2022–23 Slovak Cup Explained

Slovak Cup
Year:	2022–23
Other Titles:	Slovnaft Cup
Country:	Slovakia
Winners:	Spartak Trnava
Second:	Slovan Bratislava
Prev Season:	2021–22
Next Season:	2023–24

The 2022–23 Slovak Cup was the 54th edition of the competition.

Spartak Trnava were the defending champions, defeating their rivals Slovan Bratislava in the 2022 final.

Spartak Trnava won a second consecutive title, defeating again Slovan in the final.

Spartak Trnava earned automatic qualification for the UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round.^[1]

Format

The Slovak Cup is played as a knockout tournament. All matches that end up as a draw after 90 minutes are decided by penalty shoot-outs. All rounds are played as one-off matches except the semi-finals, which are played over two legs.

Preliminary round

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First round

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Second round

|-!colspan="3" align="center"|9 August 2022|-!colspan="3" align="center"|10 August 2022|-!colspan="3" align="center"|16 August 2022|-!colspan="3" align="center"|23 August 2022|-!colspan="3" align="center"|24 August 2022|-!colspan="3" align="center"|31 August 2022|-!colspan="3" align="center"|6 September 2022|-!colspan="3" align="center"|7 September 2022 |-!colspan="3" align="center"|24 September 2022|}

Third round

|-!colspan="3" align="center"|13 September 2022|-!colspan="3" align="center"|14 September 2022 |-!colspan="3" align="center"|20 September 2022|-!colspan="3" align="center"|21 September 2022|-!colspan="3" align="center"|28 September 2022|}

Fourth round

The draw for the fourth round was held on 3 October 2022.^[2] |-!colspan="3" align="center"|11 October 2022|-!colspan="3" align="center"|18 October 2022 |-!colspan="3" align="center"|19 October 2022|-!colspan="3" align="center"|25 October 2022|-!colspan="3" align="center"|26 October 2022|-!colspan="3" align="center"|9 November 2022|}

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 27 October 2022.^[3] |-!colspan="3" align="center"|8 November 2022|-!colspan="3" align="center"|9 November 2022|-!colspan="3" align="center"|7 February 2023|}

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 22 November 2022.^[4]

Summary

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Matches

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Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 2 March 2023.^[5]

Summary

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Matches

Spartak Trnava won 5–1 on aggregate.----Slovan Bratislava won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

See main article: article and 2023 Slovak Cup final.

See also: Traditional derby.

See also

• 2022–23 Slovak First Football League
• 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League

External links

• Slovak Cup at Futbalnet.sk
• Slovak Cup at Soccerway.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Access List 2023/24 . 2022-10-20 . kassiesa.net.
2. Web site: Sarňák . Branislav . 2022-10-03 . SLOVNAFT CUP – Žreb určil dvojice 4. kola . 2022-10-20 . futbalsfz.sk . sk.
3. Web site: Sarňák . Branislav . 2022-10-27 . SLOVNAFT CUP – V 5. kole obhajca proti Michalovciam i východoslovenské derby . 2022-10-29 . futbalsfz.sk . sk.
4. Web site: Sarňák . Branislav . 2022-10-27 . SLOVNAFT CUP – Druholigisti privítajú v štvrťfinále kluby najvyššej súťaže . 2022-11-25 . futbalsfz.sk . sk.
5. Web site: Repríza finále? Slovan a Trnava sa v semifinále Slovnaft Cupu nestretnú . 2023-03-02 . sportnet.sme.sk . sk.