2007–08 Croatian Football Cup

The 2007–08 Croatian Football 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.

2007–08 Croatian Football Cup
Tournament details
CountryCroatia
Teams48
Defending championsDinamo Zagreb
Final positions
ChampionsDinamo Zagreb (9th title)
Runner-upHajduk Split
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored185 (3.43 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Nikola Kalinić (9)

Calendar edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

First legs were held on 7 November and second legs on 28 November 2007.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 edit

Dinamo Zagreb3–1NK Zagreb
Mandžukić   30'
Tadić   42'
Vugrinec   90'
(Report) Ibričić   58'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Domagoj Vučkov (Rijeka)
NK Zagreb2–3Dinamo Zagreb
Parlov   16'
Pejić   37'
(Report) Mikulić   35' (o.g.)
Ivanković   43' (o.g.)
Mikić   88'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Edo Trivković (Split)

Dinamo Zagreb won 6–3 on aggregate.


Varteks1–1Hajduk Split
Novinić   26' (Report) Maloča   66'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Damir Batinić (Osijek)
Hajduk Split4–0Varteks
Cernat   15'
Rukavina   32', 60'
Kalinić   45' (pen.)
(Report)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Hajduk Split won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final edit

First leg edit

Dinamo Zagreb3–0Hajduk Split
Tadić   8'
Mandžukić   20', 88'
Report
(in Croatian)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Domagoj Ljubičić (Osijek)

Second leg edit

Hajduk Split0–0Dinamo Zagreb
Report
(in Croatian)
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

Dinamo Zagreb won 3–0 on aggregate.

See also edit

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