2025–26 Croatian Football Cup

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2025–26 Croatian Football Cup
SuperSport Hrvatski nogometni kup
Tournament details
CountryCroatia
Teams48
Final positions
ChampionsDinamo Zagreb
Runners-upRijeka
Tournament statistics
Matches played46
Goals scored187 (4.07 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Monsef Bakrar
Luka Sedlaček
(5 each)

The 2025–26 Croatian Football Cup was the 35th season of Croatia's football knockout competition. It was sponsored by the betting company SuperSport and known as the SuperSport Hrvatski nogometni kup for sponsorship purposes.[1] The defending champions were Rijeka, having won their seventh title the previous year by defeating Slaven Belupo in the final.[2]

Calendar

Round Date(s)[3] Number of fixtures Clubs New entries this round Financial sponsorship[4] Goals / games
Preliminary round 27 August 2025 16 48 → 32 32 €1,500 (both teams) 68 / 16
Round of 32 10 September 2025 16 32 → 16 16 €2,000 (home) 65 / 16
Round of 16 29 October 2025 8 16 → 8 none €2,500 (home) 30 / 8
Quarter-finals 4 March 2026 4 8 → 4 none €3,000 (home) / €3,000 (guest) 13 / 4
Semi-finals 8 April 2026 2 4 → 2 none €6,000 (home) / €6,000 (guest) 11 / 2
Final 13 May 2026 1 2 → 1 none €20,000 (winner) / €10,000 (runner up)

Participating clubs

The following 48 teams qualified for the competition:

Best clubs by cup coefficient
16 clubs
Winners and runners up of county cups
32 clubs

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary single-legged round was held on 3 July 2025 and the matches were played on 27 August 2025.[5]

Tie no. Home team Score Away team
1 Neretva 6–2 Zadrugar Oprisavci
2 Uljanik Pula 2–0 Bjelovar
3 BSK Belica 1–4 Solin
4 Varteks 3–0 Moslavina
5 Radnik Križevci 5–0 DOŠK Drniš
6 Špansko 0–1 Gaj Mače
7 Zemunik 2–12 Kurilovec
8* Maksimir 3–2 (a.e.t.) Jadran Poreč
9 Slavonija Požega 1–0 Marsonia
10 Bednja Beletinec 1–4 Karlovac 1919
11 Jedinstvo Donji Miholjac 0–3 Dugo Selo
12 Bedem Ivankovo 3–5 Dinamo Predavac
13 Radnički Dalj 0–2 Graničar Kotoriba
14 Libertas Novska 1–1 (5–4 p) Opatija
15* Nehaj 1–2 Vukovar 1991
16 Koprivnica 1–0 Pitomača

*Matches played on 26 August 2025.

Round of 32

The draw was determined according to the principle of opposite numbers, which were assigned based on the club coefficient. Matches were played on 10 September 2025.

Tie no. Home team Score Away team
1 Dinamo Predavac 0–6 Dinamo Zagreb
2***** Koprivnica 1–4 Hajduk Split
3**** Maksimir 0–4 Rijeka
4*** Graničar Kotoriba 0–5 Slaven Belupo
5** Neretva 1–2 Istra 1961
6***** Uljanik Pula 0–4 Osijek
7 Libertas Novska 1–3 Gorica
8 Varteks 4–1 Šibenik
9 Dugo Selo 0–4 Lokomotiva
10* Solin 1–2 Rudeš
11* Gaj Mače 1–7 Varaždin
12 Kurilovec 5–0 Oriolik
13 Slavonija Požega 0–2 BSK Bijelo Brdo
14 Radnik Križevci 0–1 Mladost Ždralovi
15 Vukovar 1991 0–1 Cibalia
16* Karlovac 1919 5–0 Belišće

*Matches played on 9 September 2025.

**Match played on 16 September 2025.

***Match played on 17 September 2025.

****Match played on 17 September 2025 in Rijeka.

*****Matches played on 24 September 2025.

Round of 16

The draw was determined according to the principle of opposite numbers, which were assigned based on the club coefficient. Matches will be played on 29 October 2025.

Tie no. Home team Score Away team
1** Karlovac 1919 0–7 Dinamo Zagreb
2 Cibalia 0–0 (2–4 p) Hajduk Split
3*** Mladost Ždralovi 1–4 Rijeka
4 BSK Bijelo Brdo 0–3 Slaven Belupo
5* Kurilovec 2–1 Istra 1961
6*** Varaždin 1–1 (4–2 p) Osijek
7 Rudeš 0–6 Gorica
8 Lokomotiva 4–0 Varteks

*Match played on 5 November 2025.

**Match played on 19 November 2025.

***Matches played on 3 December 2025.

Quarter-finals

The draw was held on 8 December 2025. Matches will be played on 4 March 2026.[6]

Tie no. Home team Score Away team
1 Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 Kurilovec
2 Rijeka 3–2 Hajduk Split
3* Slaven Belupo 1–1 (4–2 p) Lokomotiva
4 Varaždin 1–3 Gorica

*Match played on 10 March 2026.

Semi-finals

The semi-finals will be played on 8 April 2026, while the draw was held on 11 March 2026.[7]

Rijeka2–0Slaven Belupo
Gojak 71'
Legbo 84'
Report
Attendance: 5,972
Referee: Igor Pajač (Sveti Ivan Zelina)

Gorica3–6Dinamo Zagreb
Bogojević 3'
Sule 24'
Kučiš 89'
Report Bakrar 6'
Zajc 43', 64'
Beljo 58'
Goda 70'
Topić 90+3'
Attendance: 3.572
Referee: Duje Strukan (Split)

Final

The final was played on 13 May 2026. On 28 April 2025, it was decided that Osijek would host the final at Opus Arena.[8]

Dinamo Zagreb2–0Rijeka
Report
Attendance: 11,055
Referee: Mateo Erceg (Benkovac)

Top scorers

Final ranking of top scorers.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Algeria Monsef Bakrar Dinamo Zagreb 5
Croatia Luka Sedlaček Kurilovec
3 Slovenia Aleks Stojaković Lokomotiva 4
Croatia Luka Stojković Dinamo Zagreb
5 Croatia Duje Čop Rijeka 3
Croatia Zlatan Koščević Karlovac 1919
Croatia Sandro Kulenović Dinamo Zagreb
Bosnia and Herzegovina Antonio Raguž Neretva Metković
Croatia Matija Kanceljak Varteks
Croatia Antonio Novak Kurilovec
11 23 players from 16 clubs 2

References

  1. "Video: SuperSport postao naslovni sponzor Hrvatskog nogometnog kupa". hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  2. "Rijeka slavi dvostruku krunu: protiv Slavena osvojila i Kup". Croatian Football Federation (in Croatian). 29 May 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  3. "KALENDAR NATJECANJA HNL I ZAVRŠNOG DIJELA NATJECANJA HNK-a ZA 2025/2026. GODINU - SEZONA" (PDF). HNS. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  4. "PROPOZICIJE ZAVRŠNOG DIJELA NATJECANJA ZA HRVATSKI NOGOMETNI KUP" (PDF). HNS. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  5. "Izvučeni parovi pretkola SuperSport Hrvatskog nogometnog kupa". HNS. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  6. "Izvučeni parovi četvrtfinala SuperSport Hrvatskog nogometnog kupa" [The quarter-final pairs of the SuperSport Croatian Football Cup have been drawn.]. HNS (in Croatian). 8 December 2025. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  7. "Poznati parovi polufinala Kupa! Gorica u Turopolju protiv Dinama, Rijeka sa Slavenom na Rujevici" [The pairs of the semi-finals of the Cup are known! Gorica in Turopolje against Dinamo, Rijeka with Slaven at Rujevica]. Sportske novosti (in Croatian). 11 March 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  8. "Promjena formata u Kupu, Osijek domaćin finala" [Cup format changes, Osijek hosts finals]. HRT (in Croatian). 28 June 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2026.