2009–10 Croatian Football Cup


The 2009–10 Croatian Football Cup was the nineteenth season of Croatia's football knockout competition.
The defending champions were Dinamo Zagreb since they won the previous year's cup by defeating Hajduk Split on penalties after the result was tied 3–3 on aggregate.
The cup kicked off with the single-legged preliminary round which was played on 25 and 26 August 2009. Top flight clubs entered the competition in the following round, played on 22 and 23 September 2009. The two-legged final was played on 21 April and 5 May 2010, and was contested by Šibenik and Hajduk Split.
This was the first cup final for Šibenik, and a first time that they had passed through beyond the second round in the Croatian Cup. Hajduk Split won their fifth cup in nine finals. It was their first cup triumph in seven years since 2003 and their first silverware overall in five years since their 2004–05 Croatian championship title.
This was the first time that two Dalmatian clubs had reached the Croatian Cup final.

Calendar

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 12 August, and matches were held on 25 and 26 August 2009. This round consisted of 16 single-legged fixtures.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Grafičar Vodovod0–6Karlovac
2MV Croatia5–1Bistra
3Krka0–1Plitvica
4Orijent2–1Podravina
5Mladost Ždralovi0–5Slavonac CO
6Vuteks Sloga2–4Rudar Labin
7Gaj2–5Croatia Sesvete
8Koprivnica0–0 Nehaj
9*Međimurje2–0Hrvatski Dragovoljac
10*Rovinj0–1Moslavina
11Velebit3–2Olimpija Osijek
12Graničar2–0Podravac
13Mladost Prelog2–4Lipik
14*Bjelovar0–1RNK Split
15Konavljanin3–1Dugo Selo
16Suhopolje7–0BSK Budaševo

* Matches played on 25 August.

First round

The draw for the first round proper was held on 27 August, and matches were held on 22 and 23 September 2009.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Plitvica0–4Dinamo Zagreb
2MV Croatia0–2Rijeka
3Lipik3–5Hajduk Split
4Velebit0–2Varteks
5RNK Split0–2Slaven Belupo
6Orijent1–2NK Zagreb
7Rudar Labin5–2Cibalia
8Graničar1–3Osijek
9Suhopolje2–2 Inter Zaprešić
10Slavonac CO1–5Pomorac
11Nehaj0–1 Segesta
12Croatia Sesvete0–1Istra 1961
13Karlovac3–0HAŠK
14Moslavina2–0Konavljanin
15Belišće0–3Šibenik
16Vinogradar4–1 Međimurje

Second round

The matches were played on 27 and 28 October 2009.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1*Dinamo Zagreb4–1Vinogradar
2Šibenik4–0Rijeka
3Hajduk Split5–1Moslavina
4Varteks2–1Karlovac
5Istra 19610–1Slaven Belupo
6NK Zagreb3–1Segesta
7Pomorac9–0Rudar Labin
8Osijek1–0 Inter Zaprešić

* Although Dinamo were seeded as hosts, they agreed to play the match at Vinogradar's ground at Mladina near Jastrebarsko.

Quarter-finals

The draw was held on 3 November. First legs were held on 25 November and second legs on 9 December 2009.

Semi-finals

First legs

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Second legs

Šibenik won 2–0 on aggregate
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Hajduk Split won 1–0 on aggregate

Final

First leg

Second leg

Hajduk Split win 4–1 on aggregate.