1999–2000 Croatian Football Cup


The 1999–2000 Croatian Football Cup was the ninth edition of Croatia's football knockout competition. The first match was played on 4 August 1999 and five rounds were played before the final, which took place over two legs on 2 and 16 May 2000.
Defending champions Osijek reached the competition's quarter finals, but lost to eventual semi-finalists Cibalia.
In the final Hajduk Split beat NK Zagreb over two matches, winning 2–0 at home before losing 1–0 away in the return fixture, therefore winning 2–1 on aggregate.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was played between 4 and 14 August 1999. The round's highest scoring fixture was the 7–0 home win for Čazmatrans at the expense of Podravac Virje.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1RNK Split3–2TŠK Topolovac
2Koprivnica3–1Valpovka
3Pomorac Kostrena1–1 Marsonia
4Čazmatrans7–0Podravac Virje
5Mosor2–0Čakovec
6Špansko4–1Olimpija Osijek
7Duga Resa0–1 Omladinac Novo Selo Rok
8Zagorec Krapina4–1Dinara Knin
9Pazinka1–2Neretva
10Amater Slavonski Brod1–4Vukovar '91
11Moslavac Popovača2–1Dubrava
12BSK Buk5–0Hajduk Hercegovac
13Mladost 1270–1Uljanik Pula
14Pakoštane2–4Nehaj Senj
15Sloboda Varaždin3–0PIK Vrbovec
16Ivančica Ivanec0–2Radnik Velika Gorica

First round

The first round was played between 21 September and 6 October 1999. 32 teams were involved in this round. Croatia Zagreb had the biggest win in this round, defeating BSK Buk 10–0 away from home.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Bjelovar2–1 Dubrovnik
2Neretva2–1Inker Zaprešić
3Moslavac Popovača0–8Hajduk Split
4Koprivnica1–2 Varteks
5Uljanik Pula0–2NK Zagreb
6Čazmatrans1–2Cibalia
7Vukovar '910–1Slaven Belupo
8Nehaj Senj2–2 Zadarkomerc
9Radnik Velika Gorica1–2Rijeka
10Mosor0–0 Segesta
11Sloboda Varaždin1–2Hrvatski Dragovoljac
12BSK Buk0–10Croatia Zagreb
13Zagorec Krapina3–1Belišće
14Špansko1–2Šibenik
15RNK Split0–4Marsonia
16Omladinac Novo Selo Rok2–3Osijek

Second round

The second round was played between 26 October and 11 November 1999. 16 teams were involved in this round. NK Zagreb had the biggest win in this round, defeating Neretva 6–0 away from home.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Cibalia2–1 Hrvatski Dragovoljac
2Nehaj Senj0–1 Rijeka
3Neretva0–6NK Zagreb
4Hajduk Split3–1Šibenik
5Bjelovar1–3Osijek
6Zagorec Krapina0–1Varteks
7Mosor0–2Slaven Belupo
8Croatia Zagreb4–0Marsonia

Quarter-finals

The quarter finals were held on a home and away basis. First legs were held on 14 March 2000 and the return legs took place on 21 March 2000. All four of the ties were decided by a single goal.

Semi-finals

The semi finals were held on a home and away basis. First legs were held on 4 April 2000 and the return legs took place two weeks later on 18 April 2000. Dinamo Zagreb scored six goals across the two matches, advancing past Cibalia, who scored a single goal. In the other semi final, Hajduk Split progressed against NK Zagreb, 4–3 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 6–1 on aggregate.
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''Hajduk Split won 4–3 on aggregate.''

Final

The final took place between Eternal derby rivals Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split. Each finalist won the home leg of the two-legged final. Zagreb won the cup with a 2–1 aggregate scoreline.

Second leg

''Hajduk Split won 2–1 on aggregate.''