# 2013–14 Croatian Football Cup

The 2013–14 Croatian Football Cup is the twenty-third season of Croatia's football knockout competition. The defending champions are Hajduk Split, having won their sixth title the previous year by defeating Lokomotiva in the final.

## Calendar

| Round | Date(s) | Number of fixtures | Clubs | New entries this round |
| Preliminary round | 28 August 2013 | 16 | 48 → 32 | none |
| First round | 25 September 2013 | 16 | 32 → 16 | 16 |
| Second round | 30 October 2013 | 8 | 16 → 8 | none |
| Quarter-finals | 27 November and 4 December 2013 | 8 | 8 → 4 | none |
| Semi-finals | 12 and 26 March 2014 | 4 | 4 → 2 | none |
| Final | 7 and 21 May 2014 | 2 | 2 → 1 | none |

## Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 1 August 2013 with matches scheduled on 28 August 2013.
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Drava Novigrad Podravski | bye | Novalja |
| 2 | Opatija | 2–3 | Lučko |
| 3 | Mladost Ždralovi | 1–2 (aet) | Marsonia |
| 4 | Međimurje | 4–3 | Lekenik |
| 5 | Torpedo Kuševac | 9–0 | Omladinac Novi Grad |
| 6 | Novigrad | 5–0 | Mladost Palinovec |
| 7 | Slavonija Požega | 2–0 | Graničar Županja |
| 8 | Radnički Mece | 1–1 (2–4 p) | Suhopolje |
| 9 | Zagora Unešić | 6–3 | Ogulin |
| 10 | Borac Imbriovec | 2–5 | Zmaj Blato |
| 11 | Jadran Poreč | 3–2 (aet) | Bobota |
| 12$^*$ | Zagorec Krapina | 1–4 | NK Kustošija |
| 13 | Zadar | 5–0 | Plitvica Gojanec |
| 14 | Podravina Ludbreg | 3–1 (aet) | Imotski |
| 15$^*$ | Gorica | 6–0 | Moslavac Popovača |
| 16 | Zelina | 2–2 (5–3 p) | Croatia Grabrovnica |
* Match played on 27 August.

## First round

First round proper consisted of 16 single-legged matches, with 16 winners of the preliminary round joined by 16 clubs with the highest cup coefficients. The draw for the first round was held on 28 August, where the club with the lowest cup coefficient hosts the one with the highest and so on. Matches were scheduled on 25 September 2013.
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Suhopolje | 0–6 | Dinamo Zagreb |
| 2$^{**}$ | Kustošija | 1–5 | Hajduk Split |
| 3 | Drava Novigrad Podravski | 0–3 | Cibalia |
| 4 | Torpedo Kuševac | 0–3 | Osijek |
| 5 | Novigrad | 3–0 | Varaždin |
| 6$^*$ | Jadran Poreč | 0–6 | Slaven Belupo |
| 7 | Marsonia | 0–5 | NK Zagreb |
| 8 | Podravina Ludbreg | 1–0 | Šibenik |
| 9$^{***}$ | Rijeka | 11–0 | Zmaj Blato |
| 10 | Slavonija Požega | 1–2 | Istra 1961 |
| 11 | Lučko | 4–1 | Pomorac |
| 12 | Gorica | 0–0 (1–2 p) | Inter Zaprešić |
| 13 | Međimurje | bye | Karlovac |
| 14 | Segesta | 0–2 | Zadar |
| 15 | Zelina | 0–1 | Vinogradar |
| 16 | HAŠK | 1–2 | Zagora Unešić |
* Match was played on 24 September.
** Match was played on 1 October.
*** Match was played on 9 October.

## Second round

The second round was contested by 16 winners from the first round in eight single-legged fixtures scheduled on 30 October 2013. It was the last stage of the competition employing the single leg format as from the quarter-finals onwards all fixtures are going to be double-legged events.
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Zagora Unešić | 0–5 | Dinamo Zagreb |
| 2 | Vinogradar | 1–3 (aet) | Hajduk Split |
| 3 | Cibalia | 0–2 | Zadar |
| 4 | Međimurje | 0–2 (aet) | Osijek |
| 5 | Novigrad | 0–2 | Inter Zaprešić |
| 6 | Slaven Belupo | 5–4 | Lučko |
| 7 | NK Zagreb | 0–0 (3–4 p) | Istra 1961 |
| 8 | Podravina | 1–3 | Rijeka |

## Quarter-finals

Quarter-final ties were played over two legs, scheduled for 27 November and 4 December 2013. The round featured eight winners from the second round. The unseeded draw for quarter-final pairings was held on 5 November. The tie between Rijeka and Osijek has been postponed for 2014 due to Rijeka's congested fixture list. Both clubs initially agreed to play the first leg in Rijeka on 12 February 2014 and the second leg in Osijek on 19 February 2014. However, due to the flooded pitch in Rijeka, the first leg was played on 19 February and the return leg in Osijek on 12 March.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Rijeka | 1–1 (4–2 p) | Osijek | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Istra 1961 | 3–0 | Zadar | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 7–1 | Hajduk Split | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Slaven Belupo | 2–1 | Inter Zaprešić | 2–1 | 0–0 |

## Semi-finals

Dinamo Zagreb won 4–1 on aggregate.
Rijeka won 3–1 on aggregate.

## Final
### Second leg

Rijeka won 3–0 on aggregate