The 2018–19 Croatian Football Cup was the twenty-eighth season of Croatia's football knockout competition. The defending champions were Dinamo Zagreb, having won their fifteenth title the previous year by defeating Hajduk Split in the final.
Calendar Round Date(s) Number of fixtures Clubs New entries this round Goals / games Preliminary round 29 August 2018 16 48 → 32 32 56 / 16 First round 26 September 2018 16 32 → 16 16 55 / 16 Second round 31 October 2018 8 16 → 8 none 30 / 8 Quarter-finals 5 December 2018 4 8 → 4 none 10 / 4 Semi-finals 24 April 2019 2 4 → 2 none 5 / 2 Final 22 May 2019 1 2 → 1 none 4 / 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: BSK Bijelo Brdo Osijek-Baranja County cup runner up: Višnjevac Zagreb County cup winner: Kurilovec Zagreb County cup runner up: Sava Strmec Brod-Posavina County cup winner: Marsonia Brod-Posavina County cup runner up: Sloga Nova Gradiška Vukovar-Srijem County cup winner: Vukovar 1991 Vukovar-Srijem County cup runner up: Graničar Županja Međimurje County cup winner: Međimurje Međimurje County cup runner up: Nedelišće City of Zagreb cup winner: Hrvatski Dragovoljac City of Zagreb cup runner up: Vrapče Istria County cup winner: Rovinj Istria County cup runner up: Rudar Labin Sisak-Moslavina County cup winner: Libertas Novska Sisak-Moslavina County cup runner up: Segesta Virovitica-Podravina County cup winner: Pitomača Virovitica-Podravina County cup runner up: Suhopolje Varaždin County cup winner: Varaždin Varaždin County cup runner up: Bednja Koprivnica-Križevci County cup winner: Koprivnica Koprivnica-Križevci County cup runner up: Križevci Bjelovar-Bilogora County cup winner: Bjelovar Split-Dalmatia County cup winner: Sloga Mravince Primorje-Gorski Kotar County cup winner: Krk Požega-Slavonia County cup winner: Slavija Pleternica Zadar County cup winner: Primorac Biograd na Moru Karlovac County cup winner: Karlovac 1919 Dubrovnik-Neretva County cup winner: Jadran Luka Ploče Krapina-Zagorje County cup winner: Zagorec Krapina 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 1 August 2018 and the matches were played on 29 August 2018.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Bednja2–0Pitomača2Suhopolje2–3Kurilovec3Slavija Pleternica1–0Segesta4Koprivnica1–3Sloga Mravince5Križevci2–0Rovinj6Zagorec Krapina9–0Libertas Novska7Višnjevac1–2Vrapče8BSK Bijelo Brdo0–0 (3–4 p)Vukovar 19919**Rudar Labin0–3Krk10***Nehaj Senj4–1Graničar Županja11*Primorac Biograd na Moru3–1Zagora Unešić12Jadran Luka Ploče1–0Bjelovar13Međimurje5–0Sava Strmec14Nedelišće2–4Sloga Nova Gradiška15***Hrvatski Dragovoljac0–3Varaždin16Karlovac 19191–2Marsonia * Match played on 18 August.** Match played on 21 August.*** Matches played on 28 August.
First round The draw for the first round was held on 31 August 2018 and the matches were played on 26 September 2018. Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Sloga Mravince0–1Dinamo Zagreb2Križevci0–9Rijeka3Vrapče0–2Hajduk Split4***Kurilovec0–2Slaven Belupo5Jadran Luka Ploče3–1RNK Split6**Zagorec Krapina0–3Osijek7Primorac Biograd na Moru0–1Lokomotiva8Sloga Nova Gradiška2–4Istra 19619*Bednja0–3Inter Zaprešić10***Vukovar 19913–5 Zadar11Krk1–0Cibalia12Slavija Pleternica0–4Vinogradar13Marsonia3–0NK Zagreb14Nehaj Senj2–2 (2–4 p)Šibenik15Varaždin2–0Međimurje16Zelina2–0GOŠK Dubrovnik 1919 * Match played on 18 September. ** Match played on 19 September. *** Matches played on 25 September.
Second round The second round matches were played on 31 October 2018. Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Zelina0–4Dinamo Zagreb2Varaždin1–2Rijeka3Šibenik1–2 Hajduk Split4Marsonia0–1Slaven Belupo5Vinogradar4–2Jadran Luka Ploče6Krk1–5Osijek7*Zadar1–3Lokomotiva8*Inter Zaprešić2–1Istra 1961 * Matches played on 30 October.
Quarter-finals The quarter-final matches were played on 5 December 2018.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1 Dinamo Zagreb 1–0 Slaven Belupo2* Lokomotiva 1–2 Rijeka3* Inter Zaprešić 3–0 Vinogradar4 Osijek 2–1 Hajduk Split * Matches played on 4 December.
Semi-finals Semi-final matches are scheduled for 24 April 2019.
Final
The final was played on 22 May 2019 at Stadion Aldo Drosina in Pula.
Bracket
Top scorers RankPlayerClub(s)Goals1 Antonio ČolakRijeka72 Matija SmrekarZagorec Krapina53 Filip BungićSloga Nova Gradiška4 Igor PrijićVinogradar5 Vlatko BlaževićZadar3 Robert BrdarKrk Mihovil ŠutaloJadran Luka Ploče Ivan VukelićNehaj Senj
References
External links Official website Competition rules