2004–05 Croatian Football Cup

2004–05 Croatian Football Cup

Tournament details
Country	Croatia
Teams	48
Defending champions	Dinamo Zagreb
Final positions
Champions	Rijeka (1st title)
Runner-up	Hajduk Split
Tournament statistics
Matches played	54
Goals scored	186 (3.44 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Tomislav Erceg (7)

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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

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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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

27 April 2005

17:30

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

Stadion Varteks, Varaždin

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Vlado Svilokos (Sisak)

Rijeka won 6–4 on aggregate.

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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

Main article: 2005 Croatian Football Cup final

First leg

11 May 2005

20:45

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

Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Ivan Novak (Varaždin)

Second leg

25 May 2005

17:30

Hajduk Split	0–1	Rijeka
	Report (in 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 (in Croatian)