2020–21 Croatian Football Cup

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

2020–21 Croatian Football Cup
Country Croatia
Teams48
Matches played35
Goals scored147 (4.2 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Martin Šaban 6 goals

Calendar
RoundDate(s)Number of fixturesClubsNew entries this roundGoals / games
Preliminary round9 September 20201648 → 323270 / 16
First round7 October 20201632 → 161664 / 15
Second round16 December 2020816 → 8none13 / 8
Quarter-finals3 March 202148 → 4none0 / 4
Semi-finals31 March 202124 → 2none0 / 2
Final19 May 202112 → 1none0 / 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]

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Oriolik 2–1 Karlovac 1919
2 Kurilovec 4–0 Papuk Orahovica
3 Dilj 1–0 Virovitica
4 Pazinka 0–2 Crikvenica
5 Graničar Županja 1–0 Slavonija Požega
6* Segesta 3–4 Croatia Zmijavci
7* Bjelovar 0–5 Varaždin
8 GOŠK 1919 Dubrovnik 4–2 BSK Bijelo Brdo
9 Gorica 1–0 Belišće
10 Rudar Labin 2–0 (a.e.t.) Primorac Biograd
11 Gaj Mače 20–2 Lika 95
12 Sloga Nova Gradiška 0–3 Sesvete
13 Mladost Tribunj 0–2 Polet SMnM
14 Mladost Ždralovi 3–1 Mladost Petrinja
15 Ferdinandovac 3–1 Ivančica
16 Rudar Mursko Središće 3–0 Tehnika Koprivnica

* Matches played on 8 September.

First round

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

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Dilj 0–6 Rijeka
2* Ferdinandovac 1–7 Dinamo Zagreb
3 Gaj Mače 2–3(a.e.t.) Lokomotiva
4**** Graničar Županja 1–2 Hajduk Split
5** Rudar Mursko Središće 0–9 Slaven Belupo
6**** Crikvenica 1–5 Osijek
7****** Rudar Labin 2–0 Inter Zaprešić
8 Polet SMnM 0–2 Istra 1961
9 Croatia Zmijavci 0–2(a.e.t.) Šibenik
10 Oriolik 1–0 RNK Split
11*** Kurilovec 6–0 Vinogradar
12 GOŠK Dubrovnik bye NK Zadar
13 Mladost Ždralovi 0–1 (a.e.t.) NK Zagreb
14 Sesvete 3–4 Gorica
15 Novigrad 1–3 Rudeš
16***** Varaždin 2–0 Cibalia

* Match played on 26 September.
 ** Match played on 29 September.
 *** Match played on 30 September.
 **** Matches played on 6 October.
 ***** Match played on 10 October.
 ****** Match played on 11 October. Abandoned at halftime because of bad weather. Match continued on 13 October.

Second round

The second round is 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]

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Varaždin 1–2 Rijeka
2 Rudeš 0–2 Dinamo Zagreb
3** Gorica 3–1 Lokomotiva
4***** NK Zagreb – Hajduk Split
5**** GOŠK Dubrovnik – Slaven Belupo
6* Kurilovec 0–4 Osijek
7*** Oriolik – Rudar Labin
8***** Šibenik – Istra 1961

* Match played on 14 November.
 ** Match played on 7 December.
 *** Match will be played on 21 February.
 **** Match will be played on 23 February.
 ***** Matches will be played on 24 February.

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals are scheduled for 3 March 2021.[5]

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Oriolik / Rudar Labin – Šibenik / Istra 1961
2 Dinamo Zagreb – GOŠK Dubrovnik / Slaven Belupo
3 Osijek – Rijeka
4 Gorica – NK Zagreb / Hajduk Split

Semi-finals

The semi-finals are scheduled for 31 March 2021.[6]

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 –
2 –

Final

The final is scheduled for 19 May 2021.[7]

Top scorers
Rank Player Club(s) Goals
1 Luka Menalo Dinamo Zagreb
Rijeka		 6
Martin Šaban Gaj Mače
3 Bruno Rihtar 5
4 Davor Iskrić 3
Tomislav Gudelj Croatia Zmijavci
Filip Hodak Kurilovec
Luka Sedlaček
Mihovil Geljić Sesvete
Josip Mitrović Gorica
10 13 players from 10 clubs 2

References
  1. "RIJEKA POBIJEDILA LOKOMOTIVU, OBRANILA NASLOV POBJEDNIKA KUPA". HNS-CFF.hr (in Croatian). 1 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. "VIDEO: ŽDRIJEB PRETKOLA NOVOG IZDANJA HRVATSKOG KUPA". HNS-CFF.hr (in Croatian). 28 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. "VIDEO: ŽDRIJEB PRETKOLA NOVOG IZDANJA HRVATSKOG KUPA". HNS-CFF.hr (in Croatian). 28 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. "HRVATSKI KUP". hns-cff.hr. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  5. "HRVATSKI KUP". hns-cff.hr. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  6. "HRVATSKI KUP". hns-cff.hr. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  7. "HRVATSKI KUP". hns-cff.hr. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
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