# 2021 Slovak Cup final

The 2021 Slovak Cup final (known as the Slovnaft Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the final match of the 2020–21 Slovak Cup, the 52nd season of the top cup competition in Slovak football. The match was played at the Tehelné pole in Bratislava, on 19 May 2021, contested by MŠK Žilina and ŠK Slovan Bratislava.

## 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) |
| Žilina | 9 (1961, 1977, 1980, 1986, 1990, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019) |
| Slovan Bratislava | 21 (1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020) |

## Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; N: neutral venue).
| Žilina (1) | Žilina (1) | Round | Slovan Bratislava (1) | Slovan Bratislava (1) |
| Opponent | Result | 2020–21 Slovak Cup | Opponent | Result |
| Námestovo (3) | 7–0 (A) | Second Round | Beluša (3) | 2–0 (A) |
| Tatran Oravské Veselé (3) | 1–1 (4–3 p) (A) | Third Round | Spartak Kvašov (4) | 6–0 (A) |
| Belá (5) | w/o | Fourth Round | Príbelce (4) | w/o |
| Železiarne Podbrezová (2) | 1–1 (6–5 p) (N) | Round of 16 | Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš (2) | 1–0 (N) |
| Zlaté Moravce (1) | 2–0 (A) | Quarter-finals | Petržalka (2) | 5–1 (H) |
| Košice (2) | 4–2 (A), 4–1 (H) (8–3 agg.) | Semi-finals | Dukla Banská Bystrica (2) | 3–0 (H), 3–1 (A) (6–1 agg.) |

## Match
### Details

Although the match was played at the home stadium of Slovan Bratislava, "home" team (for administrative purposes) had been determined by an additional draw held after the semi-finals.
| Žilina | Slovan Bratislava |
Ľubomír Belko :
| RB | 28 | Benson Anang |
| CB | 23 | Ján Minárik | 26' |
| CB | 14 | Jakub Piotr Kiwior |
| LB | 2 | Dominik Javorček | 90+2' | 105' |
| CM | 21 | Ján Bernát | 120' | 42' |
| CM | 18 | Enis Fazlagikj | 90' |
| CM | 9 | Miroslav Gono | | 105' |
| RW | 29 | Dávid Ďuriš | 75' | 61' |
| CF | 17 | Jakub Paur (c) | | 64' |
| LW | 66 | Matúš Rusnák | 78' | 78' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 22 | Samuel Petráš |
| DF | 5 | Adam Kopas | | 40' |
| DF | 27 | Branislav Sluka | | 105' |
| MF | 7 | Patrik Myslovič | | 78' |
| MF | 11 | Vahan Bichakhchyan | | 105' |
| FW | 6 | Adrián Kaprálik | | 78' |
| FW | 90 | Dawid Kurminowski | 120+4' | 64' |
| Manager: |||
| Pavol Staňo |||
120' :
| RB | 81 | Vernon De Marco | 23' | 78' |
| CB | 14 | Myenty Abena | 120+4' | |
| CB | 29 | Vasil Bozhikov (c) | | 105' |
| LB | 17 | Jurij Medveděv |
| CM | 6 | Joeri de Kamps | | 71' |
| CM | 10 | Rabiu Ibrahim |
| AM | 21 | Rafael Ratão | | 46' |
| AM | 8 | David Holman | | 46' |
| AM | 55 | Aleksandar Čavrić | | 78' |
| CF | 9 | Ezekiel Henty |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 1 | Dominik Greif |
| DF | 25 | Lukáš Pauschek | | 78' |
| DF | 66 | Kenan Bajrić | 120+4' | 105' |
| MF | 23 | Erik Daniel | | 78' |
| MF | 24 | Nono | | 71' |
| MF | 79 | Vladimír Weiss | 98' 111' | 46' |
| MF | 15 | David Strelec | | 46' |
| Manager: |||
| Vladimír Weiss |||
| Assistant referees: Peter Kováč Daniel Poláček Fourth official: Martin Dohál | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. |