date1 May 2023
VenueAnton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava
RefereeMichal Očenáš
Attendance15,427
2022
2024

It was contested by the defending champions Spartak Trnava and Slovan Bratislava. Interestingly, these teams also met in the 2022 final, and then Slovan Bratislava played at their home stadium. In total, it was the sixth final since the competition was established, in which the fierce rivals will meet.

Teams edit

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)
Spartak Trnava 14 (1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1988, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2019, 2022)
Slovan Bratislava 23 (1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022)

Road to the final edit

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

Spartak Trnava (1) Round Slovan Bratislava (1)
Opponent Result 2022–23 Slovak Cup Opponent Result
Bye Preliminary round Bye
Bye First round Bye
Slavoj Boleráz (4) 1–1 (4–2 p) (A) Second round Branč (5) 2–0 (A)
Trenčianske Stankovce (5) 6–0 (A) Third round Družstevník Malá Mača (6) 7–0 (A)
Sereď (3) 3–0 (A) Fourth round Stropkov (3) 3–2 (A)
Zemplín Michalovce (1) 2–2 (4–3 p) (H) Round of 16 Dukla Banská Bystrica (1) 2–1 (A)
Komárno (2) 2–0 (A) Quarter-finals ŠTK Šamorín (2) 1–1 (4–3 p) (N)
Trenčín (1) 2–1 (A), 3–0 (H) (5–1 agg.) Semi-finals Skalica (1) 2–1 (H), 3–3 (a.e.t.) (A) (5–4 agg.)

Match edit

Details edit

Spartak Trnava3–1 (a.e.t.)Slovan Bratislava
Report
Attendance: 15,427
Referee: Michal Očenáš
GK 72   Martin Vantruba
RB 24   Kristián Koštrna
CB 2   Lukáš Štetina
CB 26   Sebastian Kóša   72'
LB 33   Filip Twardzik
CM 28   Martin Bukata   80'
CM 88   Kyriakos Savvidis
CM 15   Roman Procházka (c)   80'
RW 91   Kelvin Ofori   94'   116'
CF 12   Abdulrahman Taiwo   80'   120+2'
LW 23   Erik Daniel   106'
Substitutes:
GK 71   Dominik Takáč
FW 7   Milan Ristovski   89'   72'
MF 8   Samuel Štefánik   120+2'
MF 17   Jakub Paur   116'   80'
MF 20   Azeez Oseni
MF 21   Patrick Karhan
MF 22   Alex Iván   116'
DF 77   Kazeem Bolaji   106'
MF 91   Dyjan de Azevedo   80'
Manager:
  Michal Gašparík
GK 31   Martin Trnovský
RB 17   Jurij Medveděv   67'   115'
CB 4   Guram Kashia
CB 81   Vernon De Marco (c)
LB 25   Lukáš Pauschek   115'
DM 20   Jaba Kankava
DM 33   Juraj Kucka
RM 19   Andre Green   80'   84'
AM 10   Giorgi Chakvetadze   84'
LM 23   Zuberu Sharani   66'
CF 77   Aleksandar Čavrić   99'
Substitutes:
GK 1   Adrián Chovan
DF 2   Siemen Voet
MF 3   Uche Henry Agbo   120'   84'
DF 5   Richard Križan
MF 11   Tigran Barseghyan   99'
FW 15   Malik Abubakari   84'
MF 21   Jaromír Zmrhal   66'
MF 26   Filip Lichý   115'
DF 36   Lucas Lovat   115'
Manager:
  Vladimír Weiss


Assistant referees:
Branislav Hancko
Adam Jekkel
Fourth official:
Erik Gemzický
Video assistant referee:
Boris Marhefka
Assistant video assistant referee:
František Ferenc

Match rules

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Rozhodlo sa o dejisku finále Slovnaft Cupu. Hostiť ho bude štadión úradujúceho víťaza". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  2. ^ Sarňák, Branislav (2023-04-03). "SLOVNAFT CUP – Známy je už aj čas výkopu finále". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2023-04-06.