The 2020–21 Croatian Football Cup was the thirtieth season of Croatia's football knockout competition. The defending champions were Rijeka, 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 Goals / games Preliminary round 9 September 2020 16 48 → 32 32 70 / 16 First round 7 October 2020 16 32 → 16 16 64 / 15 Second round 16 December 2020 8 16 → 8 none 24 / 8 Quarter-finals 3 March 2021 4 8 → 4 none 11 / 4 Semi-finals 7, 14 or 28 April 2 4 → 2 none 10 / 2 Final 19 May 2021 1 2 → 1 none 9 / 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 Dinamo Zagreb Rijeka Hajduk Split Slaven Belupo RNK Split Osijek Lokomotiva Inter Zaprešić Istra 1961 Vinogradar Zadar Šibenik Cibalia NK Zagreb Rudeš Novigrad Osijek-Baranja County cup winner: Belišće Osijek-Baranja County cup runner up: BSK Bijelo Brdo Zagreb County cup winner: Kurilovec Zagreb County cup runner up: Gorica Brod-Posavina County cup winner: Sloga Nova Gradiška Brod-Posavina County cup runner up: Oriolik Vukovar-Srijem County cup winner: Graničar Županja Vukovar-Srijem County cup runner up: Dilj Međimurje County cup winner: Polet SMnM Međimurje County cup runner up: Rudar Mursko Središće Koprivnica-Križevci County cup winner: Tehnika Koprivnica Koprivnica-Križevci County cup runner up: Ferdinandovac Istria County cup winner: Rudar Labin Istria County cup runner up: Pazinka Sisak-Moslavina County cup winner: Mladost Petrinja Sisak-Moslavina County cup runner up: Segesta Virovitica-Podravina County cup winner: Papuk Orahovica Virovitica-Podravina County cup runner up: Virovitica Varaždin County cup winner: Varaždin Varaždin County cup runner up: Ivančica Bjelovar-Bilogora County cup winner: Mladost Ždralovi Bjelovar-Bilogora County cup runner up: Bjelovar Split-Dalmatia County cup winner: Croatia Zmijavci City of Zagreb cup winner: Sesvete Primorje-Gorski Kotar County cup winner: Crikvenica Požega-Slavonia County cup winner: Slavonija Zadar County cup winner: Primorac Biograd na Moru Karlovac County cup winner: Karlovac 1919 Dubrovnik-Neretva County cup winner: GOŠK 1919 Dubrovnik Krapina-Zagorje County cup winner: Gaj Mače Šibenik-Knin County cup winner: Mladost Tribunj Lika-Senj County cup winner: Lika 95

Preliminary round The draw for the preliminary single-legged round was held on 25 August 2020 and the matches were played on 9 September 2020.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Oriolik2–1Karlovac 19192Kurilovec4–0Papuk Orahovica3Dilj1–0Virovitica4Pazinka0–2Crikvenica5Graničar Županja1–0Slavonija Požega6*Segesta3–4Croatia Zmijavci7*Bjelovar0–5Varaždin8GOŠK 1919 Dubrovnik4–2BSK Bijelo Brdo9Gorica1–0Belišće10Rudar Labin2–0 Primorac Biograd11Gaj Mače20–2Lika 9512Sloga Nova Gradiška0–3Sesvete13Mladost Tribunj0–2Polet SMnM14Mladost Ždralovi3–1Mladost Petrinja15Ferdinandovac3–1Ivančica16Rudar Mursko Središće3–0Tehnika Koprivnica * Matches played on 8 September.

First round Teams in first round were paired by club coefficient and the matches were played on 7 October 2020.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Dilj0–6Rijeka2*Ferdinandovac1–7Dinamo Zagreb3Gaj Mače2–3 Lokomotiva4****Graničar Županja1–2Hajduk Split5**Rudar Mursko Središće0–9Slaven Belupo6****Crikvenica1–5Osijek7******Rudar Labin2–0Inter Zaprešić8Polet SMnM0–2Istra 19619Croatia Zmijavci0–2 Šibenik10Oriolik1–0Split11***Kurilovec6–0Vinogradar12GOŠK DubrovnikbyeZadar13Mladost Ždralovi0–1 Zagreb14Sesvete3–4Gorica15Novigrad1–3Rudeš16*****Varaždin2–0Cibalia * Match played on 26 September. ** Match played on 29 September. *** Match played on 30 September. **** Matches played on 6 October. ***** Match played on 10 October. ****** Match played on 11 October. Abandoned at halftime because of bad weather. Match continued on 13 October.

Second round The second round was scheduled for 16 December 2020. The teams were drawn by tie number where winner of tie No. 1 plays against winner of tie No. 16 and so on, with bigger numbers hosting a tie.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Varaždin1–2Rijeka2Rudeš0–2Dinamo Zagreb3**Gorica3–1Lokomotiva4******Zagreb0–3Hajduk Split5***GOŠK Dubrovnik1–4Slaven Belupo6*Kurilovec0–4Osijek7*****Oriolik1–0Rudar Labin8****Šibenik0–2Istra 1961 * Match played on 14 November. ** Match played on 7 December. *** Match played on 23 February. **** Match played on 24 February. ***** Match played on 28 February. ****** Match played on 2 March.

Quarter-finals The quarter-finals were scheduled for 3 March 2021. Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1*Oriolik0–3Istra 19612Dinamo Zagreb2–0Slaven Belupo3Osijek1–2Rijeka4*Gorica3–0Hajduk Split * Matches played on 16 March.

Semi-finals The semi-finals were scheduled for 14 April 2021. Dinamo Zagreb v HNK Gorica has been postponed due to Dinamo's participation in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League quarter finals.

Final

The final was played on 19 May 2021.

Top scorers RankPlayerClub(s)Goals1 Luka MenaloDinamo ZagrebRijeka6 Taichi HaraIstra 1961 Martin ŠabanGaj Mače4 Bruno Rihtar55 Davor Iskrić3 Tomislav GudeljCroatia Zmijavci Filip HodakKurilovec Luka Sedlaček Mihovil GeljićSesvete Josip MitrovićGorica Kristijan Lovrić Luka MatićGOŠK Dubrovnik Miroslav IličićSlaven Belupo Robert MurićRijeka Arijan AdemiDinamo Zagreb

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