# 2022 Slovak Cup final

The 2022 Slovak Cup final (known as the Slovnaft Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the final match of the 2021–22 Slovak Cup, the 53rd season of the top cup competition in Slovak football. The match was played at the Tehelné pole in Bratislava on 8 May 2022, contested by ŠK Slovan Bratislava and FC Spartak Trnava. It was only the fifth time since the foundation of the competition in 1969 and the first time since 2010 that the biggest rivals in Slovak football met in the final.

## 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) |
| Slovan Bratislava | 22 (1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021) |
| Spartak Trnava | 13 (1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1988, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2019) |

## Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; N: neutral venue).
| Slovan Bratislava (1) | Slovan Bratislava (1) | Round | Spartak Trnava (1) | Spartak Trnava (1) |
| Opponent | Result | 2021–22 Slovak Cup | Opponent | Result |
| Jednota Málinec (4) | 7–0 (A) | Second Round | Beluša (3) | 3–0 (A) |
| Prameň Kováčová (3) | 2–0 (A) | Third Round | Pata (4) | 4–0 (A) |
| Slávia TU Košice (3) | 5–0 (A) | Fourth Round | Železiarne Podbrezová (2) | 2–2 (7–6 p) (A) |
| Ružomberok (1) | 2–0 (A) | Round of 16 | Košice (2) | 2–1 (A) |
| Zlaté Moravce (1) | 2–0 (H) | Quarter-finals | Žilina (1) | 0–0 (4–1 p) (A) |
| Trenčín (1) | 0–0 (A), 2–1 (H) (2–1 agg.) | Semi-finals | Senica (1) | 3–0 (H), 4–0 (A) (7–0 agg.) |

## Match
### Details

Adrián Chovan :
| RB | 18 | David Hrnčár |
| CB | 14 | Myenty Abena | 120' |
| CB | 4 | Guram Kashia |
| LB | 81 | Vernon De Marco | | 116' |
| DM | 20 | Jaba Kankava | 67' |
| RM | 77 | Aleksandar Čavrić | | 10' |
| CM | 10 | Rabiu Ibrahim (c) |
| CM | 16 | Alen Mustafić | 56' | 112' |
| LM | 7 | Vladimír Weiss | | 76' |
| CF | 9 | Ivan Šaponjić | 102' | 112' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 22 | Matúš Ružinský |
| MF | 3 | Uche Henry Agbo |
| MF | 8 | David Holman | | 112' |
| MF | 11 | Tigran Barseghyan | 66' | 10' |
| MF | 19 | Andre Green | | 76' |
| MF | 21 | Jaromír Zmrhal | | 112' |
| DF | 25 | Lukáš Pauschek |
| FW | 28 | Adler Da Silva | | 116' |
| DF | 29 | Vasil Bozhikov |
| Manager: |||
| Vladimír Weiss |||
120' :
| CB | 19 | Matej Čurma | 120' |
| CB | 37 | Martin Škrtel (c) | 54' |
| CB | 3 | Gergely Tumma | 103' |
| RM | 28 | Martin Bukata | 69' | 90' |
| CM | 88 | Kyriakos Savvidis | 54' | 106' |
| CM | 8 | Jakub Grič | 120' |
| CM | 15 | Roman Procházka | | 115' |
| LM | 29 | Martin Mikovič | | 70' |
| FW | 7 | Milan Ristovski |
| FW | 25 | Bamidele Yusuf | | 106' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 1 | Ľuboš Kamenár |
| MF | 6 | Miłosz Kozak | | 70' |
| MF | 11 | Alex Iván | | 106' |
| MF | 17 | Ammar Ramadan |
| DF | 24 | Kristián Koštrna | | 90' |
| DF | 26 | Sebastian Kóša | | 115' |
| MF | 30 | Ján Vlasko |
| FW | 45 | Stanislav Olejník |
| MF | 91 | Dyjan de Azevedo | 114' | 106' |
| Manager: |||
| Michal Gašparík |||
| Assistant referees: Tomáš Vorel Erik Weiss Fourth official: Erik Gemzický Video assistant referee: Michal Očenáš Assistant video assistant referee: Branislav Hancko | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. |