The 2021–22

Croatian Football Cup The Croatian Football Cup (), is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian football after the HNL championship. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation (HNS ...

was the 31st season of

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knockout competition. It was sponsored by the betting company ''SuperSport'' and known as the SuperSport Hrvatski nogometni kup for sponsorship purposes. The defending champions were

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, having won their 16th title the previous year by defeating Istra 1961 in the

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Calendar

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 2021 and the matches were scheduled on 25 August 2021. * Matches played on 21 August.
** Match played on 24 August.

First round

The draw for the preliminary single-legged round was held on 26 August 2021 and the matches were scheduled on 22 September 2021. * Match played on 14 September.
** Match played on 15 September.
*** Matches played on 21 September.

Second round

The second round was scheduled for 27 October 2021. The teams were drawn by tie number where winner of tie No. 1 plays against winner of tie No. 16 and so on, with bigger numbers hosting a tie. * Matches played on 26 October.
** Match played on 13 November.

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were scheduled for 1 December 2021. * Matches played on 30 November.

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were scheduled for 2 and 9 March 2022. ----

Final

The final was played on 26 May 2022.

Top scorers

Source: Statistika hrvatskog nogometa

References

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Croatian Cup, 2021-22