The 2010–11 Croatian Football Cup was the twentieth season of Croatia's football knockout competition.
The defending champions were Hajduk Split, having won their fifth title the previous year by defeating Šibenik in the final.
The cup kicked off with the single-legged preliminary round which was played on 25 August 2010. Most of the top flight clubs entered the competition in the following round, played on 21 and 22 September 2010, with the exception of Karlovac and Lokomotiva, as their cup coefficient (determined by their cup record over the last five seasons) was too low to skip the preliminary round. In addition, RNK Split and Zadar, two of the top-level clubs, failed to qualify for the competition.
Calendar Round Date(s) Number of fixtures Clubs New entries this round Preliminary round 25 August 2010 16 48 → 32 none First round 22 September 2010 16 32 → 16 16 Second round 27 October 2010 8 16 → 8 none Quarter-finals 10 and 24 November 2010 8 8 → 4 none Semi-finals 6 and 20 April 2011 4 4 → 2 none Final 11 and 25 May 2011 2 2 → 1 none
Preliminary round The draw for the preliminary round was held on 4 August 2010, and matches were held on 25 August and 1 September 2010. This round consisted of 16 single-legged fixtures.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Zagora Unešić3–0Jedinstvo Omladinac2Opatija2–1Velebit3Zmaj Blato1–1 (1–2 p)Karlovac4Pazinka1–2Zadrugar5Vrbovec4–2 (aet)Mladost Cernik6Mladost Petrinja1–2BSK Bijelo Brdo7Međimurje2–0Hrvace8Moslavina3–0Gaj Mače9Nosteria3–2Novalja10Graničar2–1Olimpija Osijek11*MV Croatia2–0Sloboda Slakovec12Bjelovar4–4 (3–4 p)Suhopolje13Podravac0–1Rudar 4714Vinogradar1–2 (aet)Lokomotiva15Slavija Pleternica7–0Bilogorac16Rudeš 4–1Borac Imbriovec
* Match played on 1 September.
First round First round proper consisted of 16 single-legged matches, with 16 winners of the preliminary round joined by 16 clubs with the highest cup coefficients (including 12 out of the remaining 14 top-level clubs, excluding RNK Split and NK Zadar, whose cup coefficients were too low to enter competition). The draw for the first round was held on 2 September, and matches were played on 21 and 22 September 2010.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Zadrugar 0–6Dinamo Zagreb2*Rudar 472–10Hajduk Split3Nosteria 2–4Rijeka4BSK Bijelo Brdo 0–2Varaždin5Opatija 0–1Slaven Belupo6Vrbovec 0–2NK Zagreb7Slavija Pleternica 3–4 (aet)Šibenik8Rudeš 0–3Cibalia9Lokomotiva 1–2Inter Zaprešić10*MV Croatia1–2Osijek11Graničar 0–2Pomorac12Suhopolje 3–1Segesta13Zagora Unešić 2–4 (aet)HAŠK14Međimurje 3–1Konavljanin15Istra 1961 3–1Hrvatski Dragovoljac16*Karlovac5–0Moslavina
* Match played on 21 September.
Second round The second round will be contested by 16 winners from the first round and will be contested in 8 single-legged fixtures scheduled for 27 October 2010. It will be the last stage of the competition employing the single leg format as from the quarter-finals onwards all fixtures will be double-legged events.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Karlovac 0–2Dinamo Zagreb2Hajduk Split 0–1 (aet)Istra 19613*Rijeka 3–1Međimurje4*Varaždin 1–0HAŠK5Slaven Belupo 2–0Suhopolje6*Pomorac 0–1NK Zagreb7Osijek 2–1Šibenik8Inter Zaprešić 0–3Cibalia
* Match played on 26 October.
Quarter-finals The eight clubs remaining in the competition after the second round were paired for the quarter-finals. From the quarter-finals onwards the ties will be played in a two-legged format. The draw was held on 28 October, first legs will be played on 10 November and second legs on 24 November 2010.
Semi-finals
Varaždin won 3–1 on aggregate
Dinamo Zagreb won 5–1 on aggregate
Final
First leg
Second leg
Dinamo Zagreb win 8–2 on aggregate.
See also 2010–11 Croatian First Football League 2010–11 Croatian Second Football League
References
External links Official website