The 2016–17 Croatian Football Cup was the twenty-sixth season of Croatia's football knockout competition. The defending champions were Dinamo Zagreb, having won their 14th title the previous year by defeating Slaven Belupo in the final.
Calendar Round Date(s) Number of fixtures Clubs New entries this round Goals / games Preliminary round 24 August 2016 16 48 → 32 32 61 / 16 First round 21 September 2016 16 32 → 16 16 67 / 16 Second round 26 October 2016 8 16 → 8 none 26 / 8 Quarter-finals 30 November 2016 4 8 → 4 none 9 / 4 Semi-finals 1 and 15 March 2017 4 4 → 2 none 12 / 4 Final 31 May 2017 1 2 → 1 none 4 / 1
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Participating clubs The following 48 teams qualified for the competition:
Best clubs by cup coefficient16 clubs Winners and runners up of county cups32 clubs Cibalia Dinamo Zagreb GOŠK Dubrovnik 1919 Hajduk Split Inter Zaprešić Istra 1961 Lokomotiva Osijek Rijeka Slaven Belupo RNK Split Šibenik Zelina Vinogradar Zadar Zagreb Osijek-Baranja County cup winner: Đakovo Croatia Osijek-Baranja County cup runner up: BSK Bijelo Brdo Zagreb County cup winner: Gorica Zagreb County cup runner up: Samobor Brod-Posavina County cup winner: Marsonia Brod-Posavina County cup runner up: Oriolik Vukovar-Srijem County cup winner: Vukovar 1991 Vukovar-Srijem County cup runner up: Slavonija Soljani Međimurje County cup winner: Međimurje Međimurje County cup runner up: Međimurec Pretetinec City of Zagreb cup winner: Rudeš City of Zagreb cup runner up: Kustošija Koprivnica-Križevci County cup winner: Podravac Virje Koprivnica-Križevci County cup runner up: Koprivnica Istria County cup winner: Novigrad Istria County cup runner up: Veli Vrh Sisak-Moslavina County cup winner: Libertas Novska Sisak-Moslavina County cup runner up: Lekenik Varaždin County cup winner: Jalžabet Varaždin County cup runner up: Varaždin Virovitica-Podravina County cup winner: Suhopolje Virovitica-Podravina County cup runner up: Pitomača Bjelovar-Bilogora County cup winner: Bjelovar Split-Dalmatia County cup winner: Solin Primorje-Gorski Kotar County cup winner: Krk Požega-Slavonia County cup winner: Slavija Pleternica Dubrovnik-Neretva County cup winner: Neretvanac Karlovac County cup winner: Karlovac 1919 Zadar County cup winner: Primorac Biograd na Moru Krapina-Zagorje County cup winner: Zagorec Šibenik-Knin County cup winner: Zagora Unešić Lika-Senj County cup winner: Otočac
Preliminary round The draw for the preliminary single-legged round was held on 3 August 2016 in Zagreb. The matches were played over four days, 20–24 August 2016.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Neretvanac4–0Suhopolje2*Primorac Biograd na Moru 2–2 (3–5 p)Jalžabet3**Novigrad 3–1Kustošija4Solin4–1Zagora Unešić5Međimurje7–0Karlovac 19196Rudeš3–1Oriolik7**Podravac Virje 0–5Krk8**Slavonija Soljani 2–3Varaždin9Zagorec0–2Veli Vrh10Pitomača2–4Slavija Pleternica11Samobor3–0Međimurec Pretetinec12**Gorica 1–1 (3–4 p)BSK Bijelo Brdo13*Bjelovar 1–0Marsonia14Đakovo Croatia 0–0 (3–2 p)Koprivnica15Lekenik 0–4Vukovar 199116Libertas Novska 4–1Otočac * Matches were played on 20 August.** Matches were played on 23 August.
First round First round consisted of 16 single-leg matches, with 16 winners from the preliminary round joined by 16 clubs with the highest cup coefficients. The matches were played over two days, 20–21 September 2016.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1* Veli Vrh 0−5 Dinamo Zagreb2 Jalžabet 0−6 Hajduk Split3 Đakovo Croatia 0−3 Rijeka4 Varaždin 2−2(2–4 p) Slaven Belupo5 Vukovar 1991 1−4 Osijek6* Krk 1−2 Lokomotiva7* Samobor 1−6 (a.e.t) Cibalia8 Slavija Pleternica 1−2 RNK Split9 Neretvanac 1−3 Istra 196110 Bjelovar 4−0 Zagreb11 Solin 1−0 Zadar12* BSK Bijelo Brdo 2−3 Inter Zaprešić13 Libertas Novska 2−5 Vinogradar14 Rudeš 3−0 GOŠK Dubrovnik 191915* Međimurje 1−2 (a.e.t) Šibenik16 Novigrad 4−0 Zelina * Matches were played on 20 September.
Second round Second round consisted of eight single-legged ties, with 16 winners from the first round. The pairings were determined by cup coefficients. The matches were played on 26 October 2016. Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1* Bjelovar 1−2 Dinamo Zagreb2 Solin 1−2 Hajduk Split3 Rudeš 3−5 (a.e.t) Rijeka4* Novigrad 0−1 Slaven Belupo5 Šibenik 1−2 Osijek6 Vinogradar 1−2 Lokomotiva7 Inter Zaprešić 1−0 Cibalia8* Istra 1961 1−3 (a.e.t) RNK Split * Matches played on 25 October.
Quarter-finals Quarter-final consisted of four single-legged ties and included 8 winners from the second round. The pairings were determined by cup coefficients. The matches were played on 30 November 2016.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1 Inter Zaprešić 0−1 Dinamo Zagreb2 RNK Split 2−1 (a.e.t) Hajduk Split3* Lokomotiva 1−3 Rijeka4 Osijek 1−0 Slaven Belupo * Match played on 29 November.
Semi-finals Semi-final consisted of two two-legged ties and included 4 winners from the quarter-final. The first leg was played 1 March 2017 and the return leg on 15 March 2017.
Dinamo Zagreb won 6–0 on aggregate.
Rijeka won 5–1 on aggregate.
Final
The final was played on 31 May 2017 at Stadion Varteks in Varaždin.
Bracket
Top scorers RankPlayerClub(s)Goals1 Mario GavranovićRijeka7
References
External links Official website