2024 Slovak Cup final explained

2024 Slovak Cup Final
Event:2023–24 Slovak Cup
Team1:Ružomberok
Team1score:1
Team2:Spartak Trnava
Team2score:0
Date:1 May 2024
Stadium:Košická futbalová aréna, Košice
Referee:Ivan Kružliak
Attendance:8,764
Previous:2023
Next:2025

The 2024 Slovak Cup final (known as the Slovnaft Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the final match of the 2023–24 Slovak Cup, the 55th season of the top cup competition in Slovak football. The match was played on 1 May 2024,[1] contested by MFK Ružomberok and FC Spartak Trnava.

Teams

In the following table, finals until 1993 were in the Czechoslovak era, since 1994 were in the Slovak era.

TeamPrevious final appearances (bold indicates winners)
Ružomberok4 (2001, 2006, 2018, 2020)
Spartak Trnava15 (1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1988, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2019, 2022, 2023)

Road to the final

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

Round
OpponentResult2023–24 Slovak CupOpponentResult
ByePreliminary roundBye
ByeFirst roundBye
Dynamo Diviaky (4)4–0 (A)Second round8–0 (A)
Sokol Zubrohlava (4)3–0 (A)Third roundLehota pod Vtáčnikom (3)7–0 (A)
Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš (2)1–1 (4–3 p) (H)Fourth roundPovažská Bystrica (2)2–1 (A)
Pohronie (2)2–0 (H)Round of 163–2 (A)
1–0 (A)Quarter-finals2–0 (A)
5–0 (A), 0–1 (H) (5–1 agg.)Semi-finals1–0 (H), 0–0 (A) (1–0 agg.)

Match

Details

GK 34 Tomáš Frühwald
RB 22 Šimon Gabriel
CB 32 Matúš Malý
LB 2
RM 4
CM 11 Samuel Lavrinčík
CM 24 Marek Zsigmund (c)
LM 28 Alexander Selecký
RW 14
CF 30 Martin Chrien
LW 17
Substitutes:
GK 1 Dominik Ťapaj
DF 3
MF 6
MF 8
MF 10
FW 13
FW 15
FW 18 Martin Boďa
DF 39
Manager:
Ondřej Smetana
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GK 71 Dominik Takáč
RB 18
CB 24
CB 26 Sebastian Kóša
LB 29 Martin Mikovič (c)
DM 80
RM 23
CM 97 Kelvin Ofori
CM 6
LM 11 Philip Azango
CF 57
Substitutes:
GK 31
DF 2 Lukáš Štetina
MF 8 Samuel Štefánik
DF 13 Marek Ujlaky
MF 17
MF 25 Filip Bainović
MF 28
DF 77 Kazeem Bolaji
FW 88
Manager:
Michal Gašparík
Assistant referees


František Ferenc
Martin Vitko
Fourth official


Michal Smolák
Video assistant referee


Michal Očenáš
Assistant video assistant referee


Filip Glova

Match rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SLOVNAFT CUP - Spoznali sme semifinálové dvojice. Obhajcu z Trnavy čaká Podbrezová, Lipany privítajú Ružomberok. 2024-04-20. www.futbalsfz.sk. sk.