Croatian Futsal Cup

The Croatian Futsal Cup (Croatian: Hrvatski malonogometni kup, HMNK), is an annually held football competition for Croatian futsal clubs and is the second most important competition in Croatian futsal after the Prva HMNL. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation (HNS) and usually runs from September to December.

Croatian Futsal Cup
Founded1993
RegionCroatia
Number of teams16 (final stage)
Current championsNovo Vrijeme Apfel
(1st title)[1]
Most successful club(s)Uspinjača Gimka
(5 titles)
Television broadcastersHNTV
WebsiteOfficial website
2022–23 Croatian Futsal Cup

Format

Entries

Although in theory any club can take part in the cup, 32 teams enter the competition proper, based on two criteria:[2]

  1. Top 27 best-ranked teams according to club coefficient calculated by the Croatian Football Federation which take into account their cup records in the previous five seasons
  2. Five winners of regional cups

Competition system

The cup competition consists of two parts:[2]

- the first part is the regional cup in which clubs that did not win a direct placement in the final part

- the second part is the final part in which the performance of 13 best placed clubs by coefficient and 3 winners of regional cups

Regional level matches are played as single-legged fixtures, and pairs are determined by lot. The matches of the final part of the futsal cup are played in the round of 32, round of 16 and Final eight witch include quarterfinals semifinals and finale, with all round being played as single-legged fixtures. Opponents in all rounds are determined by a draw. The winners of the round of 16 plays the Final eight, with a host being a of the qualified teams. The finals formal host is a club with better ranking according to the coefficient of success.[2]

Croatian club cup coefficient

Clubs are awarded points for participation in specific round of the Cup, except finals where runner up receives 4 points and winner receives 6 points. Points are summed through the season and added to five year ranking. Points are given according to the table:[2]

Round Awarded clubs Points
Each round of regional cup not defined 1
Semifinals of regional cup 12 2
Finals of regional cup 6 2
Round of 16 16 3
Quarter-finals 8 3
Semi-finals 4 3
Runner up 1 4
Winner 1 6

Points used in this ranking will be used for qualification and seeding for the season 2022–23 as follows:[3]

Rank Club 2016−17 2017−18 2018−19 2019–20 2020–21 Total
1 Split 13 15 6 9 9 52
2 Vrgorac 6 13 6 9 13 47
3 Olmissum 0 2 9 19 15 45
4 Uspinjača Gimka 3 3 15 15 6 42
5 Alumnus Sesvete 4 6 13 6 6 35
6 Novo Vrijeme Apfel 9 3 9 3 9 33
7 Futsal Dinamo 8 9 3 6 6 32
8 Aurelia Futsal 1 12 3 3 8 27
9 Petrinjčica 6 6 6 6 3 27
10 Brod 035 5 5 5 8 3 26
11 Našice 8 9 3 3 3 26
12 Square 6 3 9 3 3 24
13 Crnica 2 5 4 6 6 23
14 Jesenje 5 2 8 3 3 21
15 Porto Tolero 9 3 3 3 3 21
16 Futsal Pula 0 0 3 8 9 20
17 Jezera 1 4 6 2 4 18
18 Torcida 1 11 4 1 1 18
19 Kijevo 6 3 3 3 1 16
20 Universitas 0 4 1 1 9 15
21 Brod 1 4 3 1 6 15
22 Murter 3 3 2 6 1 15
23 Nova Gradiška 0 0 9 6 0 15
24 Vinkovci 3 1 6 3 1 14
25 Otočac 0 3 1 5 3 12
26 Hajduk 6 1 1 2 2 12
27 Šibenik 1983 0 0 2 2 6 10

Winners
Season Winner Runner up
1993–94 Foto Ante Stojan Petrinjčica
1994–95 Glama Brijeg Aurum Oktogon Elab
1995–96 Uspinjača Ferax Petrinjčica Idis
1996–97 Uspinjača Ferax Split 1700
1997–98 Square Split 1700
1998–99 Promet Orkan Square
1999–00 Glama Brijeg Agram Plehan
2000–01 Split 1700 Square
2001–02 Split 1700 Croatia Perković
2002–03 Split Gašperov Split Ship Management
2003–04 Orkan Square
2004–05 Split Gašperov Orkan Valten Križevci
2005–06 Brodsplit Inženjering Split Orkan Profectus
2006–07 Uspinjača Gospić
2007–08 Gospić Split Brodsplit Inženjering
2008–09 Nacional Split Brodsplit Inženjering
2009–10 Nacional Inero Split
2010–11 Split Brodsplit Inženjering Uspinjača
2011–12 Split Brodsplit Inženjering Nacional
2012–13 Kijevo Uspinjača
2013–14 Split Tommy Square
2014–15 Nacional Square
2015–16 Split Tommy Nacional
2016–17 Nacional Split Tommy
2017–18 Split Tommy Vrgorac
2018–19 Uspinjača Gimka Alumnus Sesvete
2019–20 Uspinjača Gimka Olmissum
2020–21 Olmissum Vrgorac
2021 Novo Vrijeme Apfel Olmissum

References
  1. Šimac, Jerko (11 December 2021). "Novo Vrijeme nadigralo Olmissum za naslov pobjednika kupa Hrvatske!" (in Croatian). CROfutsal. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. "Propozicije natjecanja za Hrvatski kup u malom nogometu" [Propositions of the competition for the Croatian Cup in futsal] (PDF). Hrvatski nogometni savez (in Croatian). 15 September 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  3. Šimac, Jerko (3 November 2021). "KUP | Poznati parovi osmine finala kupa Hrvatske" [CUP | Meet the pairs of the eighth finals of the Croatian Cup] (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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