2020–21 Croatian Football Cup

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]

2020–21 Croatian Football Cup
Country Croatia
Teams48
ChampionsDinamo Zagreb
Runners-upIstra 1961
Matches played46
Goals scored188 (4.09 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Luka Menalo
Taichi Hara
Martin Šaban
(6 each)

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 → 8none24 / 8
Quarter-finals3 March 202148 → 4none11 / 4
Semi-finals7, 14 or 28 April24 → 2none10 / 2
Final19 May 202112 → 1none9 / 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 were 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 Split
11*** Kurilovec 6–0 Vinogradar
12 GOŠK Dubrovnik bye Zadar
13 Mladost Ždralovi 0–1 (a.e.t.) 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 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]

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

* Match played on 14 November.
 ** Match played on 7 December.
 *** Match played on 23 February.
 **** Match played on 24 February.
 ***** Match played on 28 February.
 ****** Match played on 2 March.

Quarter-finals

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

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1* Oriolik 0–3 Istra 1961
2 Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 Slaven Belupo
3 Osijek 1–2 Rijeka
4* Gorica 3–0 Hajduk Split

* Matches played on 16 March.

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.

Istra 19613–2Rijeka
  • Šutalo 7'
  • Hara 23'
  • Guzina 44'
 Report
Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1]
Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)
Dinamo Zagreb4–1 (a.e.t.)Gorica
 Report
Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1]
Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

Final
Main article: 2021 Croatian Football Cup final

The final was played on 19 May 2021.[4]

Dinamo Zagreb6–3Istra 1961
 Report
Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1]
Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

Top scorers
Rank Player Club(s) Goals
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Luka Menalo Dinamo Zagreb
Rijeka		 6
Japan Taichi Hara Istra 1961
Croatia Martin Šaban Gaj Mače
4 Croatia Bruno Rihtar 5
5 Croatia Davor Iskrić 3
Croatia Tomislav Gudelj Croatia Zmijavci
Croatia Filip Hodak Kurilovec
Croatia Luka Sedlaček
Croatia Mihovil Geljić Sesvete
Croatia Josip Mitrović Gorica
Croatia Kristijan Lovrić
Croatia Luka Matić GOŠK Dubrovnik
Croatia Miroslav Iličić Slaven Belupo
Croatia Robert Murić Rijeka
North Macedonia Arijan Ademi Dinamo Zagreb

Notes
  1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia.

References
  1. "Rijeka pobijedila Lokomotivu, obranila naslov pobjednika kupa" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. "Ždrijeb pretkola novog izdanja hrvatskog kupa" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. "Ždrijeb pretkola novog izdanja hrvatskog kupa" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. "Hrvatski kup". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  5. "Održan ždrijeb polufinala hrvatskog kupa". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
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