The 2022–23 Croatian Football Cup was the 32nd 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 Hajduk Split, having won their seventh title the previous year by defeating their rivals Rijeka in the final. They successfully defended the title by defeating Šibenik 2–0 in the final, played at Stadion Rujevica.

For the first time ever, clubs in the competition were financially supported through television and sponsorship rights, with total fund of 1,225,000 kuna (€162,000).

Calendar Round Date(s) Number of fixtures Clubs New entries this round Financial sponsorship Goals / games Preliminary round 31 August 2022 16 48 → 32 32 10,000 kn (home) / 7,500 kn (guest) 66 / 16 Round of 32 19 October 2022 16 32 → 16 16 15,000 kn (home) 63 / 15Round of 16 9 November 2022 8 16 → 8 none 20,000 kn (home) 24 / 8Quarter-finals 1 March 2023 4 8 → 4 none 30,000 kn (home) 11 / 4Semi-finals 5 April 2023 2 4 → 2 none 50,000 kn (home) / 50,000 kn (guest) 4 / 2Final 24 May 2023 1 2 → 1 none 150,000 kn (winner) / 75,000 kn (runner up) 2 / 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 Hajduk Split Lokomotiva Osijek Istra 1961 Gorica Slaven Belupo Inter Zaprešić (dissolved at the start of the season) Šibenik Rudeš Varaždin Jaska Vinogradar Oriolik Cibalia RNK Split Osijek-Baranja County cup winner: BSK Bijelo Brdo Osijek-Baranja County cup runner up: Belišće Zagreb County cup winner: Sava Strmec Zagreb County cup runner up: Bistra Brod-Posavina County cup winner: Slavonac Bukovlje Brod-Posavina County cup runner up: Marsonia Vukovar-Srijem County cup winner: Borinci Vukovar-Srijem County cup runner up: Vuteks Sloga Međimurje County cup winner: Nedelišće Međimurje County cup runner up: Međimurje Koprivnica-Križevci County cup winner: Tehničar Cvetkovec Koprivnica-Križevci County cup runner up: Radnik Križevci Istria County cup winner: Jadran Poreč Istria County cup runner up: Funtana Sisak-Moslavina County cup winner: Moslavina Sisak-Moslavina County cup runner up: Mladost Petrinja Virovitica-Podravina County cup winner: Virovitica Virovitica-Podravina County cup runner up: Papuk Varaždin County cup winner: Varteks Varaždin County cup runner up: Bednja Bjelovar-Bilogora County cup winner: Mladost Ždralovi Bjelovar-Bilogora County cup runner up: Bjelovar Split-Dalmatia County cup winner: Solin City of Zagreb cup winner: Dubrava Primorje-Gorski Kotar County cup winner: Grobničan Požega-Slavonia County cup winner: BSK Buk Zadar County cup winner: Primorac Biograd na Moru Karlovac County cup winner: Karlovac 1919 Dubrovnik-Neretva County cup winner: Neretva Krapina-Zagorje County cup winner: Gaj Mače Šibenik-Knin County cup winner: Vodice Lika-Senj County cup winner: Nehaj

Preliminary round The draw for the preliminary single-legged round was held on 19 July 2022 and the matches were played on 31 August 2022.

Tie no.Home teamScoreAway team1Sava Strmec 4–6Bednja2Moslavina 3–2Međimurje3Solin 6–1Funtana4Nehaj 0–4Primorac Biograd na Moru5Neretva 0–2Grobničan6BSK Bijelo Brdo 5–1Marsonia7Radnik Križevci 1–3Dubrava8Nedelišće 3–3 (5–4 p)Varteks9Virovitica 0–6Mladost Ždralovi10Tehničar Cvetkovec 4–0Mladost Petrinja11Belišće 3–0BSK Buk12Bjelovar 1–0 Gaj Mače13Slavonac Bukovlje 0–2Borinci14Papuk 0–0 (4–2 p)Karlovac 191915Vuteks Sloga 1–2Jadran Poreč16Bistra 2–1Vodice

Round of 32 The draw was determined according to the principle of opposite numbers, which were assigned based on the club coefficient. The matches were scheduled for 19 October 2022.

Tie no.Home teamScoreAway team1Moslavina 1–1 (4–5 p)Rijeka2*Borinci 0–4Dinamo Zagreb3**Tehničar Cvetkovec 1–5Hajduk Split4Bistra 1–6Lokomotiva5***Papuk 0–2Osijek6Grobničan 1–2Istra 19617***Dubrava 2–3Gorica8***Solin 1–2 Slaven Belupo9Nedelišće 3–0 (w.o.)Inter Zaprešić10***Jadran Poreč 1–2Šibenik11Bednja 0–3Rudeš12Primorac Biograd na Moru 1–4 Varaždin13Bjelovar 4–2 Jaska Vinogradar14***Mladost Ždralovi 6–0Oriolik15RNK Split 2–0Cibalia16Belišće 1–5BSK Bijelo Brdo * Match played on 27 September. ** Match played on 12 October. *** Matches played on 18 October.

Round of 16 The draw was determined according to the principle of opposite numbers, which were assigned based on the tie number. The matches were scheduled for 9 November 2022.

Tie no.Home teamScoreAway team1BSK Bijelo Brdo2–1Rijeka2***RNK Split1–3Dinamo Zagreb3**Mladost Ždralovi0–2Hajduk Split4Bjelovar0–1Lokomotiva5Varaždin1–2Osijek6**Rudeš2–1Istra 19617Šibenik2–0Gorica8*Nedelišće0–6Slaven Belupo * Match played on 2 November. ** Matches played on 8 November. *** Match played on 14 February 2023.

Quarter-finals The quarter-finals were scheduled for 1 March 2023. Tie no.Home teamScoreAway team1Osijek 1–2Hajduk Split2Dinamo Zagreb 3–1 Lokomotiva3*Slaven Belupo 2–0Rudeš4 BSK Bijelo Brdo 0–2Šibenik * Match played on 28 February.

Semi-finals The semi-finals were played on 5 and 12 April 2023, while the draw was held on 6 March 2023.

Final

The final was played on 24 May 2023. On 27 February 2023, it was decided that Rijeka would host the final at Stadion Rujevica.

Top scorers Final ranking of top scorers. RankPlayerClubGoals1 Josip DrmićDinamo Zagreb62 Marko GujaMladost Ždralovi43 Vice BirkićPrimorac Biograd na Moru3 Jan MlakarHajduk Split Marc TokichBSK Bijelo Brdo Sandro KulenovićLokomotiva720 players from 14 clubs2 References