1978–79 Yugoslav Cup#Final

{{Infobox football tournament season

| title = Yugoslav Football Cup

| year = 1978–79

| other_titles = 31st Marshal Tito Cup

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| country = Yugoslavia

| num_teams =

| winners = Rijeka (2nd title)

| second = Partizan

| continental_cup_title =

| continental_cup_qualifiers =

| matches =

| goals =

| scoring_leader = Slobodan Santrač
Dušan Savić
(4 goals each)

| award =

| prev_season = 1977–78

| next_season = 1979–80

}}

The 1978–79 Yugoslav Cup was the 31st season of the top football knockout competition in SFR Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup ({{langx|sh|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

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!width=120| Round !!width=140| Dates !!width=100| Fixtures !! width=100 | Clubs

First roundalign="center"| 30 August 1978align="center"| 16align="center"| 32 → 16
Second roundalign="center"| 8 November 1978align="center"| 8align="center"| 16 → 8
Quarter-finalsalign="center"| 25 February 1979align="center"| 8align="center"| 8 → 4
Semi-finalsalign="center"|5 April 1979align="center"| 4align="center"| 4 → 2
Finalalign="center"| 16 and 24 May 1979align="center"| 2align="center"| 2 → 1

First round

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width=40|Tie no

!width=160|Home team

!width=90|Score

!width=160|Away team

1

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Radnički Kragujevac (II)

|5–0

|Osijek

2

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Red Star

|4–1

|Budućnost

3

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Partizan

|5–1

|OFK Beograd

4

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Slaven Koprivnica (III)

|1–1 (5–4 p)

|Sloboda

5

|Dinamo Zagreb

|2–2 (2–5 p)

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Velež

6

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Čelik (II)

|3–1

|Vojvodina

7

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"| Istra (III)

|2–1

|16th July Garrison (Niš)

8

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Merkator Ljubljana (II)

|2–2 (7–5 p)

|Trepča (II)

9

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Željezničar

|4–0

|Sarajevo

10

|Hajduk Split

|2–2 (7–8 p)

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Proleter Zrenjanin (II)

11

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Radnički Niš

|3–1

|Olimpija Ljubljana

12

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Novi Sad (II)

|2–0

|Rudar Ljubija (II)

13

|NK Zagreb

|1–1 (1–4 p)

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Borac Banja Luka

14

|REMHK Kosovo (III)

|0–0 (2–4 p)

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Vardar (II)

15

|Belišće (III)

|1–2

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Sutjeska (II)

16

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Rijeka

|3–0

|Borac Čačak (II)

Second round

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width=40|Tie no

!width=160|Home team

!width=90|Score

!width=160|Away team

1

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Proleter Zrenjanin (II)

|1–0

|Čelik (II)

2

|Sutjeska (II)

|3–3 (7–8 p)

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Red Star

3

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Radnički Niš

|1–0

|Radnički Kragujevac (II)

4

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Vardar (II)

|1–1 (5–4 p)

|Slaven Koprivnica (III)

5

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Rijeka

|0–0 (4–3 p)

|Istra (III)

6

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Novi Sad (II)

|2–2 (7–5 p)

|Željezničar

7

|Velež

|0–0 (11–12 p)

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Partizan

8

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Borac Banja Luka

|2–1

|Merkator Ljubljana (II)

Quarter-finals

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width=40|Tie no

!width=160|Home team

!width=90|Score

!width=160|Away team

1

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Proleter Zrenjanin (II)

|2–2 (5–3 p)

|Vardar (II)

2

|Radnički Niš

|0–1

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Rijeka

3

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Red Star

|4–0

|Novi Sad (II)

4

|Borac Banja Luka

|2–2 (4–6 p)

|style="background-color:#D0F0C0"|Partizan

Semi-finals

{{ football box

|date = 4 April 1979

|team1 = Red Star

|score = 0–1

|report =

|team2 = Rijeka

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Ružić {{goal|2}}

|stadium = Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

|attendance = 10,000

|referee = Edvard Šoštarič (Maribor)

}}

{{ football box

|date = 5 April 1979

|team1 = Partizan

|score = 1–0

|report =

|team2 = Proleter Zrenjanin

|goals1 = Jović {{goal|81}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stadion JNA, Belgrade

|attendance = 5,000

|referee = Josip Glažar (Rijeka)

}}

Final

=First leg=

{{football box

|date = 16 May 1979

|team1 = Rijeka

|score = 2–1

|report =

|team2 = Partizan

|goals1 = Cukrov {{goal|18}}
Bursać {{goal|85}}

|goals2 = Kozić {{goal|68}}

|stadium = Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = Aleksandar Nikić (Ljubljana)}}

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|valign="top" width="50%"|

{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

|colspan="4"|RIJEKA:

width="25"|width="25"|width="200"|
GK1{{flagicon|YUG}} Radojko Avramović
DF2{{flagicon|YUG}} Sava Filipović
DF3{{flagicon|YUG}} Miloš Hrstić
DF4{{flagicon|YUG}} Nikica Cukrov
DF5{{flagicon|YUG}} Zvjezdan Radin
MF6{{flagicon|YUG}} Srećko Juričić
MF7{{flagicon|YUG}} Dragoljub Bursać
MF8{{flagicon|YUG}} Sergio Machin{{suboff}}
FW9{{flagicon|YUG}} Edmond Tomić
MF10{{flagicon|YUG}} Milan Ružić
MF11{{flagicon|YUG}} Edis Jasprica{{suboff}}
colspan=4|Substitutes:
FW?{{flagicon|YUG}} Danko Peranić{{subon}}
MF?{{flagicon|YUG}} Ivo Jerolimov{{subon}}
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|YUG}} Marijan Brnčić

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"

|colspan="4"|PARTIZAN:

width="25"|width="25"|width="200"|
GK1{{flagicon|YUG}} Rade Zalad
DF2{{flagicon|YUG}} Tomislav Kovačević
DF3{{flagicon|YUG}} Refik Kozić
MF4{{flagicon|YUG}} Rešad Kunovac
DF5{{flagicon|YUG}} Borislav Đurović
DF6{{flagicon|YUG}} Vladimir Lazičić
MF7{{flagicon|YUG}} Zvonko Živković
MF8{{flagicon|YUG}} Aleksandar Trifunović
MF9{{flagicon|YUG}} Aranđel Todorović{{suboff}}
FW10{{flagicon|YUG}} Dževad Prekazi{{suboff}}
MF11{{flagicon|YUG}} Nikica Klinčarski
colspan=4|Substitutes:
FW?{{flagicon|YUG}} Zvonko Varga{{subon}}
FW?{{flagicon|YUG}} Boško Đorđević{{subon}}
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|YUG}} Milutin Šoškić

|}

=Second leg=

{{football box

|date = 24 May 1979

|team1 = Partizan

|score = 0–0

|report =

|team2 = Rijeka

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

|attendance = 55,000

|referee = Tome Manojlovski (Tetovo)}}

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|valign="top" width="50%"|

{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

|colspan="4"|PARTIZAN:

width="25"|width="25"|width="200"|
GK1{{flagicon|YUG}} Zoran Nikitović
DF2{{flagicon|YUG}} Tomislav Kovačević
DF3{{flagicon|YUG}} Refik Kozić
MF4{{flagicon|YUG}} Rešad Kunovac{{suboff}}
DF5{{flagicon|YUG}} Nenad Stojković
MF6{{flagicon|YUG}} Borislav Đurović
MF7{{flagicon|YUG}} Zvonko Živković
MF8{{flagicon|YUG}} Aleksandar Trifunović
FW9{{flagicon|YUG}} Slobodan Santrač{{suboff}}
FW10{{flagicon|YUG}} Boško Đorđević
MF11{{flagicon|YUG}} Nikica Klinčarski
colspan=4|Substitutes:
FW?{{flagicon|YUG}} Dževad Prekazi{{subon}}
MF?{{flagicon|YUG}} Zvonko Varga{{subon}}
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|YUG}} Milutin Šoškić

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"

|colspan="4"|RIJEKA:

width="25"|width="25"|width="200"|
GK1{{flagicon|YUG}} Radojko Avramović
DF2{{flagicon|YUG}} Sergio Machin
DF3{{flagicon|YUG}} Miloš Hrstić
DF4{{flagicon|YUG}} Nikica Cukrov
DF5{{flagicon|YUG}} Zvjezdan Radin
MF6{{flagicon|YUG}} Srećko Juričić
MF7{{flagicon|YUG}} Dragoljub Bursać
FW8{{flagicon|YUG}} Milan Radović{{suboff}}
FW9{{flagicon|YUG}} Edmond Tomić
MF10{{flagicon|YUG}} Milan Ružić{{suboff}}
FW11{{flagicon|YUG}} Damir Desnica
colspan=4|Substitutes:
MF?{{flagicon|YUG}} Adriano Fegic{{subon}}
MF?{{flagicon|YUG}} Milan Bačvarević{{subon}}
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|YUG}} Marijan Brnčić

|}

See also