The 2013–14 Turkish Cup () is the 52nd season of the Turkish Cup. Ziraat Bankası is the sponsor of the tournament, thus the sponsored name is Ziraat Turkish Cup. The winners earn a berth in the play-off round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. Fenerbahçe were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the fourth round. The winners will also qualify for the 2014 Turkish Super Cup.
Round and draw dates RoundDraw dateMatch date(s)New entriesFixturesClubsEntering leaguesPreliminary round105158 → 153Turkish Regional Amateur LeagueFirst round11–7540153 → 113TFF Third League & Turkish Regional Amateur LeagueSecond round24 September–6854113 → 59Süper Lig & TFF First League & TFF Second LeagueThird round29 October––2759 → 32–Fourth round3–51632 → 16Süper LigFifth round17––816 → 8–Group stage14 January––248 → 4–Semi-finals25 March––44 → 2–Final–12 → 1–
Preliminary round Teams from the Regional Amateur League competed in this round for a place in the first round. All matches were played on 1 September 2013.Ziraat Türkiye Kupası Ön Eleme Turu tamamlandı Turkish Football Federation , accessed
First round The five winners from the preliminary round, teams from the Regional Amateur League and teams from the 3. Lig competed in this stage to earn a place in the second round. Matches were played on 11 and 12 September 2013.Ziraat Türkiye Kupası 1. Tur maçları tamamlandı Turkish Football Federation , accessed
Second round The forty winners from the first round, 36 teams from the 2. Lig, 19 teams from the 1. Lig and 13 teams from the Süper Lig competed in this stage to earn a place in the third round. Matches were played between 24 September & 3 October 2013.Ziraat Türkiye Kupası'nda 2. Tur maçları tamamlandı Turkish Football Federation , accessed
Third round 54 teams competed in the third round. Matches were played on the first team's home ground on 29, 30, 31 October and 6 November.Ziraat Türkiye Kupası 3. Tur maçları tamamlandı Turkish Football Federation , accessed
Fourth round 5 teams from Süper Lig, that are playing in European competitions (namely, Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş, Trabzonspor, and Bursaspor joined 27 winners from third round. 32 teams competed for the fifth round and a seeding procedure was underway for the draw. Matches were played on the first team's home ground. 16 teams advanced to the fifth round.Ziraat Türkiye Kupası 4. Tur maçları sona erdi Turkish Football Federation , accessed
Fifth round 16 winners of the fourth round played against each other for the last 8 spots for the group stage.Ziraat Türkiye Kupası'nda 5. Tur maçları tamamlandı Turkish Football Federation , accessed
Group stage 8 winners from the fifth and the last qualifying round were split into two groups of 4 teams. This stage will be a round-robin tournament with home and away matches, in the vein of UEFA European competitions' group stages. The winners and runners-up of the two groups will advance to the semi-finals.Ziraat Türkiye Kupası grup kuraları çekildi Turkish Football Federation , accessed
Group A
Group B
Bracket
Semi-finals Winner of the first group will be drawn against runners-up of the second group. Also the winners of the second group will play against runners-up of the first group. The matches will be contested as two-legged ties with home and away matches. The runners-up will play the first match in their home ground. The winners of the two legs will play in the final.
First leg
Second leg
Final
The final was contested in Konya as a one-off match. The winners were awarded 50 medals per club along with the Turkish Cup trophy.
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