2010–11 Croatian Football Cup


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 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

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 team
1Zagora Unešić3–0Jedinstvo Omladinac
2Opatija2–1Velebit
3Zmaj Blato1–1 Karlovac
4Pazinka1–2Zadrugar
5Vrbovec4–2 Mladost Cernik
6Mladost Petrinja1–2BSK Bijelo Brdo
7Međimurje2–0Hrvace
8Moslavina3–0Gaj Mače
9Nosteria3–2Novalja
10Graničar2–1Olimpija Osijek
11*MV Croatia2–0Sloboda Slakovec
12Bjelovar4–4 Suhopolje
13Podravac0–1Rudar 47
14Vinogradar1–2 Lokomotiva
15Slavija Pleternica7–0Bilogorac
16Rudeš4–1Borac 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. The draw for the first round was held on 2 September, and matches were played on 21 and 22 September 2010.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Zadrugar0–6Dinamo Zagreb
2*Rudar 472–10Hajduk Split
3Nosteria2–4Rijeka
4BSK Bijelo Brdo0–2Varaždin
5Opatija0–1Slaven Belupo
6Vrbovec0–2NK Zagreb
7Slavija Pleternica3–4 Šibenik
8Rudeš0–3Cibalia
9Lokomotiva1–2Inter Zaprešić
10*MV Croatia1–2Osijek
11Graničar0–2Pomorac
12Suhopolje3–1Segesta
13Zagora Unešić2–4 HAŠK
14Međimurje3–1Konavljanin
15Istra 19613–1Hrvatski Dragovoljac
16*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 team
1Karlovac0–2Dinamo Zagreb
2Hajduk Split0–1 Istra 1961
3*Rijeka3–1Međimurje
4*Varaždin1–0HAŠK
5Slaven Belupo2–0Suhopolje
6*Pomorac0–1NK Zagreb
7Osijek2–1Šibenik
8Inter Zaprešić0–3Cibalia

* 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

First legs

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Second legs

Varaždin won 3–1 on aggregate
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Dinamo Zagreb won 5–1 on aggregate

Final

First leg

Second leg

Dinamo Zagreb win 8–2 on aggregate.