The 1978–79 Yugoslav Cup was the 31st season of the top
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
knockout competition in
SFR Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...
, the
Yugoslav Cup
The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...
( sh, Kup Jugoslavije), also known as the "
Marshal Tito
Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (; sh-Cyrl, Тито, links=no, ), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various positions from 1943 until his death ...
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
First round
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
First leg
Second leg
''Rijeka win 2–1 on aggregate.''
See also
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1978–79 Yugoslav First League
The 1978–79 Yugoslav First League season was the 33rd season of the First Federal League ( sh, Prva savezna liga), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Hajduk Split won the league tit ...
External links
1978/79 Yugoslav Cup detailsat
Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
{{DEFAULTSORT:1978-79 Yugoslav Cup
Yugoslav Cup seasons
Cup
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Yugo
The Yugo (), also marketed as the Zastava Koral (, sr-Cyrl, Застава Корал) and Yugo Koral, is a subcompact car, subcompact hatchback formerly manufactured by Zastava Automobiles, at the time a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav corporation.
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