2012–13 Croatian Football Cup

The 2012–13 Croatian Football Cup was the twenty-second season of Croatia's football knockout competition. The defending champions were Dinamo Zagreb, having won their 12th title the previous year by defeating Osijek in the final.

2012–13 Croatian Football Cup
Country Croatia
Teams48
ChampionsHajduk Split (6th title)
Runners-upLokomotiva
Matches played50
Goals scored162 (3.24 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Mario Šitum (7)

The cup kicked off with the single-legged preliminary round which was scheduled on 29 August 2012. Most of the top flight clubs entered the competition in the following round, scheduled on 26 September 2012, with the exception of Lokomotiva, RNK Split and Zadar, as their cup coefficient (determined by their cup record over the last five seasons) was too low to skip the preliminary round.

Calendar
RoundDate(s)Number of fixturesClubsNew entries this round
Preliminary round29 August 20121648 → 32none
First round26 September 20121632 → 1616
Second round31 October 2012816 → 8none
Quarter-finals21 and 28 November 201288 → 4none
Semi-finals3 and 17 April 201344 → 2none
Final8 and 22 May 201322 → 1none

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 1 August 2012 with matches scheduled on 29 August 2012. This round consists of 16 single-legged fixtures. A total of 32 clubs entered the preliminary round: 21 regional cup winners organized at the county level and 11 regional cup finalists (from the top 11 counties with the greatest number of registered football clubs).[1][2]

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Koprivnica 0–0 (5–4 p) Vuteks Sloga
2 Virovitica 1–4 RNK Split
3 Krka Lozovac bye Nedelišće
4 Libertas 2–1 Mladost Ždralovi
5 Slunj 2–1 Zadrugar
6 Tekstilac Ravnice 1–1 (4–5 p) Višnjevac
7 Ivančica 2–2 (4–3 p) Oriolik Oriovac
8 Mladost Repušnica 1–2 Zrinski Tordinci
9 Gorica 4–0 Sloboda Slakovec
10 Bjelovar 1–2 Vinodol
11 Lokomotiva 7–0 Slavija Pleternica
12 Novalja 3–1 Zagorec Krapina
13 Zelina 9–0 Mladost Mali Otok
14 Zadar 5–1 Belišće
15 GOŠK Dubrovnik bye Jedinstvo Omladinac
16* Vrsar 5–0 Tomislav-Pan

* Match played on 28 August.

First round

First round proper consisted of 16 single-legged matches, with 16 winners of the preliminary round joined by 16 clubs with the highest cup coefficients (including remaining nine top level clubs). The draw for the first round was held on 30 August, where the club with the lowest cup coefficient hosts the one with the highest and so on. Matches are scheduled on 26 September 2012.

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1* Vrsar 0–3 Dinamo Zagreb
2 Slunj 0–4 Hajduk Split
3 Libertas bye Varaždin
4 Zrinski Tordinci 0–4 NK Zagreb
5 Vinodol 0–2 Cibalia
6 Novalja 0–1 Osijek
7 Ivančica 1–2 Slaven Belupo
8 GOŠK Dubrovnik 1–1 (3–2 p) Šibenik
9 Nedelišće 1–0 (aet) Rijeka
10 Koprivnica 2–1 (aet) Pomorac
11 Višnjevac 1–2 Istra 1961
12* Gorica 3–0 Inter Zaprešić
13 Zelina bye Karlovac
14* Lokomotiva 4–2 Segesta
15 RNK Split 5–1 Zagora Unešić
16 Zadar 2–0 Konavljanin

* Match played on 25 September

Second round

The second round will be contested by 16 winners from the first round in eight single-legged fixtures scheduled for 31 October 2012. It will be the last stage of the competition employing the single leg format as from the quarter-finals onwards all fixtures are going to be double-legged events.

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1* Dinamo Zagreb 2–3 (a.e.t.) Zadar
2 Hajduk Split 2–1 RNK Split
3* Lokomotiva 3–2 Libertas
4* NK Zagreb 1–2 Zelina
5 Cibalia 1–0 Gorica
6* Osijek 3–2 (a.e.t.) Istra 1961
7* Slaven Belupo 2–0 (a.e.t.) Koprivnica
8 GOŠK Dubrovnik 2–0 (a.e.t.) Nedelišće

* Match played on 30 October

Quarter-finals

The eight clubs remaining in the competition after the second round were paired for the quarter-finals. From the quarter-finals onwards the ties will be played in a two-legged format. The draw was held on 7 November 2012.[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zadar 2–3 Slaven Belupo 1–0 1–3
Zelina 1–3 Hajduk Split 1–1 0–2
GOŠK Dubrovnik 0–1 Lokomotiva 0–1 0–0
Cibalia 4–2 Osijek 1–1 3–1

Semi-finals

First legs
Cibalia1 – 1Lokomotiva
Mazalović  23' Report
(in Croatian)		 Kramarić  58'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)
Slaven Belupo1 – 2Hajduk Split
Vugrinec  77' Report
(in Croatian)		 Sušić  56'
Stojanović  90+2'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

Second legs
Lokomotiva3 – 0Cibalia
Šitum  19'
Antolić  43'
Kramarić  89'		 Report
(in Croatian)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Zlatko Šimčić (Koprivnica)

Lokomotiva won 4–1 on aggregate

Hajduk Split1 – 1Slaven Belupo
Milić  72' Report
(in Croatian)		 Glavica  32'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Igor Pristovnik (Zagreb)

Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate

Notes
  1. Slaven Belupo v Hajduk was originally to be played on 3 April 2013, 19:00 local time, but was postponed to the next week, due to poor conditions.[4]

Final
Main article: 2013 Croatian Football Cup Final

First leg
Hajduk Split2 – 1Lokomotiva
Maglica  65'
Kouassi  69'		 Report
(in Croatian)		 Antolić  53'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Andrej Burilo (Osijek)

Second leg
Lokomotiva3 – 3Hajduk Split
Šitum  9'
Kramarić  71'
Bručić  90+2'		 Report Vuković  45'
Sušić  52'
Stojanović  72'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ante Vučemilović (Osijek)

Hajduk Split won 5–4 on aggregate

See also

References
  1. "Ždrijeb parova pretkola kupa u srijedu 1. kolovoza". Prva-HNL.hr (in Croatian). 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  2. "Parovi pretkola HNK-a". Prva-HNL.hr (in Croatian). 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  3. "Ždrijeb 1/4 finala kupa: Zelina-Hajduk, GOŠK-Lokomotiva". Prva-HNL.hr (in Croatian). 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  4. Strahija, Ivana (2 April 2013). "Odgođena utakmica Kupa u Koprivnici". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 April 2013.
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