# 2023 Slovak Cup final

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) | Spartak Trnava (1) | Round | Slovan Bratislava (1) | Slovan Bratislava (1) |
| Opponent | Result | 2022–23 Slovak Cup | Opponent | Result |
| Bye | Bye | Preliminary round | Bye | Bye |
| Bye | Bye | First round | Bye | Bye |
| Slavoj Boleráz (4) | 1–1 (4–2 p) (A) | Second round | Branč (5) | 2–0 (A) |
| Trenčianske Stankovce (5) | 6–0 (A) | Third round | Družstevník Malá Mača (6) | 7–0 (A) |
| Sereď (3) | 3–0 (A) | Fourth round | Stropkov (3) | 3–2 (A) |
| Zemplín Michalovce (1) | 2–2 (4–3 p) (H) | Round of 16 | Dukla Banská Bystrica (1) | 2–1 (A) |
| Komárno (2) | 2–0 (A) | Quarter-finals | ŠTK Šamorín (2) | 1–1 (4–3 p) (N) |
| Trenčín (1) | 2–1 (A), 3–0 (H) (5–1 agg.) | Semi-finals | Skalica (1) | 2–1 (H), 3–3 (a.e.t.) (A) (5–4 agg.) |

## Match
### Details

Martin Vantruba :
| RB | 24 | Kristián Koštrna |
| CB | 2 | Lukáš Štetina |
| CB | 26 | Sebastian Kóša | | 72' |
| LB | 33 | Filip Twardzik |
| CM | 28 | Martin Bukata | | 80' |
| CM | 88 | Kyriakos Savvidis |
| CM | 15 | Roman Procházka (c) | | 80' |
| RW | 91 | Kelvin Ofori | 94' | 116' |
| CF | 12 | Abdulrahman Taiwo | 80' | 120+2' |
| LW | 23 | Erik Daniel | | 106' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 71 | Dominik Takáč |
| FW | 7 | Milan Ristovski | 89' | 72' |
| MF | 8 | Samuel Štefánik | | 120+2' |
| MF | 17 | Jakub Paur | 116' | 80' |
| MF | 20 | Azeez Oseni |
| MF | 21 | Patrick Karhan |
| MF | 22 | Alex Iván | | 116' |
| DF | 77 | Kazeem Bolaji | | 106' |
| MF | 91 | Dyjan de Azevedo | | 80' |
| Manager: |||
| Michal Gašparík |||
Martin Trnovský :
| RB | 17 | Jurij Medveděv | 67' | 115' |
| CB | 4 | Guram Kashia |
| CB | 81 | Vernon De Marco (c) |
| LB | 25 | Lukáš Pauschek | | 115' |
| DM | 20 | Jaba Kankava |
| DM | 33 | Juraj Kucka |
| RM | 19 | Andre Green | 80' | 84' |
| AM | 10 | Giorgi Chakvetadze | | 84' |
| LM | 23 | Zuberu Sharani | | 66' |
| CF | 77 | Aleksandar Čavrić | | 99' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 1 | Adrián Chovan |
| DF | 2 | Siemen Voet |
| MF | 3 | Uche Henry Agbo | 120' | 84' |
| DF | 5 | Richard Križan |
| MF | 11 | Tigran Barseghyan | | 99' |
| FW | 15 | Malik Abubakari | | 84' |
| MF | 21 | Jaromír Zmrhal | | 66' |
| MF | 26 | Filip Lichý | | 115' |
| DF | 36 | Lucas Lovat | | 115' |
| Manager: |||
| Vladimír Weiss |||
| Assistant referees: Branislav Hancko Adam Jekkel Fourth official: Erik Gemzický Video assistant referee: Boris Marhefka Assistant video assistant referee: František Ferenc | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. |