| Croatian Football Cup | ||
| Founded | 1992 | |
| Region | Croatia | |
| Number of teams | 48 | |
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| Current champions | Rijeka (6th title) | |
| Most successful team(s) | Dinamo Zagreb (15 titles) | |
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| Website | Official website | |
The Croatian Football Cup is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian football after the Croatian First Football League championship. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation (CFF) and usually runs from late August to late May. Cup winners automatically qualify for next season's UEFA Europa League, except when cup winners are also First League champions, in which case cup finalists take their berth in the Europa League.
The cup was established in 1992, after Croatian clubs had abandoned the Yugoslav First League and Yugoslav Cup competitions following the breakup of Yugoslavia. As of the most recent 2019–20 season a total of 29 cup seasons were held. The competition has historically been dominated by the two Eternal Derby sides - the most successful club is Dinamo Zagreb (formerly known in the 1990s as "HAŠK Građanski" and "Croatia Zagreb") who appeared in 22 finals and won 15 titles, followed by Hajduk Split who won 6 titles out of 11 finals they appeared in.
Either Dinamo or Hajduk appeared in all but three cup finals (in 1999, 2006 and 2020) and only three other clubs have won the cup - Rijeka (6 wins), Inter Zaprešić (1 win) and Osijek (1 win). Although clubs can qualify for the cup via regional county cups, which are usually contested by second-, third- or fourth-level sides, Istra 1961 (formerly known as Uljanik Pula) in 2003 was the only team in the history of the competition to have reached the cup final from outside the top level.
External links[]
- Croatian Football Cup results at Sportnet.hr
- Cup at UEFA
- League321.com - National cup results.
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