2018–19 Croatian Football Cup#Second round

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| title = Croatian Football Cup

| year = 2018–19

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| country = Croatia

| num_teams = 48

| champions = Rijeka

| runner-up = Dinamo Zagreb

| matches = 47

| goals = 160

| top goal scorer = Antonio Čolak (7)

| player =

| prevseason = 2017–18

| nextseason = 2019–20

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The 2018–19 Croatian Football Cup was the twenty-eighth season of Croatia's football knockout competition. The defending champions were Dinamo Zagreb, having won their fifteenth title the previous year by defeating Hajduk Split 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 round29 August 20181648 → 323256 / 16
style="text-align:left;"| First round26 September 20181632 → 161655 / 16
style="text-align:left;"| Second round31 October 2018816 → 8none30 / 8
style="text-align:left;"| Quarter-finals5 December 201848 → 4none10 / 4
style="text-align:left;"| Semi-finals24 April 201924 → 2none5 / 2
style="text-align:left;"| Final22 May 201912 → 1none4 / 1

Participating clubs

The following 48 teams qualified for the competition:

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| style="width:50%;"| Best clubs by cup coefficient
16 clubs

| style="width:50%;"| Winners and runners up of county cups
32 clubs

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Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary single-legged round was held on 1 August 2018 and the matches were played on 29 August 2018.{{cite news|url=http://hns-cff.hr/news/18511/odrzan-zdrijeb-pretkola-hrvatskog-nogometnog-kupa/|title=Održan ždrijeb pretkola Hrvatskog Nogometnog Kupa |date=1 August 2018|work=HNS-CFF.hr|language=hr|access-date=3 August 2018}}

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width=40|Tie no

!width=200|Home team

!width=80|Score

!width=200|Away team

1

|Bednja

|2–0

|Pitomača

2

|Suhopolje

|2–3

|Kurilovec

3

|Slavija Pleternica

|1–0

|Segesta

4

|Koprivnica

|1–3

|Sloga Mravince

5

|Križevci

|2–0

|Rovinj

6

|Zagorec Krapina

|9–0

|Libertas Novska

7

|Višnjevac

|1–2

|Vrapče

8

|BSK Bijelo Brdo

|0–0 (3–4 p)

|Vukovar 1991

9**

|Rudar Labin

|0–3

|Krk

10***

|Nehaj Senj

|4–1

|Graničar Županja

11*

|Primorac Biograd na Moru

|3–1

|Zagora Unešić

12

|Jadran Luka Ploče

|1–0

|Bjelovar

13

|Međimurje

|5–0

|Sava Strmec

14

|Nedelišće

|2–4

|Sloga Nova Gradiška

15***

|Hrvatski Dragovoljac

|0–3

|Varaždin

16

|Karlovac 1919

|1–2

|Marsonia

* Match played on 18 August.
** Match played on 21 August.
*** Matches played on 28 August.

First round

The draw for the first round was held on 31 August 2018 and the matches were played on 26 September 2018.{{cite news|url=http://hns-cff.hr/news/18672/izvuceni-parovi-za-sesnaestinu-finala/|title=Izvučeni parovi za šesnaestinu finala |date=31 August 2018|work=HNS-CFF.hr|language=hr|access-date=19 September 2018}}

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width=40|Tie no

!width=165|Home team

!width=80|Score

!width=165|Away team

1

|Sloga Mravince

|0–1

|Dinamo Zagreb

2

|Križevci

|0–9

|Rijeka

3

|Vrapče

|0–2

|Hajduk Split

4***

|Kurilovec

|0–2

|Slaven Belupo

5

|Jadran Luka Ploče

|3–1

|RNK Split

6**

|Zagorec Krapina

|0–3

|Osijek

7

|Primorac Biograd na Moru

|0–1

|Lokomotiva

8

|Sloga Nova Gradiška

|2–4

|Istra 1961

9*

|Bednja

|0–3

|Inter Zaprešić

10***

|Vukovar 1991

|3–5 {{aet}}

|Zadar

11

|Krk

|1–0

|Cibalia

12

|Slavija Pleternica

|0–4

|Vinogradar

13

|Marsonia

|3–0

|NK Zagreb

14

|Nehaj Senj

|2–2 (2–4 p)

|Šibenik

15

|Varaždin

|2–0

|Međimurje

16

|Zelina

|2–0

|GOŠK Dubrovnik 1919

* Match played on 18 September.

** Match played on 19 September.

*** Matches played on 25 September.

Second round

The second round matches were played on 31 October 2018.

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!width=165|Home team

!width=80|Score

!width=165|Away team

1

|Zelina

|0–4

|Dinamo Zagreb

2

|Varaždin

|1–2

|Rijeka

3

|Šibenik

|1–2 {{aet}}

|Hajduk Split

4

|Marsonia

|0–1

|Slaven Belupo

5

|Vinogradar

|4–2

|Jadran Luka Ploče

6

|Krk

|1–5

|Osijek

7*

|Zadar

|1–3

|Lokomotiva

8*

|Inter Zaprešić

|2–1

|Istra 1961

* Matches played on 30 October.

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final matches were played on 5 December 2018.

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width=40|Tie no

!width=165|Home team

!width=80|Score

!width=165|Away team

1

| Dinamo Zagreb

| 1–0

| Slaven Belupo

2*

| Lokomotiva

| 1–2

| Rijeka

3*

| Inter Zaprešić

| 3–0

| Vinogradar

4

| Osijek

| 2–1

| Hajduk Split

* Matches played on 4 December.

Semi-finals

Semi-final matches are scheduled for 24 April 2019.

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|date=23 April 2019

|time=18:00

|team1=Dinamo Zagreb

|score=2–0

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|team2=Osijek

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

|attendance=3,483

|referee=Ivan Bebek (Rijeka)

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{{footballbox

|date= 24 April 2019

|time=18:00

|team1=Inter Zaprešić

|score=1–2

|report=https://hrnogomet.com/kup/utakmica.php?id=1441&lang=hr

|team2=Rijeka

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium=Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić, Zaprešić

|attendance=2,463

|referee= Mario Zebec (Cestica)

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Final

{{Main|2019 Croatian Football Cup final}}

The final was played on 22 May 2019 at Stadion Aldo Drosina in Pula.

{{:2019 Croatian Football Cup final}}

Bracket

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|style=white-space:nowrap|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high|3rdplace=no

|RD1=Second round
30–31 October 2018

|RD2=Quarter-finals
4–5 December 2018

|RD3=Semi-finals
23–24 April 2019

|RD4=Final
22 May 2019

||Zadar|1|Lokomotiva|3

||Varaždin|1|Rijeka|2

||Inter Zaprešić|2|Istra 1961|1

||Vinogradar|4|Jadran Luka Ploče |2

||Krk|1|Osijek|5

||Šibenik|1|Hajduk Split|2 {{aet}}

||Zelina|0|Dinamo Zagreb|4

||Marsonia|0|Slaven Belupo|1

||Lokomotiva|1|Rijeka|2

||Inter Zaprešić|3|Vinogradar|0

||Osijek|2|Hajduk Split|1

||Dinamo Zagreb|1|Slaven Belupo|0

||Inter Zaprešić|1|Rijeka|2

||Dinamo Zagreb|2|Osijek|0

||Rijeka|3|Dinamo Zagreb|1

}}

Top scorers

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Rank

!Player

!Club(s)

!Goals

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|align="left"|{{flagicon|CRO}} Antonio Čolak

|align="left"|Rijeka

|rowspan=1|7

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|align="left"|{{flagicon|CRO}} Matija Smrekar

|align="left"|Zagorec Krapina

|rowspan=1|5

rowspan=2|3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|CRO}} Filip Bungić

|align="left"|Sloga Nova Gradiška

|rowspan=2|4

align="left"|{{flagicon|CRO}} Igor Prijić

|align="left"|Vinogradar

rowspan=4|5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|CRO}} Vlatko Blažević

|align="left"|Zadar

|rowspan=4|3

align="left"|{{flagicon|CRO}} Robert Brdar

|align="left"|Krk

align="left"|{{flagicon|CRO}} Mihovil Šutalo

|align="left"|Jadran Luka Ploče

align="left"|{{flagicon|CRO}} Ivan Vukelić

|align="left"|Nehaj Senj

References

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