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

• Beltinci
• Celje
• Domžale
• Dravograd
• Gorica
• Korotan Prevalje
• Maribor
• Mura
• Olimpija
• Pohorje
• Primorje
• Rudar Velenje

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 on 15, 16 July and 6 August 2000.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Pohorje	0–1	Mura
Kema Puconci	1–5	Domžale
Korte	1–6	Gorica
Bled	0–7	Dravograd
Livar	0–2	Korotan Prevalje
Vransko	1–4	Maribor
Železničar Maribor	1–4	Rudar Velenje
Olimpija	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Celje
Renče	0–5	Primorje
Aluminij	10–0	Bela Krajina
Tolmin	0–1	Bakovci
Boč	0–4	Paloma
Triglav Kranj	7–2	Odranci
Elan	1–0	Pobrežje
Nafta Lendava	5–0	Beltinci
Jadran	2–1	Šentjur

Round of 16

The round of 16 matches took place on 5 and 6 September 2000.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Jadran	3–0	Nafta Lendava
Mura	0–2	Dravograd
Bakovci	1–2	Elan
Gorica	3–0	Domžale
Aluminij	0–2	Maribor
Rudar Velenje	1–0	Korotan Prevalje
Paloma	0–9	Olimpija
Triglav Kranj	1–3	Primorje

Quarter-finals

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dravograd	2–4	Rudar Velenje	1–2	1–2
Gorica	7–1	Primorje	6–1	1–0
Elan	2–1	Jadran	1–0	1–1
Maribor	2–3	Olimpija	2–0	0–3

Semi-finals

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rudar Velenje	1–6	Olimpija	0–2	1–4
Gorica	5–3	Elan	3–1	2–2

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.