2002–03 Croatian Football Cup

2002–03 Croatian Football Cup

Country	Croatia
Teams	48
Champions	Hajduk Split (4th title)
Runners-up	Uljanik Pula
Matches played	54
Goals scored	200 (3.7 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Igor Žiković (7)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Croatian Football Cup was the twelfth edition of Croatia's football knockout competition. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, and the cup was won by Hajduk Split.

Calendar

Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs	New entries this round
Preliminary round	26–31 August 2002	16	48 → 32	none
First round	11 September 2002	16	32 → 16	16
Second round	6 November – 4 December 2002	8	16 → 8	none
Quarter-finals	5 and 19 March 2003	8	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	16 and 23 April 2003	4	4 → 2	none
Final	21 May and 6 June 2003	2	2 → 1	none

Preliminary round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Auto Mikolaj	2–13	Pomorac
2	Istra Pula	2–1	Metalac Osijek
3	Bedem Ivankovo	1–3	Novalja
4	Polet Martin na Muri	0–2	Omladinac Sloga
5	Oriolik	6–0	Omladinac Jurketinci
6	TŠK Topolovac	3–2	Podravac
7	Sava Strmec	0–2	Pag
8	Pitomača	0–3	Grafičar Vodovod
9	Uljanik Pula	11–1	Ivančica
10	Virovitica	5–0	Mladost Ždralovi
11	Vodice	0–4	Uskok Klis
12	Kamen Ingrad	1–0	Marsonia
13	Graničar Županja	1–0	Sloga Maris Jazavica
14	Dugo Selo	1–0	Bjelovar
15	Oroslavlje	1–3	Croatia Sesvete
16	Hajduk Vela Luka	3–0	Ilovac Karlovac

First round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Orijent	0–2	Kamen Ingrad
2	Grafičar Vodovod	1–0	Rijeka
3	Istra Pula	2–3	Pomorac
4	Hajduk Vela Luka	0–6	Dinamo Zagreb
5	Pag	2–7	Hajduk Split
6	Oriolik	0–9	Osijek
7	Virovitica	1–6	Varteks
8	Omladinac Sloga	2–6	NK Zagreb
9	Graničar Županja	0–3	Cibalia
10	Uskok Klis	0–2	Slaven Belupo
11	Uljanik Pula	2–1	Hrvatski Dragovoljac
12	Dugo Selo	1–2 (aet)	Zadar
13	Novalja	1–2	Šibenik
14	Dubrovnik	0–2	Belišće
15	Croatia Sesvete	0–3	Inker Zaprešić
16	TŠK Topolovac	1–0 (aet)	Segesta

Second round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Hajduk Split	1–0	TŠK Topolovac
2	Pomorac	1–0	Slaven Belupo
3	Cibalia	1–0	Zadar
4	Osijek	3–1	Inker Zaprešić
5	Uljanik Pula	6–0	Grafičar Vodovod
6	Šibenik	1–2 (aet)	NK Zagreb
7	Belišće	0–4	Varteks
8	Kamen Ingrad	2–1 (aet)	Dinamo Zagreb

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cibalia	1–7	Hajduk Split	1–3	0–4
Osijek	1–4	Uljanik Pula	0–0	1–4
Kamen Ingrad	4–2	NK Zagreb	1–1	3–1
Varteks	4–3	Pomorac	3–2	1–1

Semi-finals

First legs

Uljanik Pula v Kamen Ingrad

16 April 2003 16:00

Uljanik Pula	1 – 1	Kamen Ingrad
Žiković  70'	Report	Popović  59'

Stadion Aldo Drosina, Pula Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

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Hajduk Split v Varteks

16 April 2003 17:30

Hajduk Split	2 – 0	Varteks
Vejić  70' Miladin  90+3'	Report

Stadion Poljud, Split Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Draženko Kovačić (Križevci)

Second legs

Varteks v Hajduk Split

23 April 2003 17:30

Varteks	0 – 0	Hajduk Split
	Report

Stadion NK Varteks, Varaždin Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Kamen Ingrad v Uljanik Pula

23 April 2003 18:30

Kamen Ingrad	0 – 4	Uljanik Pula
	Report	Žiković  26', 65' Ostović  76' Raković  88'

Stadion Kamen Ingrad, Velika Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Nikola Petir (Kašina)

Uljanik Pula won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

Uljanik Pula v Hajduk Split

21 May 2003 17:00

Uljanik Pula	0 – 1	Hajduk Split
	Report (Croatian)	Bule  49'

Stadion Aldo Drosina, Pula Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Željko Širić (Osijek)

Second leg

Hajduk Split v Uljanik Pula

4 June 2003 17:45

Hajduk Split	4 – 0	Uljanik Pula
Pletikosa  19' (pen.) Rapaić  27' Turković  36' Deranja  82'	Report (Croatian)

Stadion Poljud, Split Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Goran Marić (Zagreb)

Hajduk Split won 5–0 on aggregate.

See also

• 2002–03 Croatian First Football League
• 2002–03 Croatian Second Football League

External links

• Official website (Croatian)
• 2002–03 in Croatian football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation