The 2008–09 Slovenian Football Cup was the 18th season of the

Slovenian Football Cup The Slovenian Football Cup ( sl, Pokal Nogometne zveze Slovenije, ) is the top knockout tournament of Slovenian football and the second most important football competition in Slovenia after the Slovenian PrvaLiga championship. The cup was establi ...

, Slovenia's football knockout competition. It started on 2 August 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009 with the final. The defending champions were Interblock, who successfully defended the title by defeating

Koper Koper (; it, Capodistria, hr, Kopar) is the fifth largest city in Slovenia. Located in the Istrian region in the southwestern part of the country, approximately five kilometres () south of the border with Italy and 20 kilometres () from Triest ...

2–1 in the final.

Qualified clubs

2008–09 Slovenian PrvaLiga members

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Domžale Domžale (; german: Domschale)''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 24. is a town and the seat of Municipality of Domžale. The town lies ...

* Drava Ptuj * Gorica * Interblock *

Maribor Maribor ( , , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is also the seat of the City Municipality of Maribor, th ...

* Nafta Lendava * Primorje * Rudar Velenje Additional place: Livar

Qualified through MNZ Regional Cups

*MNZ Ljubljana: Olimpija Ljubljana,

Bela Krajina White Carniola ( sl, Bela krajina; german: Weißkrain or ''Weiße Mark'') is a traditional region in southeastern Slovenia on the border with Croatia. Due to its smallness, it is often considered a subunit of the broader Lower Carniola region, alth ...

, Krka *MNZ Maribor:

Slovenj Gradec Slovenj Gradec (; german: Windischgrätz'', ''after about 1900 ''Windischgraz'') is a town in northern Slovenia. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Slovenj Gradec. It is part of the historical Styria region, and since 2005 it has belon ...

Dravograd Dravograd (; german: Unterdrauburg) is a small town in northern Slovenia, close to the border with Austria. It is the seat of the Municipality of Dravograd. It lies on the Drava River at the confluence with the Meža and the Mislinja. It is ...

, Korotan Prevalje *MNZ Celje: MU Šentjur,

Krško Krško (; german: Gurkfeld) is a town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the City municipality of Krško. The town lies on the Sava River and on the northwest edge of the Krško Plain ( sl, Krško polje), which is part of the larger Krka Flat ...

*MNZ Koper:

Izola Izola (; it, Isola ) is a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coast of the Slovenian Istria, Istrian peninsula. It is the seat of the Municipality of Izola. Its name originates from Italian language, Italian ''Isola'', wh ...

, Bonifika *MNZ Nova Gorica:

Adria Adria is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region of northern Italy, situated between the mouths of the rivers Adige and Po River, Po. The remains of the Etruria, Etruscan city of Atria or Hatria are to be found below ...

Idrija Idrija (, in older sources ''Zgornja Idrija''; german: (Ober)idria, it, Idria) is a town in western Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Idrija. It is located in the traditional region of Inner Carniola and is in the Gorizia Statistic ...

*MNZ Murska Sobota: Mura 05,

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*MNZ Lendava:

Črenšovci Črenšovci (; hu, Cserföld) is a settlement in the Prekmurje region in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Črenšovci. Črnec Creek, a tributary of the Ledava, flows past the settlement. The parish church A p ...

Polana Polana may refer to the following places: Places * Polana, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) * Polana, Subcarpathian Voivodeship (south-east Poland) * Polana, Opole Voivodeship (south-west Poland) * Polana, Pomeranian Voivodeship (nor ...

*MNZG-Kranj:

Šenčur Šenčur (; in older sources also ''Šentjur'',''Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung'', no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 7. german: Sankt Georgen''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vie ...

Velesovo Velesovo (; german: Michelstetten''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 58.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem in ...

*MNZ Ptuj:

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Zavrč Zavrč (, in order sources ''Zavrče'', german: Sauritsch) is a settlement in the Haloze area of Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Zavrč. It lies between the right bank of the Drava River and the border with Croatia. The area trad ...

First round

In this round entered 19 teams from Slovenian

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and

third Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * Second#Sexagesimal divisions of calendar time and day, 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (d ...

division. Since

withdrew from the competition before the beginning,

received a bye to the Second Round. The matches were played on 2 and 19 August 2008.

Second round

In this round entered winners from the previous round as well as one team who had received a bye. The matches were played on 3 September 2008.

Round of 16

In this round entered winners from the previous round as well as all teams from the

Slovenian PrvaLiga The Slovenian PrvaLiga ( sl, Prva slovenska nogometna liga, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Football in Slovenia, Slovenian football league system. ...

. Livar also entered in the Third Round. They got relegated to the

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at the end of the last year's PrvaLiga. The matches were played on 16 and 17 September 2008.

Quarter-finals

The matches were played on 22 October 2008.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 15 April 2009. The second legs were played on 29 April 2009.

Final

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2008-09 Slovenian Football Cup Slovenian Football Cup seasons Slovenian Cup, 2008-09

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