2018–19 Croatian Football Cup Explained

Croatian Football Cup
Year:2018–19
Country: Croatia
Num Teams:48
Champions:Rijeka
Runner-Up:Dinamo Zagreb
Matches:47
Goals:160
Top Goal Scorer:Antonio Čolak (7)
Prevseason:2017–18
Nextseason:2019–20

The 2018–19 Croatian Football Cup was the twenty-eighth season of Croatia's football knockout competition. The defending champions were Dinamo Zagreb, having won their fifteenth title the previous year by defeating Hajduk Split in the final.

Calendar

Round Date(s) Number of fixtures width=100 Clubs !New entries this round Goals / games
29 August 2018 16 48 → 32 32 56 / 16
26 September 2018 16 32 → 16 16 55 / 16
31 October 2018 8 16 → 8 none 30 / 8
5 December 2018 4 8 → 4 none 10 / 4
24 April 2019 2 4 → 2 none 5 / 2
22 May 2019 1 2 → 1 none 4 / 1

Participating clubs

The following 48 teams qualified for the competition:

Best clubs by cup coefficient
16 clubs		Winners and runners up of county cups
32 clubs

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary single-legged round was held on 1 August 2018 and the matches were played on 29 August 2018.[1]

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1Bednja2–0Pitomača
2Suhopolje2–3Kurilovec
3Slavija Pleternica1–0Segesta
4Koprivnica1–3Sloga Mravince
5Križevci2–0Rovinj
6Zagorec Krapina9–0Libertas Novska
7Višnjevac1–2Vrapče
8BSK Bijelo Brdo0–0 (3–4 p)Vukovar 1991
9Rudar Labin0–3Krk
10Nehaj Senj4–1Graničar Županja
11Primorac Biograd na Moru3–1Zagora Unešić
12Jadran Luka Ploče1–0Bjelovar
13Međimurje5–0Sava Strmec
14Nedelišće2–4Sloga Nova Gradiška
15Hrvatski Dragovoljac0–3Varaždin
16Karlovac 19191–2Marsonia
** Match played on 21 August.
*** Matches played on 28 August.

First round

The draw for the first round was held on 31 August 2018 and the matches were played on 26 September 2018.[2]

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1Sloga Mravince0–1Dinamo Zagreb
2Križevci0–9Rijeka
3Vrapče0–2Hajduk Split
4Kurilovec0–2Slaven Belupo
5Jadran Luka Ploče3–1RNK Split
6Zagorec Krapina0–3Osijek
7Primorac Biograd na Moru0–1Lokomotiva
8Sloga Nova Gradiška2–4Istra 1961
9Bednja0–3Inter Zaprešić
10Vukovar 19913–5 Zadar
11Krk1–0Cibalia
12Slavija Pleternica0–4Vinogradar
13Marsonia3–0NK Zagreb
14Nehaj Senj2–2 (2–4 p)Šibenik
15Varaždin2–0Međimurje
16Zelina2–0GOŠK Dubrovnik 1919

Second round

The second round matches were played on 31 October 2018.

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1Zelina0–4Dinamo Zagreb
2Varaždin1–2Rijeka
3Šibenik1–2 Hajduk Split
4Marsonia0–1Slaven Belupo
5Vinogradar4–2Jadran Luka Ploče
6Krk1–5Osijek
7Zadar1–3Lokomotiva
8Inter Zaprešić2–1Istra 1961

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final matches were played on 5 December 2018.

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1Dinamo Zagreb1–0Slaven Belupo
2Lokomotiva1–2Rijeka
3Inter Zaprešić3–0Vinogradar
4Osijek2–1Hajduk Split

Semi-finals

Semi-final matches are scheduled for 24 April 2019.

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Final

See main article: 2019 Croatian Football Cup final. The final was played on 22 May 2019 at Stadion Aldo Drosina in Pula.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClub(s)Goals
1 Antonio ČolakRijeka7
2 Matija SmrekarZagorec Krapina5
3 Filip BungićSloga Nova Gradiška4
Igor PrijićVinogradar
5 Vlatko BlaževićZadar3
Robert BrdarKrk
Mihovil ŠutaloJadran Luka Ploče
Ivan VukelićNehaj Senj

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Održan ždrijeb pretkola Hrvatskog Nogometnog Kupa . 1 August 2018. HNS-CFF.hr. hr. 3 August 2018.
  2. News: Izvučeni parovi za šesnaestinu finala . 31 August 2018. HNS-CFF.hr. hr. 19 September 2018.

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