2004–05 Croatian Football Cup

2004–05 Croatian Football Cup

Country	Croatia
Teams	48
Defending champions	Dinamo Zagreb
Champions	Rijeka (1st title)
Runners-up	Hajduk Split
Matches played	54
Goals scored	186 (3.44 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Tomislav Erceg (7)
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The 2004–05 Croatian Football Cup was the fourteenth season of Croatia's football knockout competition.

Calendar

Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs	New entries this round
Preliminary round	7 September 2004	16	48 → 32	None
First round	21 September 2004	16	32 → 16	16
Second round	12 October 2004	8	16 → 8	None
Quarter-finals	8 and 31 March 2005	8	8 → 4	None
Semi-finals	20 March and 27 April 2005	4	4 → 2	None
Final	11 May and 25 May 2005	2	2 → 1	None

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held on 7 September 2004.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Međimurje	3–0	Moslavina
2	Tomislav	2–1	Vodnjan
3	Darda	1–3	Nehaj
4	Brestovac	0–8	Trnje
5	Slavonija Požega	1–3	Rudar Labin
6	Sladorana Županja	1–0	Vodice
7	Tvin Virovitica	0–8	Karlovac
8	Junak Sinj	2–3	Vinogradar
9	Tondach	2–1	Nedelišće
10	Sloboda Derma	4–1	Pag
11	Ivančica	1–5	Podravac
12	Koprivnica	3–1	Naftaš Ivanić
13	Rudeš	2–0	Strmec
14	Sinđelić	2–5	Budainka
15	Metalac Osijek	1–2	Bjelovar
16	Crikvenica	1–0	GOŠK Dubrovnik

First round

First round was held on 21 and 22 September 2004.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Tondach	0–1	Osijek
2	Rudar Labin	1–6	Pula 1856
3	Podravac	0–2	Slaven Belupo
4	Sladorana Županja	0–4	Dinamo Zagreb
5	Vinogradar	2–4 (aet)	Hajduk Split
6	Tomislav	1–6	Varteks
7	Trnje	1–2	NK Zagreb
8	Budainka	1–0	Cibalia
9	Crikvenica	2–0	Kamen Ingrad
10	Rudeš	1–4	Rijeka
11	Karlovac	0–3	Pomorac
12	Međimurje	2–2 (7–6 p)	Inter Zaprešić
13	Sloboda Derma	2–2 (7–6 p)	Hrvatski Dragovoljac
14	Koprivnica	1–0	Zadar
15	Nehaj	2–1 (aet)	Šibenik
16	Bjelovar	1–2	Belišće

Second round

Second round was held between 12 and 27 October 2004.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Budainka	1–4	Slaven Belupo
2	Koprivnica	0–4	Varteks
3	Pula 1856	3–1	Pomorac
4	Dinamo Zagreb	3–2	Belišće
5	Rijeka	2–1	Crikvenica
6	NK Zagreb	3–2	Međimurje
7	Nehaj	2–3	Hajduk Split
8	Osijek	2–0	Sloboda Derma

Quarter-finals

First legs were held between 8 and 15 March and second legs between 15 and 31 March 2005.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
NK Zagreb	1–2	Hajduk Split	1–0	0–2
Rijeka	3–3 (a)	Slaven Belupo	1–1	2–2
Varteks	1–0	Dinamo Zagreb	1–0	0–0
Osijek	1–0	Pula 1856	0–0	1–0

Semi-finals

First legs

Hajduk Split v Osijek

20 April 2005 17:30

Hajduk Split	2 – 1	Osijek
Gusić  67' (o.g.) Turković  72'	Report	Jukić  55'

Stadion Poljud, Split Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Draženko Kovačić (Križevci)

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Rijeka v Varteks

20 April 2005 17:30

Rijeka	3 – 2	Varteks
Knežević  27' Erceg  28' (pen.), 65'	Report	Jolić  12' Benko  57'

Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Alojzije Šupraha (Kolan)

Second legs

Varteks v Rijeka

27 April 2005 17:30

Varteks	2 – 3	Rijeka
Šafarić  5' Mujanović  55'	Report	Tadić  30' Lérant  64' Katulić  71'

Stadion NK Varteks, Varaždin Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Rijeka won 6–4 on aggregate.

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Osijek v Hajduk Split

27 April 2005 18:00

Osijek	1 – 1	Hajduk Split
Jukić  51'	Report	Leko  45'

Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Zagreb)

Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

Rijeka v Hajduk Split

11 May 2005 20:45

Rijeka	2 – 1	Hajduk Split
Mitu  58' Erceg  61'	Report (Croatian)	Đolonga  22'

Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ivan Novak (Varaždin)

Second leg

Hajduk Split v Rijeka

25 May 2005 17:30

Hajduk Split	0 – 1	Rijeka
	Report (Croatian)	Mitu  80'

Stadion Poljud, Split Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Zagreb)

Rijeka won 3–1 on aggregate.

See also

• 2004–05 Croatian First Football League
• 2004–05 Croatian Second Football League

External links

• Official website (Croatian)