The 2012–13 Slovenian Football Cup was the 22nd season of the

Slovenian Football Cup The Slovenian Football Cup (, ) 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 established in 1991 following the breakup o ...

, Slovenia's football knockout competition.

Qualified clubs

2011–12 Slovenian PrvaLiga members

Celje Celje (, , ) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, third-largest city in Slovenia. It is a regional center of the traditional Slovenian region of Styria (Slovenia), Styria and the administrative seat of the City Municipality of Celje. Th ...

Domžale Domžale (; )''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 the Municipality of Domžale in Slovenia. The town lies ne ...

* Gorica *

Koper Koper (; ) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, fifth-largest city in Slovenia. Located in the Slovenian Istria, Istrian region in the southwestern part of the country, Koper is the main urban center of the Slovene coast. Port of Koper i ...

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

* Mura 05 * Olimpija * Rudar Velenje * Triglav Kranj *

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''(dissolved following the 2011–12 season)''

Qualified through MNZ Regional Cups

''Winners and runners-up of the regional MNZ cups.'' *MNZ Ljubljana: Bela Krajina,

Kamnik Kamnik (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 26–27. or ''Stein in Oberkrain'') is the ninth-largest town of Slovenia, located in t ...

*MNZ Maribor: Pesnica,

Dravograd Dravograd (; ) 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 part of the traditional ...

*MNZ Celje:

Dravinja The Dravinja (, ) is the largest tributary of the Drava River in Slovenia. It is long. Its source is on the Pohorje Massif southwest of Mount Rogla about 1,150 m above sea level. The river passes Zreče, the town of Slovenske Konjice, the ruins ...

Šmarje pri Jelšah Šmarje pri Jelšah (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 62.) is a town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Š ...

*MNZ Koper:

Cerknica Cerknica (; , ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 120.) is a town in the Karst region of southwestern Slovenia, with a population of 4,0 ...

, Ankaran Hrvatini *MNZ Nova Gorica:

Tolmin Tolmin (; ,trilingual name ''Tolmein, Tolmino, Tolmin'' inGemeindelexikon, der im Reichsrate Vertretenen Königreiche und Länder. Bearbeit auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1900. Herausgegeben von der K.K. Statistische ...

, Brda *MNZ Murska Sobota: Tromejnik, Šalovci *MNZ Lendava:

Odranci Odranci (; ) is a settlement in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Odranci and also the only settlement in the municipality. Odranci is the largest settlement of the Dolinsko region, which lies between the Mu ...

Turnišče Turnišče (; , Prekmurje Slovene: ''Törnišče'',Snoj, Marko. 2009. ''Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen''. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 442–443. ) is a town in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Turniš ...

*MNZG-Kranj:

Jesenice Jesenice (, ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru'', vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 144.) is the tenth-largest town in Slovenia, located in the traditional province of Upper C ...

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

*MNZ Ptuj:

Aluminij Aluminij was a Bosnian aluminium manufacturing company with headquarters in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It operated from 1975 until 2020, when it was leased to the Israeli M.T. Abraham Group and since then has been operating as its subsidi ...

Zavrč Zavrč (, in older sources ''Zavrče'', ) 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 traditionally belonge ...

First round

, Olimpija, Mura 05 and

joined the competition in the second round (round of 16). ;Notes *Note 1:

qualified to the next round automatically, after Jesenice withdrew from the 2012–13 Cup edition.

Round of 16

The draw for the second round (round of 16) took place in

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at the headquarters of the

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on 3 September 2012. ;Notes *Note 2: The match between

and

was rescheduled from 19 September to 31 October, as Maribor played their first match of the

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on 20 September.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the third round (quarter-finals) took place in

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at the headquarters of the

on 8 October 2012. The quarter-final pairs were drawn together by footballer Tim Matavž, with each team playing one match at home and one away. At the time of the draw only seven quarter-finalist were known, as the round of 16 match between

and

was rescheduled from 19 September to 31 October. However, the draw was possible because the teams were not seeded. The date of the quarter-finals match between Olimpija Ljubljana and

was announced by the Football Association of Slovenia on 12 December 2012.

First leg

;Notes *Note 3: The first leg of the quarter-finals match between Olimpija Ljubljana and

was originally scheduled on 23 February 2013. However, after starting on schedule, the match was suspended in the 24th minute due to heavy

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. The match was then rescheduled for 27 February 2013, the date originally intended for the second leg match in

Second leg

;Notes *Note 4: The match between

and

was postponed from 31 October 2012 to 21 November 2012, due to bad conditions (flooded pitch). *Note 5: The second leg of the quarter-finals match between

and Olimpija Ljubljana was originally scheduled on 27 February 2013. However, the match was then rescheduled to 6 March 2013, due to the cancellation of the first leg match.

Semi-finals

The draw for the fourth round (semi-finals) took place in

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at the headquarters of the

on 8 March 2013. The semi-final pairs were drawn together by

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manager

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, with each team playing one match at home and one away. The semi-final consists of three

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n clubs ( Aluminij Kidričevo,

) and Triglav Kranj. The 2012–13

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edition is Maribor's tenth successive

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, where they have qualified at least to a semi-final stage of the competition. The 2011–12 Slovenian Football Cup final was played between Celje and Maribor.

First leg

;Notes *Note 6: The first leg of the semi-finals were rescheduled from 10 April 2013 to 1 May 2013, due to rescheduling of the matches in the

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Second leg

;Notes *Note 7: The second leg of the semi-finals were rescheduled from 17 April 2013 to 8 May 2013, due to rescheduling of the matches in the

Final

References

;General * ;Specific

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2012-13 Slovenian Football Cup Slovenian Football Cup seasons

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