2024–25 Turkish Cup

The 2024–25 Turkish Cup (Turkish: Türkiye Kupası) is the 63rd edition of the tournament. Ziraat Bank is the main sponsor of the tournament, thus the sponsored name is Ziraat Turkish Cup. The winners of the cup will qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League play-off round and the 2025 Turkish Super Cup.

Beşiktaş are the defending champions, after winning the cup in the previous edition.

Competition format

The competition format has been changed from previous seasons, and teams will now play in this new format starting from this season. After 5 qualifying rounds, 24 teams will play in the group stage (which has returned for the first time since the 2016–17 season). The group stage consists of 4 groups of 6 teams, where the top two finishers of each group will progress to the quarter finals.

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First round

16 Third League and 16 Regional Amateur League teams compete in this round. No seeds were applied in the single-leg round. The draw was held on 3 September 2024. The match schedules were announced on 4 September 2024. 11 seeded and 5 unseeded teams qualified for the next round. 11 Third League and 5 Regional Amateur League teams qualified to the next round. Biggest upset was Bucak Belediye Oğuzhanspor (153) eliminating Denizlispor (80). Lowest-ranked team qualified for the next round was Bucak Belediye Oğuzhanspor (153). Highest-ranked team eliminated was Kırşehir (79).

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Second round

18 Second League, 41 Third League and 5 Regional Amateur League teams compete in this round. No seeds were applied in the single-leg round. The draw was held on 17 September 2024. The match schedules were announced on 19 September 2024. 16 seeded and 16 unseeded teams qualified for the next round. 9 Second League, 21 Third League, 2 Regional Amateur League teams qualified to the next round. Biggest upset was Tire 2021 (135) eliminating Beykoz Anadoluspor (40). Lowest-ranked team qualified for the next round was Yeşil Yalova (143). Highest-ranked team eliminated was Beykoz Anadoluspor (40).

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Third round

4 Super League, 7 First League, 18 Second League, 39 Third League, 2 Regional Amateur League teams compete in this round. Seeds were applied in the single-leg round. The draw was held on 15 October 2024. The match schedules were announced on 17 October 2024. 23 seeded and 12 unseeded teams qualified for the next round. 3 Super League, 3 First League, 13 Second League and 16 Third League teams qualified to the next round. Biggest upset was Çorluspor 1947 (129) eliminating Adanaspor (34). Lowest-ranked team qualified for the next round was Tire 2021 (135). Highest-ranked team eliminated was Kayserispor (14).

Seedings

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Upsets

Fourth round

8 Super League, 12 First League, 22 Second League and 16 Third League teams compete in this round. Seeds were applied in the single-leg round. The draw was held on 5 November 2024. The match schedules were announced on 12 November 2024. 23 seeded and 6 unseeded teams qualified for the next round. 7 Super League, 9 First League, 9 Second League and 4 Third League teams qualified to the next round. Biggest upset was Çorluspor 1947 (129) eliminating Manisa (32). Lowest-ranked team qualified for the next round was Çorluspor 1947 (129). Highest-ranked team eliminated was Samsunspor (13).

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Upsets

Fifth round

12 Super League, 13 First League, 9 Second League and 4 Third League teams compete in this round. Seeds were applied in the single-leg round. The draw was held on 6 December 2024.The match schedules were announced on 12 November 2024.16 seeded and 3 unseeded teams qualified for the next round. 10 Super League, 7 First League and 2 Second League teams qualified to the next round. Biggest upset was Kırklarelispor (60) eliminating Adana Demirspor (12). Lowest-ranked team qualified for the next round was Kırklarelispor (60). Highest-ranked team eliminated was Adana Demirspor (12).

Seedings

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Upsets

Group stage

The 24 teams participating in the group stage are divided into three pots of eight teams each based on ranking criteria. The draw was held on 20 December 2024. In the draw, two teams are placed into four groups, with one team taken from the top four and one from the bottom four of each pot. In the groups, each team plays a total of three matches, one against a team from each pot. The top two teams from each group, a total of eight teams, advance to the quarter-finals. In the event that two or more teams finish the group stage with the same points, the ranking will be determined by applying the following criteria in order: (i) overall goal difference in the group stage, (ii) the total number of goals scored in the group stage, (iii) the number of wins in the group stage, (iv) the team with the lower disciplinary points. Disciplinary points are calculated as follows: each red card equals 3 disciplinary points, and each yellow card equals 1 disciplinary point. Only cards shown to players during group stage matches are considered in this calculation, and for red cards resulting from two yellow cards, the yellow card that led to the red card is not counted separately for disciplinary points. If the disciplinary points are also equal, the ranking will be determined based on the seedings.

Pots

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout phase

Bracket

Quarter-finals

The Quarter-final matches are played among the eight teams that finished in the top two positions in their respective groups after the Group Stage matches, with a single-match elimination format. The draw was held on 6 February 2025. The match schedules were announced on 14 March 2025.The matchups are determined ensuring that teams that finished first in their groups are paired with teams that finished second in other groups. Teams that advanced from the same group cannot face each other in the Quarter-final stage. The matches are hosted at the home venues of the teams that finished first in their groups.