1996–97 Croatian Football Cup

1996–97 Croatian Football Cup
Country Croatia
Teams 32
Champions Croatia Zagreb (3rd title)
Runners-up NK Zagreb
Matches played 37
Goals scored 116 (3.14 per match)

The 1996–97 Croatian Football Cup was the sixth edition of Croatia's football knockout competition. Croatia Zagreb were the defending champions, and they won their second successive title.

Calendar

Round Main date Number of fixtures Clubs New entries this round
First round 13 and 26 August 1996 16 32 → 16 None
Second round 4 and 10 September 1996 8 16 → 8 None
Quarter-finals First legs 16 October 1996,
Second legs 22 and 23 October 1996
8 8 → 4 None
Semi-finals First legs 9 April 1997,
Second legs 16 April 1997
4 4 → 2 None
Final 29 May 1997 1 2 → 1 None

First round

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Hajduk Pridraga 1–6 Hajduk Split
2 Mladost Hrastovec 1–3 Varteks
3 Napredak Velika Mlaka 2–3 Segesta
4 Orijent 0–0 (aet) (5–6 p) Belišće
5 Gospić 0–0 (aet) (5–4 p) Zadarkomerc
6 Podvinje 0–1 Inker Zaprešić
7 Varaždin 1–5 Rijeka
8 Solin Kaltenberg 0–3 NK Zagreb
9 Mladost 127 1–2 (aet) Osijek
10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 3–1 Cibalia
11 Baranja 1–2 (aet) Croatia Đakovo
12 Slavonija Požega 3–1 Bjelovar
13 Slaven Belupo 1–0 Istra Pula
14 Zagorec Krapina 1–1 (aet) (5–3 p) Šibenik
15 PIK Vrbovec 0–3 Dubrovnik
16 Zrinski Bošnjaci 0–5 Croatia Zagreb

Second round

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Osijek 3–0 Segesta
2 NK Zagreb 2–1 Zagorec Krapina
3 Inker Zaprešić 2–1 Belišće
4 Slaven Belupo 3–6 Croatia Zagreb
5 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 1–0 Rijeka
6 Gospić 0–3 Dubrovnik
7 Hajduk Split 3–0 Slavonija Požega
8 Varteks 4–0 Croatia Đakovo

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Croatia Zagreb 4–1 Dubrovnik 1–1 3–0
NK Zagreb 4–0 Inker Zaprešić 3–0 1–0
Osijek 4–3 Hajduk Split 2–1 2–2
Varteks 2–4 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 1–3 1–1

Semi-finals

First legs

9 April 1997
Croatia Zagreb 2 – 1 Osijek
Viduka  20', 55' (pen.) Report Černe  81'
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Anđelko Brkić (Vinkovci)

9 April 1997
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 1 – 3 NK Zagreb
Vukoja  32' Report Scoria  9', 58'
Bule  62'
Stadion Radnik, Velika Gorica
Referee: Veljko Malovac (Rijeka)

Second legs

16 April 1997
Osijek 0 – 0 Croatia Zagreb
Report
Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Veljko Matković (Rijeka)

Croatia Zagreb won 2–1 on aggregate.


16 April 1997
NK Zagreb 3 – 1 Hrvatski Dragovoljac
Scoria  23', 50'
Baturina  79'
Report Živković  6'
Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Reno Sinovčić (Zadar)

NK Zagreb won 6–2 on aggregate.

Final

29 May 1997
20:30
Croatia Zagreb 2 – 1 NK Zagreb
Cvitanović  30' (pen.)
Viduka  69'
Report Sopić  77'
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Goran Marić (Zagreb)

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