1997–98 Croatian Football Cup

1997–98 Croatian Football Cup
Country Croatia
Teams 32
Defending champions Hajduk Split
Champions Croatia Zagreb (4th title)
Runners-up Varteks
Matches played 38
Goals scored 114 (3 per match)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Croatian Football Cup was the seventh edition of Croatia's football knockout competition. Croatia Zagreb were the defending champions, and they won their third successive title.

Calendar

Round Main date Number of fixtures Clubs New entries this round
First round 5 and 6 August 1997 16 32 → 16 None
Second round 9 and 24 September 1997 8 16 → 8 None
Quarter-finals First legs 14 and 26 October 1997,
Second legs 22 October 1997		 8 8 → 4 None
Semi-finals First legs 1 April 1998,
Second legs 15 April 1998 		4 4 → 2 None
Final First leg 6 May,
Second leg 14 May 1998 		2 2 → 1 None

First round

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Slavonac 1–5 Croatia Zagreb
2 Samobor 0–1 NK Zagreb
3 Olimpija Osijek 0–3 Rijeka
4 Jadran Poreč 2–1 Segesta
5 Orijent 2–1 Cibalia
6 RNK Split 2–1 Marsonia
7 Varaždin 1–2 Varteks
8 Slaven Belupo 2–0 Belišće
9 PIK Vrbovec 1–4 Zadarkomerc
10 Špansko 3–1 Bjelovar
11 Budućnost Hodošan 2–1 Šibenik
12 Dilj 1–0 Inker Zaprešić
13 Badel Sesvete 1–0 Dubrovnik
14 Slavonija Požega 1–2 Croatia Đakovo
15 Posedarje 1–3 Hajduk Split
16 Mladost 127 2–2 (aet) (5–4 p) Osijek

Second round

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Budućnost Hodošan 1–2 NK Zagreb
2 Dilj 2–1 RNK Split
3 Croatia Đakovo 0–0 (aet) (2–4 p) Varteks
4 Badel Sesvete 2–1 Zadarkomerc
5 Rijeka 0–2 Orijent
6 Jadran Poreč 0–1 Mladost 127
7 Croatia Zagreb 11–0 Špansko
8 Hajduk Split 3–1 Slaven Belupo

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dilj 4–8 NK Zagreb 2–5 2–3
Orijent 0–0 (0–3 p) Varteks 0–0 0–0
Badel Sesvete 2–5 Croatia Zagreb 1–1 1–4
Hajduk Split 3–1 Mladost 127 2–1 1–0

Semi-finals

First legs

1 April 1998
Croatia Zagreb 4 – 0 NK Zagreb
Marić  14'
Viduka  45' (pen.), 53' (pen.)
Muñoz  65'		 Report
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ivan Novak (Varaždin)

1 April 1998
Varteks 2 – 1 Hajduk Split
Karić  34'
Hrman  39'		 Report Mladenović  45'
Stadion NK Varteks, Varaždin
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Miro Marijanović (Osijek)

Second legs

15 April 1998
NK Zagreb 0 – 3 Croatia Zagreb
Report Jurčić  20'
Prosinečki  65'
Petrović  90'
Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Reno Sinovčić (Zadar)

Croatia Zagreb won 7–0 on aggregate.

15 April 1998
Hajduk Split 0 – 1 Varteks
Report Topić  90'
Stadion Poljud, Split
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Željko Širić (Osijek)

Varteks won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

6 May 1998
Varteks 0 – 1 Croatia Zagreb
Report Mikić  82'
Stadion NK Varteks, Varaždin
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Miroslav Vitković (Vinkovci)

Second leg

14 May 1998
Croatia Zagreb 2 – 1 Varteks
Viduka  52'
Marić  83'		 Report Topić  38'
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Edo Trivković (Split)

Croatia Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate.

See also

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