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

Red Star v Rijeka

4 April 1979

Red Star	0 – 1	Rijeka
		Ružić 2'

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Eduard Šoštarić (Maribor)

Partizan v Proleter Zrenjanin

5 April 1979

Partizan	1 – 0	Proleter Zrenjanin
Jović 81'

Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Josip Glažar (Rijeka)

Final

First leg

Rijeka v Partizan

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

Partizan v Rijeka

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

Yugoslav Football Cup
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UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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