| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Slovakia |
| Teams | 52 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Slovan Bratislava |
| Runners-up | Žilina |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 57 |
The2010–11Slovak Cup was the forty-second season of Slovakia's annual knock-outfootball cup competition and the eighteenth since the independence ofSlovakia. It began on 23 August 2010 and will ended on 8 May 2011 with the final. As the 22nd ranked league system using theUEFA coefficient, the winners of the competition will earn a place in thethird qualifying round of theUEFA Europa League.
ŠK Slovan Bratislava won the cup after beatingŽilina 5–4 on penalties.
| Round | Date(s) | Number of fixtures | Clubs | New entries this round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round | 24 and 25 August 2010 | 20 | 40 → 20 | 40 |
| Second round | 21 and 22 September 2010 | 16 | 32 → 16 | 12 |
| Third round | 19 and 26 October 2010 | 8 | 16 → 8 | none |
| Quarter-finals | 2 and 23 November 2010 | 8 | 8 → 4 | none |
| Semi-finals | 5 and 19 April 2011 | 4 | 4 → 2 | none |
| Final | 8 May 2011 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none |
The games were played on Tuesday, 24 August 2010 and Wednesday, 25 August 2010.[1][2] Forty teams competed in this round – the 12 competing teams in theSlovak First League (second tier) and 28 teams from theSlovak Second League. Participants were divided into a West division and East division in this stage.
The draw for the second round was held in September 2010. Nine of the sixteen games were held on Tuesday, 21 September 2010, six on Wednesday, 22 September 2010, and one on Tuesday, 28 September 2010.[3] In this round, the 12 teams from theSlovak Superliga joined the 20 winners from Round 1.
The sixteen winners of the second round competed in the third round. The draw for the third round was held on 8 October 2010.[4] Games were played on 19 October 2010, with the exception of theŠK SFM Senec/MŠK Žilina match, which will be played on 26 October 2010.
The eight winners from the third round competed in the two-legged quarterfinals on 2 and 23 November 2010, with the exception of theMŠK Žilina/Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš matches, which took place on 11 November and 1 December 2010.
| 2 November 2010 | Spartak Myjava | 0–1 | Slovan Bratislava | Myjava |
| 14:00 | Report | Kordić 12' | Stadium:Stadium Myjava Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Patrik Hrčka |
| 2 November 2010 | Ružomberok | 0–3 | Spartak Trnava | Ružomberok |
| 15:30 | Report | Čarnota 6' Koné 59'Higor 71' | Stadium:Štadión pod Čebraťom Attendance: 1,010 Referee:Ivan Kružliak |
| 2 November 2010 | Nitra | 1–0 | ViOn Zlaté Moravce | Nitra |
| 16:00 | Rák 83' | Report | Stadium:Štadión pod Zoborom Attendance: 720 Referee: Roman Matúš |
| 10 November 2010 | Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš | 0–1 | MŠK Žilina | Liptovský Mikuláš |
| 14:00 | Report | Kapláň 4' (o.g.) | Stadium:Stadium Liptovský Mikuláš Attendance: 5,113 Referee: Dušan Sedlák |
| 23 November 2010 | Slovan Bratislava | 2–0 (3–0agg.) | Spartak Myjava | Bratislava |
| 17:00 | Kordić 14' Králík 87' | Report | Stadium:Štadión Pasienky Attendance: 602 Referee: Miroslav Fajčík |
| 23 November 2010 | Spartak Trnava | 3–0 (6–0agg.) | Ružomberok | Trnava |
| 17:00 | Gross 53' Higor 65'Bernáth 70' | Report | Stadium:Anton Malatinský Stadium Attendance: 858 Referee: Pavol Chmura |
| 23 November 2010 | ViOn Zlaté Moravce | 2–0 (2–1agg.) | Nitra | Zlaté Moravce |
| 17:00 | Kuračka 59' Pavlovič 88' | Report | Stadium:Štadión FC ViOn Attendance: 824 Referee: Jozef Pavlík |
| 1 December 2010 | MŠK Žilina | 3–0 (4–0agg.) | Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš | Žilina |
| 14:00 | Poliaček 20' Jež 45'Majtán 46' | Report | Stadium:Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 500 Referee: Vladimír Vnuk |
The four winners from the quarterfinals competed in the two-legged semifinals. The first legs took place on 5 April 2011 and the second legs took place on 19 April 2011.
| 5 April 2011 | MŠK Žilina | 3–0 | ViOn Zlaté Moravce | Žilina |
| 16:30 | Ceesay 29',50' Majtán 70' (pen.) | Report | Stadium:Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 1,673 Referee:Ivan Kružliak |
| 5 April 2011 | Slovan Bratislava | 2–2 | Spartak Trnava | Bratislava |
| 19:00 | Koné 40' (o.g.) Milinković 72' | Report | Koné 29' Machovec 39' | Stadium:Štadión Pasienky Attendance: 4,900 Referee: Pavel Olšiak |
| 19 April 2011 | ViOn Zlaté Moravce | 1–0 (1–3agg.) | MŠK Žilina | Zlaté Moravce |
| 17:30 | Janečka 11' | Report | Stadium:Štadión FC ViOn Attendance: 1,665 Referee: Dušan Sedlák |
| 19 April 2011 | Spartak Trnava | 2–3 (4–5agg.) | Slovan Bratislava | Trnava |
| 17:30 | Tomaček 69',90' | Report | Grendel 12' Guédé 27'Dobrotka 33' | Stadium:Anton Malatinský Stadium Attendance: 2,586 Referee: Ľubomír Samotný |
