2011–12 Slovenian Football Cup

2011–12 Slovenian Football Cup

Country	Slovenia
Teams	28
Champions	Maribor (7th title)
Runners-up	Celje
Matches played	31
Goals scored	120 (3.87 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Etien Velikonja (6 goals)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Slovenian Cup was the 21st season of Slovenia's football knockout competition. Domžale were the defending champions, having won their first Slovenian Cup last season.

Maribor have won their 7th cup, beating Celje in the final after penalty shoot-out.

The runner-up of the competition qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, since Maribor was already qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League as Slovenian PrvaLiga champions.

Qualified clubs

2010–11 Slovenian PrvaLiga members

• Celje
• Domžale
• Gorica
• Koper
• Maribor
• Nafta
• Olimpija
• Rudar
• Triglav Kranj
• Primorje (dissolved following the 2010–11 season)

Qualified through MNZ Regional Cups

Winners and runners-up of the regional MNZ cups.

• MNZ Ljubljana: Krka, Interblock
• MNZ Maribor: Marles Hiše, Malečnik
• MNZ Celje: Krško, MU Šentjur
• MNZ Koper: Portorož Piran, Ilirska Bistrica
• MNZ Nova Gorica: Adria, Tolmin
• MNZ Murska Sobota: Veržej, Grad
• MNZ Lendava: Hotiza, Odranci
• MNZ Kranj: Šenčur, Britof
• MNZ Ptuj: Drava, Zavrč

First round

These matches took place on 23 and 24 August 2011. Adria and MU Šentjur are automatically qualified for the Second round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Marles Hiše	0–6	Zavrč
Krka	3–3 (a.e.t) 11–12 (pen)	Tolmin
Portorož Piran	1–6	Šenčur
Malečnik	1–2	Interblock
Hotiza	0–5	Gorica
Veržej	2–3	Odranci
Ilirska Bistrica	1–2	Rudar Velenje
Grad	1–3	Celje
Britof	1–2	Triglav
Krško	0–2	Nafta Lendava

Round of 16

These matches took place on 6 and 14 September 2011. Maribor played their match on 8 October due to Europa League group stage matches.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Triglav Kranj	0−1	Celje
MU Šentjur	0−10	Rudar Velenje
Adria	0−2	Maribor
Šenčur	1−0	Nafta Lendava
Zavrč	5−0	Domžale
Odranci	0−7	Interblock
Tolmin	1−2	Gorica
Koper	2−0	Olimpija

Quarter-finals

The first legs took place on 18, 19 and 26 October 2011 and the second legs took place on 25 and 26 October and 16 November 2011.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rudar Velenje	3–2	Gorica	2–1	1–1
Interblock	2–7	Celje	2–0	0–7
Šenčur	2–2 (a)	Koper	0–0	2–2
Zavrč	3–4	Maribor	3–3	0–1

Semi-finals

The first legs took place on 11 April 2012 and the second legs took place on 18 April 2012.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rudar Velenje	4–8	Maribor	2–4	2–4
Šenčur	2–2 (a.e.t) 7–8 (pen)	Celje	1–1	1–1

Final

Celje v Maribor

23 May 2012 20:45 CEST

Celje	2–2 (a.e.t)	Maribor
Romih  36' Verbič  92'	Report	Volaš  46' Črnic  99'
	Penalties
Verbič Gobec Bezjak Romih Centrih	2–3	Cvijanović Rajčević Volaš Mejač Tavares

Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Matej Jug

References

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