Cup Slovenije 2012/13

Cup Slovenije 2012/13
Cup winners	NK Maribor (8th title)
Europa League qualification	NK Celje
Beginning	August 21, 2012
final	May 29, 2013
Final stadium	Stadium Bonifika , Koper
Teams	28
Games	31
Gates	93  (ø 3 per game)
spectator	23,320  (ø 752 per game)
Top scorer	Three players with four goals each
yellow cards	132  (ø 4.26 per game)
Yellow and red cards	5  (ø 0.16 per game)
Red cards	4  (ø 0.13 per game)
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The Pokal Slovenije 2012/13 was the 22nd edition of the Slovenian men's soccer cup and was won by NK Maribor with a 1-0 final victory over NK Celje . It was the re-edition of the previous year's final, which was also won by Maribor.

As Maribor had already qualified for the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League via the Slovenian League, as in the previous year , Celje started in the first qualifying round of the Europa League .

Events

The game rounds were played on the following dates:

• 1st main round: 21./22. August 2012 (Tue / Wed)
• Round of 16: September 19 / December 31 October 2012 (Wed.)
• Quarter-finals: October 24, 2012/27. February 2013 (Wed.) & October 31/21. November 2012/6. March 2013 (Wed.)
• Semi-finals: May 1, 2013 (Wed) & May 8, 2013 (Wed)
• Final: May 29, 2013 (Wed.)

Tournament schedule

1 round

The games of the first main round took place on August 23 and 24, 2011.

date	Home team		Visiting team	Result
August 21, 2012, 5:00 p.m.	NK Jesenice	-	NK Zavrč	0: 3 1
August 21, 2012, 5:00 p.m.	NK Šalovci	-	ND Gorica	1: 6 (1: 2)
08/22/2012, 5:00 p.m.	Tehnotim Pesnica	-	NK Domžale	1: 2 (0: 0)
08/22/2012, 5:00 p.m.	NK Brda	-	NK Šenčur	1: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 1: 1), 8: 7 i. E.
08/22/2012, 5:00 p.m.	NK Dravograd	-	NK Rudar Velenje	1: 3 (0: 1)
08/22/2012, 5:00 p.m.	NK Tromejnik	-	FC Koper	0: 2 (0: 1)
08/22/2012, 5:00 p.m.	NK Šmarje pri Jelšah	-	NK Aluminij	2: 4 (1: 1)
08/22/2012, 5:00 p.m.	NK Odranci	-	NK Bela krajina	3: 2 (1: 1)
08/22/2012, 5:00 p.m.	NK Turnišče	-	NK Ankaran Hrvatini	0: 8 (0: 3)
08/22/2012, 5:00 p.m.	NK Kamnik	-	ND Dravinja	1: 3 (0: 0)
08/22/2012, 5:00 p.m.	NK Cerknica	-	NK Triglav Kranj	0: 3 (0: 1)

¹ The game was rated 3-0 for Zavrč because Jesenice withdrew his participation in the competition.

Round of 16

The round of 16 games were played on September 19 and October 31, 2012.

date	Home team		Visiting team	Result
19.09.2012, 4:00 p.m.	ND Mura 05	-	NK Olimpija Ljubljana	0: 3 (0: 0)
19.09.2012, 4:00 p.m.	NK Tolmin	-	ND Gorica	1: 4 n.V. (0: 0, 1: 1)
19.09.2012, 4:00 p.m.	NK Dravinja	-	NK Domžale	2: 1 (1: 0)
19.09.2012, 4:00 p.m.	NK Aluminij	-	NK Rudar Velenje	1: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 1: 1), 4: 3 i. E.
19.09.2012, 4:00 p.m.	NK Brda	-	NK Celje	0: 3 (0: 1)
19.09.2012, 4:00 p.m.	NK Odranci	-	NK Triglav	0: 2 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0)
19.09.2012, 5:00 p.m.	NK Ankaran Hrvatini	-	FC Koper	0: 3 (0: 2)
October 31, 2012, 7:00 p.m.	NK Zavrč	-	NK Maribor	0: 2 (0: 2)

Quarter finals

The first legs of the quarter-finals took place on October 24, 2012 and February 27, 2013, the second legs on October 31, November 21, 2012 and March 6, 2013.

	total		First leg	Return leg
NK Triglav	2: 1	FC Koper	0: 1	2: 0 a.d.
NK Aluminij	3: 2	ND Gorica	1: 2	2-0
NK Celje	3-0	NK Dravinja	2-0	1-0
NK Olimpija Ljubljana	2: 3	NK Maribor	1: 3	1-0

Semifinals

The first leg of the semi-finals took place on May 1, 2013, the second leg on May 8, 2013.

	total		First leg	Return leg
NK Triglav	2: 5	NK Maribor	2: 2	0: 3
NK Aluminij	(a)1: 1 ( a )	NK Celje	1: 1	0-0

final

The final took place on May 29, 2013.

pairing	NK Maribor - NK Celje
Result	1: 0 (0: 0)
date	May 29, 2013
Stadion	Stadium Bonifika , Koper
spectator	1,500
referee	Matej Jug
Gates	1-0 Ibraimi (44th)
NK Maribor	Jasmin Handanovič - Mitja Viler , Arghus , Nejc Potokar , Martin Milec - Dejan Mezga , Goran Cvijanović (79th Željko Filipović ), Aleš Mertelj , Agim Ibraimi - Marcos Tavares , Robert Berić Trainer: Darko Milanič
NK Celje	Matic Kotnik - Miha Korošec , Marko Krajcer , Mitja Žitko , Sebastjan Gobec - Blaž Vrhovec , Miha Zajc - Alexander Srdić (61st Nejc Plesec ), Benjamin Verbič , Gregor Bajde (76th Aleksandar Bajić ) - Andraž Žurej Trainer: Miloš Rus
yellow cards	none - Vrhovec, Verbič, Plesec

Winning team

1.

NK Maribor

Goal : Jasmin Handanovič , Marko Pridigar , Dragan Topić Defense : Arghus , Aleš Mejač , Nejc Mevlja , Nejc Potokar , Aleksander Rajčevič , Dejan Trajkovski , Jovan Vidovič , Damjan Vukliševič Midfield : Goran Cvijanovič , Timotej Dodlek , Željko Filipovič , Anel Hajrič , Dino Hotić , Luka Lazar , Zoran Lesjak , Aleš Mertelj , Dejan Mezga , Martin Milec , Ranko Moravec , Petar Stojanović , Mitja Viler Attack : Robert Berić , Nusmir Fajić , Agim Ibraimi , Marcos Tavares , Rok Sirk , Matija Smrekar , Luka Zahovič Coach : Darko Milanič

Web links

• Official website
• The Pokal Slovenije 2012/13 in the database of Weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Match report on the official website of the Pokal Slovenije , accessed on February 18, 2014.