2015–16 Croatian Football Cup

The 2015–16 Croatian Football Cup was the twenty-fifth season of Croatia's football knockout competition. The defending champions were Dinamo Zagreb, having won their thirteenth title the previous year by defeating RNK Split in the final.

2015–16 Croatian Football Cup

Tournament details
Country	Croatia
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	Dinamo Zagreb
Runners-up	Slaven Belupo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47
Goals scored	170 (3.62 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Marin Tomasov (5)
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Calendar

Round	Date(s)	Number of fixtures	Clubs	New entries this round	Goals / games
Preliminary round	26 August 2015	16	32 → 16	32	62 / 16
First round	23 September 2015	16	32 → 16	16	64 / 14
Second round	28 October 2015	8	16 → 8	none	24 / 8
Quarter-finals	2 December 2015	4	8 → 4	none	7 / 4
Semi-finals	16 March & 6 April 2016	4	4 → 2	none	12 / 4
Final	10 May 2016	1	2 → 1	none	3 / 1

Source:^[1]

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 4 August 2015 at 10:00 in Zagreb. The matches were played on 26 August 2015.^[2]

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Koprivnica	0−2	HAŠK
2	Oštrc Zlatar	1−0	Mosor
3	Duga Resa 1929	2−2 (5–3 p)	Slavonija Požega
4	Bistra	1−5	Lekenik
5	Segesta	0−1	Mladost Ždralovi
6	Croatia Grabrovnica	4−0	Sloga Čakovec
7	Suhopolje	0−2	Tehničar 1974
8*	Zagora Unešić	2−3	Gorica
9	Vuteks Sloga	1−2	Funtana
10	Omladinac Gornja Vrba	6−1	Sloga Novi Mikanovci
11	Nedelišće	3−3 (3–5 p)	Sloga Nova Gradiška
12	BŠK Zmaj	4−1 (aet)	Đakovo Croatia
13	Opatija	5−1	Polet Cestica
14	Bednja	0−0 (5–3 p)	Primorac Biograd
15	Nehaj Senj	3−2	BSK Bijelo Brdo
16*	Jadran Poreč	4–1	ZET

* Matches played on 25 August.

First round

First round consisted of 16 single-legged matches, with 16 winners from the preliminary round joined by 16 clubs with the highest cup coefficients. The matches were played on 23 September 2015.^[3]

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1*	Oštrc Zlatar	1–7	Dinamo Zagreb
2	Sloga Nova Gradiška	0–7	Hajduk Split
3	Bednja	0–10	Rijeka
4*	Duga Resa 1929	1–3	Osijek
5	Tehničar 1974	0–3	Slaven Belupo
6	Omladinac Gornja Vrba	0–6	Cibalia
7	Nehaj Senj	0–8	Lokomotiva
8	Croatia Grabrovnica	0–2	Istra 1961
9	Mladost Ždralovi	bye	VŠNK Varaždin (defunct)
10	Funtana	0–3	Zagreb
11*	Jadran Poreč	0–3	Zadar
12	Lekenik	1–0 (aet)	Vinogradar
13*	BŠK Zmaj	2–3	Inter Zaprešić
14	Gorica	0–0 (4–5 p)	Šibenik
15	Opatija	4–0	Zelina
16	Pomorac Kostrena	bye	HAŠK

* Matches played on 22 September.

Second round

Second round consisted of eight single-legged ties, with 16 winners from the first round. The pairings were determined by cup coefficients. The matches were played on 28 October 2015.^[4]

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1*	Mladost Ždralovi	1–3	Dinamo Zagreb
2	Lekenik	1–5	Hajduk Split
3	Opatija	0–3	Rijeka
4	HAŠK	0–2	Osijek
5*	Šibenik	0–2	Slaven Belupo
6*	Inter Zaprešić	0–0 (4–3 p)	Cibalia
7	Zadar	2–2 (4–5 p)	Lokomotiva
8	Zagreb	2–1 (aet)	Istra 1961

* Matches played on 27 October.

Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals consisted of four single-legged ties and included eight winners from the second round. The pairings were determined by cup coefficients. The matches were played on 2 December 2015.^[5]

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1*	Inter Zaprešić	0–1	Dinamo Zagreb
2	Zagreb	1–2	Hajduk Split
3**	Lokomotiva	0–1	Rijeka
4	Slaven Belupo	1–1 (4–1 p)	Osijek

* Match played on 10 February.

** Match played on 8 December.

Semi-finals

Semi-final were played over two legs on 16 March and 6 April 2016. The round featured four winners from the quarter-final. The unseeded draw for semi-final pairings was held on 15 February.^[6]

15 March 2016

18:00

Rijeka	2–1	Slaven Belupo
Bezjak 10' Matei 15'	Report (in Croatian)	Christensen 71'

Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka

Attendance: 4,596

Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

5 April 2016

17:30

Slaven Belupo	3–0	Rijeka
Ejupi 43' Ozobić 54' Pokrivač 72'	Report (in Croatian)

Gradski stadion, Koprivnica

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

Slaven Belupo won 4–2 on aggregate.

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16 March 2016

17:30

Hajduk Split	0–2	Dinamo Zagreb
	Report (in Croatian)	Soudani 23' Ćorić 29'

Stadion Poljud, Split

Attendance: 12,973

Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

6 April 2016

17:30

Dinamo Zagreb	4–0	Hajduk Split
Brekalo 2' Fernandes 24', 50' Soudani 67'	Report (in Croatian)

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 7,932

Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Dinamo Zagreb won 6–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2016 Croatian Football Cup final

The final was played over one leg on 10 May 2016 at Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek.

10 May 2016

18:00

Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	Slaven Belupo
Pjaca 31' (pen.) Rog 77'	Report (in Croatian)	Ejupi 61'

Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek

Attendance: 2,282

Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović (Osijek)