2006 Croatian Football Cup Final
# 2006 Croatian Football Cup Final

The 2006 Croatian Cup Final was a two-legged affair played between Rijeka and Varteks. The first leg was played in Rijeka on 26 April 2006, while the second leg on 3 May 2006 in Varaždin.

Rijeka won the trophy on away goals rule after was an affair finished on aggregate result of 5–5.

## Road to the final

| Rijeka | Rijeka | Round | Varteks | Varteks |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | | Opponent | Result |
| Jedinstvo Omladinac | 2–0 | First round | Ogulin | 3–2 |
| Međimurje | 3–1 | Second round | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 2–0 |
| Vinogradar | 2–1 | Quarterfinals | Naftaš Ivanić | 4–1 |
| Vinogradar | 8–0 | Quarterfinals | Naftaš Ivanić | 1–1 |
| Hajduk Split | 1–1 | Semifinals | Kamen Ingrad | 3–3 |
| Hajduk Split | 1–0 | Semifinals | Kamen Ingrad | 2–1 |

## First leg

RIJEKA: :

| GK | 12 | Dragan Žilić |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 5 | Dario Knežević |
| DF | 6 | Peter Lérant |
| DF | 15 | Daniel Šarić (c) | | 83' |
| DF | 20 | Krunoslav Rendulić | 54' |
| MF | 7 | Dragan Tadić | | 72' |
| MF | 21 | Igor Novaković |
| MF | 22 | Mario Prišć |
| MF | 25 | Siniša Linić |
| FW | 10 | Ahmad Sharbini | | 57' |
| FW | 30 | Davor Vugrinec |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | 18 | Goran Rubil | | 57' |
| FW | 9 | Fredi Bobič | | 72' |
| DF | 2 | Igor Tkalčević | | 83' |
| Manager: |||
| Dragan Skočić |||

VARTEKS: :

| GK | 1 | Miroslav Koprić |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 3 | Nikola Pokrivač |
| DF | 18 | Vladimir Vuk |
| DF | 30 | Mario Lučić |
| MF | 4 | Dario Jertec | 8' | 61' |
| MF | 10 | Nikola Šafarić (c) | 3' |
| MF | 14 | Srebrenko Posavec |
| MF | 29 | Nedim Halilović |
| FW | 9 | Enes Novinić |
| FW | 23 | Leon Benko | 51' | 56' |
| FW | 27 | Ivan Jolić |
| Substitutes: |||
| FW | 17 | Milan Pavličić | | 56' |
| MF | 11 | Teo Kardum | | 61' |
| Manager: |||
| Zlatko Dalić |||
| Assistant referees: Željko Novosel (Vrbovec) Željko Grgec (Bistra) | Match rules 90 minutes. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. |

## Second leg

VARTEKS: :

| GK | 12 | Ivan Mance |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 3 | Nikola Pokrivač |
| DF | 18 | Vladimir Vuk | | 60' |
| DF | 30 | Mario Lučić | | 79' |
| MF | 4 | Dario Jertec | 22' |
| MF | 10 | Nikola Šafarić (c) |
| MF | 26 | Nikola Melnjak | | 66' |
| MF | 29 | Nedim Halilović |
| FW | 9 | Enes Novinić | 90' |
| FW | 17 | Milan Pavličić |
| FW | 23 | Leon Benko |
| Substitutes: |||
| FW | 27 | Ivan Jolić | | 60' |
| MF | 14 | Srebrenko Posavec | | 66' |
| FW | 20 | Dominik Mohorović | | 79' |
| Manager: |||
| Zlatko Dalić |||

RIJEKA: :

| GK | 12 | Dragan Žilić |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 5 | Dario Knežević |
| DF | 6 | Peter Lérant |
| DF | 15 | Daniel Šarić (c) |
| DF | 20 | Krunoslav Rendulić |
| MF | 21 | Igor Novaković |
| MF | 22 | Mario Prišć |
| MF | 23 | Dušan Kerkez | 23' | 38' |
| MF | 25 | Siniša Linić | 56' |
| FW | 10 | Ahmad Sharbini | | 68' |
| FW | 30 | Davor Vugrinec |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | 7 | Dragan Tadić | | 38' |
| DF | 2 | Igor Tkalčević | | 68' |
| Manager: |||
| Dragan Skočić |||
| Assistant referees: Tomislav Petrović (Valpovo) Armando Lušetić (Cerovlje) | Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level; no extra time. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. |
