2019–20 Croatian Football Cup Explained

Croatian Football Cup
Year:2019–20
Country:Croatia
Num Teams:48
Champions:Rijeka
Runner-Up:Lokomotiva
Matches:47
Goals:197
Top Goal Scorer:Justin Mathieu, Łukasz Zwoliński (5)
Prevseason:2018–19
Nextseason:2020–21

The 2019–20 Croatian Football Cup was the twenty-ninth season of Croatia's football knockout competition. The defending champions were Rijeka, having won their fifth title the previous year by defeating Dinamo Zagreb in the final.

Calendar

Round Date(s) Number of fixtures width=100 Clubs !New entries this round Goals / games
29 August 2019 16 48 → 32 32 70 / 16
25 September 2019 16 32 → 16 16 84 / 16
30 October 2019 8 16 → 8 none 23 / 8
4 December 2019 4 8 → 4 none 10 / 4
30 May 2020[1] 2 4 → 2 none 9 / 2
1 August 2020 1 2 → 1 none 1 / 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 30 July 2019 and the matches were played on 28 August 2019.[2]

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1Mladost (KP)1–4Sloga Nova Gradiška
2Nehaj Senj0–2Karlovac 1919
3Primorac Biograd na Moru1–3BSK Bijelo Brdo
4Dinamo Predavac1–3 Kurilovec
5Suhopolje2–6Oriolik
6Hrvace3–1Segesta
7Slavonac Komletinci2–2 (3–4 p)Buje
8Gorica10–0Zagorec Krapina
9Bednja1–2 Vuteks-Sloga
10Bjelovar0–3Opatija
11Maksimir2–6Varaždin
12Zagora Unešić5–1Papuk Orahovica
13Belišće0–0 (4–2 p)Jadran Luka Ploče
14Borac Imbriovec1–3Jadran-Poreč
15Nedelišće0–2Slavonija Požega
16Mladost Petrinja3–0Međimurje
** Match played on 27 August.

First round

The first round was played on 25 September 2019.[3]

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1Karlovac 19190–7Dinamo Zagreb
2Buje0–11Rijeka
3Mladost Petrinja0–2Hajduk Split
4Hrvace1–2Slaven Belupo
5Belišće3–1 RNK Split
6Vuteks-Sloga0–8Osijek
7Oriolik0–3Lokomotiva
8Jadran-Poreč3–7Inter Zaprešić
9Kurilovec2–3 Istra 1961
10Sloga Nova Gradiška1–2Vinogradar
11Zagora Unešić1–2 Zadar
12Slavonija Požega1–5Šibenik
13BSK Bijelo Brdo1–0Cibalia
14Gorica8–0NK Zagreb
15Varaždin4–2Rudeš
16Opatija3–1Novigrad

** Match played on 1 October.

Second round

The second round was played on 30 October 2019.

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1Opatija0–3Dinamo Zagreb
2Varaždin1–2Rijeka
3Gorica2–1Hajduk Split
4BSK Bijelo Brdo0–2Slaven Belupo
5Šibenik2–1Belišće
6Zadar0–3Osijek
7Vinogradar0–3Lokomotiva
8Istra 19611–2Inter Zaprešić

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were played on 3 and 4 December 2019.[4]

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1Rijeka1–0Dinamo Zagreb
2Inter Zaprešić0–2Osijek
3Šibenik0–4Lokomotiva
4Gorica1–2Slaven Belupo

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on 30 and 31 May 2020.[1] ----

Final

The final was played on 1 August 2020.[1]

See main article: 2020 Croatian Football Cup final.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClub(s)Goals
1 Justin MathieuGorica5
Łukasz ZwolińskiGorica
3 Drago GabrićZagora Unešić4
Dominik GlavinaVaraždin
Antonio ManceOsijek
Vice MiljanićJadran-Poreč
Cherif NdiayeGorica
8 Antonio ČolakRijeka3
Domagoj DrožđekLokomotiva
Mario GavranovićDinamo Zagreb
Goran JurićOriolik
Damian KądziorDinamo Zagreb
Patrik MijićOriolik
Josip MitrovićInter Zaprešić

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: NASTAVAK NOGOMETNIH NATJECANJA 30. SVIBNJA . hns-cff.hr . 6 May 2020 . 6 May 2020 . hr.
  2. News: Održan ždrijeb pretkola Hrvatskog Nogometnog Kupa . 30 July 2019. HNS-CFF.hr. hr. 3 August 2018.
  3. News: Izvučeni parovi za šesnaestinu finala . 31 August 2018. HNS-CFF.hr. hr. 19 September 2018.
  4. Web site: Repriza prošlosezonskog finala Rijeke i Dinama u četvrtzavršnici Kupa - Hrvatski nogometni savez. hns-cff.hr. 2019-11-04.