2015–16 Serbian Cup

The 2015–16 Serbian Cup season is the tenth season of the Serbian national football tournament.

2015–16 Serbian Cup

Country	Serbia
Teams	37
Champions	Partizan
Runners-up	Javor
Matches played	38
Goals scored	85 (2.24 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Darko Zorić (Borac) Srđan Vujaklija (Borac) (3 goals)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The competition started on 2 September 2015.

The winner of the competition qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

Calendar

Round	Date(s)	Number of fixtures	Clubs	New entries this round
Preliminary round	2 September 2015[1]	5	37 → 32	10
Round of 32	28 October 2015[1]	16	32 → 16	27
Round of 16	2 December 2015[1]	8	16 → 8	none
Quarter-finals	2 March 2016[1]	4	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	16 March and 20 April 2016[1]	4	4 → 2	none
Final	11 May 2016[1]	1	2 → 1	none

Preliminary round

A preliminary round was held in order to reduce the number of teams competing in the next round to 32. It consisted of 5 single-legged ties, with a penalty shoot-out as the decider if the score was tied after 90 minutes. This round featured the bottom 5 teams from the 2014–15 Serbian First League, as well as 5 regional cup winners. The draw contained seeded and unseeded teams. The bottom 5 teams from the 2014–15 Serbian First League (Sloboda Užice, Moravac Mrštane, Jedinstvo Užice, Sloga Kraljevo and Mačva Šabac) were set as unseeded teams, with the 5 regional cup winners (Zemun, Loznica, Jedinstvo Paraćin, ČSK Čelarevo and Mokra Gora) being set as seeded teams. The draw was held on 24 August 2015, and was conducted with the idea of minimizing expenses for the participating clubs. The matches were played on 2 September 2015.[2] In total, around 4150 spectators attended the games (avg. 830 per game).

2 September 2015	Zemun (II)	1–0	Jedinstvo Užice (III)	Stadion Zemuna, Belgrade
16:00	Đokić  6'			Attendance: 300 Referee: Nikola Radaković

2 September 2015	Loznica (II)	2–0	Sloboda Užice (II)	Stadion FK Loznica, Loznica
16:00	Lazić  6' Krstić  40'			Attendance: 1200 Referee: Bojan Krstić

2 September 2015	Jedinstvo Paraćin (IV)	0–1	Moravac Mrštane (III)	Gradski stadion, Paraćin
16:00	P. Jokić  40'		74' Nikolić	Attendance: 1000 Referee: Miloje Milićević

2 September 2015	ČSK Čelarevo (II)	1–0	Mačva Šabac (III)	Stadion Pivare, Čelarevo
16:00	Tanasić  57' (pen.)			Attendance: 150 Referee: Andrija Stojanović

2 September 2015	Mokra Gora (III)	2–2 (7–6 p)	Sloga Kraljevo (III)	Stadion Mala Marakana, Zubin Potok
16:00	Radojević  14' Bešović  73'		61' Nikoličić  83' (pen.) Parezanović	Attendance: 1500 Referee: Uroš Vuković
	Penalties
	Radojević Đorđević Voštić Đaković Baščarević Drobnjak Anđelković Mlađović		Parezanović Trnavac Milošević Babić Andrić Županjac Pantović Kurandić

Round of 32

In this round, the five winners from the previous round were joined by all 16 teams from the 2014–15 Serbian SuperLiga, as well as the top 11 teams from the 2014–15 Serbian First League. The draw was held on 13 October 2015, and it contained seeded(16 teams from 2014–15 Serbian SuperLiga) and unseeded teams. Drawing of the lots was conducted by former national team player and head coach Ilija Petković.[1][3] The matches were played on 27 and 28 October 2015. No extra time was played if the score was tied after the regular 90 minutes. Those games went straight to penalties. In total, around 19450 spectators attended the games (avg. 1215 per game).

27 October 2015	ČSK Čelarevo (II)	0–1	Borac Čačak	Stadion Pivare, Čelarevo
13:00			17' Đerić	Attendance: 600 Referee: Marko Popović

28 October 2015	BSK Borča (II)	3–1	Mladost Lučani	Vizelj Park, Belgrade
13:00	Gordić  51' Bujšić  60' Janković  92'		82' (o.g.) D. Stojković	Attendance: 400 Referee: Danilo Grujić

28 October 2015	Novi Pazar	0–2	Javor	Gradski stadion, Novi Pazar
13:00			30' Martusevich  86' Josović	Attendance: 1500 Referee: Dejan Dimitrijević

28 October 2015	Zemun (II)	0–1	Spartak Subotica	Zemun Stadium, Belgrade
13:00			87' (o.g.) D. Đokić	Attendance: 300 Referee: Dejan Anđelković

28 October 2015	Proleter Novi Sad (II)	0–1	Jagodina	Stadion Slana Bara, Novi Sad
13:00			54' Savković 72' Knežević	Attendance: 500 Referee: Srđan Jovanović

28 October 2015	Moravac Mrštane (III)	0–3	Napredak Kruševac (II)	SC ORION, Mrštane
13:00			2', 23' Lemajić  86' Ivelja	Attendance: 400 Referee: Aleksandar Živković

28 October 2015	Loznica (II)	1–2	Radnički Niš	Stadion FK Loznica, Loznica
13:00	Božić  35' (pen.)		4' Pejčić  14' M. Krstić	Attendance: 1500 Referee: Nemanja Petković

28 October 2015	Kolubara (II)	0–0 (4–5 p)	Vojvodina	Stadion FK Kolubara, Lazarevac
13:00	Morariju  48'			Attendance: 3000 Referee: Petar Piper
	Penalties
	Stojković Paunović Bubanja Z. Stojanović I. Stojanović Dinčić		Ivanić Paločević Maksimović Antić Ožegović Rosić

28 October 2015	Sinđelić Beograd (II)	0–2	Partizan	Stadion FK Sinđelić, Belgrade
13:00			48', 69' (pen.) Šaponjić	Attendance: 1500 Referee: Lazar Lukić

28 October 2015	Sloga PM (II)	0–0 (1–4 p)	Voždovac	Stadion FK Sloga, Petrovac na Mlavi
13:00				Attendance: 600 Referee: Ilija Brdar
	Penalties
	Savić Stefanović Antanasijević		Mihajlov Zlatković Grujić Ristović

28 October 2015	Bežanija (II)	0–0 (6–5 p)	Radnički 1923 (II)	Stadion FK Bežanija, Belgrade
13:00				Attendance: 200 Referee: Dejan Santrač
	Penalties
	Živković M. Milić Rudan Matović Yu Dong-gyu Divac		Vilotijević Živanović Gavrović Veselinović Nedeljković Samailović

28 October 2015	Mokra Gora (III)	1–3	Čukarički	Stadion Mala Marakana, Zubin Potok
13:00	Đorđević  66'		15', 39' Pavlović  85' Mirosavljević	Attendance: 1500 Referee: Lazar Tripković

28 October 2015	Bačka BP (II)	1–3	Red Star Belgrade	Stadion Slavko Maletin Vava, Bačka Palanka
13:00	Čeković  28' Trivunović 90'		41', 78' Katai  61' Ibáñez	Attendance: 5000 Referee: Srđan Obradović

28 October 2015	Radnik Surdulica	0–0 (3–4 p)	Donji Srem (II)	Gradski stadion, Surdulica
13:00				Attendance: 1200 Referee: Milorad Milićević
	Penalties
	N. Stojanović Putinčanin Arsić Suraka P. Đorđević		Arsenović Mijailović Soldatović Rakić

28 October 2015	Inđija (II)	1–0	Rad	Stadion FK Inđija, Inđija
13:00	Tomanović  14' (pen.) Stanivuković  86' Valentić  91'		93' Trninić	Attendance: 250 Referee: Zoran Široki

28 October 2015	Metalac G.M.	3–3 (6–7 p)	OFK Beograd	Stadion Metalac, Gornji Milanovac
17:00	Mladenović  57', 89' Brkić  59'		28', 75' (pen.) Jovanović  66' Andrić	Attendance: 1000 Referee: Robert Kiš Čepegi
	Penalties
	Brkić Dopuđ Mladenović Đenić Panić Luković Simov Merdović		Jovanović Pejović Cuckić Damjanović Andrić Knežević Savić Ignjatijević

Round of 16

The 16 winners from first round took part in this stage of the competition. The draw was held on 18 November 2015, and it contained seeded and unseeded teams.[4] Seeded teams: Partizan, Red Star Belgrade, Čukarički, Vojvodina, OFK Beograd, Radnički Niš, Jagodina and Spartak Subotica. Unseeded teams: Voždovac, Borac Čačak, Napredak Kruševac (II), Donji Srem (II), Javor, Inđija (II), Bežanija (II) and BSK Borča (II). The seeds were determined by last season's final standings in the Serbian top divisions. Drawing of the lots was conducted by former national team player and head coach Slobodan Santrač.[5] The matches were played on 2 December 2015. No extra time was played if the score was tied after the regular 90 minutes. Those games went straight to penalties. In total, around 10270 spectators attended the games (avg. 1284 per game).

2 December 2015	OFK Beograd	5–0	Donji Srem (II)	Omladinski stadion, Belgrade
13:00	Andrić  4' Škrbić  14' Pejović  27' Cuckić  72' (pen.) Šalipur  78' (o.g.)			Attendance: 150 Referee: Milan Ilić

2 December 2015	Voždovac	0–1	Partizan	Stadion FK Obilić, Belgrade
13:00			29' Oumarou	Attendance: 2000 Referee: Igor Stojilković

2 December 2015	Jagodina	2–0	BSK Borča (II)	Gradski stadion, Jagodina
13:00	Savković  15' Ivanović  90+1'			Attendance: 100 Referee: Novak Simović

2 December 2015	Spartak Subotica	3–2	Bežanija (II)	Gradski stadion, Subotica
13:00	Mrkela  16' Bogunović  36' Farkaš  89'		45+1' M. Milić  86' Gojković	Attendance: 200 Referee: Nenad Đokić

2 December 2015	Vojvodina	1–0	Inđija (II)	Stadion Karađorđe, Novi Sad
15:00	Babić  77'			Attendance: 500 Referee: Aleksandar Vasić

2 December 2015	Napredak Kruševac (II)	0–2	Radnički Niš	Stadion Mladost, Kruševac
16:30			33' Ašćerić  57' Marjanović	Attendance: 3000 Referee: Bojan Nikolić

2 December 2015	Javor	1–1 (4–3 p)	Čukarički	Gradski stadion, Ivanjica
17:00	Ajuru  15'		50' Mirosavljević	Attendance: 800 Referee: Vlado Glođović
	Penalties
	Josović Eliomar Ajuru Dražić Stojaković Docić		Lucas Piasentin Pavlović Jovanović Srnić Mirosavljević Ostojić

2 December 2015	Red Star Belgrade	1–5	Borac Čačak	Stadion Crvena zvezda, Belgrade
17:00	Jović  54'		19', 45', 59' Zorić  35' Vujaklija  74' Jevtović	Attendance: 3520 Referee: Milorad Mažić

Quarter-finals

The 8 winners from the second round took part in this stage of the competition. The draw was held on 24 December 2015, and it contained seeded and unseeded teams. The seeds were determined by 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, Jagodina, Vojvodina and OFK Beograd. Unseeded teams: Radnički Niš, Spartak Subotica, Borac Čačak and Javor.[6] Drawing of the lots was conducted by former national team player Jovan Aćimović.[6] The matches were played on 2 March 2016.[1] No extra time was played if the score was tied after the regular 90 minutes. Those games went straight to penalties.[7] In total, around 3200 spectators attended the games (avg. 800 per game).

2 March 2016	Jagodina	0–2	Spartak Subotica	Gradski stadion, Jagodina
14:00			89' (pen.), 90+3' Mudrinski	Attendance: 500 Referee: Srđan Jovanović

2 March 2016	Borac Čačak	2–0	OFK Beograd	Stadion Borca, Čačak
14:00	Maslać  63' Vujaklija  81'			Attendance: 1500 Referee: Majo Vujović

2 March 2016	Javor	2–2 (5–3 p)	Vojvodina	Gradski stadion, Ivanjica
16:00	Docić  25' Đokić  89'		47' Ašćerić  69' Babić	Attendance: 1200 Referee: Danilo Grujić
	Penalties
	Đokić Josović Docić Dražić Stojaković		Malbašić Rosić Babić Pankov

2 March 2016	Partizan	2–0	Radnički Niš	Stadion Partizana, Belgrade
18:00	Mihajlović  18' Mihajlović 50' A. Stevanović  79'			Attendance: 0[8] Referee: Milorad Mažić

Semi-finals

The 4 winners from the Quarter finals(Partizan, Borac Čačak, Spartak Subotica and Javor) took part in the semi-finals. The draw was held on 8 March 2016 and there were no seedings in the draw.[9] Drawing of the lots was conducted by national team coach Radovan Ćurčić.[10] Semi-finals were contested over two legs. First legs were played on 16 March 2016, and the second legs were played on 20 April 2016.[1] In total, around 10000 spectators attended the games (avg. 2500 per game). The aggregate winners qualified for the final.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Javor	3–2	Borac Čačak	2–1	1–1
Partizan	3–0	Spartak Subotica	0–0	3–0

First legs

16 March 2016 SF	Javor	2–1	Borac Čačak	Gradski stadion, Ivanjica
16:00	Eliomar  7' Dražić  49'		54' Kostić  60'  Krstić	Attendance: 1500 Referee: Dejan Dimitrijević

16 March 2016 SF	Partizan	0–0	Spartak Subotica	Stadion Partizana, Belgrade
18:00			43' Tumbasević	Attendance: 3000 Referee: Milan Ilić

Second legs

20 April 2016 SF	Borac Čačak	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Javor	Stadion Borca, Čačak
18:30	Vujaklija  55' (pen.)		63' (pen.) Docić	Attendance: 2000 Referee: Vlado Glođović

20 April 2016 SF	Spartak Subotica	0–3 (0–3 agg.)	Partizan	Gradski stadion, Subotica
16:30	Mudrinski  80'		2' Mihajlović  84' Vlahović  90' Bandalovski	Attendance: 3500 Referee: Bojan Nikolić

Final

Winners from the Semi-finals took part in the single-legged final. The match was played on 11 May 2016.[1][11]

11 May 2016	Javor	0–2	Partizan	Stadion Metalac, Gornji Milanovac
19:00			35' Jovanović  90+7' Vlahović	Attendance: 4500 Referee: Milorad Mažić[12]

References

1. ЖРEБ 1/16 ФИНAЛA КУПA СРБИЈE at Football Association of Serbia official website, 8-10-2015 (in Serbian)
2. "ПAРOВИ ПРЕД КОЛА КУПA СРБИЈЕ ЗA ТAКМИЧAРСКУ 2015/16 ГOДИНУ". fss.rs. 28 August 2015.
3. КУП СРБИЈЕ: ЖРЕБ 1/16 ФИНAЛA at Football Association of Serbia official website, 13-10-2015 (in Serbian)
4. Борац „нагазна мина“ у Купу за Звезду и Партизан at zurnal.rs, 12-11-2015 (in Serbian)
5. ЖРЕБ: КУП СРБИЈЕ at Football Association of Serbia official website, 18-11-2015 (in Serbian)
6. ЖРЕБ ПAРOВA ЧЕТВРТФИНAЛA КУПA СРБИЈЕ 24. ДЕЦЕМБРA at Football Association of Serbia official website, 24-12-2015 (in Serbian)
7. ПРОПОЗИЦИЈЕ ТАКМИЧЕЊА ЗА ФУДБАЛСКИ КУП СРБИЈЕ ЗА СЕЗОНУ 2015/2016. at Football Association of Serbia official website, retrieved 4-12-2015 (in Serbian)
8. Partizan was suspended for crowd misconduct in the previous round of Serbian SuperLiga
9. ЖРЕБ ПAРOВA ПOЛУФИНAЛA КУПA СРБИЈЕ 08. МAРТA at fss.rs, 4-3-2016 (in Serbian)
10. КУП СРБИЈЕ: ЈAВOР МAТИС - БOРAЦ, ПAРТИЗAН - СПAРТAК at fss.rs, 8-3-2016 (in Serbian)
11. КУП СРБИЈЕ: ФИНAЛЕ У ГOРЊЕМ МИЛAНOВЦУ at fss.rs, 22-4-2016 (in Serbian)
12. http://refereesfifa.blogspot.fr/2016/05/serbia-2016-serbian-cup-final.html

External links

• Official site