The 2012–13 Polish Cup was the 59th season of the annual Polish football knockout tournament. It began on 18 July 2012 with the first matches of the extra preliminary round and ended on 3 May 2013 with the final. The winners qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.
Legia Warsaw were the defending champions, having won their record breaking 15th title in the previous season. They successfully defended this title, becoming the winner of the Polish Cup for the 16th time in history.
Participating teams Enter in Round of 32 Enter in First Round Enter in Extra preliminary round 2011–12 Ekstraklasa16 teams 2011–12 I Liga18 teams 2011–12 II liga35 teams Winners of 16 regional cup competitions Śląsk Wrocław Ruch Chorzów Legia Warsaw Lech Poznań Korona Kielce Polonia Warsaw Wisła Kraków Górnik Zabrze Zagłębie Lubin Jagiellonia Białystok Widzew Łódź Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Lechia Gdańsk GKS Bełchatów KS Cracovia ŁKS Łódź Piast Gliwice Pogoń Szczecin Zawisza Bydgoszcz Kolejarz Stróże Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza GKS Bogdanka Arka Gdynia Flota Świnoujście Ruch Radzionków Warta Poznań Olimpia Grudziądz Sandecja Nowy Sącz GKS Katowice Dolcan Ząbki Polonia Bytom Wisła Płock KS Polkowice Olimpia Elbląg Okocimski KS Brzesko Stomil Olsztyn Puszcza Niepołomice Znicz Pruszków Motor Lublin Resovia Stal Stalowa Wola Wisła Puławy Pogoń Siedlce Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki Stal Rzeszów Wigry Suwałki Garbarnia Kraków Pelikan Łowicz Jeziorak Iława KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski Sokół Sokółka Miedź Legnica GKS Tychy Bytovia Bytów Jarota Jarocin Ruch Zdzieszowice Górnik Wałbrzych Elana Toruń Chrobry Głogów Chojniczanka Chojnice MKS Kluczbork Raków Częstochowa Czarni Żagań Energetyk ROW Rybnik Zagłębie Sosnowiec Tur Turek Calisia Kalisz Nielba Wągrowiec Bałtyk Gdynia LZS Stary Śleszów (Lower Silesia) Cuiavia Inowrocław (Kujawy-Pomerania) GKS II Bogdanka (Lublin) Lechia Zielona Góra (Lubusz) Sokół Aleksandrów Łódzki (Łódź) Limanovia Limanowa (Lesser Poland) Legia Warsaw youth (Mazovia) Odra Wodzisław Śląski1 (Opole) Piast Tuczempy (Podkarpacie) ŁKS 1926 Łomża (Podlasie) Kaszubia Kościerzyna (Pomerania) Polonia Łaziska Górne (Silesia) Łysica II Bodzentyn (Świętokrzyskie) Sokół Ostróda (Warmia-Masuria) Luboński KS (Greater Poland) Kotwica Kołobrzeg (West Pomerania) Notes: The winner of Opole region preliminaries Start Bogdanowice changed its name to Odra Wodzisław. The two clubs merged in January 2012.
Round and draw dates Round Draw date First leg Second leg Extra preliminary round 18 June 2012 18 July 2012 — Preliminary round 24–25 July 2012 First round 26 July 2012 31 July–1 August 2012 Round of 32 4, 5, 11 & 12 August 2012 Round of 16 21 August 2012 25–27 September, 2 & 3 October 2012 Quarter-finals 24 October 2012 26–28 February 2013 12, 13, 26, 27 March 2013 Semi-finals 14 March 2013 9, 10 April 2013 16, 17 April 2013 Final — 2 May 2013 8 May 2013
Extra preliminary round The draw for this round was conducted at the headquarters of the Polish FA on 18 June 2012. Participating in this round were 16 regional cup winners and 35 teams from the 2011–12 II liga. The matches were played on 18 July 2012. Pelikan Łowicz received a bye to the preliminary round.
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|18 July 2012
Notes: Calisia withdrew from the competition. KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski withdrew from the competition. Stal Stalowa Wola withdrew from the competition. Czarni Żagań withdrew from the competition.
Preliminary round The draw for this round was conducted at the headquarters of the Polish FA on 18 June 2012. The matches were played on 24 and 25 July 2012. Stomil Olsztyn and Sokół Aleksandrów Łódzki received a bye to the first round.
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|24 July 2012
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|25 July 2012
First round The draw for this round was conducted at the headquarters of the Polish FA on 26 July 2012. Participating in this round are the 12 winners of the preliminary round along with Stomil Olsztyn and Sokół Aleksandrów Łódzki and the 18 teams from 2011–12 I Liga (Poland). The matches will be played on 31 July–1 August 2012.
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|31 July 2012
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|1 August 2012
Notes: Ruch Radzionków withdrew from the competition.
Round of 32 The draw for this round was conducted at the headquarters of the Polish FA on 26 July 2012. Participating in this round are the 16 winners of the first round along with and the 16 teams from 2011–12 Ekstraklasa. The matches will be played on 11–12 August 2012 with the exception of matches involving Legia Warsaw and Śląsk Wrocław.
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|4 August 2012
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|5 August 2012
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|11 August 2012
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|12 August 2012
Round of 16 The 16 winners from Round of 32 compete in this round. The matches will be played on 25–27 September and 2–3 October.
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|25 September 2012
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|26 September 2012
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|27 September 2012
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|2 October 2012
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|3 October 2012
Quarter-finals The 8 winners from Round of 16 competed in this round.The matches will be played in two legs. The first leg took place on 26 and 28 February 2013, while the second legs were played on 12 and 13 March 2013.Pairs were determined on 24 October 2012.
Two second legs were moved to 26–27 March 2013 due to bad weather conditions. This is an official UEFA date and matches will be played without players called to the National Teams, what was agreed by interested teams.
First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals The 4 winners from the Quarterfinals will compete in this round.The matches will be played in two legs. The first legs took place on 10 April 2013, while the second legs were played on 17 April 2013.The two winners moved on to the final.
First leg
Second leg
Final First leg
Second leg
Legia Warsaw won 2–1 on aggregate.
Goalscores 6 goals Marek Saganowski (Legia Warsaw) 4 goals Rafał Boguski (Wisła Kraków) Vladimir Dvalishvili (Legia Warsaw) Tsvetan Genkov (Wisła Kraków) Rafał Leśniewski (Zawisza Bydgoszcz) Waldemar Sobota (Śląsk Wrocław) 3 goals Adam Cieśliński (Olimpia Grudziądz) Łukasz Gikiewicz (Śląsk Wrocław) Mirosław Kalista (Łysica II Bodzentyn) Tomasz Kupisz (Jagiellonia Białystok) Dariusz Michalak (Górnik Wałbrzych) Adrian Moszyk (Górnik Wałbrzych) Marek Śnieżawski (Sokół Ostróda) Paweł Wszołek (Polonia Warszawa) Łukasz Zaniewski (Okocimski Brzesko) Daniel Zinke (Górnik Wałbrzych) 2 goals 26 players 1 goal 161 players
See also 2012–13 Ekstraklasa
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