The 2018–19
Croatian Football Cup
The Hrvatski nogometni kup ( eng, Croatian football cup), also colloquially known as Rabuzinovo sunce (), is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian football after th ...
was the twenty-eighth season of
Croatia
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football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
knockout competition. The defending champions were
Dinamo Zagreb
Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...
, having won their fifteenth title the
previous year by defeating
Hajduk Split
Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...
in the final.
Calendar
Participating clubs
The following 48 teams qualified for the competition:
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.
* 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.
** Match played on 19 September.
*** Matches played on 25 September.
Second round
The second round matches were played on 31 October 2018.
* Matches played on 30 October.
Quarter-finals
The quarter-final matches were played on 5 December 2018.
* Matches played on 4 December.
Semi-finals
Semi-final matches are scheduled for 24 April 2019.
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Final
The final was played on 22 May 2019 at
Stadion Aldo Drosina
Stadion Aldo Drosina ( it, Stadio Aldo Drosina) is a multi-use stadium in Pula, Croatia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of NK Istra 1961 and formerly NK Istra. The stadium has a capacity of 9,800.ht ...
in
Pula
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Bracket
Top scorers
References
External links
Official websiteCompetition rules
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Croatian Football Cup seasons
Croatia
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Croatian Cup, 2018-19