1997 Croatian Football Cup final

1997 Croatian Football Cup final
Event1996–97 Croatian Cup
Date29 May 1997
VenueStadion Maksimir, Zagreb
RefereeGoran Marić (Zagreb)
Attendance15,000

The 1997 Croatian Cup final was a one-legged affair played between the city rivals Croatia Zagreb and NK Zagreb. The leg was played in Zagreb on 29 May 1997.

Croatia Zagreb won the trophy with a result of 2–1.

Road to the final

Croatia Zagreb Round NK Zagreb
Opponent Result Opponent Result
Zrinski Bošnjaci 5–0 First round Solin Kaltenberg 3–0
Slaven Belupo 6–3 Second round Zagorec Krapina 2–1
Dubrovnik 1–1 Quarterfinals Inker Zaprešić 3–0
4–0 1–0
Osijek 2–1 Semifinals Hrvatski Dragovoljac 3–1
0–0 3–1

Final

Croatia Zagreb2–1NK Zagreb
Cvitanović 30' (pen.)
Viduka 69'
Report Sopić 77'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Goran Marić (Zagreb)
CROATIA ZAGREB:
GK 1 Croatia Dražen Ladić (c)
DF 6 Croatia Srđan Mladinić
DF 26 Croatia Goran Jurić
DF 13 Croatia Dario Šimić
DF 2 Croatia Damir Krznar
MF 7 Croatia Josip Gašpar downward-facing red arrow 22'
DF 15 Croatia Daniel Šarić
MF 14 Croatia Edin Mujčin
MF 4 Croatia Silvio Marić Red card 90'
FW 21 Croatia Igor Cvitanović
FW 9 Croatia Mark Viduka downward-facing red arrow 89'
Substitutes:
FW   Croatia Vladimir Petrović upward-facing green arrow 22'
DF   Croatia Stjepan Tomas upward-facing green arrow 89'
Manager:
Croatia Otto Barić
NK ZAGREB:
GK 1 Croatia Sandro Tomić
DF 17 Croatia Dražen Biškup (c)
DF 6 Croatia Mario Osibov
DF 8 Croatia Jasenko Sabitović
MF 22 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ibrahim Duro
DF 2 Croatia Marinko Galić Red card 60'
FW 9 Croatia Nino Bule downward-facing red arrow 79'
DF 14 Croatia Vjekoslav Škrinjar
MF 15 Croatia Sunaj Keqi downward-facing red arrow 62'
FW 10 Croatia Mate Baturina downward-facing red arrow 46'
FW 25 Croatia Elvis Scoria Red card 45'
Substitutes:
MF   Croatia Željko Sopić upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF   Croatia Mario Čižmek upward-facing green arrow 62'
MF   Croatia Robert Regvar upward-facing green arrow 79'
Manager:
Croatia Krešimir Ganjto