1974 Yugoslav Cup


The 1974 Yugoslav Cup was the 27th 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.
RoundLegsDateFixturesClubs
First round Single14 August 19741632 → 16
Second round Single11 September 1974816 → 8
Quarter-finalsSingle16 October 197448 → 4
Semi-finalsSingle13 November 197424 → 2
FinalSingle29 November 197412 → 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
1Bačka Subotica1–0Neretva
2Bokelj0–1 Olimpija Ljubljana
3Borac Travnik2–1 Metalac G. Milanovac
4Dinamo Zagreb2–0Radnički Kragujevac
5Hajduk Split3–0Proleter Zrenjanin
6Maribor1–1 Bor
7Novi Sad0–2Velež
8OFK Belgrade1–0Karlovac
9Rabotnički4–0Čelik Zenica
10Red Star1–4Borac Banja Luka
11Sarajevo2–0Igman Ilidža
12Sloboda Tuzla2–1Vojvodina
13Timok Zaječar1–0Radnički Niš
14Vardar1–0Osijek
15NK Zagreb2–0Partizan
16Željezničar Sarajevo4–0Prishtina

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final