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 Dražen Ladić (c)
DF 6 Srđan Mladinić
DF 26 Goran Jurić
DF 13 Dario Šimić
DF 2 Damir Krznar
MF 7 Josip Gašpar  22'
DF 15 Daniel Šarić
MF 14 Edin Mujčin
MF 4 Silvio Marić  90'
FW 21 Igor Cvitanović
FW 9 Mark Viduka  89'
Substitutes:
FW   Vladimir Petrović  22'
DF   Stjepan Tomas  89'
Manager:
Otto Barić
NK ZAGREB:
GK 1 Sandro Tomić
DF 17 Dražen Biškup (c)
DF 6 Mario Osibov
DF 8 Jasenko Sabitović
MF 22 Ibrahim Duro
DF 2 Marinko Galić  60'
FW 9 Nino Bule  79'
DF 14 Vjekoslav Škrinjar
MF 15 Sunaj Keqi  62'
FW 10 Mate Baturina  46'
FW 25 Elvis Scoria  45'
Substitutes:
MF   Željko Sopić  46'
MF   Mario Čižmek  62'
MF   Robert Regvar  79'
Manager:
Krešimir Ganjto