2016–17 Croatian Football Cup#First round
{{ infobox football tournament season
| title = Croatian Football Cup
| year = 2016–17
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| country = Croatia
| num_teams = 48
| champions = Rijeka
| runner-up = Dinamo Zagreb
| matches = 49
| goals = 179
| top goal scorer = Mario Gavranović (7)
| player =
| prevseason = 2015–16
| nextseason = 2017–18
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The 2016–17 Croatian Football Cup was the twenty-sixth season of Croatia's football knockout competition. The defending champions were Dinamo Zagreb, having won their 14th title the previous year by defeating Slaven Belupo in the final.
Calendar
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! Round !! Date(s) !! Number of fixtures !! width=100 | Clubs !! New entries this round !! Goals / games | |||||
| style="text-align:left;"| Preliminary round | 24 August 2016 | 16 | 48 → 32 | 32 | 61 / 16 |
| style="text-align:left;"| First round | 21 September 2016 | 16 | 32 → 16 | 16 | 67 / 16 |
| style="text-align:left;"| Second round | 26 October 2016 | 8 | 16 → 8 | none | 26 / 8 |
| style="text-align:left;"| Quarter-finals | 30 November 2016 | 4 | 8 → 4 | none | 9 / 4 |
| style="text-align:left;"| Semi-finals | 1 and 15 March 2017 | 4 | 4 → 2 | none | 12 / 4 |
| style="text-align:left;"| Final | 31 May 2017 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none | 4 / 1 |
Participating clubs
The following 48 teams qualified for the competition:
Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary single-legged round was held on 3 August 2016 in Zagreb. The matches were played over four days, 20–24 August 2016.{{cite news|url=http://hns-cff.hr/news/14840/poznati-parovi-pretkola-hrvatskog-nogometnog-kupa/|title=Preliminary round draw |date=3 August 2016|work=HNS-CFF.hr|language=hr|access-date=3 August 2016}}
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| width=40|Tie no
!width=165|Home team !width=80|Score !width=165|Away team |
|---|
| 1
|Neretvanac |4–0 |
| 2*
| 2–2 (3–5 p) |Jalžabet |
| 3**
| 3–1 |Kustošija |
| 4
|4–1 |
| 5
|7–0 |Karlovac 1919 |
| 6
|3–1 |
| 7**
| 0–5 |Krk |
| 8**
|Slavonija Soljani | 2–3 |
| 9
|0–2 |Veli Vrh |
| 10
|Pitomača |2–4 |
| 11
|3–0 |Međimurec Pretetinec |
| 12**
| 1–1 (3–4 p) |
| 13*
| 1–0 |
| 14
| 0–0 (3–2 p) |
| 15
|Lekenik | 0–4 |Vukovar 1991 |
| 16
|Libertas Novska | 4–1 |Otočac |
* Matches were played on 20 August.
** Matches were played on 23 August.
First round
First round consisted of 16 single-leg matches, with 16 winners from the preliminary round joined by 16 clubs with the highest cup coefficients. The matches were played over two days, 20–21 September 2016.{{cite news|url=http://hns-cff.hr/news/14932/poznati-parovi-116-zavrsnog-dijela-hnk-a/|title=First round draw |date=26 August 2016|work=HNS-CFF.hr|language=hr|access-date=26 August 2016}}
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| width=40|Tie no
!width=165|Home team !width=80|Score !width=165|Away team |
|---|
| 1*
| Veli Vrh | 0−5 |
| 2
| Jalžabet | 0−6 |
| 3
| 0−3 | Rijeka |
| 4
| Varaždin | 2−2(2–4 p) |
| 5
| Vukovar 1991 | 1−4 | Osijek |
| 6*
| Krk | 1−2 |
| 7*
| Samobor | 1−6 (a.e.t) | Cibalia |
| 8
| 1−2 |
| 9
| Neretvanac | 1−3 |
| 10
| Bjelovar | 4−0 | Zagreb |
| 11
| Solin | 1−0 | Zadar |
| 12*
| 2−3 |
| 13
| Libertas Novska | 2−5 |
| 14
| Rudeš | 3−0 |
| 15*
| 1−2 (a.e.t) | Šibenik |
| 16
| Novigrad | 4−0 | Zelina |
* Matches were played on 20 September.
Second round
Second round consisted of eight single-legged ties, with 16 winners from the first round. The pairings were determined by cup coefficients. The matches were played on 26 October 2016.{{cite news|url=http://hns-cff.hr/news/12276/poznati-sudionici-osmine-finala-kupa-hrvatske/|title=Second round draw |date=23 September 2015|work=HNS-CFF.hr|language=hr|access-date=4 August 2015}}
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| width=40|Tie no
!width=165|Home team !width=80|Score !width=165|Away team |
|---|
| 1*
| Bjelovar | 1−2 |
| 2
| Solin | 1−2 |
| 3
| Rudeš | 3−5 (a.e.t) | Rijeka |
| 4*
| Novigrad | 0−1 |
| 5
| Šibenik | 1−2 | Osijek |
| 6
| 1−2 |
| 7
| 1−0 | Cibalia |
| 8*
| 1−3 (a.e.t) |
* Matches played on 25 October.
Quarter-finals
Quarter-final consisted of four single-legged ties and included 8 winners from the second round. The pairings were determined by cup coefficients. The matches were played on 30 November 2016.
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| width=40|Tie no
!width=165|Home team !width=80|Score !width=165|Away team |
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| 1
| 0−1 |
| 2
| 2−1 (a.e.t) |
| 3*
| 1−3 | Rijeka |
| 4
| Osijek | 1−0 |
* Match played on 29 November.
Semi-finals
Semi-final consisted of two two-legged ties and included 4 winners from the quarter-final. The first leg was played 1 March 2017 and the return leg on 15 March 2017.
{{football box
|date=1 March 2017
|time=16:45
|team1=Dinamo Zagreb
|score= 6−0
|report=[http://hns-cff.hr/matches/313033/dinamo-split-6-0/ Report]
{{in lang|hr}}
|team2=RNK Split
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
|attendance=1,623
|referee= Igor Križarić (Čakovec)
}}
{{football box
|date=14 March 2017
|time=17:00
|team1=RNK Split
|score=0−0
|report=[http://hns-cff.hr/matches/313035/split-dinamo-0-0/ Report]
{{in lang|hr}}
|team2=Dinamo Zagreb
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Stadion Park mladeži, Split
|attendance=695
|referee= Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)
}}
Dinamo Zagreb won 6–0 on aggregate.
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{{football box
|date=1 March 2017
|time=18:30
|team1=Rijeka
|score= 3−1
|report=[http://hns-cff.hr/matches/313018/rijeka-osijek-3-1/ Report]
{{in lang|hr}}
|team2=Osijek
|goals1=
- Gavranović {{goal|9||23||71}}
|goals2=
- Perošević {{goal|75|pen.}}
|stadium=Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka
|attendance=5,105
|referee= Fran Jović (Zagreb)
}}
{{football box
|date=15 March 2017
|time=17:00
|team1=Osijek
|score=0−2
|report=[http://hns-cff.hr/matches/313034/osijek-rijeka-0-2/ Report]
{{in lang|hr}}
|team2=Rijeka
|goals1=
|goals2=
- Škorić {{goal|52|o.g.}}
- Andrijašević {{goal|57}}
|stadium=Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek
|attendance=4,467
|referee= Duje Strukan (Split)
}}
Rijeka won 5–1 on aggregate.
Final
{{Main|2017 Croatian Football Cup final}}
The final was played on 31 May 2017 at Stadion Varteks in Varaždin.
{{:2017 Croatian Football Cup final}}
Bracket
{{#invoke:RoundN|N16
|style=white-space:nowrap|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high|3rdplace=no
|RD1=Second round
25–26 October 2016
|RD2=Quarter-finals
29–30 November 2016
|RD3=Semi-finals
1–15 March 2017
|RD4=Final
31 May 2017
||Vinogradar|1|Lokomotiva|2
||Novigrad|0|Slaven Belupo|1
||Inter Zaprešić|1|Cibalia|0
||Bjelovar|1|Dinamo Zagreb|2
||Istra 1961|1|RNK Split|3 {{aet}}
||Solin|1|Hajduk Split|2
||Lokomotiva|1|Rijeka|3
||Osijek|1|Slaven Belupo|0
||Inter Zaprešić|0|Dinamo Zagreb|1
||RNK Split|2 {{aet}}|Hajduk Split|1
||Rijeka|5 {{efn|Played over two legs.}}|Osijek|1
||Dinamo Zagreb|6 {{efn|Played over two legs.}}|RNK Split|0
||Rijeka|3|Dinamo Zagreb|1
}}
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Top scorers
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| Rank
!Player !Club(s) !Goals |
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| rowspan=1|1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|SUI}} Mario Gavranović |align="left"|Rijeka |rowspan=1|7 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://hns-cff.hr/natjecanja/hrvatski-kup/ Official website] {{in lang|hr}}
{{CroatianCup}}
{{2016–17 in European football (UEFA)}}
{{2016–17 in Croatian football}}
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