The Croatian Football Super Cup is a
football match between the winners of the Croatian national
top league
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football cup. The Super Cup is always held at the beginning of a new football season, and is only held when different clubs win the two most important competitions in the previous season (i.e. the match is not played when a club completes
the domestic double).
Since the establishment of Croatian football competitions in 1992, the two local powerhouses
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Hajduk
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HNK Rijeka
Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional football club from the city of Rijeka.
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won doubles on twelve occasions (Dinamo Zagreb 11, Hajduk Split 1, Rijeka 1). The Super Cup wasn't held in periods between 1995–2001, 2007–2009, 2011–2012 and 2015–2018. On three occasions the Super Cup was not played for various reasons - in 1999 Dinamo refused to play Osijek saying the fixture did not fit into their schedule and in 2000 and 2001 Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb could not agree on the rules and whether it should be played as a single match or over two legs, and in what order.
In 2002 the
Croatian Football Federation
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took over the organisation of the Super Cup and made it an official single-legged fixture, with 30 minutes of extra time followed by a penalty shoot-out if necessary, which must be played a week before the following football season kicks off.
Since 2002, the match has always been hosted by the club which won the league title, with the exception of 2002 when
NK Zagreb
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were reigning champions, but chose to "host" the match at crosstown rivals Dinamo's
Maksimir Stadium
Maksimir Stadium ( hr, Stadion Maksimir, ) is a multi-use stadium in Zagreb, Croatia. It takes its name from the surrounding neighbourhood of Maksimir. The venue is primarily the home of Dinamo Zagreb, the top club of the country with 23 league ...
saying that playing at Maksimir would help them prepare for their upcoming UEFA Champions League qualifying fixture. Their home stadium at
Kranjčevićeva had been declared unfit for UEFA competitions and they were forced to host their European ties at Maksimir.
Winners
Dinamo Zagreb (7 times), Hajduk Split (5 times) and Rijeka (1 time) are the only clubs who won the Super Cup. Seven out of thirteen Super Cup matches played so far have been decided in
Eternal Derbies featuring Hajduk and Dinamo.
Key
Results by team
Only five clubs participated in the Super Cup since 1992.
Osijek
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also qualified for the Super Cup by winning the
1998–99 Croatian Football Cup, but the match was not held as clubs could not agree on the date of the fixture.
Winning managers
By individual
Match details
1992
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1993
First leg
Second leg
''4–4 on aggregate, Hajduk Split won on
away goals
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1994
First leg
Second leg
''1–1 on aggregate, Hajduk Split won 4–3 on
penalty shoot-out
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2010
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2013
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2014
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2019
2022
Notes
External links
Croatia Super Cup Finals RSSSF.com
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Recurring sporting events established in 1992
1992 establishments in Croatia