The 2013–14 Croatian Football Cup is the twenty-third season of Croatia's football knockout competition. The defending champions are Hajduk Split, having won their sixth title the previous year by defeating Lokomotiva in the final.
Calendar Round Date(s) Number of fixtures Clubs New entries this round Preliminary round 28 August 2013 16 48 → 32 none First round 25 September 2013 16 32 → 16 16 Second round 30 October 2013 8 16 → 8 none Quarter-finals 27 November and 4 December 2013 8 8 → 4 none Semi-finals 12 and 26 March 2014 4 4 → 2 none Final 7 and 21 May 2014 2 2 → 1 none
Preliminary round The draw for the preliminary round was held on 1 August 2013 with matches scheduled on 28 August 2013.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Drava Novigrad Podravski byeNovalja2Opatija2–3Lučko3Mladost Ždralovi1–2 (aet)Marsonia4Međimurje4–3Lekenik5Torpedo Kuševac9–0Omladinac Novi Grad6Novigrad5–0Mladost Palinovec7Slavonija Požega2–0Graničar Županja8Radnički Mece1–1 (2–4 p)Suhopolje9Zagora Unešić6–3Ogulin10Borac Imbriovec2–5Zmaj Blato11Jadran Poreč3–2 (aet)Bobota12*Zagorec Krapina1–4NK Kustošija13Zadar5–0Plitvica Gojanec14Podravina Ludbreg3–1 (aet)Imotski15*Gorica6–0Moslavac Popovača16Zelina2–2 (5–3 p)Croatia Grabrovnica * Match played on 27 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. The draw for the first round was held on 28 August, where the club with the lowest cup coefficient hosts the one with the highest and so on. Matches were scheduled on 25 September 2013.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Suhopolje0–6Dinamo Zagreb2**Kustošija1–5Hajduk Split3Drava Novigrad Podravski0–3Cibalia4Torpedo Kuševac0–3Osijek5Novigrad3–0Varaždin6*Jadran Poreč0–6Slaven Belupo7Marsonia0–5NK Zagreb8Podravina Ludbreg1–0Šibenik9***Rijeka11–0Zmaj Blato10Slavonija Požega1–2Istra 196111Lučko4–1Pomorac12Gorica0–0 (1–2 p)Inter Zaprešić13MeđimurjebyeKarlovac14Segesta0–2Zadar15Zelina0–1Vinogradar16HAŠK1–2Zagora Unešić * Match was played on 24 September.
** Match was played on 1 October.
*** Match was played on 9 October.
Second round The second round was contested by 16 winners from the first round in eight single-legged fixtures scheduled on 30 October 2013. It was 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 noHome teamScoreAway team1Zagora Unešić 0–5Dinamo Zagreb2Vinogradar 1–3 (aet)Hajduk Split3Cibalia 0–2Zadar4Međimurje 0–2 (aet)Osijek5Novigrad 0–2Inter Zaprešić6Slaven Belupo 5–4Lučko7NK Zagreb 0–0 (3–4 p)Istra 19618Podravina 1–3Rijeka
Quarter-finals Quarter-final ties were played over two legs, scheduled for 27 November and 4 December 2013. The round featured eight winners from the second round. The unseeded draw for quarter-final pairings was held on 5 November. The tie between Rijeka and Osijek has been postponed for 2014 due to Rijeka's congested fixture list. Both clubs initially agreed to play the first leg in Rijeka on 12 February 2014 and the second leg in Osijek on 19 February 2014. However, due to the flooded pitch in Rijeka, the first leg was played on 19 February and the return leg in Osijek on 12 March.
Semi-finals
Dinamo Zagreb won 4–1 on aggregate.
Rijeka won 3–1 on aggregate.
Final
First leg
Second leg
Rijeka won 3–0 on aggregate
References
External links Official website