The 1975–76 Yugoslav Cup was the 28th season of the top football knockout competition in SFR Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup (), 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.
Round Legs Date Fixtures ClubsFirst round (round of 32) Single 3 September 1975 16 32 → 16Second round (round of 16) Single 23 September 1975 8 16 → 8Quarter-finals Single 28 February 1976 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals Single 7 April 1976 2 4 → 2 Final Single 25 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.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Čelik Zenica1–0Partizan2Famos Hrasnica2–0Vardar3Jedinstvo Bihać1–3Radnički Pirot4Lovćen Cetinje2–1Proleter Zrenjanin5OFK Belgrade0–2Dinamo Zagreb6Olimpija Ljubljana0–1Hajduk Split7Osijek0–1Radnički Niš8Prishtina2–3Istra Pula9Red Star3–1Rijeka10Sarajevo0–4NK Zagreb11Sloboda Tuzla5–0AFK Ada12Šumadija Aranđelovac1–1 (5–4 p)Bor13Timok Zaječar0–2Željezničar Sarajevo14Vardar II4–1Mura15Velež2–1Radnički Kragujevac16Vojvodina5–1Cement Beočin
Second round Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Dinamo Zagreb3–1Sloboda Tuzla2Istra Pula0–1Famos Hrasnica3NK Zagreb1–0Velež4Radnički Niš1–6Hajduk Split5Radnički Pirot4–2Red Star6Šumadija Aranđelovac5–2Lovćen Cetinje7Vojvodina3–1 (a.e.t.)Vardar II8Željezničar Sarajevo1–0Čelik Zenica
Quarter-finals Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Dinamo Zagreb2–0Radnički Pirot2Famos Hrasnica0–0 (5–4 p)Vojvodina3Hajduk Split1–0 (a.e.t.)Šumadija Aranđelovac4NK Zagreb2–1Željezničar Sarajevo
Semi-finals Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Hajduk Split2–0Famos Hrasnica2NK Zagreb2–4Dinamo Zagreb
Final
HAJDUK SPLIT: GK 1 Ivan KatalinićDF 2 Mario BoljatDF 3 Vedran Rožić DF 4 Šime LuketinDF 5 Luka PeruzovićDF 6 Ivan BuljanFW 7 Slaviša ŽungulMF 8 Dražen MužinićMF 9 Željko Mijač FW 10 Jurica JerkovićMF 11 Ivica ŠurjakSubstitutes:DF ? Vilson Džoni MF ? Vančo Balevski Manager: Tomislav IvićDINAMO ZAGREB: GK 1 Želimir StinčićDF 2 Srećko HuljićDF 3 Čedomir JovičevićMF 4 Velimir ZajecMF 5 Filip BlaškovićDF 6 Ivica MiljkovićFW 7 Ivica SenzenDF 8 Džemal MustedanagićFW 9 Zlatko KranjčarMF 10 Rajko Janjanin FW 11 Drago VabecSubstitutes:FW ? Mario Bonić Manager: Mirko Bazić
See also 1975–76 Yugoslav First League 1975–76 Yugoslav Second League
External links 1975–76 cup season details at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1976 cup final details at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation