The Serbian Cup

Serbian Cup

The Serbian Cup is the national football cup of Serbia. For sponsorship reasons it is referred to in the media as Lav Cup of Serbia since 2007.The winner of the competition gets a spot in the UEFA Europa League qualifying round.-Sponsorship:...

 2011–12 is sixth season of the Serbian national football tournament.
The competition will start on 31 August 2011, and will conclude with Final on May 16, 2012.

The winner of the competition will qualify for the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League

2012–13 UEFA Europa League

The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League will be the fourth season of the competition since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup. The final will be played at the Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, the Netherlands....

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Preliminary round

A preliminary round was held in order to reduce the number of teams competing in the next round to 32 and featured 14 teams from Serbian lower divisions. The matches were played on 31 August 2011.

Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participate in during the 2011–12 season.

First round

In this round, seven winners from the previous round were joined by all 16 teams from Serbian Superliga

Serbian Superliga

Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...

 from 2010–11, as well as top 9 teams from Serbian First League

Serbian First League

Serbian First League is the name for the second tier in Serbia's football league. The league is operated by the Football Association of Serbia. 18 teams are set to compete in this league for the 2009-10 season...

 from 2010–11. Draw was held on September 9, 2011. The matches have been played on 20, 21 and 27 September 2011. In total, around 23050 spectators attended the games(avg. 1441 per game).

Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participate in during the 2011–12 season.

Last 16

16 winners from previous round take place in this round. Draw for this round contained seeded and unseeded teams. Seedings were determined by last season's league standings. Seeded teams for this round: Partizan

FK Partizan

Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

, Red Star

Red Star Belgrade

Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

, Vojvodina

FK Vojvodina

FK Vojvodina is a football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently competes in the Serbian SuperLiga. FK Vojvodina is the third oldest football club in Serbia's SuperLiga, after OFK Beograd which was founded in 1911 and FK Javor which was founded in 1912.-History:FK Vojvodina was founded...

, Spartak ZV Subotica

FK Spartak Zlatibor Voda

FK Spartak Zlatibor Voda is a football club from Subotica, Serbia, that plays in the Serbian SuperLiga . The club was founded in 1945 and was named after Jovan Mikić Spartak, the leader of the Partisans in Subotica, and a national hero who was killed in 1944...

, OFK Beograd

OFK Beograd

Omladinski fudbalski klub Beograd, commonly referred to as OFK Beograd , is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia, more precisely from the Karaburma urban neighborhood. It currently is the oldest team playing in the Serbian SuperLiga. The name means "Youth Football Club Belgrade" in Serbian...

, Sloboda Užice, Javor Ivanjica and Borac Čačak

FK Borac Cacak

Fudbalski klub Borac Čačak is a professional football club based in Čačak, Serbia.It was founded in 1926. Borac plays at the Čačak Stadium which has a capacity of 5,000....

. Unseeded teams: Smederevo

FK Smederevo

Fudbalski klub Smederevo is a Serbian professional football club based in the city of Smederevo.-History:...

, Jagodina

FK Jagodina

Fudbalski klub Jagodina is a professional football club based in the town of Jagodina, Serbia.-History:...

, Metalac

FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac

FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac is a professional football club based in Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. Metalac was founded on June 12, 1961...

, Inđija (II), Radnički 1923, Banat (II), Proleter Novi Sad

FK Proleter Novi Sad

Fudbalski klub Proleter Novi Sad is a professional football club based in Slana Bara, Novi Sad, Serbia...

 (II) and Kolubara

FK Kolubara

FK Kolubara is a football club based in Lazarevac, Serbia.-Recent seasons:1 Championship abandoned officially on 14 May 1999 due to the NATO attacks on FR Yugoslavia.-Current squad:As of November 2010....

 (II). Draw took place on 29 September 2011. The matches were played on 25 and 26 October 2011. In total, around 14100 spectators attended the games(avg. 1763 per game).

Note: Roman numerals in brackets denote the league tier the clubs participate in during the 2011–12 season.

Quarter-finals

8 winners from previous round took place in this round. Draw for this round was scheduled for 2 November 2011, and contained seeded and unseeded teams. Seedings were determined by last season's league standings. Quarter-finals round is scheduled for November 23, 2011, with only Serbian SuperLiga

Serbian Superliga

Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...

 teams still in the contention. Seeded teams: Partizan

FK Partizan

Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

, Red Star

Red Star Belgrade

Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

, Vojvodina

FK Vojvodina

FK Vojvodina is a football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently competes in the Serbian SuperLiga. FK Vojvodina is the third oldest football club in Serbia's SuperLiga, after OFK Beograd which was founded in 1911 and FK Javor which was founded in 1912.-History:FK Vojvodina was founded...

 and Spartak ZV Subotica

FK Spartak Zlatibor Voda

FK Spartak Zlatibor Voda is a football club from Subotica, Serbia, that plays in the Serbian SuperLiga . The club was founded in 1945 and was named after Jovan Mikić Spartak, the leader of the Partisans in Subotica, and a national hero who was killed in 1944...

. Unseeded teams: OFK Beograd

OFK Beograd

Omladinski fudbalski klub Beograd, commonly referred to as OFK Beograd , is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia, more precisely from the Karaburma urban neighborhood. It currently is the oldest team playing in the Serbian SuperLiga. The name means "Youth Football Club Belgrade" in Serbian...

, Javor Ivanjica, Borac Čačak

FK Borac Cacak

Fudbalski klub Borac Čačak is a professional football club based in Čačak, Serbia.It was founded in 1926. Borac plays at the Čačak Stadium which has a capacity of 5,000....

 and Smederevo

FK Smederevo

Fudbalski klub Smederevo is a Serbian professional football club based in the city of Smederevo.-History:...

. The matches took-place on November 23, 2011. In total, around 6500 spectators attended the games(avg. 1625 per game).

Semi-finals

4 winners from previous round take place in the semi-finals. As of last year, semi-finals are being played over two legs. 1st leg matches are scheduled for March 21, 2012. 2nd legs will be played on April 11, 2012. There are no seedings in draw for this round. Following teams entered the draw: Partizan

FK Partizan

Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

, Borac Čačak

FK Borac Cacak

Fudbalski klub Borac Čačak is a professional football club based in Čačak, Serbia.It was founded in 1926. Borac plays at the Čačak Stadium which has a capacity of 5,000....

, Vojvodina

FK Vojvodina

FK Vojvodina is a football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently competes in the Serbian SuperLiga. FK Vojvodina is the third oldest football club in Serbia's SuperLiga, after OFK Beograd which was founded in 1911 and FK Javor which was founded in 1912.-History:FK Vojvodina was founded...

 and Red Star

Red Star Belgrade

Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

Finals

Two winners from semi-final encounters take place in the finals. The game is scheduled for May 16, 2012, on a neutral venue. The venue for the finals is still unknown, and for the first time in a long time, the football association allowed venues, other than Red Star's and Partizan's, to apply for hosting the finals. It is still unknown whether any stadium, other than fore mentioned, submitted a subscription for hosting the game.