The 2015–16

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Calendar

Preliminary round

A preliminary round was held in order to reduce the number of teams competing in the next round to 32. It consisted of 5 single-legged ties, with a

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as the decider if the score was tied after 90 minutes. This round featured the bottom 5 teams from the 2014–15 Serbian First League, as well as 5 regional cup winners. The draw contained seeded and unseeded teams. The bottom 5 teams from the 2014–15 Serbian First League ( Sloboda Užice, Moravac Mrštane, Jedinstvo Užice, Sloga Kraljevo and Mačva Šabac) were set as unseeded teams, with the 5 regional cup winners (

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, Jedinstvo Paraćin, ČSK Čelarevo and

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) being set as seeded teams. The draw was held on 24 August 2015, and was conducted with the idea of minimizing expenses for the participating clubs. The matches were played on 2 September 2015. In total, around 4150 spectators attended the games (avg. 830 per game).

Round of 32

In this round, the five winners from the previous round were joined by all 16 teams from the

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, as well as the top 11 teams from the 2014–15 Serbian First League. The draw was held on 13 October 2015, and it contained seeded(16 teams from

) and unseeded teams. Drawing of the lots was conducted by former national team player and head coach

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.ЖРEБ 1/16 ФИНAЛA КУПA СРБИЈE
at Football Association of Serbia official website, 8-10-2015 The matches were played on 27 and 28 October 2015. No extra time was played if the score was tied after the regular 90 minutes. Those games went straight to penalties. In total, around 19450 spectators attended the games (avg. 1215 per game).

Round of 16

The 16 winners from first round took part in this stage of the competition. The draw was held on 18 November 2015, and it contained seeded and unseeded teams. Seeded teams: Partizan,

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, Čukarički,

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OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English language, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK ...

, Radnički Niš,

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and Spartak Subotica. Unseeded teams:

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Borac Čačak Borac may refer to: * FK Borac Banja Luka, a football club from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina ** RK Borac Banja Luka, an affiliated team handball club ** OK Borac, an affiliated volleyball club * FK Borac Čačak, a football club from Čač ...

Napredak Kruševac Napredak, which translates from Serbo-Croatian as ''Progress'', may refer to: *HKD Napredak, cultural society of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina *FK Napredak Kruševac, Serbian football club *FK Napredak Aleksinac, Serbian football club *FK Napred ...

( II), Donji Srem ( II), Javor,

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( II),

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( II) and BSK Borča ( II). The seeds were determined by last season's final standings in the Serbian top divisions. Drawing of the lots was conducted by former national team player and head coach

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. The matches were played on 2 December 2015. No extra time was played if the score was tied after the regular 90 minutes. Those games went straight to penalties. In total, around 10270 spectators attended the games (avg. 1284 per game).

Quarter-finals

The 8 winners from the second round took part in this stage of the competition. The draw was held on 24 December 2015, and it contained seeded and unseeded teams. The seeds were determined by following key: Last season's cup semifinalists were automatically set as seeded teams, while the remaining seeds were determined by last season's final standings in top Serbian divisions. Seeded teams: Partizan,

and

. Unseeded teams: Radnički Niš, Spartak Subotica,

and Javor.ЖРЕБ ПAРOВA ЧЕТВРТФИНAЛA КУПA СРБИЈЕ 24. ДЕЦЕМБРA
at Football Association of Serbia official website, 24-12-2015 Drawing of the lots was conducted by former national team player

Jovan Aćimović Jovan "Kule" Aćimović (; born 21 June 1948) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a midfielder. His son Đorđe was also a footballer who played for Red Star Belgrade and FK Mačva Šabac. International career On the national level, ...

. The matches were played on 2 March 2016. No extra time was played if the score was tied after the regular 90 minutes. Those games went straight to penalties.ПРОПОЗИЦИЈЕ ТАКМИЧЕЊА ЗА ФУДБАЛСКИ КУП СРБИЈЕ ЗА СЕЗОНУ 2015/2016.
at Football Association of Serbia official website, retrieved 4-12-2015 In total, around 3200 spectators attended the games (avg. 800 per game).

Semi-finals

The 4 winners from the Quarter finals( Partizan,

, Spartak Subotica and Javor) took part in the semi-finals. The draw was held on 8 March 2016 and there were no seedings in the draw. Drawing of the lots was conducted by national team coach

Radovan Ćurčić Radovan Ćurčić (; born 10 January 1972) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Javor Ivanjica. Playing career Ćurčić started out at his hometown club Javor Ivanjica, before going on to play for OFK B ...

. Semi-finals were contested over two legs. First legs were played on 16 March 2016, and the second legs were played on 20 April 2016. In total, around 10000 spectators attended the games (avg. 2500 per game). The aggregate winners qualified for the final.

First legs

Second legs

Final

Winners from the Semi-finals took part in the single-legged final. The match was played on 11 May 2016.КУП СРБИЈЕ: ФИНAЛЕ У ГOРЊЕМ МИЛAНOВЦУ
at fss.rs, 22-4-2016

References

External links

Official site
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