2000–01 Slovenian Football Cup

2000–01 Slovenian Football Cup
Tournament details
Country	Slovenia
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Gorica (1st title)
Runners-up	Olimpija
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	143 (3.76 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Anton Žlogar (7 goals)

The 2000–01 Slovenian Football Cup was the tenth season of the Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenia's football knockout competition.

Qualified clubs

1999–2000 Slovenian PrvaLiga members

Qualified through MNZ Regional Cups

MNZ Ljubljana: Elan, Bela Krajina, Livar
MNZ Maribor: Železničar Maribor, Pobrežje, Paloma
MNZ Celje: Šentjur, Vransko
MNZ Koper: Korte, Jadran
MNZ Nova Gorica: Renče, Tolmin
MNZ Murska Sobota: Bakovci, Kema Puconci
MNZ Lendava: Nafta Lendava, Odranci
MNZG-Kranj: Triglav Kranj, Bled
MNZ Ptuj: Boč, Aluminij

First round

The first round matches took place between 15 July and 6 August 2000.

15 July 2000	Vransko	1–4	Maribor	Vransko
17:30 CEST	Korun 53'	Report	Balajić 45' Ekmečić 77', 90' Cipot 85'	Stadium: Videm Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Andrej Tratnjek

16 July 2000	Livar	0–2	Korotan Prevalje	Ivančna Gorica
16:30 CEST		Report	Popescu 44', 88'	Stadium: Ivančna Gorica Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Robert Šegula

16 July 2000	Korte	1–6	Gorica	Malija
17:30 CEST	Baruca 25'	Report	Srebrnič 34' Gutalj 39', 76' Žlogar 51', 66', 80'	Stadium: Malija Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Aleksander Likič

16 July 2000	Bled	0–7	Dravograd	Bled
17:30 CEST		Report	Koren 11', 40', 81' Kitić 28' Vidovič 38', 88' Cirkvenčič 70'	Stadium: Bled Sports Centre Attendance: 100 Referee: Robert Zirnstein

16 July 2000	Olimpija	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Celje	Šmartno ob Paki
17:30 CEST	Jukić 113'	Report		Stadium: Šmartno Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Matjaž Bohinc

16 July 2000	Pohorje	0–1	Mura	Ruše
17:30 CEST		Report	Cifer 90+3'	Stadium: NK Pohorje Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Milan Mitrovič

16 July 2000	Kema Puconci	1–5	Domžale	Puconci
17:30 CEST	Banfi 59'	Report	Kostić 42' Šalja 72', 82' Kušar 80' Turković 85'	Stadium: Igrišče v Puconcih Attendance: 350 Referee: Niko Vivod

16 July 2000	Renče	0–5	Primorje	Renče
17:30 CEST		Report	Gregorič 52' Pate 54', 73' Reljić 60' Starčevič 78'	Stadium: Renče Sports Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Damjan Mihalič

16 July 2000	Železničar Maribor	1–4	Rudar Velenje	Maribor
17:30 CEST	Dvoršak 2'	Report	Sprečaković 15' Spasojević 30' Dragić 39' Šumnik 54'	Stadium: Tabor Sports Park Attendance: 150 Referee: Drago Kos

6 August 2000	Aluminij	10–0	Bela Krajina	Kidričevo
17:00 CEST	Majcen 4', 64', 89' Jevđenič 32' Franci 48' Fridauer 49' A. Čeh 50', 83', 87' Pučko 55'	Report		Stadium: Aluminij Sports Park Attendance: 250 Referee: Edi Kerčmar

6 August 2000	Tolmin	0–1	Bakovci	Tolmin
17:00 CEST		Report	Benko 72'	Stadium: Brajda Attendance: 200 Referee: Janez Babnik

6 August 2000	Boč	0–4	Paloma	Poljčane
17:00 CEST		Report	Štorgelj 13' Velički 29', 47' Žabota 43'	Stadium: NK Boč Stadium Attendance: 220 Referee: Boris Jeneš

6 August 2000	Triglav Kranj	7–2	Odranci	Kranj
17:00 CEST	Srovin 4', 50', 78' Feigel 10' (pen.) Mrak 38' J. Žagar 40' Plastovski 90'	Report	Zadravec 33' Virag 88'	Stadium: Stanko Mlakar Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Bojan Brence

6 August 2000	Elan	1–0	Pobrežje	Krško
17:00 CEST	Kefert 42'	Report		Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Milan Kogej

6 August 2000	Nafta	5–0	Beltinci	Lendava
17:00 CEST	Gostan 19', 80' Ulen 29' Utroša 53' Varga 59'	Report		Stadium: Lendava Sports Park Attendance: 600 Referee: Zoran Novarlič

6 August 2000	Jadran	2–1	Šentjur	Kozina
17:00 CEST	Udovič 47' Rastoder 69'	Report	Založnik 85'	Stadium: Krvavi Potok Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Marjan Rajh

Round of 16

The round of 16 matches took place between 5 and 7 September 2000.

5 September 2000	Paloma	0–9	Olimpija	Sladki Vrh
16:30 CEST		Report	Rakovič 19', 65' Cimirotič 41' Agič 44' Kosič 56' Kujović 72', 89' Puc 78', 84'	Stadium: NK Paloma Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Andrej Tratnjek

5 September 2000	Gorica	3–0	Domžale	Nova Gorica
16:30 CEST	Srebrnič 67' Žlogar 77' Ipavec 88'	Report		Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Darko Čeferin

6 September 2000	Aluminij	0–2	Maribor	Kidričevo
16:30 CEST		Report	N. Čeh 42' Ekmečić 68'	Stadium: Aluminij Sports Park Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Matjaž Bohinc

6 September 2000	Triglav Kranj	1–3	Primorje	Kranj
16:30 CEST	Mrak 31'	Report	Pate 70' (pen.), 78' Barut 86'	Stadium: Stanko Mlakar Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Robert Zirnstein

6 September 2000	Jadran	3–0	Nafta	Kozina
16:30 CEST	Pirc 21' (pen.) Udovič 51' Begić 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Krvavi Potok Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Milan Kogej

6 September 2000	Mura	0–2	Dravograd	Murska Sobota
16:30 CEST		Report	Kitić 20' Cirkvenčič 85'	Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Stevo Govedarević

6 September 2000	Rudar Velenje	1–0	Korotan Prevalje	Velenje
18:00 CEST	Spasojević 14'	Report		Stadium: Ob Jezeru Attendance: 251 Referee: Srečko Kandare

7 September 2000	Bakovci	1–2	Elan	Bakovci
16:30 CEST	Benko 18'	Report	Dobrijević 52', 72'	Stadium: ŠRC Bakovci Attendance: 250 Referee: Bojan Brence

Quarter-finals

The first legs of the quarter-finals took place on 18 October, and the second legs took place on 25 October 2000.

First legs

18 October 2000	Dravograd	1–2	Rudar Velenje	Dravograd
15:30 CEST	Šteharnik 89'	Report	Lavrič 52', 55'	Stadium: Dravograd Sports Centre Attendance: 400 Referee: Zoran Novarlič

18 October 2000	Gorica	6–1	Primorje	Nova Gorica
15:30 CEST	Gutalj 23', 54' Pitamic 51' Šnofl 68' Reščič 71' Žlogar 75'	Report	Starčevič 90'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 700 Referee: Srečko Kandare

18 October 2000	Elan	1–0	Jadran	Novo Mesto
15:30 CEST	Kršić 85'	Report		Stadium: Portoval Attendance: 100 Referee: Emir Huselja

18 October 2000	Maribor	2–0	Olimpija	Maribor
18:00 CEST	N. Čeh 7' Šarkezi 87'	Report		Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Robert Krajnc

Second legs

25 October 2000	Primorje	0–1 (1–7 agg.)	Gorica	Ajdovščina
14:30 CEST		Report	Kovačevič 87'	Stadium: Ajdovščina City Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Robert Šegula

25 October 2000	Jadran	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Elan	Kozina
14:30 CEST	Malešević 9'	Report	B. Žagar 26' (pen.)	Stadium: Krvavi Potok Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Gregor Ihan

25 October 2000	Rudar Velenje	2–1 (4–2 agg.)	Dravograd	Velenje
16:00 CEST	Jolič 56' Spasojević 90+2'	Report	Rebol 69'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru Attendance: 400 Referee: Matjaž Bohinc

25 October 2000	Olimpija	3–0 (3–2 agg.)	Maribor	Ljubljana
18:00 CEST	Cimirotič 12' Škoro 15', 87'	Report		Stadium: Bežigrad Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Darko Čeferin

Semi-finals

The first legs of the semi-finals took place on 14 March, and the second legs took place on 4 April 2001.

First legs

14 March 2001	Gorica	3–1	Elan	Nova Gorica
15:15 CET	Gutalj 38', 57' Žlogar 65'	Report	B. Žagar 87'	Stadium: Sports Park Attendance: 500 Referee: Robert Zirnstein

14 March 2001	Rudar Velenje	0–2	Olimpija	Velenje
18:00 CET		Report	Cimirotič 13' Jolič 18'	Stadium: Ob Jezeru Attendance: 400 Referee: Peter Šart

Second legs

4 April 2001	Elan	2–2 (3–5 agg.)	Gorica	Novo Mesto
16:00 CEST	Majerle 52' Perše 67'	Report	Šakiri 70' (pen.) Ipavec 74'	Stadium: Portoval Attendance: 700 Referee: Milan Mitrovič

4 April 2001	Olimpija	4–1 (6–1 agg.)	Rudar Velenje	Ljubljana
18:00 CEST	Jolič 39', 42' (pen.) Jukić 73' Kmetec 78'	Report	Bošković 45'	Stadium: Bežigrad Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Robert Šegula

Final

First leg

8 May 2001

18:00 CEST

Olimpija	1–0	Gorica
Cimirotič 20'	Report

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Robert Krajnc

Second leg

17 May 2001

17:00 CEST

Gorica	4–2	Olimpija
Ipavec 45' Žlogar 60' Pitamic 67' Šakiri 84' (pen.)	Report	Rakovič 82' Ošlaj 89'

Nova Gorica Sports Park, Nova Gorica

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Darko Čeferin

Gorica won 4–3 on aggregate.

References

"Pokal Slovenije 2000/01". Football Association of Slovenia official website. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

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