2016–17 Serbian Cup

The 2016–17 Serbian Cup season was the eleventh season of the Serbian national football tournament.

2016–17 Serbian Cup

Country	Serbia
Teams	35
Champions	Partizan
Runners-up	Red Star Belgrade
Matches played	36
Goals scored	100 (2.78 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Nikola Nešović (Sloboda) (5 goals)
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The competition started in September 2016, and ended in May 2017.

The winner of the competition qualified for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.

Calendar

Round	Date(s)	Number of fixtures	Clubs	New entries this round
Preliminary round	7 September 2016[1]	3	35 → 32	9
Round of 32	21 September 2016[1]	16	32 → 16	26
Round of 16	26 October 2016[1]	8	16 → 8	none
Quarter-finals	5 April 2017[1]	4	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	26 April and 10 May 2017[1]	4	4 → 2	none
Final	27 May 2017[1]	1	2 → 1	none

Preliminary round

A preliminary round was held in order to reduce the number of teams competing in the first round to 32. It consisted of 3 single-legged ties, with a penalty shoot-out as the decider if the score was tied after 90 minutes.[1] This round featured the bottom 5 teams from the 2015–16 Serbian First League, as well as 5 regional cup winners. The draw was held on 3 September 2016, and it contained seeded and unseeded teams. The bottom 5 teams from the 2015–16 Serbian First League (Dinamo Vranje, Sloboda Užice, Donji Srem, Loznica and Radnički 1923) were set as unseeded teams, with the 5 regional cup winners (Žarkovo, Radan Lebane, Polet Ljubić, Mladost Bački Jarak and Trepča) being set as seeded teams. The draw was conducted with the idea of minimizing expenses for the participating clubs.[1] The matches were played on 7 September 2016.[2] Donji Srem was dissolved after the end of 2015–16 season, so Mladost Bački Jarak, which was drawn against Donji Srem, received an automatic bye to the first round. Furthermore, Sloga PM, which earned a place in the first round via last season's final position in the First League, was also dissolved. Thus, both teams from the proposed tie Radan Lebane - Dinamo Vranje received an automatic bye to the first round. In total, around 1050 spectators attended the games (avg. 350 per game).

Žarkovo (III) v Loznica (III)

7 September 2016	Žarkovo (III)	1–1 (4–3 p)	Loznica (III)	Stadion Kralj Petar I, Belgrade
16:00	Stevanović  1'		27' N. Đurić	Attendance: 250 Referee: Ana Minić
	Penalties
	N. Stojanović G. Janković Jeremić Bainović Aničić		Maksimović Matić Nikolić D. Janković N. Đurić

Polet Ljubić (III) v Radnički 1923 (III)

7 September 2016	Polet Ljubić (III)	2–0	Radnički 1923 (III)	Stadion FK Polet, Ljubić
16:00	Strizović  40' Knežević  71'			Attendance: 300 Referee: Ljubiša Borisavljević

Trepča (IV) v Sloboda Užice (II)

7 September 2016	Trepča (IV)	0–3	Sloboda Užice (II)	Gradski stadion, Zvečan
16:00			23', 54' Đerić  45' Nešović	Attendance: 500 Referee: Dragan Čolović

Radan Lebane (III) v Dinamo Vranje (II)

Radan Lebane (III)

bye

Dinamo Vranje (II)

Mladost Bački Jarak (IV) v

Mladost Bački Jarak (IV)

bye

Round of 32

In this round, six teams that advanced from the previous round were joined by all 16 teams from the 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga, as well as the top 11 teams from the 2015–16 Serbian First League, with the exception of the dissolved Sloga PM. The draw was held on 12 September 2016, and it contained seeded(16 teams from 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga[1]) and unseeded teams. Drawing of the lots was conducted by former national team player and head coach Vladimir Petrović.[3] Teams that played below Serbian First League in the previous season (Žarkovo, Radan Lebane, Polet Ljubić and Mladost Bački Jarak) were automatically named as hosts.[1] The matches were played on 20 and 21 September 2016.[1] No extra time was played if the score was tied after the regular 90 minutes. Those games went straight to penalties.[1] In total, around 16800 spectators attended the games (avg. 1050 per game).

Bačka BP v Spartak Subotica

20 September 2016	Bačka BP	0–3	Spartak Subotica	Stadion Slavko Maletin Vava, Bačka Palanka
16:00			21' Krmar  33' Mudrinski  62' Ivanović	Attendance: 700 Referee: Srđan Jovanović

Rad v Dinamo Vranje (II)

20 September 2016	Rad	1–0	Dinamo Vranje (II)	Stadion Kralj Petar I, Belgrade
19:00	Petković  31'		85'  Mitić	Attendance: 400 Referee: Đorđe Maksimović

Radan Lebane (III) v Čukarički

21 September 2016	Radan Lebane (III)	0–5	Čukarički	Gradski stadion, Lebane
16:00			14' Mandić  40' Fofana  51' Srnić  78' Jovanović  89' Ožegović	Attendance: 3000 Referee: Miloš Milanović

Inđija (II) v Voždovac

21 September 2016	Inđija (II)	0–1	Voždovac	Stadion FK Inđija, Inđija
16:00			86' Dražić	Attendance: 400 Referee: Marko Srećković

Kolubara (II) v Mladost Lučani

21 September 2016	Kolubara (II)	0–4	Mladost Lučani	Stadion FK Kolubara, Lazarevac
16:00			7', 38' (pen.) Milosavljević  34', 66' Simić	Attendance: 600 Referee: Robert Kiš Čepegi

Mladost Bački Jarak (IV) v Novi Pazar

21 September 2016	Mladost Bački Jarak (IV)	1–4	Novi Pazar	Stadion Livadica, Bački Jarak
16:00	Đorđević  48'		7' Travančić  25' Vusljanin  54' Lepović  89' Čečarić	Attendance: 2000 Referee: Momčilo Marković

Žarkovo (III) v Metalac G.M.

21 September 2016	Žarkovo (III)	2–2 (5–4 p)	Metalac G.M.	Stadion Kralj Petar I, Belgrade
16:00	Guzina  56', 80'		16' Rovčanin  44' Stojković	Attendance: 300 Referee: Nenad Minaković
	Penalties
	Rajić Janković Guzina N. Stojanović Aničić		Mladenović Jovanović Simović Mijić Rovčanin

Sinđelić Beograd (II) v Jagodina (II)

21 September 2016	Sinđelić Beograd (II)	1–5	Jagodina (II)	Stadion FK Sinđelić, Belgrade
16:00	Milenković  75'		6', 81' Milošković  17' Tomić  45' Milovanović  70' N. Milošević	Attendance: 200 Referee: Ljubiša Borisavljević

Polet Ljubić (III) v Radnik Surdulica

21 September 2016	Polet Ljubić (III)	0–1	Radnik Surdulica	Stadion FK Polet, Ljubić
16:00			45+1' Mišan	Attendance: 600 Referee: Novica Anđelovski

Zemun (II) v Borac Čačak

21 September 2016	Zemun (II)	0–0 (4–5 p)	Borac Čačak	Zemun Stadium, Belgrade
16:00				Attendance: 400 Referee: Nemanja Gajdobranski
	Penalties
	Cakić Stanojević Injac Bangura Lukić		Marčić Mihajlović Thiago Galvão Tanasin Bogdanović

Proleter Novi Sad (II) v Javor Ivanjica

21 September 2016	Proleter Novi Sad (II)	0–1	Javor Ivanjica	Stadion Slana Bara, Novi Sad
16:00			64' Sević	Attendance: 400 Referee: Marko Popović

BSK Borča (II) v Radnički Niš

21 September 2016	BSK Borča (II)	1–0	Radnički Niš	Vizelj Park, Belgrade
16:00	Cvetković  80'		75'  Stanković	Attendance: 800 Referee: Petar Piper

ČSK Čelarevo (II) v Red Star Belgrade

21 September 2016	ČSK Čelarevo (II)	0–3	Red Star Belgrade	Stadion Pivare, Čelarevo
16:00			32' Poletanović  72' Al. Luković  83' Sikimić 40' Al. Luković	Attendance: 3000 Referee: Aleksandar Vasić

Partizan v Napredak Kruševac

21 September 2016	Partizan	3–1	Napredak Kruševac	Stadion Partizana, Belgrade
18:00	Đurđević  19', 36' Leonardo  26'		56' Vukanović  71'  Sekidika	Attendance: 1500 Referee: Ilija Brdar

Sloboda Užice (II) v OFK Beograd (II)

21 September 2016	Sloboda Užice (II)	6–1	OFK Beograd (II)	Gradski stadion, Užice
19:00	Đerić  54' (pen.), 90+1' Nešović  64', 67', 69', 77'		41' Denković	Attendance: 1000 Referee: Aleksandar Živković

Vojvodina v Bežanija (II)

21 September 2016	Vojvodina	4–0	Bežanija (II)	Stadion Karađorđe, Novi Sad
20:00	Jovančić  6' Trujić  8' Planić  62' Zličić  73'			Attendance: 1500 Referee: Ana Minić

Round of 16

The 16 winners from first round took part in this stage of the competition. The draw was held on 14 October 2016, and it contained seeded and unseeded teams. Drawing of the lots was conducted by the former national team player Mitar Mrkela.[4] The seeds were determined by last season's final standings in the Serbian top divisions. Seeded teams: Red Star Belgrade, Partizan, Čukarički, Vojvodina, Borac Čačak, Voždovac, Radnik Surdulica and Mladost Lučani. Unseeded teams: Spartak Subotica, Rad, Javor Ivanjica, Novi Pazar, Jagodina (II), BSK Borča (II), Sloboda Užice (II) and Žarkovo (III). Žarkovo, having played in the league level below the Serbian First League in the previous season, was automatically named as host.[1] The matches were played on 25 and 26 October 2016.[1] No extra time was played if the score was tied after the regular 90 minutes. Those games went straight to penalties.[1] In total, around 8700 spectators attended the games (avg. 1087 per game).

Žarkovo (III) v Partizan

25 October 2016	Žarkovo (III)	0–2	Partizan	Stadion Kralj Petar I, Belgrade
13:00			48', 71' Bojinov	Attendance: 1000 Referee: Dragan Čolović

Jagodina (II) v Borac Čačak

26 October 2016	Jagodina (II)	1–1 (4–5 p)	Borac Čačak	Gradski stadion, Jagodina
13:00	Lazović  25'		50' Thiago Galvão	Attendance: 500 Referee: Nemanja Gajdobranski
	Penalties
	I. Ivanović Miladinović M. Ristić Mirkailo Jelić		Kočović Delić Thiago Galvão Krstić Bogdanović

Voždovac v Spartak Subotica

26 October 2016	Voždovac	1–0	Spartak Subotica	SC Stadion, Belgrade
14:00	Stojanović  19' Pavlović  70'			Attendance: 400 Referee: Milan Ilić

Čukarički v Javor Ivanjica

26 October 2016	Čukarički	1–0	Javor Ivanjica	Stadion Čukarički, Belgrade
15:00	Ožegović  19' Regan  72'			Attendance: 800 Referee: Milorad Mažić

Red Star Belgrade v BSK Borča (II)

26 October 2016	Red Star Belgrade	3–0	BSK Borča (II)	Stadion Rajko Mitić, Belgrade
16:00	Srnić  68' Hugo Vieira  70' Orlandić  88' (pen.)			Attendance: 3200 Referee: Marko Popović

Mladost Lučani v Rad

26 October 2016	Mladost Lučani	1–1 (5–3 p)	Rad	Stadion FK Mladost, Lučani
17:00	S. Jovanović  64'		80' Ćulum	Attendance: 1000 Referee: Aleksandar Vasić
	Penalties
	Bojović Pejović Milosavljević Radivojević Gavrić		Stanojević Đenić Mladenović Marković

Novi Pazar v Vojvodina

26 October 2016	Novi Pazar	0–0 (2–3 p)	Vojvodina	Gradski stadion, Novi Pazar
17:00				Attendance: 1000 Referee: Dejan Santrač
	Penalties
	Mutavdžić Micevski Vusljanin Marić Alivodić		Meleg Paločević Jovančić Babić

Radnik Surdulica v Sloboda Užice (II)

26 October 2016	Radnik Surdulica	1–2	Sloboda Užice (II)	Gradski stadion, Surdulica
17:00	Kyeremeh  75' Mladenović  63'		64' Nnamani  86' Vidić	Attendance: 800 Referee: Momčilo Marković

Quarter-finals

The 8 winners from the second round took part in this stage of the competition. The draw was held on 23 November 2016 and it contained seeded and unseeded teams. Drawing of the lots was conducted by the current head coach of U21 national team, Tomislav Sivić.[5] The seeds were determined by the following key: Last season's cup semifinalists were automatically set as seeded teams, while the remaining seeds were determined by last season's final standings in top Serbian divisions. Seeded teams: Partizan, Borac Čačak, Red Star Belgrade and Čukarički. Unseeded teams: Vojvodina, Voždovac, Mladost Lučani and Sloboda Užice (II). The matches were played on 5 April 2017.[1] In total, around 5200 spectators attended the games (avg. 1300 per game).

Voždovac v Partizan

5 April 2017	Voždovac	1–2	Partizan	SC Stadion, Belgrade
13:00	Srećković  42'		80' Đurđević  90' Leonardo	Attendance: 1000 Referee: Dragan Čolović

Vojvodina v Borac Čačak

5 April 2017	Vojvodina	5–2	Borac Čačak	Stadion Karađorđe, Novi Sad
18:00	Malbašić  12', 71' Trujić  16', 81' S. Babić  66'		41' (o.g.) Kovačević  62' Marčić	Attendance: 700 Referee: Danilo Grujić

Sloboda Užice (II) v Čukarički

5 April 2017	Sloboda Užice (II)	0–3	Čukarički	Gradski stadion, Užice
18:00			21' S. Jovanović  45' Kajević  88' Milojević	Attendance: 1500 Referee: Bojan Nikolić

Red Star Belgrade v Mladost Lučani

5 April 2017	Red Star Belgrade	4–2	Mladost Lučani	Stadion Rajko Mitić, Belgrade
19:00	Kanga  46' Milić  52' Boakye  58' Al. Luković  63' (pen.)		45' Milosavljević  70' (pen.) Bojović  53'  Andrić	Attendance: 2000 Referee: Novak Simović

Semi-finals

The 4 winners from the Quarter finals (Partizan, Red Star Belgrade, Čukarički and Vojvodina) took part in the semi-finals. The draw was held on 11 April 2017, and there were no seedings in the draw. The drawing of the lots was conducted by the former national team player Goran Bunjevčević.[6] Semi-finals were contested over two legs. First legs were played on 26 April 2017, and second legs were played on 9 and 10 May 2017.[1] In total, around 35400 spectators attended the games (avg. 8850 per game).

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Čukarički	3–5	Red Star Belgrade	1–4	2–1
Vojvodina	0–1	Partizan	0–0	0–1

First legs

Čukarički v Red Star Belgrade

26 April 2017 SF	Čukarički	1–4	Red Star Belgrade	Stadion Čukarički, Belgrade
16:30	S. Jovanović  40'		12' Le Tallec  19', 39' Boakye  33' (o.g.) Ožegović	Attendance: 1500 Referee: Milorad Mažić

Vojvodina v Partizan

26 April 2017 SF	Vojvodina	0–0	Partizan	Stadion Karađorđe, Novi Sad
19:00				Attendance: 7000 Referee: Danilo Grujić

Second legs

Red Star Belgrade v Čukarički

9 May 2017 SF	Red Star Belgrade	1–2 (5–3 agg.)	Čukarički	Stadion Rajko Mitić, Belgrade
16:00	Boakye  76' (pen.)		4' Ožegović  54' (o.g.) Milić	Attendance: 4600 Referee: Marko Popović

Partizan v Vojvodina

10 May 2017 SF	Partizan	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Vojvodina	Stadion Partizana, Belgrade
18:00	Đurđević  44'			Attendance: 22256 Referee: Milorad Mažić

Final

Further information: 2017 Serbian Cup Final

Winners from the Semi-finals took part in the single-legged final. The match was played on 27 May 2017.[1] Host of the game, and the venue of the finals were decided by drawing of the lots. The draw was conducted, once again, by the former national team player Goran Bunjevčević.[7]

Partizan v Red Star Belgrade

27 May 2017	Partizan	1–0	Red Star Belgrade	Stadion Partizana, Belgrade
18:00	Milenković  42'			Attendance: 20000 Referee: Milorad Mažić

References

1. ФУДБАЛ 24 Archived 2016-08-17 at the Wayback Machine at fss.rs, 15-6-2016 (in Serbian)
2. ПAРOВИ ПРЕД КОЛА КУПA СРБИЈЕ ЗA ТAКМИЧAТСКУ 2016/2017
3. ЖРЕБ 1/16 ФИНАЛА КУПА СРБИЈЕ У ПОНЕДЕЉАК, 12. СЕПТЕМБРА at Football Association of Serbia official website, 9-9-2016 (in Serbian)
4. ИЗВУЧЕНИ ПАРОВИ 1/8 ФИНАЛА КУПА СРБИЈЕ at Football Association of Serbia official website, 14-10-2016 (in Serbian)
5. ПОЗНАТИ ПАРОВИ 1/4 ФИНАЛА КУПА СРБИЈЕ: СИВИЋ ОДВЕО ЧУКАРИЧКИ У УЖИЦЕ at Football Association of Serbia official website, 23-11-2016 (in Serbian)
6. ПАРОВИ ПОЛУФИНАЛА КУПА СРБИЈЕ at Football Association of Serbia official website, 11-4-2017 (in Serbian)
7. ЖРЕБОМ ОДЛУЧЕНО:ФИНАЛЕ КУПА СРБИЈЕ НА СТАДИОНУ ПАРТИЗАНА, 27. МАЈА ОД 19,00 at Football Association of Serbia official website, 18-5-2017 (in Serbian)

External links

• Official site