1976–77 Yugoslav Cup

The 1976–77 Yugoslav Cup was the 29th season of the top football knockout competition in SFR Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup (Croatian: Kup Jugoslavije, Macedonian: Куп на Југославија, Serbian: Куп Југославије, Slovenian: Pokal Jugoslavije, ), also known as the "Marshal Tito Cup" (Kup Maršala Tita), since its establishment in 1946.

1976–77 Yugoslav Football Cup

29th Marshal Tito Cup
Tournament details
Country	Yugoslavia
Dates	13 October 1976 – 24 May 1977
Teams	32 (final rounds)
Defending champions	Hajduk Split
Final positions
Champions	Hajduk Split (6th title)
Runner-up	Budućnost Titograd
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	101 (3.26 per match)

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.

The tournament proper was held from September to May, with the final played on 24 May, traditionally scheduled 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.

Round	Legs	Date	Fixtures	Clubs
First round (round of 32)	Single	13 October 1976	16	32 → 16
Second round (round of 16)	Single	1 December 1976	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	Single	27 February 1977	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	Single	13 April 1977	2	4 → 2
Final	Single	24 May 1977	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.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Borac Banja Luka	5–1	Dinamo Zagreb
2	Dinamo Vinkovci	2–1	Trepča
3	Hajduk Split	1–0	Čelik Zenica
4	Istra Pula	2–3	Novi Sad
5	OFK Titograd	0–2	Sloboda Tuzla
6	Partizan	1–0	Željezničar
7	Pobeda Prilep	1–3	Budućnost Titograd
8	Radnički Pirot	2–1	Radnički Kragujevac
9	Rijeka	1–0	Napredak Kruševac
10	Rudar Kakanj	4–1	Mercator
11	Sarajevo	2–1	Red Star Belgrade
12	Sloga Doboj	1–2	Radnički Niš
13	Spartak Subotica	2–5	Rad
14	Vardar	1–0	Velež
15	Vojvodina	2–0	Olimpija Ljubljana
16	NK Zagreb	6–1	OFK Belgrade

Second round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Borac Banja Luka	1–1 (2–3 p)	Hajduk Split
2	Budućnost Titograd	1–0	Rudar Kakanj
3	Dinamo Vinkovci	3–2	Radnički Pirot
4	Novi Sad	1–0	Rijeka
5	Rad	1–2	Radnički Niš
6	Sarajevo	3–0	Partizan
7	Sloboda Tuzla	4–2	NK Zagreb
8	Vardar	5–3	Vojvodina

Quarter-finals

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Budućnost Titograd	3–2	Sarajevo
2	Hajduk Split	1–1 (5–4 p)	Vardar
3	Novi Sad	1–1 (4–1 p)	Dinamo Vinkovci
4	Radnički Niš	2–1	Sloboda Tuzla

Semi-finals

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Hajduk Split	2–0	Novi Sad
2	Radnički Niš	1–1 (4–5 p)	Budućnost Titograd

Final

24 May 1977

Hajduk Split	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Budućnost Titograd
Luketin 100' Žungul 114'

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Vlado Tauzes (Ljubljana)

Hajduk Split

Budućnost Titograd

GK 1 Ivan Katalinić MF 2 Marin Kurtela DF 3 Vedran Rožić DF 4 Šime Luketin DF 5 Luka Peruzović DF 6 Mario Boljat FW 7 Slaviša Žungul MF 8 Dražen Mužinić FW 9 Boriša Đorđević FW 10 Davor Čop MF 11 Ivica Šurjak Substitutes: DF ? Zoran Vujović DF ? Ivica Kalinić FW ? Zlatko Vujović Manager: Josip Duvančić

GK   Momčilo Vujačić   Nikola Janković   Rajko Folić   Janko Miročević   Vojislav Vukčević   Čedomir Milošević   Dragomir Kovačević   Radovan Bošković   Mojaš Radonjić   Ante Miročević   Petar Ljumović Substitutes:   Momčilo Božović   Dragan Vujović Manager: Marko Valok

See also

• 1976–77 Yugoslav First League
• 1976–77 Yugoslav Second League

External links

• 1976–77 cup season details at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• 1977 cup final details at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation