2009–10 Croatian Football Cup
Introduction 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  Round  Main date  Number of fixtures  Clubs  New entries this round Preliminary round  25 and 26 August 2009  16  48 → 32  none First round  22 and 23 September 2009  16  32 → 16  16 Second round  27 and 28 October 2009 8  16 → 8  none Quarter-finals  25 November and9 December 2009 8  8 → 4  none Semi-finals  24 March and7 April 2010  4  4 → 2  none Final  21 April and 5 May 2010  2  2 → 1  none
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 team1Grafičar Vodovod0–6'''Karlovac'''2'''MV Croatia'''5–1Bistra3Krka0–1'''Plitvica'''4'''Orijent'''2–1Podravina5Mladost Ždralovi0–5'''Slavonac CO'''6Vuteks Sloga2–4'''Rudar Labin'''7Gaj2–5'''Croatia Sesvete'''8Koprivnica0–0 (2–4 p)'''Nehaj'''9*'''Međimurje'''2–0Hrvatski Dragovoljac10*Rovinj0–1'''Moslavina'''11'''Velebit'''3–2Olimpija Osijek12'''Graničar'''2–0Podravac13Mladost Prelog2–4'''Lipik'''14*Bjelovar0–1'''RNK Split'''15'''Konavljanin'''3–1Dugo Selo16'''Suhopolje''' 7–0BSK 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 team1Plitvica0–4'''Dinamo Zagreb'''2MV Croatia0–2'''Rijeka'''3Lipik3–5'''Hajduk Split'''4Velebit0–2'''Varteks'''5RNK Split0–2'''Slaven Belupo'''6Orijent1–2'''NK Zagreb'''7'''Rudar Labin'''5–2Cibalia8Graničar1–3'''Osijek'''9Suhopolje2–2 (8–9 p)'''Inter Zaprešić'''10Slavonac CO1–5'''Pomorac'''11Nehaj0–1 (aet)'''Segesta'''12Croatia Sesvete0–1'''Istra 1961'''13'''Karlovac'''3–0HAŠK14'''Moslavina'''2–0Konavljanin15Belišće0–3'''Šibenik'''16'''Vinogradar'''4–1 (aet)Međimurje
Second round The matches were played on 27 and 28 October 2009.Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1*'''Dinamo Zagreb'''4–1Vinogradar2'''Šibenik'''4–0Rijeka3'''Hajduk Split'''5–1Moslavina4'''Varteks'''2–1Karlovac5Istra 19610–1'''Slaven Belupo'''6'''NK Zagreb'''3–1Segesta7'''Pomorac'''9–0Rudar Labin8'''Osijek'''1–0 (aet)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 ''Šibenik won 2–0 on aggregate''----''Hajduk Split won 1–0 on aggregate''
Final ===First leg======Second leg===''Hajduk Split win 4–1 on aggregate.''
See also *2009–10 Croatian First Football League*2009–10 Croatian Second Football League
References
External links * Official website