Country Turkey Champions Beşiktaş (9th title) UEFA Europa League Beşiktaş | Teams 72 Runners-up İstanbul B.B. | |
Dates 1 September 2010 –
11 May 2011 | ||
The 2010–11 Turkish Cup was the 49th season of the Turkish Cup. Beşiktaş defeated İstanbul B.B. in the final. The winner also secured a berth in the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League and qualified for the 2011 Turkish Super Cup. The defending champions were Trabzonspor who were eliminated in the group stage. Trabzonspor (champions), Bursaspor (1st, Süper Lig), Fenerbahçe (2nd), and Galatasaray (3rd) automatically qualified for the group stage.
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First round
The draw for the First Round took place at the headquarters of the TFF in İstanbul on 23 August 2010. The matches were played on 1 September 2010.
Second round
The draw for the Second Round was conducted at the headquarters of the TFF in İstanbul on 14 September 2010. The matches were played on 22 September 2010.
Play-off round
The draw for the Third Round was conducted at the headquarters of the TFF in İstanbul on 30 September 2010. The matches will be played on 26-27–28 October 2010.
Group stage
The group stage consists of four groups with five teams each. The top three teams that finished from 1st place to 3rd in the 2009–10 Süper Lig and the previous cup winners were seeded as group heads: Bursaspor, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, and cup winners Trabzonspor. The sixteen teams who qualified through the first two rounds of elimination matches were randomly drawn into one of the four groups.
Every team will play every other team of its group once, either home or away. The winners and runners-up of each group will qualify for the quarterfinals.