1998–99 Croatian Football Cup

The 1998–99 Croatian Football Cup was the eighth edition of Croatia's football knockout competition. Croatia Zagreb were the defending champions, and it was won by Osijek. This was the first season when a preliminary round was played, with top level clubs entering the competition in the first round proper.

1998–99 Croatian Football Cup

Country	Croatia
Teams	48
Defending champions	Croatia Zagreb
Champions	Osijek (1st title)
Runners-up	Cibalia
Top goal scorer(s)	Željko Pakasin (5)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Calendar

Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs	New entries this round
Preliminary round	19 August 1998	16	48 → 32	none
First round	6 and 15 September 1998	16	32 → 16	16
Second round	23 and 29 September 1998	8	16 → 8	none
Quarter-finals	28 October and 25 November 1998	8	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	3 March and 17 March 1999	4	4 → 2	none
Final	30 May 1999	2	2 → 1	none

Preliminary round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Mosor	11–0	Daruvar
2	Valpovka	1–2	Samobor
3	Čakovec	3–0	Croatia Đakovo
4	Slavonija Požega	5–0	Spartak Vest
5	Dugo Selo	2–1	Posavina Zagreb
6	Halubjan Viškovo	3–0	Dugopolje
7	Podravac	2–1	Slunj
8	Ivančica	1–4	Slaven Belupo
9	Bojovnik 7	1–0	Slavonac
10	Pazinka	1–0	Varaždin
11	Zagora Unešić	0–2	Moslavina
12	Amater Slavonski Brod	6–1	Mladost Hrastovec
13	Istra Pula	3–2	Graničar Županja
14	Raštane	2–0	Nehaj Senj
15	TŠK Topolovac	4–0	Neretva
16	Špansko	0–1	Mladost 127

First round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Dugo Selo	3–2	Croatia Zagreb
2	Bojovnik 7	2–3	Hajduk Split
3	TŠK Topolovac	0–1	Varteks
4	Amater Slavonski Brod	2–2 (4–2 p)	NK Zagreb
5	Halubjan	1–2	Rijeka
6	Mosor	0–1 (aet)	Osijek
7	Podravac	1–5	Zadarkomerc
8	Moslavina	2–3	Segesta
9	Raštane	2–0	Inker Zaprešić
10	Čakovec	2–0	Dubrovnik
11	Samobor	1–2	Hrvatski Dragovoljac
12	Pazinka	0–6	Cibalia
13	Slavonija Požega	0–3	Belišće
14	Istra Pula	1–1 (1–4 p)	Šibenik
15	Mladost 127	4–2	Bjelovar
16	Marsonia	0–4	Slaven Belupo

Second round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Slaven Belupo	8–0	Dugo Selo
2	Hajduk Split	5–1	Mladost 127
3	Šibenik	0–1	Varteks
4	Belišće	4–1	Amater Slavonski Brod
5	Cibalia	1–0	Rijeka
6	Osijek	3–1	Hrvatski Dragovoljac
7	Čakovec	0–0 (5–4 p)	Zadarkomerc
8	Segesta	4–0	Raštane

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slaven Belupo	5–1	Segesta	4–1	1–0
Čakovec	0–2	Hajduk Split	0–0	0–2
Varteks	2–4	Osijek	2–1	0–3
Belišće	0–7	Cibalia	0–4	0–3

Semi-finals

First legs

3 March 1999

Osijek	1–0	Slaven Belupo
Beširević   90' (pen.)	Report

Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Šime Vukić (Rijeka)

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3 March 1999

Cibalia	2–1	Hajduk Split
Jurčec   53' Crnčević   58'	Report	Baturina   38'

Stadion HNK Cibalia, Vinkovci

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Goran Marić (Zagreb)

Second legs

17 March 1999

Slaven Belupo	0–0	Osijek
	Report

Gradski stadion, Koprivnica

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Reno Sinovčić (Zadar)

Osijek won 1–0 on aggregate.

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17 March 1999

Hajduk Split	2–1	Cibalia
Ratković   73' Deranja   81'	Report	Jurčec   63'
Penalties
Pralija   Vučko   Računica   Deranja   Erceg   Skoko	5–6	Meštrović   Crnčević   Sablić   Raić-Sudar   Andričević   Bartolović

Stadion Poljud, Split

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Ante Kulušić (Šibenik)

3–3 on aggregate. Cibalia won 6–5 in penalty shootout.

Final

Main article: 1999 Croatian Football Cup Final

30 May 1999

18:00

Cibalia	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Osijek
Jurić   35'	(in Croatian)	Mitu   90+3' Lasić   97'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Reno Sinovčić (Zadar)

See also

• 1998–99 Croatian First Football League
• 1998–99 Croatian Second Football League

External links

• Official website (in Croatian)
• 1998–99 in Croatian football at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Croatian Cup Finals at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation