2021–22 Croatian Football Cup

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2021–22 Croatian Football Cup
SuperSport Hrvatski nogometni kup
Tournament details
CountryCroatia
Teams48
Final positions
ChampionsHajduk Split
Runner-upRijeka
Tournament statistics
Matches played47
Goals scored164 (3.49 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Dion Drena Beljo (5)

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 Clubs New entries this round Goals / games
Preliminary round 25 August 2021 16 48 → 32 32 43 / 16
First round 22 September 2021 16 32 → 16 16 59 / 16
Second round 27 October 2021 8 16 → 8 none 33 / 8
Quarter-finals 1 December 2021 4 8 → 4 none 17 / 4
Semi-finals 2 March 2022 2 4 → 2 none 8 / 2
Final 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]

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Orijent 1919 2–1 Marsonia
2* Zagora Unešić 1–2 Karlovac 1919
3 Podravina Ludbreg 0–0 (3–5 p) Bjelovar
4* Nehaj 2–0 Borac Imbriovec
5 Primorac Biograd na Moru 1–0 Samobor
6 Belišće 4–1 Mladost Prelog
7 Mladost Ždralovi 4–2 Neretvanac Opuzen
8 Bednja 1–0 Uljanik
9 Sesvete 0–0 (3–1 p) Mladost Petrinja
10 Moslavina 0–2 Oriolik
11** Međimurje 4–0 Slavonija Požega
12 Pitomača 2–0 Kurilovec
13 Virovitica 0–4 BSK Bijelo Brdo
14 Radnik Križevci 2–3 Dugopolje
15 Graničar Županja 0–1 Rudar Labin
16 Vuteks Sloga 3–1 Straža

* Matches played on 21 August.
 ** Match played on 24 August.

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]

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1*** Pitomača 0–7 Rijeka
2 Orijent 1919 1–4 Dinamo Zagreb
3*** Dugopolje 1–1 (7–8 p) Lokomotiva
4** Bednja 0–3 Osijek
5*** Primorac Biograd na Moru 1–2 Hajduk Split
6*** Vuteks Sloga 0–3 Istra 1961
7 Karlovac 1919 0–2 Slaven Belupo
8*** Mladost Ždralovi 3–1 Inter Zaprešić
9* Nehaj 3–7 Gorica
10 Međimurje 0–1 Šibenik
11 Rudar Labin 2–0 RNK Split
12 Belišće 4–0 Vinogradar
13 Bjelovar 1–5 Rudeš
14 Sesvete 2–3 (a.e.t.) Varaždin
15 BSK Bijelo Brdo 1–0 Cibalia
16 NK Zagreb 0–1 Oriolik

* Match played on 14 September.
 ** Match played on 15 September.
 *** Matches played on 21 September.

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]

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1** Oriolik 0–6 Rijeka
2 BSK Bijelo Brdo 2–3 Dinamo Zagreb
3 Varaždin 2–3 Lokomotiva
4* Rudeš 0–2 Osijek
5* Belišće 1–5 Hajduk Split
6 Rudar Labin 2–3 Istra 1961
7* Šibenik 1–1 (4–5 p) Slaven Belupo
8 Gorica 2–0 Mladost Ždralovi

* Matches played on 26 October.
 ** Match played on 13 November.

Quarter-finals

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

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Osijek 0–0 (5–4 p) Slaven Belupo
2* Lokomotiva 3–6 Hajduk Split
3 Dinamo Zagreb 1–3 Rijeka
4* Gorica 2–2 (4–2 p) Istra 1961

* Matches played on 30 November.

Semi-finals

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

Hajduk Split2–1Gorica
  • Melnjak 39', 64'
 Report
Attendance: 13,063
Referee: Zdenko Lovrić (Đakovo)
Rijeka3–2 (a.e.t.)Osijek
 Report
Attendance: 7,225
Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

Final

Main article: 2022 Croatian Football Cup final

The final was played on 26 May 2022.[7][8]

Rijeka1–3Hajduk Split
 Report
Attendance: 29,411
Referee: Fran Jović (Zagreb)

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Croatia Dion Drena Beljo Istra 1961 5
2 Croatia Denis Bušnja Rijeka 4
Croatia Marko Livaja Hajduk Split
Croatia Marin Ljubičić Hajduk Split
Croatia Toni Vinogradac Belišće
6 Ghana Abass Issah Rijeka 3
Croatia Kristijan Lovrić Gorica
Colombia Jorge Obregón Rijeka
Croatia Lucijan Tomac Nehaj

Source: Statistika hrvatskog nogometa[9]

References

  1. ^ "Video: SuperSport postao naslovni sponzor Hrvatskog nogometnog kupa". hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Održan ždrijeb pretkola Hrvatskog kupa za sezonu 2021./2022" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Poznati parovi šesnaestine finala Hrvatskog nogometnog kupa" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Zaključena šesnaestina finala, poznati parovi osmine finala Kupa" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Izvučeni parovi četvrtfinala Super Sport Hrvatskog nogometnog kupa" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Video: Polufinalni parovi Rijeka - Osijek i Hajduk - Gorica". Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Video: Hajduk svladao Goricu, osigurao mjesto u poljudskom finalu". hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Video: Rijeka kroz produžetke do finala Kupa s Hajdukom". hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Strijelci" . Statistika hrvatskog nogometa (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 7 November 2021.