1978–79 Yugoslav Cup

The 1978–79 Yugoslav Cup was the 31st season of the top football knockout competition in SFR Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup (Serbo-Croatian: Kup Jugoslavije), also known as the "Marshal Tito Cup" (Kup Maršala Tita), since its establishment in 1946. It was won by NK Rijeka, who successfully managed to defend the title having won the 1977–78 Yugoslav Cup.

1978–79 Yugoslav Cup
Marshal Tito Cup
Country Yugoslavia
ChampionsRijeka (2nd title)
Runners-upPartizan
Top goal scorer(s)Slobodan Santrač
Dušan Savić
(4 goals each)

Calendar

RoundDateFixturesClubs
First round30 August 19781632 → 16
Second round8 November 1978816 → 8
Quarter-finals25 February 197988 → 4
Semi-finals5 April 197944 → 2
Final16 and 24 May 197922 → 1

First round

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Radnički Kragujevac 5–0 Osijek
2 Red Star 4–1 Budućnost
3 Partizan 5–1 OFK Belgrade
4 Slaven 1–1 (5–4 p) Sloboda
5 Dinamo Zagreb 2–2 (2–5 p) Velež
6 Čelik 3–1 Vojvodina
7 Istra 2–1 Garnizon 16. jul
8 Merkator 2–2 (7–5 p) Trepča
9 Željezničar 4–0 Sarajevo
10 Hajduk Split 2–2 (7–8 p) Proleter Zrenjanin
11 Radnički Niš 3–1 Olimpija Ljubljana
12 Novi Sad 2–0 Rudar Ljubija
13 NK Zagreb 1–1 (1–4 p) Borac Banja Luka
14 REMHK Kosovo 0–0 (2–4 p) Vardar
15 Belišće 1–2 Sutjeska Nikšić
16 Rijeka 3–0 Borac Čačak

Second round

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Proleter Zrenjanin 1–0 Čelik
2 Sutjeska Nikšić 3–3 (7–8 p) Red Star
3 Radnički Niš 1–0 Radnički Kragujevac
4 Vardar 1–1 (5–4 p) Slaven
5 Rijeka 0–0 (4–3 p) Istra
6 Novi Sad 2–2 (7–5 p) Željezničar
7 Velež 0–0 (11–12 p) Partizan
8 Borac Banja Luka 2–1 Merkator

Quarter-finals

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Proleter Zrenjanin 2–2 (5–3 p) Vardar
2 Radnički Niš 0–1 Rijeka
3 Red Star 4–0 Novi Sad
4 Borac Banja Luka 2–2 (4–6 p) Partizan

Semi-finals

Red Star0 – 1Rijeka
Ružić  2'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Eduard Šoštarić (Maribor)
Partizan1 – 0Proleter Zrenjanin
Jović  81'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Josip Glažar (Rijeka)

Final

First leg

Rijeka2 – 1Partizan
Cukrov  18'
Bursać  85'
Kozić  68'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Aleksandar Nikić (Ljubljana)

Second leg

Partizan0 – 0Rijeka
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Tome Manojlovski (Tetovo)

Rijeka win 2–1 on aggregate.

See also

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