2018 Croatian Football Cup final explained

2018 Croatian Football Cup final
Event:2017–18 Croatian Cup
Team1:Dinamo Zagreb
Team1score:1
Team2:Hajduk Split
Team2score:0
Date:23 May 2018
Stadium:Stadion HNK Cibalia
City:Vinkovci
Referee:Mario Zebec (Cestica)
Attendance:8,208
Previous:2017
Next:2019

The 2018 Croatian Cup final between Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split was played on 23 May 2018 at Stadion HNK Cibalia in Vinkovci. This was the first meeting of the two most popular Croatian clubs in the final since 2009. Dinamo Zagreb secured a domestic double after winning both the cup and the 2017–18 Croatian First Football League.

Road to the final

Dinamo ZagrebRoundHajduk Split
width=15%Opponentwidth=7%Resultwidth=10%width=15%Opponentwidth=7%Result
Borac Imbriovec 6–0First round3–0
0−0 (3–2 p)Second round1–0
4–2Quarterfinals3–1
3–0Semifinals1–1 (4–2 p)

Match details

DINAMO ZAGREB:
GK 1 Danijel Zagorac
FW 2
MF 5 Arijan Ademi (c)
DF 6 Jan Lecjaks
MF 7
MF 8
FW 11
DF 13
MF 14
DF 30
DF 55 Dino Perić
Substitutes:
GK 40 Dominik Livaković
FW 9 Mario Budimir
MF 10 Ante Ćorić
FW 15
MF 19
DF 21 Gabriel
DF 26
Manager:
Nenad Bjelica
HAJDUK SPLIT:
GK 1 Dante Stipica
MF 5
MF 7
MF 14
MF 20
FW 22
DF 23 Zoran Nižić (c)
DF 24
DF 31 André Fomitschow
DF 32 Fran Tudor
MF 90 Savvas Gentsoglou
Substitutes:
GK 71 Davor Matijaš
FW 9
FW 10
FW 15
MF 26 Toma Bašić
DF 27
DF 34
Manager:
Željko Kopić
Assistant referees:
Borut Križarić (Čakovec)
Dalibor Conjar (Osijek)
Fourth official:
Goran Pataki (Đakovo)
Additional assistant referees:
Match rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

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