2020–21 Croatian Football Cup

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.^[1]

2020–21 Croatian Football Cup

Tournament details
Country	Croatia
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	Dinamo Zagreb
Runners-up	Istra 1961
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	188 (4.09 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Luka Menalo Taichi Hara Martin Šaban (6 each)
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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 coefficient 16 clubs	Winners and runners up of county cups 32 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.^[2]

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Oriolik	2–1	Karlovac 1919
2	Kurilovec	4–0	Papuk Orahovica
3	Dilj	1–0	Virovitica
4	Pazinka	0–2	Crikvenica
5	Graničar Županja	1–0	Slavonija Požega
6*	Segesta	3–4	Croatia Zmijavci
7*	Bjelovar	0–5	Varaždin
8	GOŠK 1919 Dubrovnik	4–2	BSK Bijelo Brdo
9	Gorica	1–0	Belišće
10	Rudar Labin	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Primorac Biograd
11	Gaj Mače	20–2	Lika 95
12	Sloga Nova Gradiška	0–3	Sesvete
13	Mladost Tribunj	0–2	Polet SMnM
14	Mladost Ždralovi	3–1	Mladost Petrinja
15	Ferdinandovac	3–1	Ivančica
16	Rudar Mursko Središće	3–0	Tehnika 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.^[3]

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Dilj	0–6	Rijeka
2*	Ferdinandovac	1–7	Dinamo Zagreb
3	Gaj Mače	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Lokomotiva
4****	Graničar Županja	1–2	Hajduk Split
5**	Rudar Mursko Središće	0–9	Slaven Belupo
6****	Crikvenica	1–5	Osijek
7******	Rudar Labin	2–0	Inter Zaprešić
8	Polet SMnM	0–2	Istra 1961
9	Croatia Zmijavci	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Šibenik
10	Oriolik	1–0	Split
11***	Kurilovec	6–0	Vinogradar
12	GOŠK Dubrovnik	bye	Zadar
13	Mladost Ždralovi	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Zagreb
14	Sesvete	3–4	Gorica
15	Novigrad	1–3	Rudeš
16*****	Varaždin	2–0	Cibalia

* 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.^[4]

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Varaždin	1–2	Rijeka
2	Rudeš	0–2	Dinamo Zagreb
3**	Gorica	3–1	Lokomotiva
4******	Zagreb	0–3	Hajduk Split
5***	GOŠK Dubrovnik	1–4	Slaven Belupo
6*	Kurilovec	0–4	Osijek
7*****	Oriolik	1–0(a.e.t.)	Rudar Labin
8****	Šibenik	0–2	Istra 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.^[4]

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1*	Oriolik	0–3	Istra 1961
2	Dinamo Zagreb	2–0	Slaven Belupo
3	Osijek	1–2	Rijeka
4*	Gorica	3–0	Hajduk Split

* Matches played on 16 March.

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were scheduled for 14 April 2021. ^[5] Dinamo Zagreb v HNK Gorica has been postponed due to Dinamo's participation in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League quarter finals.

14 April 2021

18:00

Istra 1961	3–2	Rijeka
Šutalo 7' Hara 23' Guzina 44'	Report	Drmić 52' Murić 72' (pen.)

Stadion Aldo Drosina, Pula

Attendance: 0^[a]

Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

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28 April 2021

18:00

Dinamo Zagreb	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Gorica
Mišić 46' Jakić 100' Majer 110' Ademi 118'	Report	Špikić 52'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 0^[a]

Referee: Mario Zebec (Cestica)

Final

Main article: 2021 Croatian Football Cup final

The final was played on 19 May 2021.^[4]

19 May 2021

20:00 CEST

Dinamo Zagreb	6–3	Istra 1961
Oršić 5', 75' Ademi 9' Majer 33' Šutalo 59' (o.g.) Gavranović 84'	Report	Hara 52', 53' Gržan 63' (pen.)

Stadion Radnik, Velika Gorica

Attendance: 0^[a]

Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Goals
1	Luka Menalo	Dinamo Zagreb Rijeka	6
	Taichi Hara	Istra 1961
	Martin Šaban	Gaj Mače
4	Bruno Rihtar		5
5	Davor Iskrić		3
	Tomislav Gudelj	Croatia Zmijavci
	Filip Hodak	Kurilovec
	Luka Sedlaček
	Mihovil Geljić	Sesvete
	Josip Mitrović	Gorica
	Kristijan Lovrić
	Luka Matić	GOŠK Dubrovnik
	Miroslav Iličić	Slaven Belupo
	Robert Murić	Rijeka
	Arijan Ademi	Dinamo Zagreb

Notes

1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia.