2013–14 Croatian Football Cup Explained

Croatian Football Cup
Year:2013–14
Country: Croatia
Num Teams:48
Champions:Rijeka (3rd title)
Runner-Up:Dinamo Zagreb
Matches:52
Goals:192
Top Goal Scorer:Andrej Kramarić (10)
Prevseason:2012–13
Nextseason:2014–15

The 2013–14 Croatian Football Cup is the twenty-third season of Croatia's football knockout competition. The defending champions are Hajduk Split, having won their sixth title the previous year by defeating Lokomotiva in the final.

Calendar

Round Date(s) Number of fixtures width=100 Clubs !New entries this round
28 August 2013 16 48 → 32 none
25 September 2013 16 32 → 16 16
30 October 2013 8 16 → 8 none
27 November and 4 December 2013 8 8 → 4 none
12 and 26 March 2014 4 4 → 2 none
7 and 21 May 2014 2 2 → 1 none

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 1 August 2013 with matches scheduled on 28 August 2013.

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1Drava Novigrad PodravskibyeNovalja
2Opatija2–3Lučko
3Mladost Ždralovi1–2 (aet)Marsonia
4Međimurje4–3Lekenik
5Torpedo Kuševac9–0Omladinac Novi Grad
6Novigrad5–0Mladost Palinovec
7Slavonija Požega2–0Graničar Županja
8Radnički Mece1–1 (2–4 p)Suhopolje
9Zagora Unešić6–3Ogulin
10Borac Imbriovec2–5Zmaj Blato
11Jadran Poreč3–2 (aet)Bobota
12Zagorec Krapina1–4NK Kustošija
13Zadar5–0Plitvica Gojanec
14Podravina Ludbreg3–1 (aet)Imotski
15Gorica6–0Moslavac Popovača
16Zelina2–2 (5–3 p)Croatia Grabrovnica

First round

First round proper consisted of 16 single-legged matches, with 16 winners of the preliminary round joined by 16 clubs with the highest cup coefficients. The draw for the first round was held on 28 August, where the club with the lowest cup coefficient hosts the one with the highest and so on. Matches were scheduled on 25 September 2013.

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1Suhopolje0–6Dinamo Zagreb
2Kustošija1–5Hajduk Split
3Drava Novigrad Podravski0–3Cibalia
4Torpedo Kuševac0–3Osijek
5Novigrad3–0Varaždin
6Jadran Poreč0–6Slaven Belupo
7Marsonia0–5NK Zagreb
8Podravina Ludbreg1–0Šibenik
9Rijeka11–0Zmaj Blato
10Slavonija Požega1–2Istra 1961
11Lučko4–1Pomorac
12Gorica0–0 (1–2 p)Inter Zaprešić
13MeđimurjebyeKarlovac
14Segesta0–2Zadar
15Zelina0–1Vinogradar
16HAŠK1–2Zagora Unešić

Second round

The second round was contested by 16 winners from the first round in eight single-legged fixtures scheduled on 30 October 2013. It was the last stage of the competition employing the single leg format as from the quarter-finals onwards all fixtures are going to be double-legged events.

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1Zagora Unešić0–5Dinamo Zagreb
2Vinogradar1–3 (aet)Hajduk Split
3Cibalia0–2Zadar
4Međimurje0–2 (aet)Osijek
5Novigrad0–2Inter Zaprešić
6Slaven Belupo5–4Lučko
7NK Zagreb0–0 (3–4 p)Istra 1961
8Podravina1–3Rijeka

Quarter-finals

Quarter-final ties were played over two legs, scheduled for 27 November and 4 December 2013. The round featured eight winners from the second round. The unseeded draw for quarter-final pairings was held on 5 November.[1] The tie between Rijeka and Osijek has been postponed for 2014 due to Rijeka's congested fixture list. Both clubs initially agreed to play the first leg in Rijeka on 12 February 2014 and the second leg in Osijek on 19 February 2014. However, due to the flooded pitch in Rijeka, the first leg was played on 19 February and the return leg in Osijek on 12 March.

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Semi-finals

Dinamo Zagreb won 4–1 on aggregate.----Rijeka won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

See main article: 2014 Croatian Football Cup final.

Second leg

Rijeka won 3–0 on aggregate

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ždrijeb četvrtine finala kupa 05. studenog. 29 October 2013. Prva HNL. hr. 3 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131105214326/http://prva-hnl.hr/blog/2013/10/zdrijeb-cetvrtine-finala-kupa-05-studenog/. 5 November 2013. dead.