The 2021–22 Croatian Football Cup was the 31st season of Croatia's football knockout competition. It was sponsored by the betting company SuperSport and known as the SuperSport Hrvatski nogometni kup for sponsorship purposes. The defending champions were Dinamo Zagreb, having won their 16th title the previous year by defeating Istra 1961 in the final.
Calendar Round Date(s) Number of fixtures Clubs New entries this round Goals / games Preliminary round 25 August 2021 16 48 → 32 32 43 / 16 First round 22 September 2021 16 32 → 16 16 59 / 16 Second round 27 October 2021 8 16 → 8 none 33 / 8 Quarter-finals 1 December 2021 4 8 → 4 none 17 / 4 Semi-finals 2 March 2022 2 4 → 2 none 8 / 2 Final 26 May 2022 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 Rijeka Dinamo Zagreb Lokomotiva Osijek Hajduk Split Istra 1961 Slaven Belupo Inter Zaprešić Gorica Šibenik RNK Split Vinogradar Rudeš Varaždin Cibalia NK Zagreb Osijek-Baranja County cup winner: Belišće or BSK Bijelo Brdo Osijek-Baranja County cup runner up: Belišće or BSK Bijelo Brdo Zagreb County cup winner: Samobor Zagreb County cup runner up: Kurilovec Brod-Posavina County cup winner: Oriolik Brod-Posavina County cup runner up: Marsonia Vukovar-Srijem County cup winner: Graničar Županja Vukovar-Srijem County cup runner up: Vuteks Sloga Međimurje County cup winner: Međimurje Međimurje County cup runner up: Mladost Prelog Koprivnica-Križevci County cup winner: Borac Imbriovec Koprivnica-Križevci County cup runner up: Radnik Križevci Istria County cup winner: Uljanik Istria County cup runner up: Rudar Labin Sisak-Moslavina County cup winner: Mladost Petrinja Sisak-Moslavina County cup runner up: Moslavina Virovitica-Podravina County cup winner: Pitomača Virovitica-Podravina County cup runner up: Virovitica Varaždin County cup winner: Bednja Varaždin County cup runner up: Podravina Ludbreg Bjelovar-Bilogora County cup winner: Mladost Ždralovi Bjelovar-Bilogora County cup runner up: Bjelovar Split-Dalmatia County cup winner: Dugopolje City of Zagreb cup winner: Sesvete Primorje-Gorski Kotar County cup winner: Orijent 1919 Požega-Slavonia County cup winner: Slavonija Požega Zadar County cup winner: Primorac Biograd na Moru Karlovac County cup winner: Karlovac 1919 Dubrovnik-Neretva County cup winner: Neretvanac Opuzen Krapina-Zagorje County cup winner: Straža Šibenik-Knin County cup winner: Zagora Unešić Lika-Senj County cup winner: Nehaj
Preliminary round The draw for the preliminary single-legged round was held on 3 August 2021 and the matches were scheduled on 25 August 2021.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Orijent 1919 2–1Marsonia2*Zagora Unešić 1–2Karlovac 19193Podravina Ludbreg 0–0 (3–5 p)Bjelovar4*Nehaj 2–0Borac Imbriovec5Primorac Biograd na Moru 1–0Samobor6Belišće 4–1Mladost Prelog7Mladost Ždralovi 4–2Neretvanac Opuzen8Bednja 1–0Uljanik9Sesvete 0–0 (3–1 p)Mladost Petrinja10Moslavina 0–2Oriolik11**Međimurje 4–0Slavonija Požega12Pitomača 2–0Kurilovec13Virovitica 0–4BSK Bijelo Brdo14Radnik Križevci 2–3Dugopolje15Graničar Županja 0–1Rudar Labin16Vuteks Sloga 3–1Straža * Matches played on 21 August. ** Match played on 24 August.
First round The draw for the preliminary single-legged round was held on 26 August 2021 and the matches were scheduled on 22 September 2021.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1***Pitomača 0–7Rijeka2Orijent 1919 1–4Dinamo Zagreb3***Dugopolje 1–1 (7–8 p)Lokomotiva4**Bednja 0–3Osijek5***Primorac Biograd na Moru 1–2Hajduk Split6***Vuteks Sloga 0–3Istra 19617Karlovac 1919 0–2Slaven Belupo8***Mladost Ždralovi 3–1Inter Zaprešić9*Nehaj 3–7Gorica10Međimurje 0–1Šibenik11Rudar Labin 2–0RNK Split12Belišće 4–0Vinogradar13Bjelovar 1–5Rudeš14Sesvete 2–3 Varaždin15BSK Bijelo Brdo 1–0Cibalia16NK Zagreb 0–1Oriolik * Match played on 14 September. ** Match played on 15 September. *** Matches played on 21 September.
Second round The second round was scheduled for 27 October 2021. 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 team1**Oriolik 0–6Rijeka2BSK Bijelo Brdo 2–3Dinamo Zagreb3Varaždin 2–3Lokomotiva4*Rudeš 0–2Osijek5*Belišće 1–5Hajduk Split6Rudar Labin 2–3Istra 19617*Šibenik 1–1 (4–5 p)Slaven Belupo8Gorica 2–0Mladost Ždralovi * Matches played on 26 October. ** Match played on 13 November.
Quarter-finals The quarter-finals were scheduled for 1 December 2021. Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Osijek 0–0 (5–4 p)Slaven Belupo2*Lokomotiva 3–6Hajduk Split3Dinamo Zagreb 1–3Rijeka4*Gorica 2–2 (4–2 p)Istra 1961 * Matches played on 30 November.
Semi-finals The semi-finals were scheduled for 2 and 9 March 2022.
Final
The final was played on 26 May 2022.
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Dion Drena BeljoIstra 196152 Denis BušnjaRijeka4 Marko LivajaHajduk Split Marin LjubičićHajduk Split Toni VinogradacBelišće6 Abass IssahRijeka3 Kristijan LovrićGorica Jorge ObregónRijeka Lucijan TomacNehaj Source: Statistika hrvatskog nogometa
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