The 2016–17 Slovenian Football Cup was the 26th edition 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.

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were the defending champions, having won their ninth cup title in the 2015–16 edition.

Competition format

Qualified teams

2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga members

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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 *

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* Krka *

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* Olimpija * Rudar Velenje *

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Qualified through MNZ Regional Cups

*2015–16 MNZ Celje Cup:

Brežice Brežice (; ) is a town in eastern Slovenia in the Lower Sava Valley, near the Croatian border. It is the seat of the Municipality of Brežice. It lies in the center of the Brežice Plain (), which is part of the larger Krka Flat (). The area w ...

and

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 ...

*2015–16 MNZ Koper Cup: Jadran Dekani and Postojna *2015–16 MNZG-Kranj Cup: Triglav Kranj and

Žiri Žiri (; formerly also ''Žir'', locally ''Žier'',Snoj, Marko. 2009. ''Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen''. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 490–491. ) is a town in northwestern Slovenia. It is the administrative seat of ...

*2015–16 MNZ Lendava Cup: Nafta 1903 and

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 ...

*2015–16 MNZ Ljubljana Cup:

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and

Radomlje Radomlje (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 28.) is a settlement on the left bank of the Kamnik Bistrica River north of Domžale in t ...

*2015–16 MNZ Maribor Cup: Lenart and

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 ...

*2015–16 MNZ Murska Sobota Cup:

Beltinci Beltinci (; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Böltinci'', or ''Belatincz'', ) is a town in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Beltinci. Črnec Creek, a tributary of the Ledava, flows through the settlement. ...

and Bogojina *2015–16 MNZ Nova Gorica Cup: Brda and

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*2015–16 MNZ Ptuj Cup:

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and Videm

Participating teams sorted by league

Bracket

First round

, Gorica,

and Olimpija joined the competition in the Second round (round of 16).

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 19 August 2016 at the

Football Association of Slovenia The Football Association of Slovenia ( or NZS) is the governing body of football in Slovenia. It organizes the Slovenian PrvaLiga, first division (1. SNL), Slovenian Second League, second division (2. SNL), Slovenian Third League, third division ...

headquarters in

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. In this phase of the competition the 12 clubs who advanced from the first round were joined by

, Gorica,

and Olimpija.

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

References

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