1997–98 Slovenian Football Cup

The 1997–98 Slovenian Football Cup was the seventh season of the Slovenian Football Cup, Slovenia's football knockout competition.

1997–98 Slovenian Football Cup

Tournament details
Country	Slovenia
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Rudar Velenje (1st title)
Runner-up	Primorje
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38

Qualified clubs

1996–97 Slovenian PrvaLiga members

• Beltinci
• Celje
• Gorica
• Koper
• Korotan Prevalje
• Maribor
• Mura
• Olimpija
• Primorje
• Rudar Velenje

Qualified through MNZ Regional Cups

• MNZ Ljubljana: Elan, Vevče, Domžale
• MNZ Maribor: Železničar Maribor, Dravograd, Pohorje
• MNZ Celje: Šentjur, Dravinja
• MNZ Koper: Ilirska Bistrica, Branik Šmarje
• MNZ Nova Gorica: Renče, Idrija
• MNZ Murska Sobota: Beltinci, Bakovci, Serdica
• MNZ Lendava: Nafta Lendava, Turnišče
• MNZG-Kranj: Triglav Kranj, Lesce
• MNZ Ptuj: Drava Ptuj, Aluminij, Dornava

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Nafta Lendava	0–1	Korotan Prevalje
Pohorje	0–2	Gorica
Domžale	0–2	Beltinci
Bakovci	0–2	Maribor
Šentjur	1–4	Olimpija
Turnišče	0–7	Celje
Aluminij	0–5	Vevče
Drava Ptuj	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Primorje
Dravinja	0–6	Mura
Branik Šmarje	0–3	Rudar Velenje
Triglav Kranj	8–0	Serdica
Železničar Maribor	3–0	Idrija
Koper	0–1	Dravograd
Goričanka	4–1	Goriške Opekarne
Ilirska Bistrica	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Lesce
Dornava	0–1	Elan Novo Mesto

Round of 16

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Dravograd	1–2	Primorje
Triglav Kranj	0–1	Rudar Velenje
Železničar Maribor	0–1	Vevče
Elan Novo Mesto	1–0	Beltinci
Celje	5–4	Gorica
Goričanka	2–6	Olimpija
Lesce	0–6	Mura
Maribor	2–1	Korotan Prevalje

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Elan Novo Mesto	1–0	Celje	1–0	0–0
Mura	5–1	Maribor	5–0	0–1
Rudar Velenje	5–0	Vevče	2–0	3–0
Primorje	2–2 (a)	Olimpija	1–0	1–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Elan Novo Mesto	2–7	Primorje	2–2	0–5
Mura	2–4	Rudar Velenje	0–1	2–3

Final

First leg

27 May 1998

16:00 CEST

Primorje	2–1	Rudar Velenje
Ipavec 7' Lučić 9'	Report	Pavlović 76'

Ajdovščina Stadium, Ajdovščina

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ivan Žunič

Second leg

9 June 1998

16:00 CEST

Rudar Velenje	3–0	Primorje
Vidojević 5', 56' Purg 93'	Report

Ob Jezeru, Velenje

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Milan Mitrovič

References

• "Pokal Slovenije 1997/98". Football Association of Slovenia official website. Archived from the original on 22 July 2001. Retrieved 10 April 2020.