2012–13 Croatian Football Cup

2012–13 Croatian Football Cup
Tournament details
Country Croatia
Teams48
Final positions
ChampionsHajduk Split (6th title)
Runner-upLokomotiva
Tournament statistics
Matches played50
Goals scored162 (3.24 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Mario Šitum (7)

The 2012–13 Croatian Football Cup was the twenty-second season of Croatia's football knockout competition. The defending champions were Dinamo Zagreb, having won their 12th title the previous year by defeating Osijek in the final.

The cup kicked off with the single-legged preliminary round which was scheduled on 29 August 2012. Most of the top flight clubs entered the competition in the following round, scheduled on 26 September 2012, with the exception of Lokomotiva, RNK Split and Zadar, as their cup coefficient (determined by their cup record over the last five seasons) was too low to skip the preliminary round.

Calendar

Round Date(s) Number of fixtures Clubs New entries this round
Preliminary round 29 August 2012 16 48 → 32 none
First round 26 September 2012 16 32 → 16 16
Second round 31 October 2012 8 16 → 8 none
Quarter-finals 21 and 28 November 2012 8 8 → 4 none
Semi-finals 3 and 17 April 2013 4 4 → 2 none
Final 8 and 22 May 2013 2 2 → 1 none

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 1 August 2012 with matches scheduled on 29 August 2012. This round consists of 16 single-legged fixtures. A total of 32 clubs entered the preliminary round: 21 regional cup winners organized at the county level and 11 regional cup finalists (from the top 11 counties with the greatest number of registered football clubs).[1][2]

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Koprivnica 0–0 (5–4 p) Vuteks Sloga
2 Virovitica 1–4 RNK Split
3 Krka Lozovac bye Nedelišće
4 Libertas 2–1 Mladost Ždralovi
5 Slunj 2–1 Zadrugar
6 Tekstilac Ravnice 1–1 (4–5 p) Višnjevac
7 Ivančica 2–2 (4–3 p) Oriolik Oriovac
8 Mladost Repušnica 1–2 Zrinski Tordinci
9 Gorica 4–0 Sloboda Slakovec
10 Bjelovar 1–2 Vinodol
11 Lokomotiva 7–0 Slavija Pleternica
12 Novalja 3–1 Zagorec Krapina
13 Zelina 9–0 Mladost Mali Otok
14 Zadar 5–1 Belišće
15 GOŠK Dubrovnik bye Jedinstvo Omladinac
16* Vrsar 5–0 Tomislav-Pan

* Match played on 28 August.

First round

First round proper consisted of 16 single-legged matches, with 16 winners of the preliminary round joined by 16 clubs with the highest cup coefficients (including remaining nine top level clubs). The draw for the first round was held on 30 August, where the club with the lowest cup coefficient hosts the one with the highest and so on. Matches are scheduled on 26 September 2012.

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1* Vrsar 0–3 Dinamo Zagreb
2 Slunj 0–4 Hajduk Split
3 Libertas bye Varaždin
4 Zrinski Tordinci 0–4 NK Zagreb
5 Vinodol 0–2 Cibalia
6 Novalja 0–1 Osijek
7 Ivančica 1–2 Slaven Belupo
8 GOŠK Dubrovnik 1–1 (3–2 p) Šibenik
9 Nedelišće 1–0 (aet) Rijeka
10 Koprivnica 2–1 (aet) Pomorac
11 Višnjevac 1–2 Istra 1961
12* Gorica 3–0 Inter Zaprešić
13 Zelina bye Karlovac
14* Lokomotiva 4–2 Segesta
15 RNK Split 5–1 Zagora Unešić
16 Zadar 2–0 Konavljanin

* Match played on 25 September

Second round

The second round was contested by 16 winners from the first round, over eight single-legged fixtures played on 31 October 2012. It was the last stage of the competition employing the single-leg format, as from the quarter-finals onward all fixtures were double-legged events.

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1* Dinamo Zagreb 2–3 (a.e.t.) Zadar
2 Hajduk Split 2–1 RNK Split
3* Lokomotiva 3–2 Libertas
4* NK Zagreb 1–2 Zelina
5 Cibalia 1–0 Gorica
6* Osijek 3–2 (a.e.t.) Istra 1961
7* Slaven Belupo 2–0 (a.e.t.) Koprivnica
8 GOŠK Dubrovnik 2–0 (a.e.t.) Nedelišće

* Match played on 30 October

Quarter-finals

The eight clubs remaining in the competition after the second round were paired for the quarter-finals. From the quarter-finals onwards the ties will be played in a two-legged format. The draw was held on 7 November 2012.[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zadar 2–3 Slaven Belupo 1–0 1–3
Zelina 1–3 Hajduk Split 1–1 0–2
GOŠK Dubrovnik 0–1 Lokomotiva 0–1 0–0
Cibalia 4–2 Osijek 1–1 3–1

Semi-finals

Cibalia1–1Lokomotiva
Mazalović 23' Report
(in Croatian)		 Kramarić 58'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)
Lokomotiva3–0Cibalia
Šitum 19'
Antolić 43'
Kramarić 89'		 Report
(in Croatian)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Zlatko Šimčić (Koprivnica)

Lokomotiva won 4–1 on aggregate

Slaven Belupo1–2Hajduk Split
Vugrinec 77' Report
(in Croatian)		 Sušić 56'
Stojanović 90+2'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)
Hajduk Split1–1Slaven Belupo
Milić 72' Report
(in Croatian)		 Glavica 32'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Igor Pristovnik (Zagreb)

Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate

Notes
  1. ^ Slaven Belupo v Hajduk was originally to be played on 3 April 2013, 19:00 local time, but was postponed to the next week, due to poor conditions.[4]

Final

Main article: 2013 Croatian Football Cup final

First leg

Hajduk Split2–1Lokomotiva
Maglica 65'
Kouassi 69'		 Report
(in Croatian)		 Antolić 53'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Andrej Burilo (Osijek)

Second leg

Lokomotiva3–3Hajduk Split
Šitum 8'
Kramarić 70'
Bručić 90+3'		 Report Vuković 44'
Sušić 50'
Stojanović 72'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ante Vučemilović (Osijek)

Hajduk Split won 5–4 on aggregate

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ždrijeb parova pretkola kupa u srijedu 1. kolovoza". Prva-HNL.hr (in Croatian). 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Parovi pretkola HNK-a". Prva-HNL.hr (in Croatian). 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Ždrijeb 1/4 finala kupa: Zelina-Hajduk, GOŠK-Lokomotiva". Prva-HNL.hr (in Croatian). 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  4. ^ Strahija, Ivana (2 April 2013). "Odgođena utakmica Kupa u Koprivnici". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2 April 2013.