2005–06 Croatian Football Cup

The 2005–06 Croatian Football Cup was the fifteenth season of Croatia's football knockout competition.

2005–06 Croatian Football Cup

Tournament details
Country	Croatia
Teams	48
Defending champions	Rijeka
Final positions
Champions	Rijeka (2nd title)
Runners-up	Varteks
Tournament statistics
Matches played	54
Goals scored	200 (3.7 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Leon Benko (9)
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Calendar

Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs	New entries this round
Preliminary round	31 August 2005	16	48 → 32	none
First round	21 September 2005	16	32 → 16	16
Second round	19 October 2005	8	16 → 8	none
Quarter-finals	9 and 15 November 2005	8	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	29 March and 5 April 2006	4	4 → 2	none
Final	26 April and 3 May 2006	2	2 → 1	none

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held on 31 August 2005.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Vukovar '91	5–1	Papuk
2	Hajduk Hercegovac	1–3	ZET
3	Samobor	1–0	Konavljanin
4	Moslavina	3–1	Istra Pula
5	Graničar	2–5	Zagorec
6	Slavonija Požega	0–0 (4–3 p)	Koprivnica
7	Podravina	1–3	Jedinstvo Omladinac
8	Mladost Sigetec	0–2	Belišće
9	Ogulin	13–0	Croatia Turanj
10	Čakovec	3–1	Nehaj
11	Vodice	0–0 (5–4 p)	Oriolik
12	HAŠK	3–2	Zadrugar Oprisavci
13	Višnjevac	0–4	Međimurje
14	Hrvace	5–0	Naprijed Hreljin
15	Bjelovar	2–3	Segesta
16	Vinogradar	7–1	Kalinovac

First round

Matches played on 21 September 2005.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	HAŠK	0–8	Dinamo Zagreb
2	Hrvace	0–3	Hajduk Split
3	Ogulin	2–3	Varteks
4	Jedinstvo Omladinac	0–2	Rijeka
5	Vodice	0–5	Osijek
6	ZET	1–0	Pula Staro Češko
7	Moslavina	1–0	NK Zagreb
8	Slavonija Požega	1–3	Kamen Ingrad
9	Samobor	1–4	Cibalia
10	Vinogradar	2–1	Pomorac
11	Vukovar '91	0–3	Slaven Belupo
12	Čakovec	0–4	Inter Zaprešić
13	Međimurje	2–0	Zadar
14	Zagorec	0–3	Hrvatski Dragovoljac
15	Segesta	1–0	Belišće
16	Naftaš Ivanić	2–0	Šibenik

Second round

Matches played on 19 October 2005.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Naftaš Ivanić	3–2	Dinamo Zagreb
2	Segesta	1–2	Hajduk Split
3	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	0–2	Varteks
4	Rijeka	3–1	Međimurje
5	Osijek	2–0	Inter Zaprešić
6	Slaven Belupo	5–0	ZET
7	Vinogradar	3–2	Moslavina
8	Cibalia	1–3	Kamen Ingrad

Quarter-finals

First legs were held on 9 November and second legs on 15 November 2005.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Osijek	2–3	Hajduk Split	1–1	1–2
Slaven Belupo	2–4	Kamen Ingrad	1–0	1–4
Varteks	5–2	Naftaš Ivanić	4–1	1–1
Vinogradar	1–10	Rijeka	1–2	0–8

Semi-finals

29 March 2006

17:30

Hajduk Split	1–1	Rijeka
Kranjčar 21' (pen.)	Report (in Croatian)	Vugrinec 55'

Stadion Poljud, Split

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Željko Širić (Osijek)

5 April 2006

17:30

Rijeka	1–0	Hajduk Split
Novaković 23'	Report (in Croatian)

Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Draženko Kovačić (Križevci)

Rijeka won 2–1 on aggregate.

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29 March 2006

17:00

Varteks	3–3	Kamen Ingrad
Benko 53', 70' Pokrivač 50'	Report (in Croatian)	Parmaković 30' Lakić 61' Brajković 81'

Stadion Varteks, Varaždin

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Edo Trivković (Split)

5 April 2006

18:00

Kamen Ingrad	1–2	Varteks
Zelenika 88'	Report (in Croatian)	Pavličić 10' Jolić 25'

Stadion Kamen Ingrad, Velika

Attendance: 400

Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Varteks won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2006 Croatian Football Cup final

First leg

26 April 2006

17:30

Rijeka	4–0	Varteks
Vugrinec 20', 68' Linić 43' Bobič 81'	Report (in Croatian)

Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Draženko Kovačić (Križevci)

Second leg

3 May 2006

20:15

Varteks	5–1	Rijeka
Lučić 23' Benko 54' Šafarić 84' (pen.) Novinić 90', 91'	Report (in Croatian)	Vugrinec 77'

Stadion Varteks, Varaždin

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Alojzije Šupraha (Kolan)

Aggregate score was 5–5, Rijeka won on away goals rule.

See also

• 2005–06 Croatian First Football League
• 2005–06 Croatian Second Football League

External links

• Official website (in Croatian)