1998–99 Croatian Football Cup Explained

Croatian Football Cup
Year:1998–99
Country:Croatia
Num Teams:48
Defending Champions:Croatia Zagreb
Winners:Osijek (1st title)
Second:Cibalia
Scoring Leader:Željko Pakasin (5)
Prev Season:1997–98
Next Season:1999–2000

The 1998–99 Croatian Football Cup was the eighth edition of Croatia's football knockout competition. Croatia Zagreb were the defending champions, and it was won by Osijek. This was the first season when a preliminary round was played, with top-level clubs entering the competition in the first round proper.

Calendar

Round Main date Number of fixtures width=100 Clubs !New entries this round
19 August 1998 16 48 → 32 none
6 and 15 September 1998 16 32 → 16 16
23 and 29 September 19988 16 → 8 none
28 October and
25 November 1998
8 8 → 4 none
3 March and
17 March 1999
4 4 → 2 none
30 May 1999 2 2 → 1 none

Preliminary round

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1Mosor11–0Daruvar
2Valpovka1–2Samobor
3Čakovec3–0Croatia Đakovo
4Slavonija Požega5–0Spartak Vest
5Dugo Selo2–1Posavina Zagreb
6Halubjan Viškovo3–0Dugopolje
7Podravac2–1Slunj
8Ivančica1–4Slaven Belupo
9Bojovnik 71–0Slavonac
10Pazinka1–0Varaždin
11Zagora Unešić0–2Moslavina
12Amater Slavonski Brod6–1Mladost Hrastovec
13Istra Pula3–2Graničar Županja
14Raštane2–0Nehaj Senj
15TŠK Topolovac4–0Neretva
16Špansko0–1Mladost 127

First round

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1Dugo Selo3–2Croatia Zagreb
2Bojovnik 72–3Hajduk Split
3TŠK Topolovac0–1Varteks
4Amater Slavonski Brod2–2 (4–2 p)NK Zagreb
5Halubjan1–2Rijeka
6Mosor0–1 (aet)Osijek
7Podravac1–5Zadarkomerc
8Moslavina2–3Segesta
9Raštane2–0Inker Zaprešić
10Čakovec2–0Dubrovnik
11Samobor1–2Hrvatski Dragovoljac
12Pazinka0–6Cibalia
13Slavonija Požega0–3Belišće
14Istra Pula1–1 (1–4 p)Šibenik
15Mladost 1274–2Bjelovar
16Marsonia0–4Slaven Belupo

Second round

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1Slaven Belupo8–0Dugo Selo
2Hajduk Split5–1Mladost 127
3Šibenik0–1Varteks
4Belišće4–1Amater Slavonski Brod
5Cibalia1–0Rijeka
6Osijek3–1Hrvatski Dragovoljac
7Čakovec0–0 (5–4 p)Zadarkomerc
8Segesta4–0Raštane

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

3–3 on aggregate. Cibalia won 6–5 in penalty shootout.----Osijek won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

See main article: 1999 Croatian Football Cup final.

See also

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