2011–12 Polish Cup

2011–12 Polish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Poland
Teams	83
Final positions
Champions	Legia Warsaw
Runner-up	Ruch Chorzów
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Tsvetan Genkov Michał Żyro (4 goals each)
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The 2011–12 Polish Cup was the fifty-eighth season of the annual Polish football knockout tournament. It began on 19 July 2011 with the first matches of the extra preliminary round and ended on 24 April 2012 with the final. The winners qualified for the second qualifying round^[1] of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

Legia Warsaw were the defending champions, having won their record breaking 14th title in the previous season. They successfully defended this title, becoming the winner of the Polish Cup for the 15th time in history.

Extra preliminary round

The draw for this round was conducted at the headquarters of the Polish FA on 28 June 2011. Participating in this round were 16 regional cup winners and 36 teams from the 2010–11 II Liga. The matches were played between 19 and 21 July 2011.^[2]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
19 July 2011
Stal Rzeszów	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Okocimski KS Brzesko
21 July 2011
Gryf Orlex Wejherowo	1–0	Olimpia Grudziądz
Bałtyk Koszalin	0–2	Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Huragan Morąg	3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Bałtyk Gdynia
ŁKS 1926 Łomża	2–3	OKS 1945 Olsztyn
Lech Rypin	1–0	Jeziorak Iława
KS Sokół Kleczew	9–3	Polonia Słubice
Steinpol-Ilanka Rzepin	w/o1	Jarota Jarocin
Włókniarz Zelów	2–3	Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
Mazur Karczew	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Wigry Suwałki
Podlasie II Biała Podlaska	2–3	Sokół Sokółka
Alit Ożarów	1–7	Wisła Płock
Chrobry Głogów	w/o2	Czarni Żagań
Start Namysłów	0–3	Miedź Legnica
Rozwój II Katowice	5–2 (a.e.t.)	Górnik Wałbrzych
Limanovia Limanowa	2–0	Raków Częstochowa
LZS Turbia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Motor Lublin
Chojniczanka Chojnice	2–3	Ruch Zdzieszowice
Ruch Wysokie Mazowieckie	w/o3	Olimpia Elbląg
Pelikan Łowicz	2–0	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Polonia Nowy Tomyśl	w/o4	GKS Tychy
Tur Turek	1–2	Elana Toruń
Resovia	w/o5	GLKS Nadarzyn
Lechia Zielona Góra	0–1	Nielba Wągrowiec
Start Otwock	2–3	Znicz Pruszków
Puszcza Niepołomice	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Stal Stalowa Wola

Notes:

1. Steinpol-Ilanka Rzepin withdrew from the competition.
2. Czarni Żagań used ineligible players. The match ended in a 2–1 victory for Chrobry.^[3]
3. Ruch Wysokie Mazowieckie withdrew from the competition.
4. Polonia Nowy Tomyśl withdrew from the competition.
5. GLKS Nadarzyn withdrew from the competition.

Preliminary round

The matches were played on 2 and 3 August 2011 with the exception of Gryf vs. Zawisza match which was postponed to 10 August.^[4] Ruch Zdzieszowice and Jarota Jarocin received a bye to the first round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
2 August 2011
GKS Tychy	1–3	Elana Toruń
KS Sokół Kleczew	3–2	Lech Rypin
Znicz Pruszków	0–1	Puszcza Niepołomice
3 August 2011
Huragan Morąg	0–1	OKS 1945 Olsztyn
Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	0–2	Olimpia Elbląg
Sokół Sokółka	1–0	Wigry Suwałki
Resovia	5–3	Wisła Płock
Chrobry Głogów	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Miedź Legnica
LZS Turbia	0–4	Limanovia Limanowa
Okocimski KS Brzesko	1–0	Pelikan Łowicz
Rozwój II Katowice	1–0	Nielba Wągrowiec
10 August 2011
Gryf Orlex Wejherowo	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Round 1

The draw for this round was conducted at the headquarters of the Polish FA on 4 August 2011. The 14 winners of the preliminary round, along with Jarota Jarocin and Ruch Zdzieszowice and the eighteen teams from 2010–11 I Liga will compete in this round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
16 August 2011
Elana Toruń	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Flota Świnoujście
Okocimski KS Brzesko	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	KS Polkowice
Puszcza Niepołomice	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	GKS Katowice
Ruch Zdzieszowice	2–0	Kolejarz Stróże
17 August 2011
Rozwój II Katowice	w/o1	KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
Sokół Kleczew	0–2	MKS Kluczbork
Olimpia Elbląg	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Warta Poznań
Sokół Sokółka	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Ruch Radzionków
OKS 1945 Olsztyn	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Pogoń Szczecin
Gryf Orlex Wejherowo	1–0	Sandecja Nowy Sącz
Jarota Jarocin	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Dolcan Ząbki
Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza	0–2	ŁKS Łódź
Piast Gliwice	5–2 (a.e.t.)	GKS Bogdanka
23 August 2011
Resovia	1–3	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
No match
Chrobry Głogów	w/o2	Odra Wodzisław Śląski
Limanovia Limanowa	w/o2	GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski

Notes:

1. KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski withdrew from the competition.
2. Odra Wodzisław Śląski and GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski went into liquidation before the start of the season.

Round 2

The draw for this round was made on 24 August 2011.^[5] The sixteen winners of the Round 1 and the sixteen teams from 2010–11 Ekstraklasa will compete in this round. The matches will be played between 20 and 28 September 2011.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
20 September 2011
Chrobry Głogów	0–3	Lech Poznań
Dolcan Ząbki	0–1	Górnik Zabrze
Limanovia Limanowa	1–0	Lechia Gdańsk
21 September 2011
Olimpia Elbląg	0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Arka Gdynia
Rozwój Katowice	1–4	Legia Warsaw
Ruch Zdzieszowice	3–1	Jagiellonia Białystok
MKS Kluczbork	3–2	Zagłębie Lubin
Ruch Radzionków	0–4	Polonia Warsaw
Piast Gliwice	0–1	Cracovia
Gryf Orlex Wejherowo	1–0	Korona Kielce
ŁKS Łódź	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Ruch Chorzów
22 September 2011
Flota Świnoujście	2–4	Wisła Kraków
27 September 2011
Okocimski KS Brzesko	1–3	Śląsk Wrocław
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	3–0	GKS Bełchatów
28 September 2011
Puszcza Niepołomice	1–1 (4–5p)	Polonia Bytom
OKS 1945 Olsztyn	0–1	Widzew Łódź

Notes:

1. Due to renovation of the ŁKS stadium, the match took place in Chorzów, while ŁKS remained the host officially.

Round 3

The 16 winners from Round 2 compete in this round. The matches took place on October 18, 19, 25, 26 and November 9, 2011.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
18 October 2011
Gryf Orlex Wejherowo	1–0	Górnik Zabrze
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	0–1	Śląsk Wrocław
19 October 2011
Ruch Zdzieszowice	1–0	MKS Kluczbork
Arka Gdynia	3–1	Polonia Warsaw
25 October 2011
Polonia Bytom	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Lech Poznań
26 October 2011
Limanovia Limanowa	1–2	Wisła Kraków
Legia Warsaw	3–0	Widzew Łódź
9 November 2011
Ruch Chorzów	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Cracovia

Quarter-finals

The 8 winners from Round 3 will compete in this round.
The matches were played in two legs. The first legs took place on 13 and 14 March 2012, while the second legs were played on 20 and 21 March 2012.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gryf Orlex Wejherowo	1–4	Legia Warsaw	0–3	1–1
Lech Poznań	0–2	Wisła Kraków	0–1	0–1
Ruch Zdzieszowice	2–6	Ruch Chorzów	1–4	1–2
Arka Gdynia	3–3 (a)	Śląsk Wrocław	2–0	1–3

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

The 4 winners from the Quarterfinals will compete in this round.
The matches will be played in two legs. The first legs will take place on 3 and 4 April 2012, while the second legs will be played on 10 and 11 April 2012.
The two winners will move on to this year's Final.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ruch Chorzów	4–4 (6–5 p)	Wisła Kraków	3–1	1–3 (a.e.t.)
Arka Gdynia	2–4	Legia Warsaw	1–2	1–2

First leg

Second leg

Final

See also

• 2011–12 Ekstraklasa

References

• 90minut.pl