1975–76 Yugoslav Cup Explained

Yugoslav Football Cup
Year:1975–76
Other Titles:28th Marshal Tito Cup
Country:Yugoslavia
Dates:3 September 1975 –
25 May 1976
Num Teams:32 (final rounds)
Defending Champions:Hajduk Split
Winners:Hajduk Split (5th title)
Second:Dinamo Zagreb
Matches:31
Prev Season:1974
Next Season:1976–77

The 1975–76 Yugoslav Cup was the 28th season of the top football knockout competition in SFR Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup (Kup Jugoslavije), also known as the "Marshal Tito Cup" (Kup Maršala Tita), since its establishment in 1946.

Calendar

The Yugoslav Cup was a tournament for which clubs from all tiers of the football pyramid were eligible to enter. In addition, amateur teams put together by individual Yugoslav People's Army garrisons and various factories and industrial plants were also encouraged to enter, which meant that each cup edition could have several thousands of teams in its preliminary stages. These teams would play through a number of qualifying rounds before reaching the first round proper, in which they would be paired with top-flight teams.

After single-year tournaments in 1973 and 1974 which saw finals played on 29 November (Republic Day), in 1975–76 the tournament format returned to the more traditional September–May schedule, with the final moved to 25 May, to coincide with the end of the football league season and Youth Day celebrated on 25 May (a national holiday in Yugoslavia which also doubled as the official commemoration of Josip Broz Tito's birthday).

Since the cup winner was always meant to be decided on or around the national holiday at the JNA Stadium in capital Belgrade, and to avoid unfair home advantage this would give to Belgrade-based clubs, the Football Association of Yugoslavia adopted the rule in the late 1960s according to which the final could be played as a one-legged tie (in cases when both finalists are from outside Belgrade) or double-legged (when at least one of them is based in the capital), with the second leg always played in Belgrade. This rule was used for all cup finals from 1969 to 1988, when a single-legged final was adopted permanently.

width=200Round !width=60 Legs!width=130Date !width=100Fixtures !width=100 Clubs
Single3 September 1975 16 32 → 16
Single23 September 1975 8 16 → 8
Single28 February 1976 4 8 → 4
Single7 April 1976 2 4 → 2
Single25 May 1976 1 2 → 1

First round

In the following tables winning teams are marked in bold; teams from outside top level are marked in italic script.

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1Čelik Zenica1–0Partizan
2Famos Hrasnica2–0Vardar
3Jedinstvo Bihać1–3Radnički Pirot
4Lovćen Cetinje2–1Proleter Zrenjanin
5OFK Belgrade0–2Dinamo Zagreb
6Olimpija Ljubljana0–1Hajduk Split
7Osijek0–1Radnički Niš
8Prishtina2–3Istra Pula
9Red Star3–1Rijeka
10Sarajevo0–4NK Zagreb
11Sloboda Tuzla5–0AFK Ada
12Šumadija Aranđelovac1–1 (5–4 p)Bor
13Timok Zaječar0–2Željezničar Sarajevo
14Vardar II4–1Mura
15Velež2–1Radnički Kragujevac
16Vojvodina5–1Cement Beočin

Second round

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1Dinamo Zagreb3–1Sloboda Tuzla
2Istra Pula0–1Famos Hrasnica
3NK Zagreb1–0Velež
4Radnički Niš1–6Hajduk Split
5Radnički Pirot4–2Red Star
6Šumadija Aranđelovac5–2Lovćen Cetinje
7Vojvodina3–1 (a.e.t.)Vardar II
8Željezničar Sarajevo1–0Čelik Zenica

Quarter-finals

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1Dinamo Zagreb2–0Radnički Pirot
2Famos Hrasnica0–0 (5–4 p)Vojvodina
3Hajduk Split1–0 (a.e.t.)Šumadija Aranđelovac
4NK Zagreb2–1Željezničar Sarajevo

Semi-finals

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1Hajduk Split2–0Famos Hrasnica
2NK Zagreb2–4Dinamo Zagreb

Final

HAJDUK SPLIT:
GK 1 Ivan Katalinić
DF 2 Mario Boljat
DF 3 Vedran Rožić
DF 4 Šime Luketin
DF 5 Luka Peruzović
DF 6 Ivan Buljan
FW 7 Slaviša Žungul
MF 8 Dražen Mužinić
MF 9 Željko Mijač
FW 10 Jurica Jerković
MF 11 Ivica Šurjak
Substitutes:
DF ?
MF ? Vančo Balevski
Manager:
Tomislav Ivić
DINAMO ZAGREB:
GK 1 Želimir Stinčić
DF 2 Srećko Huljić
DF 3 Čedomir Jovičević
MF 4 Velimir Zajec
MF 5 Filip Blašković
DF 6 Ivica Miljković
FW 7 Ivica Senzen
DF 8 Džemal Mustedanagić
FW 9 Zlatko Kranjčar
MF 10 Rajko Janjanin
FW 11 Dragutin Vabec
Substitutes:
FW ?
Manager:
Mirko Bazić

See also

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