1996–97 Croatian Football Cup

1996–97 Croatian Football Cup
Tournament details
Country	Croatia
Teams	32
Defending champions	Croatia Zagreb
Final positions
Champions	Croatia Zagreb (3rd title)
Runner-up	NK Zagreb
Tournament statistics
Matches played	37
Goals scored	116 (3.14 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Mass Sarr, Mark Viduka & Dragan Vukoja (5)
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The 1996–97 Croatian Football Cup was the sixth edition of Croatia's football knockout competition. Croatia Zagreb were the defending champions, and they won their second successive title.

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Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs	New entries this round
First round	13 and 26 August 1996	16	32 → 16	None
Second round	4 and 10 September 1996	8	16 → 8	None
Quarter-finals	First legs 16 October 1996, Second legs 22 and 23 October 1996	8	8 → 4	None
Semi-finals	First legs 9 April 1997, Second legs 16 April 1997	4	4 → 2	None
Final	29 May 1997	1	2 → 1	None

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Hajduk Pridraga	1–6	Hajduk Split
2	Mladost Hrastovec	1–3	Varteks
3	Napredak Velika Mlaka	2–3	Segesta
4	Orijent	0–0 (aet) (5–6 p)	Belišće
5	Gospić	0–0 (aet) (5–4 p)	Zadarkomerc
6	Podvinje	0–1	Inker Zaprešić
7	Varaždin	1–5	Rijeka
8	Solin Kaltenberg	0–3	NK Zagreb
9	Mladost 127	1–2 (aet)	Osijek
10	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	3–1	Cibalia
11	Baranja	1–2 (aet)	Croatia Đakovo
12	Slavonija Požega	3–1	Bjelovar
13	Slaven Belupo	1–0	Istra Pula
14	Zagorec Krapina	1–1 (aet) (5–3 p)	Šibenik
15	PIK Vrbovec	0–3	Dubrovnik
16	Zrinski Bošnjaci	0–5	Croatia Zagreb

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Osijek	3–0	Segesta
2	NK Zagreb	2–1	Zagorec Krapina
3	Inker Zaprešić	2–1	Belišće
4	Slaven Belupo	3–6	Croatia Zagreb
5	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	1–0	Rijeka
6	Gospić	0–3	Dubrovnik
7	Hajduk Split	3–0	Slavonija Požega
8	Varteks	4–0	Croatia Đakovo

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Croatia Zagreb	4–1	Dubrovnik	1–1	3–0
NK Zagreb	4–0	Inker Zaprešić	3–0	1–0
Osijek	4–3	Hajduk Split	2–1	2–2
Varteks	2–4	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	1–3	1–1

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