The 1973 Yugoslav Cup was the 26th 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.
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 ClubsFirst round (round of 32) Single 12 August 1973 16 32 → 16Second round (round of 16) Single 29 August 1973 8 16 → 8Quarter-finals Single 3 October 1973 4 8 → 4Semi-finals Single 14 November 1973 2 4 → 2Final 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 noHome teamScoreAway team1Borac Bosanski Šamac0–4OFK Belgrade2Čelik Zenica3–2Bor3Hajduk Kula0–5Šumadija Aranđelovac4Hajduk Split5–1Vardar5Maribor4–0Lovćen Cetinje6Ohrid3–4Borac Banja Luka7Red Star2–0Dinamo Pančevo8Rudar Kakanj1–1 (5–4 p)Sarajevo9Sloboda Tuzla0–1Partizan10RNK Split1–0Spartak Subotica11Timok Zaječar3–1Dinamo Zagreb12Trepça0–2Radnički Niš13Velež1–0Belišće14Vojvodina1–0Sloboda Titovo Užice15NK Zagreb3–0Sutjeska Nikšić16Željezničar Sarajevo3–0Olimpija Ljubljana
Second round Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Borac Banja Luka2–0Velež2Čelik Zenica0–1Red Star3Maribor3–1Rudar Kakanj4OFK Belgrade3–1Vojvodina5Partizan1–4NK Zagreb6RNK Split0–5Hajduk Split7Šumadija Aranđelovac0–1Radnički Niš8Timok Zaječar1–8Željezničar Sarajevo
Quarter-finals Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Hajduk Split3–0 (a.e.t.)Borac Banja Luka2OFK Belgrade1–3Željezničar Sarajevo3Radnički Niš0–1Red Star4NK Zagreb3–1Maribor
Semi-finals Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Red Star7–2NK Zagreb2Željezničar Sarajevo1–1 (3–4 p)Hajduk Split
Final
First leg
HAJDUK SPLIT: GK Ivan KatalinićDF Luka PeruzovićDF Dragan Holcer (c)DF Ivan BuljanDF Vedran RožićMF Dražen MužinićMF Branko Oblak MF Ivica ŠurjakFW Jurica JerkovićFW Mićun Jovanić FW Slaviša ŽungulSubstitutes:MF Željko Mijač DF Vilson Džoni Manager: Tomislav IvićRED STAR: GK Ognjen PetrovićDF Nikola JovanovićDF Kiril DojčinovskiDF Miroslav PavlovićMF Vladislav BogićevićMF Petar BaralićMF Jovan AćimovićMF Vladimir PetrovićFW Vojin LazarevićFW Aleksandar PanajotovićFW Stanislav KarasiManager: Miljan Miljanić
Second leg
RED STAR: GK Ognjen PetrovićDF Nikola Jovanović DF Kiril DojčinovskiDF Miroslav PavlovićMF Vladislav BogićevićMF Petar BaralićMF Jovan AćimovićMF Vladimir PetrovićFW Vojin LazarevićFW Aleksandar PanajotovićFW Stanislav KarasiSubstitutes:MF Zoran Antonijević Manager: Miljan MiljanićHAJDUK SPLIT: GK Rizah MeškovićDF Luka Peruzović DF Dragan Holcer (c)DF Ivan BuljanDF Vedran RožićDF Vilson DžoniMF Dražen MužinićMF Branko OblakMF Ivica ŠurjakFW Jurica JerkovićFW Slaviša ŽungulSubstitutes:DF Mario Boljat Manager: Tomislav Ivić
See also 1973–74 Yugoslav First League 1973–74 Yugoslav Second League
External links 1973 Yugoslav Cup details at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation