2017 Slovenian Football Cup Final
# 2017 Slovenian Football Cup Final

The 2017 Slovenian Football Cup was the final match of the 2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup to decide the winner of the 26th edition of the Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenia's top knockout tournament. It was played on 31 May 2017 at Bonifika Stadium in Koper and was won by Domžale, who defeated Olimpija Ljubljana, winning their second cup title.

## Background

The final was played between Domžale and Olimpija Ljubljana, both competing in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. This was the first time that Domžale and Olimpija met in the cup final. Domžale previously competed in two finals, winning the competition once, when they defeated Maribor in the 2010–11 edition. Olimpija never competed in the cup final since the club's establishment in 2005.

## Road to the final

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

| Domžale | Domžale | Domžale | Domžale | Round | Olimpija Ljubljana | Olimpija Ljubljana | Olimpija Ljubljana | Olimpija Ljubljana |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| Tolmin | 4–1 (a.e.t.) (A) | 4–1 (a.e.t.) (A) | 4–1 (a.e.t.) (A) | Round of 16 | Turnišče | 2–0 (A) | 2–0 (A) | 2–0 (A) |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Krško | 4–1 | 2–0 (A) | 2–1 (H) | Quarter-finals | Aluminij | 6–2 | 2–1 (H) | 4–1 (A) |
| Krka | 4–0 | 2–0 (H) | 2–0 (A) | Semi-finals | Maribor | 3–2 | 2–1 (H) | 1–1 (A) |

## Match details

| Domžale | Olimpija |
| - | - |

DOMŽALE: :

| GK | 1 | Dejan Milić (c) |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 17 | Matija Širok |
| DF | 25 | Miha Blažič |
| DF | 27 | Gaber Dobrovoljc | 7' |
| DF | 29 | Jure Balkovec | 83' |
| MF | 90 | Zeni Husmani |
| MF | 30 | Petar Franjić | 79' |
| MF | 37 | Žan Majer |
| MF | 4 | Amedej Vetrih | 90+3' |
| MF | 15 | Jan Repas | 87' |
| FW | 7 | Ivan Firer | 79' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 60 | Kristjan Matošević |
| DF | 6 | Rok Elsner |
| DF | 33 | Matija Rom |
| MF | 5 | Luka Volarič | 79' |
| MF | 13 | Žan Žužek |
| MF | 70 | Luka Žinko |
| FW | 92 | Elvis Bratanović | 87' |
| Manager: |||
| Simon Rožman ||||

OLIMPIJA: :

| GK | 13 | Rok Vodišek |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 2 | Denis Klinar | 57' |
| DF | 27 | Aris Zarifović | 90+3' |
| DF | 32 | Nemanja Mitrović (c) | 90+3' |
| DF | 44 | Dino Štiglec |
| MF | 21 | Kingsley Boateng | 13' | 51' |
| MF | 88 | Danijel Miškić | 64' |
| MF | 6 | Alexandru Crețu | 10' 56' |
| MF | 17 | Andraž Kirm | 52' | 77' |
| FW | 26 | Leon Benko | 72' |
| FW | 28 | Abass Issah | | 61' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 41 | Nejc Vidmar |
| DF | 30 | Branko Ilić |
| DF | 33 | Kenan Bajrić | 61' |
| MF | 16 | Ricardo Alves |
| MF | 18 | Jakob Novak |
| FW | 10 | Julius Wobay | 51' |
| FW | 11 | Nathan Oduwa | 77' |
| Manager: |||
| Safet Hadžić ||||

* Assistant referees:
* Tomaž Klančnik
* Andraž Kovačič
* Additional assistant referees:
* Rade Obrenović
* Roberto Ponis
* Fourth official:
* Matej Jug
* Delegate:
* Jože Tomšič
* 2016–17 Slovenian Cup Winners
* Domžale 2nd title
