2007–08 Croatian Football Cup

2007–08 Croatian Cup
Country Croatia
Teams 48
Champions Dinamo Zagreb (9th title)
Runners-up Hajduk Split
Matches played 54

The 2007–08 Croatian 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. 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

First legs

9 April 2008
Dinamo Zagreb 3 – 1 NK Zagreb
Mandžukić  30'
Tadić  42'
Vugrinec  90' 		(Report) Ibričić  58'
Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Rijeka)

9 April 2008
Varteks 1 – 1 Hajduk Split
Novinić  26' (Report) Maloča  66'
Stadion NK Varteks, Varaždin
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)

Second legs

23 April 2008
16:30 CET
NK Zagreb 2 – 3 Dinamo Zagreb
Parlov  16'
Pejić  37' 		(Report) Mikulić  35' (o.g.)
Ivanković  43' (o.g.)
Mikić  88'
Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Edo Trivković (Split)

Dinamo Zagreb won 6–3 on aggregate.

23 April 2008
17:00 CET
Hajduk Split 4 – 0 Varteks
Cernat  15'
Rukavina  32', 60'
Kalinić  45' (pen.) 		(Report)
Poljud, Split
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Vladimir Svilokos (Sisak)

Hajduk Split won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

7 May 2008
17:30 CET
Dinamo Zagreb 3 – 0 Hajduk Split
Tadić  8'
Mandžukić  20', 88' 		(Report)
Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Domagoj Ljubičić (Osijek)

Second leg

14 May 2008
17:30 CET
Hajduk Split 0 – 0 Dinamo Zagreb
(Report)
Poljud, Split
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Dinamo Zagreb won 3–0 on aggregate.

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