The 2023 Slovak Cup final (known as the Slovnaft Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the final match of the 2022–23 Slovak Cup, the 54th season of the top cup competition in Slovak football. It was played at the Anton Malatinský Stadium in Trnava, Slovakia, on 1 May 2023.
It was contested by the defending champions Spartak Trnava and Slovan Bratislava. Interestingly, these teams also met in the 2022 final, and then Slovan Bratislava played at their home stadium. In total, it was the sixth final since the competition was established, in which the fierce rivals met. Trnava won the match 3–1 after extra time, after the game finished 1–1 in 90 minutes.
Teams In the following table, finals until 1993 were in the Czechoslovak era, since 1994 were in the Slovak era.
Team Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners) Spartak Trnava 14 (1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1988, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2019, 2022) Slovan Bratislava 23 (1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Road to the final Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; N: neutral venue). Spartak Trnava (1) RoundSlovan Bratislava (1) OpponentResult2022–23 Slovak CupOpponentResultByePreliminary roundByeByeFirst roundByeSlavoj Boleráz (4)1–1 (4–2 p) (A)Second roundBranč (5) 2–0 (A)Trenčianske Stankovce (5)6–0 (A)Third roundDružstevník Malá Mača (6)7–0 (A)Sereď (3)3–0 (A)Fourth roundStropkov (3)3–2 (A)Zemplín Michalovce (1)2–2 (4–3 p) (H)Round of 16Dukla Banská Bystrica (1) 2–1 (A)Komárno (2)2–0 (A)Quarter-finalsŠTK Šamorín (2)1–1 (4–3 p) (N)Trenčín (1) 2–1 (A), 3–0 (H) (5–1 agg.)Semi-finalsSkalica (1) 2–1 (H), 3–3 (A) (5–4 agg.)
Match Details
GK 72 Martin VantrubaRB 24 Kristián KoštrnaCB 2 Lukáš ŠtetinaCB 26 Sebastian Kóša LB 33 Filip TwardzikCM 28 Martin Bukata CM 88 Kyriakos SavvidisCM 15 Roman Procházka (c) RW 91 Kelvin Ofori CF 12 Abdulrahman Taiwo LW 23 Erik Daniel Substitutes:GK 71 Dominik TakáčFW 7 Milan Ristovski MF 8 Samuel Štefánik MF 17 Jakub Paur MF 20 Azeez Oseni MF 21 Patrick KarhanMF 22 Alex Iván DF 77 Kazeem Bolaji MF 91 Dyjan de Azevedo Manager: Michal Gašparík GK 31 Martin TrnovskýRB 17 Jurij Medveděv CB 4 Guram Kashia CB 81 Vernon De Marco (c)LB 25 Lukáš Pauschek DM 20 Jaba Kankava DM 33 Juraj Kucka RM 19 Andre Green AM 10 Giorgi Chakvetadze LM 23 Zuberu Sharani CF 77 Aleksandar Čavrić Substitutes:GK 1 Adrián Chovan DF 2 Siemen VoetMF 3 Uche Henry Agbo DF 5 Richard KrižanMF 11 Tigran Barseghyan FW 15 Malik Abubakari MF 21 Jaromír Zmrhal MF 26 Filip Lichý DF 36 Lucas Lovat Manager: Vladimír Weiss
Assistant referees: Branislav Hancko Adam Jekkel Fourth official: Erik Gemzický Video assistant referee: Boris Marhefka Assistant video assistant referee: František FerencMatch rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
See also 2022–23 Slovak Cup 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League Traditional derby
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