2012–13 Croatian Football Cup

{{ infobox football tournament season

| title = Croatian Football Cup

| year = 2012–13

| other_title =

| image =

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| country = Croatia

| num_teams = 48

| champions = Hajduk Split (6th title)

| runner-up = Lokomotiva

| matches = 50

| goals = 162

| top goal scorer = Mario Šitum (7)

| player =

| prevseason = 2011–12

| nextseason = 2013–14

}}

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 (determined by their cup record over the last five seasons) was too low to skip the preliminary round.

Calendar

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Round !! Date(s) !! Number of fixtures !! width=100 \| Clubs !! New entries this round
style="text-align:left;"\| Preliminary round	29 August 2012	16	48 → 32	none
style="text-align:left;"\| First round	26 September 2012	16	32 → 16	16
style="text-align:left;"\| Second round	31 October 2012	8	16 → 8	none
style="text-align:left;"\| Quarter-finals	21 and 28 November 2012	8	8 → 4	none
style="text-align:left;"\| Semi-finals	3 and 17 April 2013	4	4 → 2	none
style="text-align:left;"\| Final	8 and 22 May 2013	2	2 → 1	none

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 (from the top 11 counties with the greatest number of registered football clubs).{{cite news|url=http://prva-hnl.hr/blog/2012/07/zdrijeb-parova-pretkola-kupa-u-srijedu-1-kolovoza/|title=Ždrijeb parova pretkola kupa u srijedu 1. kolovoza|date=24 July 2012|work=Prva-HNL.hr|language=hr|access-date=27 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905140020/http://prva-hnl.hr/blog/2012/07/zdrijeb-parova-pretkola-kupa-u-srijedu-1-kolovoza/|archive-date=5 September 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://prva-hnl.hr/blog/2012/08/parovi-pretkola-hnk-a-3/|title=Parovi pretkola HNK-a|date=1 August 2012|work=Prva-HNL.hr|language=hr|access-date=1 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817132118/http://prva-hnl.hr/blog/2012/08/parovi-pretkola-hnk-a-3/|archive-date=17 August 2012|url-status=dead}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
width=40\|Tie no !width=150\|Home team !width=80\|Score !width=150\|Away team
1 \|Koprivnica \| 0–0 (5–4 p) \|Vuteks Sloga
2 \|Virovitica \| 1–4 \|RNK Split
3 \|Krka Lozovac \| bye \|Nedelišće
4 \|Libertas \| 2–1 \|Mladost Ždralovi
5 \|Slunj \| 2–1 \|Zadrugar
6 \|Tekstilac Ravnice \| 1–1 (4–5 p) \|Višnjevac
7 \|Ivančica \| 2–2 (4–3 p) \|Oriolik Oriovac
8 \|Mladost Repušnica \| 1–2 \|Zrinski Tordinci
9 \|Gorica \| 4–0 \|Sloboda Slakovec
10 \|Bjelovar \| 1–2 \|Vinodol
11 \|Lokomotiva \| 7–0 \|Slavija Pleternica
12 \|Novalja \| 3–1 \|Zagorec Krapina
13 \|Zelina \| 9–0 \|Mladost Mali Otok
14 \|Zadar \| 5–1 \|Belišće
15 \|GOŠK Dubrovnik \| bye \|Jedinstvo Omladinac
16^* \|Vrsar \| 5–0 \|Tomislav-Pan

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

width=40|Tie no

!width=150|Home team

!width=80|Score

!width=150|Away team

|Koprivnica

| 0–0 (5–4 p)

|Vuteks Sloga

|Virovitica

| 1–4

|RNK Split

|Krka Lozovac

| bye

|Nedelišće

|Libertas

| 2–1

|Mladost Ždralovi

|Slunj

| 2–1

|Zadrugar

|Tekstilac Ravnice

| 1–1 (4–5 p)

|Višnjevac

|Ivančica

| 2–2 (4–3 p)

|Oriolik Oriovac

|Mladost Repušnica

| 1–2

|Zrinski Tordinci

|Gorica

| 4–0

|Sloboda Slakovec

|Bjelovar

| 1–2

|Vinodol

|Lokomotiva

| 7–0

|Slavija Pleternica

|Novalja

| 3–1

|Zagorec Krapina

|Zelina

| 9–0

|Mladost Mali Otok

|Zadar

| 5–1

|Belišće

|GOŠK Dubrovnik

| bye

|Jedinstvo Omladinac

16^*

|Vrsar

| 5–0

|Tomislav-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 (including remaining nine top level clubs). 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.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
width=40\|Tie no !width=150\|Home team !width=80\|Score !width=150\|Away team
1^* \|Vrsar \| 0–3 \|Dinamo Zagreb
2 \|Slunj \| 0–4 \|Hajduk Split
3 \|Libertas \| bye \|Varaždin
4 \|Zrinski Tordinci \| 0–4 \|NK Zagreb
5 \|Vinodol \| 0–2 \|Cibalia
6 \|Novalja \| 0–1 \|Osijek
7 \|Ivančica \| 1–2 \|Slaven Belupo
8 \|GOŠK Dubrovnik \| 1–1 (3–2 p) \|Šibenik
9 \|Nedelišće \| 1–0 (aet) \|Rijeka
10 \|Koprivnica \| 2–1 (aet) \|Pomorac
11 \|Višnjevac \| 1–2 \|Istra 1961
12^* \|Gorica \| 3–0 \|Inter Zaprešić
13 \|Zelina \| bye \|Karlovac
14^* \|Lokomotiva \| 4–2 \|Segesta
15 \|RNK Split \| 5–1 \|Zagora Unešić
16 \|Zadar \| 2–0 \|Konavljanin

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

width=40|Tie no

!width=150|Home team

!width=80|Score

!width=150|Away team

1^*

|Vrsar

| 0–3

|Dinamo Zagreb

|Slunj

| 0–4

|Hajduk Split

|Libertas

| bye

|Varaždin

|Zrinski Tordinci

| 0–4

|NK Zagreb

|Vinodol

| 0–2

|Cibalia

|Novalja

| 0–1

|Osijek

|Ivančica

| 1–2

|Slaven Belupo

|GOŠK Dubrovnik

| 1–1 (3–2 p)

|Šibenik

|Nedelišće

| 1–0 (aet)

|Rijeka

|Koprivnica

| 2–1 (aet)

|Pomorac

|Višnjevac

| 1–2

|Istra 1961

12^*

|Gorica

| 3–0

|Inter Zaprešić

|Zelina

| bye

|Karlovac

14^*

|Lokomotiva

| 4–2

|Segesta

|RNK Split

| 5–1

|Zagora Unešić

|Zadar

| 2–0

|Konavljanin

* Match played on 25 September

Second round

The second round was contested by 16 winners from the first round, over eight single-legged fixtures played on 31 October 2012. It was the last stage of the competition employing the single-leg format, as from the quarter-finals onward all fixtures were double-legged events.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
width=40\|Tie no !width=150\|Home team !width=80\|Score !width=150\|Away team
1^* \|Dinamo Zagreb \| 2–3 {{aet}} \|Zadar
2 \|Hajduk Split \| 2–1 \|RNK Split
3^* \|Lokomotiva \| 3–2 \|Libertas
4^* \|NK Zagreb \| 1–2 \|Zelina
5 \|Cibalia \| 1–0 \|Gorica
6^* \|Osijek \| 3–2 {{aet}} \|Istra 1961
7^* \|Slaven Belupo \| 2–0 {{aet}} \|Koprivnica
8 \|GOŠK Dubrovnik \| 2–0 {{aet}} \|Nedelišće

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

width=40|Tie no

!width=150|Home team

!width=80|Score

!width=150|Away team

1^*

|Dinamo Zagreb

| 2–3 {{aet}}

|Zadar

|Hajduk Split

| 2–1

|RNK Split

3^*

|Lokomotiva

| 3–2

|Libertas

4^*

|NK Zagreb

| 1–2

|Zelina

|Cibalia

| 1–0

|Gorica

6^*

|Osijek

| 3–2 {{aet}}

|Istra 1961

7^*

|Slaven Belupo

| 2–0 {{aet}}

|Koprivnica

|GOŠK Dubrovnik

| 2–0 {{aet}}

|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.{{cite news |url=http://prva-hnl.hr/blog/2012/11/zdrijeb-14-finala-kupa-zelina-hajduk-gosk-lokomotiva/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217184404/http://prva-hnl.hr/blog/2012/11/zdrijeb-14-finala-kupa-zelina-hajduk-gosk-lokomotiva/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 February 2013 |title=Ždrijeb 1/4 finala kupa: Zelina-Hajduk, GOŠK-Lokomotiva |date=7 November 2012 |work=Prva-HNL.hr |language=hr |access-date=7 November 2012 }}

{{TwoLegResult| GOŠK Dubrovnik || 0–1 | Lokomotiva || 0–1 | 0–0 }}

Semi-finals

{{ footballbox

|date = 3 April 2013

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Cibalia

|score = 1–1

|report = [http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/459150/nogomet-kup/lokomotiva-do-vaznog-gola-u-gostima-u-prvom-susretu-polufinala-kupa/ Report]
{{in lang|hr}}

|team2 = Lokomotiva

|goals1 = Mazalović {{goal|23}}

|goals2 = Kramarić {{goal|58}}

|stadium = Stadion HNK Cibalia, Vinkovci

|attendance = 1,000

|referee = Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)

}}

{{ footballbox

|date = 17 April 2013

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Lokomotiva

|score = 3–0

|report = [http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/459941/nogomet-kup/situm-antolic-i-kramaric-srusili-cibaliju-i-odveli-lokomotivu-u-finale-kupa/ Report]
{{in lang|hr}}

|team2 = Cibalia

|goals1 = Šitum {{goal|19}}
Antolić {{goal|43}}
Kramarić {{goal|89}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

|attendance = 1,500

|referee = Zlatko Šimčić (Koprivnica)

}}

Lokomotiva won 4–1 on aggregate

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{{ footballbox

|date = 10 April 2013{{#tag:ref|Slaven Belupo v Hajduk was originally to be played on 3 April 2013, 19:00 local time, but was postponed to the next week, due to poor conditions.{{cite news |url=http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/459091/nogomet-kup/odgodjena-utakmica-kupa-u-koprivnici/ |title=Odgođena utakmica Kupa u Koprivnici|last=Strahija|first=Ivana|date=2 April 2013|work=Sportnet.hr|language=hr|access-date=2 April 2013 }} |name="slaven-hajduk"|group="note"}}

|time = 17:00

|team1 = Slaven Belupo

|score = 1–2

|report = [http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/459531/nogomet-kup/hajduk-do-pobjede-uz-iskljucenog-igraca-teski-posao-za-slaven-u-uzvratu/ Report]
{{in lang|hr}}

|team2 = Hajduk Split

|goals1 = Vugrinec {{goal|77}}

|goals2 = Sušić {{goal|56}}
Stojanović {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium = Gradski stadion, Koprivnica

|attendance = 1,500

|referee = Damir Batinić (Osijek)

}}

{{ footballbox

|date = 17 April 2013

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Hajduk Split

|score = 1–1