2007–08 Croatian Football Cup

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2007–08 Croatian Football Cup
Tournament details
CountryCroatia
Teams48
Defending championsDinamo Zagreb
Final positions
ChampionsDinamo Zagreb (9th title)
Runner-upHajduk Split
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored185 (3.43 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Nikola Kalinić (9)

The 2007–08 Croatian Football Cup was the seventeenth season of Croatia's football knockout competition. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champion and they won it for a second year running after beating Hajduk Split 3–0 on aggregate.

Calendar

Round Main date Number of fixtures Clubs New entries this round
Preliminary round 29 August 2007 16 48 → 32 none
First round 26 September 2007 16 32 → 16 16
Second round 24 October 2007 8 16 → 8 none
Quarter-finals 7 and 28 November 2007 8 8 → 4 none
Semi-finals 9 and 23 April 2008 4 4 → 2 none
Final 7 and 14 May 2008 2 2 → 1 none

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held on 29 August 2007.

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Ogulin 4–1 Novalja
2 Olimpija Osijek 0–3 Slavonac CO
3 Trogir 2–0 Istra
4 Primorac Biograd 0–0 (5–4 p) Zagora Unešić
5 Neretvanac 0–0 (3–5 p) Bjelovar
6 Đakovo 5–0 Mladost Ždralovi
7 Graničar 1–0 Vrapče
8 Koprivnica 1–4 Virovitica
9 Croatia Sesvete 7–0 Polet Buševec
10 Mladost Varaždin 1–3 Slavonija
11 Klanjec 1–1 (9–10 p) Zelina
12 Čukovec 0–1 Segesta
13 Mladost Molve 4–3 Rudar Labin
14 Podravina 3–1 Grobničan
15 Oriolik 5–4 Moslavina
16 Međimurje 3–2 Zrinski

First round

Matches played on 26 September 2007.

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Zelina 0–4 Rijeka
2 Virovitica 1–3 (aet) Dinamo Zagreb
3 Mladost Molve 1–9 Hajduk Split
4 Trogir 1–2 Varteks
5 Slavonac CO 0–1 Slaven Belupo
6 Ogulin 2–3 Osijek
7 Oriolik 1–4 Cibalia
8 Đakovo 2–1 Kamen Ingrad
9 Podravina 2–0 Istra 1961
10 Graničar 1–3 NK Zagreb
11 Primorac Biograd 0–5 Inter Zaprešić
12 Slavonija 1–4 Pomorac
13 Bjelovar 3–3 (7–6 p) Belišće
14 Croatia Sesvete 2–0 Naftaš HAŠK
15 Međimurje 2–2 (6–7 p) Šibenik
16 Segesta 1–0 Zadar

Second round

Matches played on 24 October 2007.

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Segesta 3–0 Rijeka
2 Šibenik 2–3 Dinamo Zagreb
3 Hajduk Split 2–0 Croatia Sesvete
4 Bjelovar 1–1 (3–5 p) Varteks
5 Slaven Belupo 1–0 Pomorac
6 Inter Zaprešić 1–0 Podravina
7 Đakovo 0–7 NK Zagreb
8 Cibalia 2–1 Osijek

Quarter-finals

First legs were held on 7 November and second legs on 28 November 2007.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Segesta 2–3 NK Zagreb 0–0 2–3
Hajduk Split 6–1 Inter Zaprešić 2–1 4–0
Varteks 6–0 Cibalia 4–0 2–0
Slaven Belupo 0–2 Dinamo Zagreb 0–1 0–1

Semi-finals

Dinamo Zagreb3–1NK Zagreb
Mandžukić 30'
Tadić 42'
Vugrinec 90'
(Report) Ibričić 58'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Rijeka)
NK Zagreb2–3Dinamo Zagreb
Parlov 16'
Pejić 37'
(Report) Mikulić 35' (o.g.)
Ivanković 43' (o.g.)
Mikić 88'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Edo Trivković (Split)

Dinamo Zagreb won 6–3 on aggregate.


Varteks1–1Hajduk Split
Novinić 26' (Report) Maloča 66'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)
Hajduk Split4–0Varteks
Cernat 15'
Rukavina 32', 60'
Kalinić 45' (pen.)
(Report)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Hajduk Split won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

Dinamo Zagreb3–0Hajduk Split
Tadić 8'
Mandžukić 20', 88'
Report
(in Croatian)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Domagoj Ljubičić (Osijek)

Second leg

Hajduk Split0–0Dinamo Zagreb
Report
(in Croatian)
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Dinamo Zagreb won 3–0 on aggregate.

See also