2016 Slovenian Football Cup Final
# 2016 Slovenian Football Cup Final

The 2016 Slovenian Football Cup was the final match of the 2015–16 Slovenian Football Cup to decide the winner of the 25th edition of the Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenia's top knockout tournament. It was played on 25 May 2016 at Bonifika Stadium in Koper and was won by Maribor, who defeated Celje 7–6 after the penalty shootout. This was the ninth cup title for Maribor.

## Background

The final was played between Celje and Maribor, both competing in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. This was the third time that Maribor and Celje met in the cup final, having faced each other in the final during the 2011–12 and 2012–13 cup edition with Maribor winning both editions. Celje previously competed in eight finals, but won only once, when they defeated Gorica in the 2004–05 cup edition.

## Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.

| Celje | Celje | Celje | Celje | Round | Maribor | Maribor | Maribor | Maribor |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Result | Result | Knockout phase | Opponent | Result | Result | Result |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | First round | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Mura | 3–0 (A) | 3–0 (A) | 3–0 (A) | Round of 16 | Tolmin | 3–0 (A) | 3–0 (A) | 3–0 (A) |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Olimpija | 5–3 | 2–2 (A) | 3–1 (H) | Quarter-finals | Rudar Velenje | 3–1 | 0–1 (A) | 3–0 (H) |
| Domžale | 2–0 | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (A) | Semi-finals | Zavrč | 6–3 | 1–2 (A) | 5–1 (a.e.t.) (H) |

## Match details

| Celje | Maribor |
| - | - |

CELJE: :

| GK | 12 | Matic Kotnik |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 27 | Damir Hadžić |
| DF | 6 | Tilen Klemenčič | 88' |
| DF | 30 | Tadej Vidmajer |
| DF | 16 | Jure Travner |
| MF | 25 | Lovre Čirjak | 109' |
| MF | 4 | Blaž Vrhovec (c) | 87' |
| MF | 8 | Danijel Miškić |
| MF | 19 | Marko Pajač | 61' |
| FW | 14 | Matej Podlogar |
| FW | 11 | Sunny Omoregie |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 1 | Amel Mujčinović |
| DF | 2 | Žiga Kous | 88' |
| DF | 5 | Marko Krajcer |
| FW | 9 | Érico Sousa | 109' |
| DF | 10 | Rudi Požeg Vancaš |
| MF | 23 | Nino Pungaršek | 61' |
| MF | 32 | Janez Pišek |
| Manager: |||
| Robert Pevnik ||||

MARIBOR: :

| GK | 33 | Jasmin Handanović |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 35 | Rodrigo Defendi |
| DF | 44 | Denis Šme |
| DF | 28 | Mitja Viler |
| MF | 70 | Aleš Mertelj (c) |
| MF | 5 | Željko Filipović |
| MF | 8 | Sintayehu Sallalich | 69' |
| MF | 24 | Marwan Kabha |
| MF | 95 | Marko Janković |
| FW | 14 | Jean-Philippe Mendy | 91' |
| FW | 20 | Gregor Bajde | 74' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 1 | Aljaž Cotman |
| DF | 3 | Erik Janža |
| MF | 4 | Marko Šuler |
| MF | 9 | Marcos Tavares | 91' |
| FW | 11 | Milivoje Novaković | 74' |
| FW | 22 | Dare Vršič | 69' |
| MF | 39 | Damjan Bohar |
| Manager: |||
| Darko Milanič ||||

* Assistant referees:
* Matej Žunič
* Rafael Ajdovec
* Fourth official:
* Jure Praprotnik
* Delegate:
* Iztok Gustinčič
* 2015–16 Slovenian Cup Winners
* Maribor 9th title
