2021–22 Croatian Football Cup Explained

Croatian Football Cup
Year:2021–22
Other Title:SuperSport Hrvatski nogometni kup
Country:Croatia
Num Teams:48
Champions:Hajduk Split
Runner-Up:Rijeka
Matches:47
Goals:164
Top Goal Scorer:Dion Drena Beljo (5)
Prevseason:2020–21
Nextseason:2022–23

The 2021–22 Croatian Football Cup was the 31st season of Croatia's football knockout competition. It was sponsored by the betting company SuperSport and known as the SuperSport Hrvatski nogometni kup for sponsorship purposes.[1] The defending champions were Dinamo Zagreb, having won their 16th title the previous year by defeating Istra 1961 in the final.

Calendar

Round Date(s) Number of fixtures width=100 Clubs !New entries this round Goals / games
25 August 2021 16 48 → 32 32 43 / 16
22 September 2021 16 32 → 16 16 59 / 16
27 October 2021 8 16 → 8 none 33 / 8
1 December 2021 4 8 → 4 none 17 / 4
2 March 2022 2 4 → 2 none 8 / 2
26 May 2022 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 3 August 2021 and the matches were scheduled on 25 August 2021.[2]

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1Orijent 19192–1Marsonia
2Zagora Unešić1–2Karlovac 1919
3Podravina Ludbreg0–0 (3–5 p)Bjelovar
4Nehaj2–0Borac Imbriovec
5Primorac Biograd na Moru1–0Samobor
6Belišće4–1Mladost Prelog
7Mladost Ždralovi4–2Neretvanac Opuzen
8Bednja1–0Uljanik
9Sesvete0–0 (3–1 p)Mladost Petrinja
10Moslavina0–2Oriolik
11Međimurje4–0Slavonija Požega
12Pitomača2–0Kurilovec
13Virovitica0–4BSK Bijelo Brdo
14Radnik Križevci2–3Dugopolje
15Graničar Županja0–1Rudar Labin
16Vuteks Sloga3–1Straža

First round

The draw for the preliminary single-legged round was held on 26 August 2021 and the matches were scheduled on 22 September 2021.[3]

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1Pitomača0–7Rijeka
2Orijent 19191–4Dinamo Zagreb
3Dugopolje1–1 (7–8 p)Lokomotiva
4Bednja0–3Osijek
5Primorac Biograd na Moru1–2Hajduk Split
6Vuteks Sloga0–3Istra 1961
7Karlovac 19190–2Slaven Belupo
8Mladost Ždralovi3–1Inter Zaprešić
9Nehaj3–7Gorica
10Međimurje0–1Šibenik
11Rudar Labin2–0RNK Split
12Belišće4–0Vinogradar
13Bjelovar1–5Rudeš
14Sesvete2–3 Varaždin
15BSK Bijelo Brdo1–0Cibalia
16NK Zagreb0–1Oriolik

Second round

The second round was scheduled for 27 October 2021. 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
1Oriolik0–6Rijeka
2BSK Bijelo Brdo2–3Dinamo Zagreb
3Varaždin2–3Lokomotiva
4Rudeš0–2Osijek
5Belišće1–5Hajduk Split
6Rudar Labin2–3Istra 1961
7Šibenik1–1 (4–5 p)Slaven Belupo
8Gorica2–0Mladost Ždralovi
Matches played on 26 October.
Match played on 13 November.

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were scheduled for 1 December 2021.[5]

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1Osijek0–0 (5–4 p)Slaven Belupo
2Lokomotiva3–6Hajduk Split
3Dinamo Zagreb1–3Rijeka
4Gorica2–2 (4–2 p)Istra 1961
Matches played on 30 November.

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were scheduled for 2 and 9 March 2022.[6]

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Final

See main article: 2022 Croatian Football Cup final. The final was played on 26 May 2022.[7] [8]

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Dion Drena BeljoIstra 19615
2 Denis BušnjaRijeka4
Marko LivajaHajduk Split
Marin LjubičićHajduk Split
Toni VinogradacBelišće
6 Abass IssahRijeka3
Kristijan LovrićGorica
Jorge ObregónRijeka
Lucijan TomacNehaj
Source: Statistika hrvatskog nogometa[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Video: SuperSport postao naslovni sponzor Hrvatskog nogometnog kupa . hns-cff.hr . Croatian Football Federation . 13 September 2019 . 2 April 2022 . hr .
  2. Web site: Održan ždrijeb pretkola Hrvatskog kupa za sezonu 2021./2022. . 3 August 2021 . Croatian Football Federation . hr . 5 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Poznati parovi šesnaestine finala Hrvatskog nogometnog kupa . 26 August 2021 . Croatian Football Federation . hr . 28 August 2021.
  4. Web site: Zaključena šesnaestina finala, poznati parovi osmine finala Kupa . 22 September 2021 . Croatian Football Federation . hr . 23 September 2021.
  5. Web site: Izvučeni parovi četvrtfinala Super Sport Hrvatskog nogometnog kupa . 29 October 2021 . Croatian Football Federation . hr . 29 October 2021.
  6. Web site: Video: Polufinalni parovi Rijeka - Osijek i Hajduk - Gorica . Croatian Football Federation . 6 December 2021.
  7. Web site: Video: Hajduk svladao Goricu, osigurao mjesto u poljudskom finalu. hr. hns-cff.hr. Croatian Football Federation. 2 March 2022. 11 April 2022.
  8. Web site: Video: Rijeka kroz produžetke do finala Kupa s Hajdukom. hr. hns-cff.hr. Croatian Football Federation. 9 March 2022. 11 April 2022.
  9. Web site: Strijelci. Scorers. live. 7 November 2021. Statistika hrvatskog nogometa. hr. https://web.archive.org/web/20211107143455/https://hrnogomet.com/kup/strijelci.php?sezona=31&sortOrder=desc&sortBy=3&stranica=1&lang=hr . 2021-11-07 .

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