2012–13 Croatian Football Cup


The 2012–13 Croatian Football Cup was the twenty-second season of Croatia's football knockout competition. The defending champions were Dinamo Zagreb, having won their 12th title the previous year by defeating Osijek in the final.
The cup kicked off with the single-legged preliminary round which was scheduled on 29 August 2012. Most of the top flight clubs entered the competition in the following round, scheduled on 26 September 2012, with the exception of Lokomotiva, RNK Split and Zadar, as their cup coefficient was too low to skip the preliminary round.

Calendar

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 1 August 2012 with matches scheduled on 29 August 2012. This round consists of 16 single-legged fixtures. A total of 32 clubs entered the preliminary round: 21 regional cup winners organized at the county level and 11 regional cup finalists.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Koprivnica0–0 Vuteks Sloga
2Virovitica1–4RNK Split
3Krka LozovacbyeNedelišće
4Libertas2–1Mladost Ždralovi
5Slunj2–1Zadrugar
6Tekstilac Ravnice1–1 Višnjevac
7Ivančica2–2 Oriolik Oriovac
8Mladost Repušnica1–2Zrinski Tordinci
9Gorica4–0Sloboda Slakovec
10Bjelovar1–2Vinodol
11Lokomotiva7–0Slavija Pleternica
12Novalja3–1Zagorec Krapina
13Zelina9–0Mladost Mali Otok
14Zadar5–1Belišće
15GOŠK DubrovnikbyeJedinstvo Omladinac
16*Vrsar5–0Tomislav-Pan

* Match played on 28 August.

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 30 August, where the club with the lowest cup coefficient hosts the one with the highest and so on. Matches are scheduled on 26 September 2012.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1*Vrsar0–3Dinamo Zagreb
2Slunj0–4Hajduk Split
3LibertasbyeVaraždin
4Zrinski Tordinci0–4NK Zagreb
5Vinodol0–2Cibalia
6Novalja0–1Osijek
7Ivančica1–2Slaven Belupo
8GOŠK Dubrovnik1–1 Šibenik
9Nedelišće1–0 Rijeka
10Koprivnica2–1 Pomorac
11Višnjevac1–2Istra 1961
12*Gorica3–0Inter Zaprešić
13ZelinabyeKarlovac
14*Lokomotiva4–2Segesta
15RNK Split5–1Zagora Unešić
16Zadar2–0Konavljanin

* Match played on 25 September

Second round

The second round will be contested by 16 winners from the first round in eight single-legged fixtures scheduled for 31 October 2012. It will be the last stage of the competition employing the single leg format as from the quarter-finals onwards all fixtures are going to be double-legged events.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1*Dinamo Zagreb2–3 Zadar
2Hajduk Split2–1RNK Split
3*Lokomotiva3–2Libertas
4*NK Zagreb1–2Zelina
5Cibalia1–0Gorica
6*Osijek3–2 Istra 1961
7*Slaven Belupo2–0 Koprivnica
8GOŠK Dubrovnik2–0 Nedelišće

* Match played on 30 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 7 November 2012.

Semi-finals

First legs

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Second legs

Lokomotiva won 4–1 on aggregate
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Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate
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Final

First leg

Second leg

Hajduk Split won 5–4 on aggregate