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.
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 ClubsFirst round (round of 32) Single 13 October 1976 16 32 → 16Second round (round of 16) Single 1 December 1976 8 16 → 8Quarter-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 noHome teamScoreAway team1Borac Banja Luka5–1Dinamo Zagreb2Dinamo Vinkovci2–1Trepça3Hajduk Split1–0Čelik Zenica4Istra Pula2–3Novi Sad5OFK Titograd0–2Sloboda Tuzla6Partizan1–0Željezničar7Pobeda Prilep1–3Budućnost Titograd8Radnički Pirot2–1Radnički Kragujevac9Rijeka1–0Napredak Kruševac10Rudar Kakanj4–1Mercator11Sarajevo2–1Red Star Belgrade12Sloga Doboj1–2Radnički Niš13Spartak Subotica2–5Rad14Vardar1–0Velež15Vojvodina2–0Olimpija Ljubljana16NK Zagreb6–1OFK Belgrade
Second round Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Borac Banja Luka1–1 (2–3 p)Hajduk Split2Budućnost Titograd1–0Rudar Kakanj3Dinamo Vinkovci3–2Radnički Pirot4Novi Sad1–0Rijeka5Rad1–2Radnički Niš6Sarajevo3–0Partizan7Sloboda Tuzla4–2NK Zagreb8Vardar5–3Vojvodina
Quarter-finals Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Budućnost Titograd3–2Sarajevo2Hajduk Split1–1 (5–4 p)Vardar3Novi Sad1–1 (4–1 p)Dinamo Vinkovci4Radnički Niš2–1Sloboda Tuzla
Semi-finals Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Hajduk Split2–0Novi Sad2Radnički Niš1–1 (4–5 p)Budućnost Titograd
Final
GK 1 Ivan KatalinićMF 2 Marin Kurtela DF 3 Mario BoljatDF 4 Šime LuketinDF 5 Luka PeruzovićDF 6 Vedran RožićFW 7 Slaviša ŽungulMF 8 Dražen MužinićFW 9 Boriša ĐorđevićFW 10 Davor Čop MF 11 Ivica ŠurjakSubstitutes:DF ? Zoran Vujović DF ? Ivica KalinićFW ? Zlatko Vujović Manager: Josip Duvančić GK 1 Momčilo Vujačić 2 Nikola Janković 3 Rajko Folić 4 Janko Miročević 5 Vojislav Vukčević 6 Čedomir Milošević 7 Dragomir Kovačević 8 Radovan Bošković 9 Mojaš Radonjić 10 Ante Miročević 11 Petar LjumovićSubstitutes: ? 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