2008–09 Croatian Football Cup

2008–09 Croatian Football Cup

Tournament details
Country	Croatia
Teams	48
Defending champions	Dinamo Zagreb
Final positions
Champions	Dinamo Zagreb (10th title)
Runner-up	Hajduk Split
Tournament statistics
Matches played	54
Goals scored	178 (3.3 per match)

The 2008–09 Croatian Football Cup was the eighteenth season of Croatia's football knockout competition. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions since they won the last year's cup by defeating Hajduk Split 3–0 on aggregate.

Calendar

Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs	New entries this round
Preliminary round	27 August 2008	16	48 → 32	none
First round	23 and 24 September 2008	16	32 → 16	16
Second round	29 October 2008	8	16 → 8	none
Quarter-finals	12 and 26 November 2008	8	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	4 and 18 March 2009	4	4 → 2	none
Final	13 and 28 May 2009	2	2 → 1	none

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held on 27 August 2008.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Žminj	0–2	Gaj Mače
2	Moslavina	7–0	Istra Tar
3	Croatia Đakovo	1–3	Polet Buševec
4	Bjelovar	2–4	Zagora Unešić
5	Orijent	1–0	Raštane
6	Novalja	0–1	Metalac Sisak
7	Međimurje	3–0	Trogir
8	Suhopolje	1–1 (5–4 p)	Križevci
9	Mladost Cernik	2–0	Slavija Pleternica
10	Vukovar '91	3–2	Podravina
11	Nedelišće	1–3	Karlovac
12	Garić Garešnica	1–4	Grafičar Vodovod
13	Mladost Molve	3–4 (aet)	Konavljanin
14	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	1–0	Graničar
15	Lučko	11–1	Sračinec
16	Vinogradar	1–2	Oriolik

First round

The matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2008.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Gaj Mače	1–5	Dinamo Zagreb
2	Metalac Sisak	0–6	Rijeka
3	Orijent	1–4	Hajduk Split
4	Mladost Cernik	0–1	Varteks
5	Polet Buševec	0–2	Slaven Belupo
6	Zagora Unešić	2–1	Osijek
7	Grafičar Vodovod	1–3	NK Zagreb
8	Suhopolje	1–2	Cibalia
9	Oriolik	w/o1	Kamen Ingrad
10	Lučko	3–5	Inter Zaprešić
11	Karlovac	1–1 (7–6 p)	Istra 1961
12	Moslavina	2–1	Šibenik
13	Vukovar '91	0–1	Pomorac
14	Konavljanin	1–0	Belišće
15	Zadar	3–0	Naftaš HAŠK
16	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	1–0	Međimurje

¹Due to financial difficulties, Kamen Ingrad ceased competing on a senior professional level, and therefore withdrew from the competition.

Second round

The matches were played on 29 October 2008.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	0–6	Dinamo Zagreb
2	Zadar	2–2 (6–7 p)	Rijeka
3	Konavljanin	0–2	Hajduk Split
4	Pomorac	2–0	Varteks
5	Moslavina	0–2	Slaven Belupo
6	Zagora Unešić	2–1	Karlovac
7	Inter Zaprešić	0–2	NK Zagreb
8	Oriolik	0–4	Cibalia

Quarter-finals

The draw was held on 30 October. First legs were held on 12 November and second legs on 26 November 2008.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rijeka	4–4 (2–4 p)	NK Zagreb	2–2	2–2 (aet)
Pomorac	2–2 (2–4 p)	Cibalia	1–1	1–1 (aet)
Hajduk Split	0–0 (7–6 p)	Slaven Belupo	0–0	0–0 (aet)
Zagora Unešić	2–7	Dinamo Zagreb	1–2	1–5

Semi-finals

First legs

Hajduk Split v Cibalia

4 March 2009 15:30 CET

Hajduk Split	4 – 1	Cibalia
Tomasov  12' Gabrić  34' Oremuš  37' Pandža  85'	Report (Croatian)	Malčić  29'

Stadion Poljud, Split Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Rijeka)

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NK Zagreb v Dinamo Zagreb

4 March 2009 17:00 CET

NK Zagreb	0 – 2	Dinamo Zagreb
	Report (Croatian)	Sivonjić  29' Morales  55'

Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Zagreb)

Second legs

Cibalia v Hajduk Split

18 March 2009 17:00 CET

Cibalia	0 – 0	Hajduk Split
	Report (Croatian)

Stadion HNK Cibalia, Vinkovci Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Danijel Trampus (Osijek)

Hajduk Split won 4–1 on aggregate

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Dinamo Zagreb v NK Zagreb

18 March 2009 17:00 CET

Dinamo Zagreb	4 – 1	NK Zagreb
Mandžukić  10', 18', 38' Morales  88'	Report (Croatian)	Vugrinec  87' (pen.)

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Igor Pristovnik (Zagreb)

Dinamo Zagreb won 6–1 on aggregate

Final

Main article: 2009 Croatian Football Cup Final

First leg

Dinamo Zagreb v Hajduk Split

13 May 2009 20:15

Dinamo Zagreb	3 – 0	Hajduk Split
Mandžukić  13', 57' Sammir  29' (pen.)	Report (Croatian)

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Bruno Marić (Daruvar)

Second leg

Hajduk Split v Dinamo Zagreb

28 May 2009 20:00

Hajduk Split	3 – 0	Dinamo Zagreb
Kalinić  56', 75' Bartolović  58'	Report (Croatian)
	Penalties
Kalinić Roso Bartolović Ibričić Andrić	3 – 4	Bišćan Sammir Badelj Morales Hrgović

Stadion Poljud, Split Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Domagoj Ljubičić (Osijek)

3–3 on aggregate. Dinamo Zagreb won 4–3 in penalty shootout.

See also

• 2008–09 Croatian First Football League
• 2008–09 Croatian Second Football League

External links

• Official website (Croatian)