The 2015 Slovenian Football Cup final was the final match of the 2014–15 Slovenian Football Cup to decide the winner of the 24th edition of the Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenia's top knockout tournament. The match was played at Bonifika Stadium in Koper on 20 May 2015 and was won by Koper, who defeated Celje with the score 2–0. This was the third cup title for Koper.
Background The final was played between Koper and Celje, both competing in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. This was the second time that Koper and Celje met in the cup final, having faced each other in the final during the 2005–06 cup edition, where Koper won their first cup title after the penalty shootout. Celje previously competed in seven finals, but managed to win only once, when they defeated Gorica in the 2004–05 cup edition.
Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first. KoperRoundCeljeOpponentResultKnockout phaseOpponentResultN/AN/AFirst roundDob6–1 (A)Tabor Sežana1–0 (A)Round of 16Zarica Kranj2–1 (A)OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legGorica5–4 1–3 (A)4–1 (H) (a.e.t.)Quarter-finalsZavrč5–33–2 (A)2–1 (H)Domžale2–11–0 (H)1–1 (A)Semi-finalsMaribor3–2 3–2 (A)0–0 (H)
Match details
GK 83 Vasja Simčič DF 16 Denis Halilović DF 27 Damir Hadžić DF 29 Matej Palčič MF 28 Amar Rahmanović MF 10 Marko Krivičić DF 70 Denis Šme MF 20 Domen Črnigoj MF 7 Ivica Guberac MF 14 Goran Galešić FW 10 Mitja Lotrič Substitutes:GK 1 Ermin HasićDF 5 Miha BlažičMF 99 Dejan Peševski DF 3 Miha Gregorič FW 49 Matej Pučko MF 22 Patrik Posavac FW 30 Jaka Štromajer Manager: Rodolfo Vanoli GK 1 Amel MujčinovićDF 20 Marko Jakolić DF 6 Tilen Klemenčič DF 27 Ramon Soria MF 19 Danijel Miškić MF 8 Igor Jugović MF 7 Benjamin Verbič DF 30 Tadej Vidmajer MF 13 Jon Šporn FW 9 Gregor Bajde FW 11 Sunny Omoregie Substitutes:GK 31 Metod JurharDF 24 Matic ŽitkoMF 18 Sebastjan Gobec MF 25 Yuto Kubo FW 21 Jiri Jeslinek FW 33 Ivan Lendrić MF 10 Valon Ahmedi Manager: Simon Rožman Assistant referees: Tadej Friš Uroš Benc Fourth official: Bojan Šinkovec Delegate: Alojz Kovačič
2014–15 Slovenian Cup WinnersKoper3rd title
See also 2014–15 Slovenian Cup 2014–15 Slovenian PrvaLiga 2015 Slovenian Supercup
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