2020–21 Croatian Football Cup Explained

Croatian Football Cup
Year:2020–21
Country:Croatia
Num Teams:48
Champions:Dinamo Zagreb
Runner-Up:Istra 1961
Matches:46
Goals:188
Top Goal Scorer:Luka Menalo
Taichi Hara
Martin Šaban
(6 each)
Prevseason:2019–20
Nextseason:2021–22

The 2020–21 Croatian Football Cup was the thirtieth season of Croatia's football knockout competition. The defending champions were Rijeka, having won their sixth title the previous year by defeating Lokomotiva in the final.[1]

Calendar

Round Date(s) Number of fixtures width=100 Clubs !New entries this round Goals / games
9 September 2020 16 48 → 32 32 70 / 16
7 October 2020 16 32 → 16 16 64 / 15
16 December 2020 8 16 → 8 none 24 / 8
3 March 2021 4 8 → 4 none 11 / 4
7, 14 or 28 April 2 4 → 2 none 10 / 2
19 May 2021 1 2 → 1 none 9 / 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 25 August 2020 and the matches were played on 9 September 2020.[2]

width=40Tie nowidth=200Home teamwidth=80Scorewidth=200Away team
1Oriolik2–1Karlovac 1919
2Kurilovec4–0Papuk Orahovica
3Dilj1–0Virovitica
4Pazinka0–2Crikvenica
5Graničar Županja1–0Slavonija Požega
6Segesta3–4Croatia Zmijavci
7Bjelovar0–5Varaždin
8GOŠK 1919 Dubrovnik4–2BSK Bijelo Brdo
9Gorica1–0Belišće
10Rudar Labin2–0 Primorac Biograd
11Gaj Mače20–2Lika 95
12Sloga Nova Gradiška0–3Sesvete
13Mladost Tribunj0–2Polet SMnM
14Mladost Ždralovi3–1Mladost Petrinja
15Ferdinandovac3–1Ivančica
16Rudar Mursko Središće3–0Tehnika Koprivnica

First round

Teams in first round were paired by club coefficient and the matches were played on 7 October 2020.[3]

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1Dilj0–6Rijeka
2Ferdinandovac1–7Dinamo Zagreb
3Gaj Mače2–3 Lokomotiva
4Graničar Županja1–2Hajduk Split
5Rudar Mursko Središće0–9Slaven Belupo
6Crikvenica1–5Osijek
7Rudar Labin2–0Inter Zaprešić
8Polet SMnM0–2Istra 1961
9Croatia Zmijavci0–2 Šibenik
10Oriolik1–0Split
11Kurilovec6–0Vinogradar
12GOŠK DubrovnikbyeZadar
13Mladost Ždralovi0–1 Zagreb
14Sesvete3–4Gorica
15Novigrad1–3Rudeš
16Varaždin2–0Cibalia

Second round

The second round was scheduled for 16 December 2020. The teams were drawn by tie number where winner of tie No. 1 plays against winner of tie No. 16 and so on, with bigger numbers hosting a tie.[4]

width=40Tie nowidth=165Home teamwidth=80Scorewidth=165Away team
1Varaždin1–2Rijeka
2Rudeš0–2Dinamo Zagreb
3Gorica3–1Lokomotiva
4Zagreb0–3Hajduk Split
5GOŠK Dubrovnik1–4Slaven Belupo
6Kurilovec0–4Osijek
7Oriolik1–0Rudar Labin
8Šibenik0–2Istra 1961

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were scheduled for 3 March 2021.[4]

width=40Tie nowidth=165Home teamwidth=80Scorewidth=165Away team
1Oriolik0–3Istra 1961
2Dinamo Zagreb2–0Slaven Belupo
3Osijek1–2Rijeka
4Gorica3–0Hajduk Split

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were scheduled for 14 April 2021. [5] Dinamo Zagreb v HNK Gorica has been postponed due to Dinamo's participation in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League quarter finals.----

Final

See main article: 2021 Croatian Football Cup final. The final was played on 19 May 2021.[4]

Top scorers

RankPlayerClub(s)Goals
1 Luka MenaloDinamo Zagreb
Rijeka
6
Taichi HaraIstra 1961
Martin ŠabanGaj Mače
4 Bruno Rihtar5
5 Davor Iskrić3
Tomislav GudeljCroatia Zmijavci
Filip HodakKurilovec
Luka Sedlaček
Mihovil GeljićSesvete
Josip MitrovićGorica
Kristijan Lovrić
Luka MatićGOŠK Dubrovnik
Miroslav IličićSlaven Belupo
Robert MurićRijeka
Arijan AdemiDinamo Zagreb

Notes and References

  1. News: Rijeka pobijedila Lokomotivu, obranila naslov pobjednika kupa . 1 August 2020 . Croatian Football Federation . hr . 8 September 2020.
  2. Web site: Ždrijeb pretkola novog izdanja hrvatskog kupa . 28 August 2020 . Croatian Football Federation . hr . 8 September 2020.
  3. Web site: Ždrijeb pretkola novog izdanja hrvatskog kupa . 28 August 2020 . Croatian Football Federation . hr . 8 September 2020.
  4. Web site: Hrvatski kup . Croatian Football Federation . 8 September 2020.
  5. Web site: Održan ždrijeb polufinala hrvatskog kupa . Croatian Football Federation . 8 March 2021.