Serbian Football Cup

Serbian Cup
Full name	Lav Kup Srbije
abbreviation	Kup Srbije
Association	FSS
founding	2006
First edition	2006/07
Teams	39
Game mode	Knockout system
Title holder	FK Vojvodina
Record winner	FK Partizan Belgrade (7 wins)
Website	www.fss.rs
Qualification for	UEFA Europa League

The Serbian Football Cup is the national cup competition for Serbian club teams. It has been organized annually by the Serbian Football Association (FSS) since 2006 and is the most important title in national club football after winning the Serbian Championship . Currently the main sponsor of the cup is the Carlsberg Brewery Serbia , and so the competition is named after their most famous beer, Lav beer, and is called Lav Kup Srbije ( Serbian - Cyrillic Лав Куп Србије ), which means Lav Cup of Serbia.

Serbian club previously played for the Yugoslav Cup . This competition lasted until 2003. After the dissolution of Yugoslavia in 1991, a new Yugoslavia was founded, which consisted of the republics of Serbia and Montenegro . She kept the name of Yugoslavia until 2003 when the country changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro . This unification lasted until 2006, when Montenegro gained its independence and thus withdrew from the competition. Since then, the cup has been a tournament exclusively for clubs from Serbia.

The winner of the cup is determined according to the knockout system . The pairings are drawn before each round. The 32 clubs of the SuperLiga and Prva Liga are qualified for the first main round , plus five teams from the lower leagues. If a game ends in a draw after regular playing time, there is a direct penalty shoot-out . The winner of the cup will get a place in the UEFA Europa League if the club has not already qualified through the league. After the break-up of Yugoslavia, Serbia became the sole legal successor to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was founded in 1992 . Thus, all trophies won are considered valid and will continue to be included in football ratings.

The current cup winner (2019) is FK Partizan Belgrade .

Surname

From 1946 to 1991 the Yugoslav Cup competition was called the Marschal Tito Pokal , named after the then Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito . After the break-up of Yugoslavia in 1991, a new Yugoslavia was founded, which consisted of the republics of Serbia and Montenegro , and the competition was called the Yugoslav Cup until 2003 . From 2003 to 2006 the competition was called the Serbia and Montenegro Cup . After Montenegro gained its independence, the cup was renamed the Serbian Cup and has been a competition of the Serbian club teams since 2006. Currently, the main sponsor of the cup is the Carlsberg Brewery Serbia , and so the competition is named after their most famous beer, Lav Pivo (Lav beer) and is called Lav Kup (Lav Cup).

trophy

Before the tournament began in its new form in the 2006/07 season, the Serbian Football Association decided that the competition should receive a new trophy, and the last trophy won by Red Star ended up in the museum of the great Belgrade club. To create a new design, a competition was given at the University of the Arts in Belgrade, where the respective students designed their creations. The Serbian Association presented the new trophy on December 11, 2006. The artist Mihajlo Mlinar prevailed against 50 other students and won the prize money of 250,000 Serbian dinars (approx. 23,000 € ). The trophy, which was heavily inspired by Serbian Orthodox Christianity as well as the history of Serbia , was considered the perfect trophy for the biggest soccer cup competition in Serbia . On May 15, 2007, Red Star Belgrade won the final against Vojvodina Novi Sad in the Partizan Stadium , making it the first Serbian team to receive the newly designed trophy.

The finals at a glance

season	winner	Result	finalist
02006/07	Red Star Belgrade	2-0	Vojvodina Novi Sad
02007/08	Partizan Belgrade	3-0	FK Zemun
02008/09	Partizan Belgrade	3-0	Sevojno Užice
02009/10	Red Star Belgrade	3-0	Vojvodina Novi Sad
02010/11	Partizan Belgrade	0 2: 1 *	Vojvodina Novi Sad
02011/12	Red Star Belgrade	2-0	Borac Čačak
02012/13	FK Jagodina	1-0	Vojvodina Novi Sad
02013/14	Vojvodina Novi Sad	2-0	FK Jagodina
02014/15	FK Čukarički	1-0	Partizan Belgrade
02015/16	Partizan Belgrade	2-0	FK Javor Ivanjica
02016/17	Partizan Belgrade	1-0	Red Star Belgrade
02017/18	Partizan Belgrade	2: 1	FK Mladost Lučani
02018/19	Partizan Belgrade	1-0	Red Star Belgrade

* The game was later rated 3-0 for Partizan Belgrade.

Ranking list of winners

society	Victories *	Year (s)
Partizan Belgrade	7th	2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Red Star Belgrade	3	2007, 2010, 2012
FK Jagodina	1	2013
Vojvodina Novi Sad	1	2014
FK Čukarički	1	2015

* After the breakup of Yugoslavia , Serbia became the sole legal successor to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which was founded in 1992. Thus, all trophies won are considered valid and will continue to be included in football ratings. The current cup winner is Partizan Belgrade . The record winner is Red Star Belgrade with 24 titles, including three in the Serbian Cup, followed by Partizan Belgrade with 16 titles, including seven Serbian Cups.

Web links

• fss.rs: Official website of the Serbian Football Association Fudbalski savez Srbije (FSS) (Serbian, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fss.rs: Final rated 3: 0 for Partizan ( memento of the original from March 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article of May 16, 2011 (Serbian)