The 2017–18 Croatian Football Cup was the twenty-seventh season of Croatia's football knockout competition. The defending champions were Rijeka, having won their fourth title the previous year by defeating Dinamo Zagreb in the final.
Calendar Round Date(s) Number of fixtures Clubs New entries this round Goals / games Preliminary round 23 August 2017 16 48 → 32 32 89 / 16 First round 20 September 2017 16 32 → 16 16 63 / 16 Second round 25 October 2017 8 16 → 8 none 19 / 8 Quarter-finals 29 November 2017 4 8 → 4 none 16 / 4 Semi-finals 28 February 2018 2 4 → 2 none 5 / 2 Final 23 May 2018 1 2 → 1 none 1 / 1
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 Vinogradar Zadar NK Zagreb Zelina Osijek-Baranja County cup winner: Đakovo Croatia Osijek-Baranja County cup runner up: FEŠK Feričanci Zagreb County cup winner: Gorica Zagreb County cup runner up: Vrbovec Brod-Posavina County cup winner: Batrina Brod-Posavina County cup runner up: Oriolik Vukovar-Srijem County cup winner: Bedem Ivankovo Vukovar-Srijem County cup runner up: Fruškogorac Ilok Međimurje County cup winner: Međimurje Međimurje County cup runner up: Nedelišće City of Zagreb cup winner: Rudeš City of Zagreb cup runner up: Sesvete Koprivnica-Križevci County cup winner: Borac Imbriovec Koprivnica-Križevci County cup runner up: Križevci Istria County cup winner: Novigrad Istria County cup runner up: Mladost Fažana Sisak-Moslavina County cup winner: Lekenik Sisak-Moslavina County cup runner up: Moslavina Varaždin County cup winner: Varaždin Varaždin County cup runner up: Nedeljanec Bjelovar-Bilogora County cup winner: Bjelovar Bjelovar-Bilogora County cup runner up: Garić Garešnica Virovitica-Podravina County cup winner: Virovitica Split-Dalmatia County cup winner: Croatia Zmijavci Primorje-Gorski Kotar County cup winner: Crikvenica Požega-Slavonia County cup winner: Slavonija Požega Dubrovnik-Neretva County cup winner: Zmaj Blato Karlovac County cup winner: Karlovac 1919 Zadar County cup winner: Dragovoljac Poličnik Krapina-Zagorje County cup winner: Straža Hum na Sutli Šibenik-Knin County cup winner: Zagora Unešić Lika-Senj County cup winner: Nehaj Senj
Preliminary round The draw for the preliminary single-legged round was held on 20 July 2017 in Zagreb. The matches were played on 23 August 2017.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1*Zagora Unešić4–2Nedeljanec2Fruškogorac Ilok0–10Varaždin3*Virovitica3–3 (6–7 p)Vrbovec4Križevci2–4 Đakovo Croatia5Straža Hum na Sutli1–3 Nedelišće6** Garić Garešnica0–5Sesvete7Bedem Ivankovo4–1 Međimurje8*Lekenik0–6Oriolik9**Gorica8–0Moslavina10Rudeš2–0Dragovoljac Poličnik11Nehaj Senj3–2 Batrina12Borac Imbriovec4–3 Karlovac 191913*Croatia Zmijavci7–1FEŠK Feričanci14Crikvenica2–3 Bjelovar15Slavonija Požega2–1Mladost Fažana16**Novigrad3–0Zmaj Blato * Matches played on 19 August.** Matches played on 22 August.
First round The first round was played on 20 September 2017.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Borac Imbriovec0–6Dinamo Zagreb2Vrbovec1–3Rijeka3Oriolik0–3Hajduk Split4Croatia Zmijavci0–1Slaven Belupo5Bedem Ivankovo0–3Lokomotiva6Sesvete3–0RNK Split7Nehaj Senj0–6Osijek8Đakovo Croatia0–4Istra 19619***Varaždin1–2Cibalia10*Slavonija Požega1–2Zadar11Nedelišće0–6Inter Zaprešić12Bjelovar2–3NK Zagreb13**Rudeš2–2 (4–2 p)Vinogradar14Zagora Unešić0–3Šibenik15**Gorica3–0GOŠK Dubrovnik 191916Novigrad5–1Zelina * Match played on 19 September. ** Matches played on 4 October. *** Match played on 18 October.
Second round The second round was played on 25 October 2017.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1**Novigrad0–0 (2–3 p)Dinamo Zagreb2****Gorica0–3Rijeka3Šibenik0–1Hajduk Split4*Rudeš2–0 Slaven Belupo5NK Zagreb0–1Lokomotiva6Inter Zaprešić2–1 Sesvete7Zadar0–4Osijek8***Cibalia2–3Istra 1961 * Match played on 24 October. ** Match played on 31 October. *** Match played on 7 November. **** Match played on 14 November.
Quarter-finals The quarter-final was played on 29 November 2017.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1 Dinamo Zagreb 4−2 Istra 19612* Rudeš 1−2 Lokomotiva3** Inter Zaprešić 1−2 Rijeka4 Osijek 1−3 Hajduk Split * Match played on 30 November. ** Match played on 13 December at Stadion Rujevica in Rijeka due to inadequate pitch condition at ŠRC Zaprešić.
Semi-finals The semi-final was originally scheduled for 28 February 2018 but was later postponed due to unfavourable weather conditions.
Final
The final was played on 23 May 2018 at Stadion HNK Cibalia in Vinkovci.
Bracket
Top scorers RankPlayerClub(s)Goals1 Mirko MarićOsijek42 Mario GavranovićDinamo3 Ángelo HenríquezDinamo Josip KozićBjelovar Lovro MajerLokomotiva Luka NakićGorica Antonio SamacNovigrad Antonio ŠtimacSesvete
References
External links Official website Competition rules