1975–76 Yugoslav Cup


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", 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, 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.
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 or double-legged, 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.
RoundLegsDateFixturesClubs
First round Single3 September 19751632 → 16
Second round Single23 September 1975816 → 8
Quarter-finalsSingle28 February 197648 → 4
Semi-finalsSingle7 April 197624 → 2
FinalSingle25 May 197612 → 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
1Čelik Zenica1–0Partizan
2Famos Hrasnica2–0Vardar
3Jedinstvo Bihać1–3Radnički Pirot
4Lovćen Cetinje2–1Proleter Zrenjanin
5OFK Belgrade0–2Dinamo Zagreb
6Olimpija Ljubljana0–1Hajduk Split
7Osijek0–1Radnički Niš
8Prishtina2–3Istra Pula
9Red Star3–1Rijeka
10Sarajevo0–4NK Zagreb
11Sloboda Tuzla5–0AFK Ada
12Šumadija Aranđelovac1–1 Bor
13Timok Zaječar0–2Željezničar Sarajevo
14Vardar II4–1Mura
15Velež2–1Radnički Kragujevac
16Vojvodina5–1Cement Beočin

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final