1978–79 Yugoslav Cup

1978–79 Yugoslav Cup
Marshal Tito Cup
Country	Yugoslavia
Champions	Rijeka (2nd title)
Runners-up	Partizan
Top goal scorer(s)	Slobodan Santrač; Dušan Savić; (4 goals each)
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

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.

Calendar[]

Round	Date	Fixtures	Clubs
First round	30 August 1978	16	32 → 16
Second round	8 November 1978	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	25 February 1979	8	8 → 4
Semi-finals	5 April 1979	4	4 → 2
Final	16 and 24 May 1979	2	2 → 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[]

4 April 1979

Red Star	0 – 1	Rijeka
		Ružić 2'

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Eduard Šoštarić (Maribor)

5 April 1979

Partizan	1 – 0	Proleter Zrenjanin
Jović 81'

Stadion JNA, Belgrade

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Josip Glažar (Rijeka)

Final[]

First leg[]

16 May 1979

Rijeka	2 – 1	Partizan
Cukrov 18' Bursać 85'		Kozić 68'

Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Aleksandar Nikić (Ljubljana)

Second leg[]

24 May 1979

Partizan	0 – 0	Rijeka

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Tome Manojlovski (Tetovo)

Rijeka win 2–1 on aggregate.

External links[]

1978/79 Yugoslav Cup details at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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