1973 Yugoslav Cup

1973 Yugoslav Football Cup
26th Marshal Tito Cup
Tournament details
CountryYugoslavia
Dates11 August – 28 November
Teams32
Defending championsHajduk Split
Final positions
ChampionsHajduk Split (3rd title)
Runners-upRed Star
Cup Winners' CupRed Star
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored110 (3.44 per match)
Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included.

The 1973 Yugoslav Cup was the 26th 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.

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.

Unlike most cup finals played since the late 1950s which had been 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), the 1973 and 1974 cups were played over only four months, with finals played in November in capital Belgrade, to coincide with Republic Day on 29 November.

Since the final was always meant to be determined on or around a national holiday at the JNA Stadium in capital Belgrade, and to avoid unfair advantage this would give to Belgrade-based clubs, the Football Association of Yugoslavia adopted the rule in the late 1960s which said that 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 the capital), with the second leg always played in Belgrade. This rule was used for all eight cup finals involving Belgrade clubs played from 1970 to 1985.

Round Legs Date played Fixtures Clubs
First round (round of 32) Single 12 August 1973 16 32 → 16
Second round (round of 16) Single 29 August 1973 8 16 → 8
Quarter-finals Single 3 October 1973 4 8 → 4
Semi-finals Single 14 November 1973 2 4 → 2
Final Double 21 and 28 November 1973 2 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 Bosanski Šamac 0–4 OFK Belgrade
2 Čelik Zenica 3–2 Bor
3 Hajduk Kula 0–5 Šumadija Aranđelovac
4 Hajduk Split 5–1 Vardar
5 Maribor 4–0 Lovćen Cetinje
6 Ohrid 3–4 Borac Banja Luka
7 Red Star 2–0 Dinamo Pančevo
8 Rudar Kakanj 1–1 (5–4 p) Sarajevo
9 Sloboda Tuzla 0–1 Partizan
10 RNK Split 1–0 Spartak Subotica
11 Timok Zaječar 3–1 Dinamo Zagreb
12 Trepča 0–2 Radnički Niš
13 Velež 1–0 Belišće
14 Vojvodina 1–0 Sloboda Titovo Užice
15 NK Zagreb 3–0 Sutjeska Nikšić
16 Željezničar Sarajevo 3–0 Olimpija Ljubljana

Second round

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Borac Banja Luka 2–0 Velež
2 Čelik Zenica 0–1 Red Star
3 Maribor 3–1 Rudar Kakanj
4 OFK Belgrade 3–1 Vojvodina
5 Partizan 1–4 NK Zagreb
6 RNK Split 0–5 Hajduk Split
7 Šumadija Aranđelovac 0–1 Radnički Niš
8 Timok Zaječar 1–8 Željezničar Sarajevo

Quarter-finals

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Hajduk Split 3–0 (a.e.t.) Borac Banja Luka
2 OFK Belgrade 1–3 Željezničar Sarajevo
3 Radnički Niš 0–1 Red Star
4 NK Zagreb 3–1 Maribor

Semi-finals

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Red Star 7–2 NK Zagreb
2 Željezničar Sarajevo 1–1 (3–4 p) Hajduk Split

Final

First leg

Hajduk Split1–1Red Star
Žungul 57' Karasi 17'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Velibor Ljujić (Belgrade)
HAJDUK SPLIT:
GK   Ivan Katalinić
DF   Luka Peruzović
DF   Dragan Holcer (c)
DF   Ivan Buljan
DF   Vedran Rožić
MF   Dražen Mužinić
MF   Branko Oblak
MF   Ivica Šurjak
FW   Jurica Jerković
FW   Mićun Jovanić
FW   Slaviša Žungul
Substitutes:
MF   Željko Mijač
DF   Vilson Džoni
Manager:
Tomislav Ivić
RED STAR:
GK   Olja Petrović
DF   Nikola Jovanović
DF   Kiril Dojčinovski
DF   Miroslav Pavlović
MF   Vladislav Bogićević
MF   Petar Baralić
MF   Jovan Aćimović
MF   Vladimir Petrović
FW   Vojin Lazarević
FW   Aleksandar Panajotović
FW   Stanislav Karasi
Manager:
Miljan Miljanić

Second leg

Red Star1–2Hajduk Split
Panajotović 87' Žungul 27'
Jerković 67'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Željko Kurir (Split)
RED STAR:
GK   Olja Petrović
DF   Nikola Jovanović
DF   Kiril Dojčinovski
DF   Miroslav Pavlović
MF   Vladislav Bogićević
MF   Petar Baralić
MF   Jovan Aćimović
MF   Vladimir Petrović
FW   Vojin Lazarević
FW   Aleksandar Panajotović
FW   Stanislav Karasi
Substitutes:
MF   Zoran Antonijević
Manager:
Miljan Miljanić
HAJDUK SPLIT:
GK   Rizah Mešković
DF   Luka Peruzović
DF   Dragan Holcer (c)
DF   Ivan Buljan
DF   Vedran Rožić
DF   Vilson Džoni
MF   Dražen Mužinić
MF   Branko Oblak
MF   Ivica Šurjak
FW   Jurica Jerković
FW   Slaviša Žungul
Substitutes:
DF   Mario Boljat
Manager:
Tomislav Ivić

See also