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.
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 Round Date(s) Number of fixtures Clubs New entries this round Preliminary round 29 August 2012 16 48 → 32 none First round 26 September 2012 16 32 → 16 16 Second round 31 October 2012 8 16 → 8 none Quarter-finals 21 and 28 November 2012 8 8 → 4 none Semi-finals 3 and 17 April 2013 4 4 → 2 none Final 8 and 22 May 2013 2 2 → 1 none
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).
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Koprivnica 0–0 (5–4 p)Vuteks Sloga2Virovitica 1–4RNK Split3Krka Lozovac byeNedelišće4Libertas 2–1Mladost Ždralovi5Slunj 2–1Zadrugar6Tekstilac Ravnice 1–1 (4–5 p)Višnjevac7Ivančica 2–2 (4–3 p)Oriolik Oriovac8Mladost Repušnica 1–2Zrinski Tordinci9Gorica 4–0Sloboda Slakovec10Bjelovar 1–2Vinodol11Lokomotiva 7–0Slavija Pleternica12Novalja 3–1Zagorec Krapina13Zelina 9–0Mladost Mali Otok14Zadar 5–1Belišće15GOŠK Dubrovnik byeJedinstvo Omladinac16*Vrsar 5–0Tomislav-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 noHome teamScoreAway team1*Vrsar 0–3Dinamo Zagreb2Slunj 0–4 Hajduk Split3Libertas bye Varaždin4Zrinski Tordinci 0–4NK Zagreb5Vinodol 0–2Cibalia6Novalja 0–1 Osijek7Ivančica 1–2 Slaven Belupo8GOŠK Dubrovnik 1–1 (3–2 p)Šibenik9Nedelišće 1–0 (aet)Rijeka10Koprivnica 2–1 (aet)Pomorac11Višnjevac 1–2 Istra 196112*Gorica 3–0Inter Zaprešić13Zelina bye Karlovac14*Lokomotiva 4–2Segesta15RNK Split 5–1 Zagora Unešić16Zadar 2–0 Konavljanin * Match played on 25 September
Second round The second round was contested by 16 winners from the first round, over eight single-legged fixtures played on 31 October 2012. It was the last stage of the competition employing the single-leg format, as from the quarter-finals onward all fixtures were double-legged events. Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1*Dinamo Zagreb 2–3 Zadar2Hajduk Split 2–1RNK Split3*Lokomotiva 3–2Libertas4*NK Zagreb 1–2Zelina5Cibalia 1–0Gorica6*Osijek 3–2 Istra 19617*Slaven Belupo 2–0 Koprivnica8GOŠK Dubrovnik 2–0 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.
Semi-finals
Lokomotiva won 4–1 on aggregate
Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate
Notes
Final
First leg
Second leg
Hajduk Split won 5–4 on aggregate
See also 2012–13 Croatian First Football League 2012–13 Croatian Second Football League
References
External links Official website