The 1978–79 Yugoslav Cup was the 31st 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. It was won by NK Rijeka, who successfully managed to defend the title having won the 1977–78 Yugoslav Cup.
Calendar Round Dates Fixtures ClubsFirst round 30 August 1978 16 32 → 16Second round 8 November 1978 8 16 → 8Quarter-finals 25 February 1979 8 8 → 4 Semi-finals 5 April 1979 4 4 → 2 Final 16 and 24 May 1979 2 2 → 1
First round Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Radnički Kragujevac (II)5–0Osijek2Red Star4–1Budućnost3Partizan5–1OFK Beograd4Slaven Koprivnica (III)1–1 (5–4 p)Sloboda5Dinamo Zagreb2–2 (2–5 p)Velež6Čelik (II)3–1Vojvodina7 Istra (III)2–116th July Garrison (Niš)8Merkator Ljubljana (II)2–2 (7–5 p)Trepça (II)9Željezničar4–0Sarajevo10Hajduk Split2–2 (7–8 p)Proleter Zrenjanin (II)11Radnički Niš3–1Olimpija Ljubljana12Novi Sad (II)2–0Rudar Ljubija (II)13NK Zagreb1–1 (1–4 p)Borac Banja Luka14REMHK Kosovo (III)0–0 (2–4 p)Vardar (II)15Belišće (III)1–2Sutjeska (II)16Rijeka3–0Borac Čačak (II)
Second round Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Proleter Zrenjanin (II)1–0Čelik (II)2Sutjeska (II)3–3 (7–8 p)Red Star3Radnički Niš1–0Radnički Kragujevac (II)4Vardar (II)1–1 (5–4 p)Slaven Koprivnica (III)5Rijeka0–0 (4–3 p)Istra (III)6Novi Sad (II)2–2 (7–5 p)Željezničar7Velež0–0 (11–12 p)Partizan8Borac Banja Luka2–1Merkator Ljubljana (II)
Quarter-finals Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Proleter Zrenjanin (II)2–2 (5–3 p)Vardar (II)2Radnički Niš0–1 Rijeka3Red Star4–0Novi Sad (II)4Borac Banja Luka2–2 (4–6 p)Partizan
Semi-finals
Final First leg
RIJEKA: GK 1 Radojko Avramović DF 2 Sava FilipovićDF 3 Miloš HrstićDF 4 Nikica CukrovDF 5 Zvjezdan RadinMF 6 Srećko JuričićMF 7 Dragoljub Bursać MF 8 Sergio Machin FW 9 Edmond TomićMF 10 Milan RužićMF 11 Edis Jasprica Substitutes:FW ? Danko Peranić MF ? Ivo Jerolimov Manager: Marijan BrnčićPARTIZAN: GK 1 Rade ZaladDF 2 Tomislav KovačevićDF 3 Refik KozićMF 4 Rešad KunovacDF 5 Borislav ĐurovićDF 6 Vladimir LazičićMF 7 Zvonko ŽivkovićMF 8 Aleksandar Trifunović MF 9 Aranđel Todorović FW 10 Dževad Prekazi MF 11 Nikica KlinčarskiSubstitutes:FW ? Zvonko Varga FW ? Boško Đorđević Manager: Milutin Šoškić
Second leg
PARTIZAN: GK 1 Zoran Nikitović DF 2 Tomislav KovačevićDF 3 Refik KozićMF 4 Rešad Kunovac DF 5 Nenad StojkovićMF 6 Borislav ĐurovićMF 7 Zvonko ŽivkovićMF 8 Aleksandar Trifunović FW 9 Slobodan Santrač FW 10 Boško ĐorđevićMF 11 Nikica Klinčarski Substitutes:FW ? Dževad Prekazi MF ? Zvonko Varga Manager: Milutin ŠoškićRIJEKA: GK 1 Radojko Avramović DF 2 Sergio Machin DF 3 Miloš HrstićDF 4 Nikica CukrovDF 5 Zvjezdan RadinMF 6 Srećko JuričićMF 7 Dragoljub Bursać FW 8 Milan Radović FW 9 Edmond TomićMF 10 Milan Ružić FW 11 Damir Desnica Substitutes:MF ? Adriano Fegic MF ? Milan Bačvarević Manager: Marijan Brnčić
See also 1978–79 Yugoslav First League
External links 1978/79 Yugoslav Cup details at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation