2007–08 Croatian Football Cup Explained

Croatian Football Cup
Year:2007–08
Country:Croatia
Num Teams:48
Defending Champions:Dinamo Zagreb
Champions:Dinamo Zagreb (9th title)
Runner-Up:Hajduk Split
Matches:54
Goals:185
Top Goal Scorer:Nikola Kalinić (9)
Prevseason:2006–07
Nextseason:2008–09

The 2007–08 Croatian Football Cup was the seventeenth season of Croatia's football knockout competition. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champion and they won it for a second year running after beating Hajduk Split 3–0 on aggregate.

Calendar

Round Main date Number of fixtures width=100 Clubs !New entries this round
29 August 2007 16 48 → 32 none
26 September 2007 16 32 → 16 16
24 October 2007 8 16 → 8 none
7 and 28 November 2007 8 8 → 4 none
9 and 23 April 2008 4 4 → 2 none
7 and 14 May 2008 2 2 → 1 none

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held on 29 August 2007.

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1Ogulin4–1Novalja
2Olimpija Osijek0–3Slavonac CO
3Trogir2–0Istra
4Primorac Biograd 0–0 (5–4 p)Zagora Unešić
5Neretvanac0–0 (3–5 p)Bjelovar
6Đakovo 5–0Mladost Ždralovi
7Graničar 1–0Vrapče
8Koprivnica1–4Virovitica
9Croatia Sesvete7–0Polet Buševec
10Mladost Varaždin1–3Slavonija
11Klanjec1–1 (9–10 p)Zelina
12Čukovec0–1Segesta
13Mladost Molve4–3Rudar Labin
14Podravina3–1Grobničan
15Oriolik 5–4Moslavina
16Međimurje 3–2Zrinski

First round

Matches played on 26 September 2007.

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10–4Rijeka
2Virovitica 1–3 (aet)Dinamo Zagreb
3Mladost Molve 1–9Hajduk Split
41–2Varteks
5Slavonac CO0–1Slaven Belupo
62–3Osijek
7Oriolik1–4Cibalia
8Đakovo 2–1
9Podravina 2–0
101–3NK Zagreb
11Primorac Biograd0–5Inter Zaprešić
121–4Pomorac
13Bjelovar 3–3 (7–6 p)
14Croatia Sesvete 2–0
152–2 (6–7 p)Šibenik
16Segesta 1–0Zadar

Second round

Matches played on 24 October 2007.

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1Segesta3–0Rijeka
22–3 Dinamo Zagreb
3Hajduk Split 2–0Croatia Sesvete
4Bjelovar1–1 (3–5 p)Varteks
5Slaven Belupo 1–0Pomorac
6Inter Zaprešić1–0Podravina
70–7NK Zagreb
8Cibalia 2–1Osijek

Quarter-finals

First legs were held on 7 November and second legs on 28 November 2007.|}

Semi-finals

Dinamo Zagreb won 6–3 on aggregate.----Hajduk Split won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

See main article: 2008 Croatian Football Cup final.

Second leg

Dinamo Zagreb won 3–0 on aggregate.

See also

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