2000–01 Macedonian Football Cup

2000–01 Macedonian Football Cup
Country	Macedonia
Dates	12 August 2000 –; 24 May 2001
Teams	32
Defending champions	Sloga Jugomagnat
Champions	Pelister (1st title)
Runners-up	Sloga Jugomagnat
Matches played	44
Goals scored	164 (3.73 per match)
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 Macedonian Football Cup was the 9th season of Macedonia's football knockout competition. FK Sloga Jugomagnat were the defending champions, having won their second title the year before after reaching their fifth Final in a row. The 2000–01 champions were FK Pelister who beat the defending champions to claim their first title after twice been runners-up in the first 2 Macedonian Cups in 1992–93 & 1993–94.

Competition calendar

Pelister winners of the cup in 2001

Round	Legs	Dates played	Fixtures	Clubs
First round (round of 32)	Single	13 August 2000	16	32 → 16
Second round (round of 16)	Double	8 and 29 November 2000	16	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	Double	25 February and 4 April 2001	8	8 → 4
Semi-finals	Double	17 April and 9 May 2001	4	4 → 2
Final	Single	24 May 2001	1	2 → 1

First round

Matches were played on 13 August 2000.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
12 August 2000
Vardar	2–1	Makedonija GP
13 August 2000
Sasa	1–1 (3–5 p)	Pelister
Tikvesh	0–5	Napredok
Sileks	2–1	Osogovo
Prespa	2–5	Sloga Jugomagnat
Bregalnica Shtip	3–0	11 Oktomvri
Shkëndija HB	1–0	Novaci
Karaorman	3–0	Mesna Industrija
Ohrid Super bingo	0–1	Cementarnica
Bitola	2–2 (6–7 p)	Bashkimi
Kozhuf	0–1	Madzhari Solidarnost
Sloga Vinica	3–4	Alumina
Polet	0–14	Belasica
Metalurg Veles	0–3 (f)	Borec MHK
14 August 2000
Pobeda	14–0	Arsimi
20 September 2000
Kumanovo	1–2	Rabotnichki Kometal

Source: Dnevnik.mk (archived)

Second round

The first legs were played on 8 November and second were played on 29 November 2000.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sloga Jugomagnat	2–1	Pobeda	2–0	0–1
Pelister	5–5 (a)	Sileks	2–0	3–5
Rabotnichki Kometal	3–3 (1–3 p)	Shkëndija HB	2–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Belasica	7–1	Bregalnica Shtip	6–0	1–1
Karaorman	4–4 (a)	Borec MHK	3–0	1–4
Vardar	7–1	Napredok	5–1	2–0
Alumina	2–4	Bashkimi	1–0	1–4
Cementarnica	8–0	Madžari Solidarnost	2–0	6–0

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 25 February and second were played on 4 April 2001.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pelister	4–4 (a)	Vardar	2–1	2–3
Belasica	1–2	Sloga Jugomagnat	0–1	1–1
Karaorman	3–1	Cementarnica	0–0	3–1
Shkëndija HB	4–1	Bashkimi	2–0	2–1

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 17 April 2001. The second legs are scheduled on 3 May 2001, but were postponed to 9 May 2001, due to situation at the border with FR Yugoslavia.[1]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shkëndija HB	0–6	Sloga Jugomagnat	0–1	0–5
Pelister	4–3	Karaorman	1–2	3–1

17 April 2001

Shkëndija HB	0–1	Sloga Jugomagnat
	Report	Zdravevski 39'

Gradski stadion, Tetovo

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Angel Bungurov (Kavadarci)

9 May 2001

Sloga Jugomagnat	5–0	Shkëndija HB
Nuhiji 12' Arif 67' Stankovski 20', 78' Presilski 35'	Report

Stadion Chair, Skopje

Attendance: 300

Referee: Bekim Bauta (Struga)

Sloga Jugomagnat won 6–0 on aggregate.

17 April 2001

Pelister	1–2	Karaorman
Micevski 75'	Report	Nichevski 3', 30'

Stadion Tumbe Kafe, Bitola

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Delcho Jakimovski (Skopje)

9 May 2001

Karaorman	1−3	Pelister
Cvetanoski 80' (pen.)	Report	Dimitrovski 55' Dimov 85' Stojkovski 90'

Gradska Plazha, Struga

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Emil Bozhinovski (Skopje)

Pelister won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

24 May 2001

19:30 CEST

Sloga Jugomagnat	1–2	Pelister
Nuhiji 24'	Report	Micevski 14' Stojkovski 36'

Gradski stadion, Skopje

Attendance: 5,000