2023–24 Slovak Cup Explained

Slovak Cup
Year:	2023–24
Other Titles:	Slovnaft Cup
Country:	Slovakia
Num Teams:	281
Defending Champions:	Spartak Trnava
Winners:	Ružomberok
Second:	Spartak Trnava
Prev Season:	2022–23
Next Season:	2024–25

The 2023–24 Slovak Cup was the 55th season of the annual Slovak football cup competition. It was sponsored by Slovnaft and known as the Slovnaft Cup for sponsorship purposes. The winners qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.^[1] Slovak First Football League team Spartak Trnava were the defending champions, having defeated rivals Slovan Bratislava in the previous season's final for their second consecutive title and eighth title overall.

Ružomberok won the cup on 1 May 2024, defeating Spartak Trnava 1–0 in the final.^{[2] [3]}

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.

Teams

Round	Main date	New entries this round	Previous round winners	Number of fixtures	Clubs remaining
Preliminary round	22 July 2023	102	0	51	281
First round	2 August 2023	153	51	102	230
Second round	23 August 2023	26	102	64	128
Third round	27 September 2023	0	64	32	64
Fourth round	25 October 2023	0	32	16	32
Round of 16	8 November 2023	0	16	8	16
Quarter-finals	28 February 2024	0	8	4	8
Semi-finals	2/3 and 16/17 April 2024	0	4	4	4
Final	1 May 2024	0	2	1	2

Preliminary round

|-!colspan="3" align="center"|19 July 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|20 July 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|22 July 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|23 July 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|26 July 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|28 July 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|29 July 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|30 July 2023|}Sources:^{[4] [5]}

First round

|-!colspan="3" align="center"|26 July 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|29 July 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|30 July 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|31 July 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|2 August 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|4 August 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|5 August 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|6 August 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|8 August 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|9 August 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|11 August 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|16 August 2023|}

Second round

|-!colspan="3" align="center"|16 August 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|22 August 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|23 August 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|29 August 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|30 August 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|6 September 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|13 September 2023|}

Third round

|-!colspan="3" align="center"|6 September 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|20 September 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|26 September 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|27 September 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|3 October 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|4 October 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|10 October 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|11 October 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|18 October 2023|}

Fourth round

|-!colspan="3" align="center"|24 October 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|25 October 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|1 November 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|18 November 2023|}

Round of 16

|-!colspan="3" align="center"|7 November 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|8 November 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|17 November 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|29 November 2023|-!colspan="3" align="center"|3 February 2024|-!colspan="3" align="center"|28 February 2024|}

Quarter-finals

Summary

|-!colspan="3" align="center"|28 February 2024|-!colspan="3" align="center"|6 March 2024|-!colspan="3" align="center"|13 March 2024|}

Matches

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Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 14 March 2024.^[6]

Summary

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Matches

Ružomberok won 5–1 on aggregate.----Spartak Trnava won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

See main article: article and 2024 Slovak Cup final.

See also

• 2023–24 Slovak First Football League
• 2024–25 UEFA Europa League

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Access List 2024/25 . 2023-08-14 . kassiesa.net.
2. Web site: Čurný . Juraj . 2023-07-04 . Komuniké zo zasadnutia VV SFZ zo dňa 4.7.2023. 2023-08-14 . futbalsfz.sk . sk.
3. Web site: . 2023-07-06 . Finále Slovnaft Cupu bude v Košiciach, v hre je rekordných 281 tímov . 2023-08-14 . teraz.sk . sk.
4. Web site: Sarňák . Branislav . 2023-07-21 . SLOVNAFT CUP – Prvých postupujúcich rekordného ročníka už poznáme, ďalšia porcia duelov cez víkend . 2023-08-14 . futbalsfz.sk . sk.
5. Web site: Sarňák . Branislav . 2023-07-31 . SLOVNAFT CUP – Predkolo je už minulosť, v 1. kole divácky atraktívne derby o Čierny Balog . 2023-08-14 . futbalsfz.sk . sk.
6. Web site: Prekvapenie Slovnaft Cupu spoznalo súpera. Trnava má šancu na rekord . 2024-03-14 . sportnet.sme.sk . sk.