1973 Yugoslav Cup


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", 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, 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 or double-legged, 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.
RoundLegsDate playedFixturesClubs
First round Single12 August 19731632 → 16
Second round Single29 August 1973816 → 8
Quarter-finalsSingle3 October 197348 → 4
Semi-finalsSingle14 November 197324 → 2
FinalDouble21 and 28 November 197322 → 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 team
1Borac Bosanski Šamac0–4OFK Belgrade
2Čelik Zenica3–2Bor
3Hajduk Kula0–5Šumadija Aranđelovac
4Hajduk Split5–1Vardar
5Maribor4–0Lovćen Cetinje
6Ohrid3–4Borac Banja Luka
7Red Star2–0Dinamo Pančevo
8Rudar Kakanj1–1 Sarajevo
9Sloboda Tuzla0–1Partizan
10RNK Split1–0Spartak Subotica
11Timok Zaječar3–1Dinamo Zagreb
12Trepča0–2Radnički Niš
13Velež1–0Belišće
14Vojvodina1–0Sloboda Titovo Užice
15NK Zagreb3–0Sutjeska Nikšić
16Željezničar Sarajevo3–0Olimpija Ljubljana

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

First leg

Second leg