# 1978–79 Yugoslav Cup

The 1978–79 Yugoslav Cup was the 31st season of the top football knockout competition in SFR Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup (Serbo-Croatian: Kup Jugoslavije), 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 | Clubs |
| First round | 30 August 1978 | 16 | 32 → 16 |
| Second round | 8 November 1978 | 8 | 16 → 8 |
| Quarter-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 no | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Radnički Kragujevac (II) | 5–0 | Osijek |
| 2 | Red Star | 4–1 | Budućnost |
| 3 | Partizan | 5–1 | OFK Beograd |
| 4 | Slaven Koprivnica (III) | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Sloboda |
| 5 | Dinamo Zagreb | 2–2 (2–5 p) | Velež |
| 6 | Čelik (II) | 3–1 | Vojvodina |
| 7 | Istra (III) | 2–1 | 16th July Garrison (Niš) |
| 8 | Merkator Ljubljana (II) | 2–2 (7–5 p) | Trepča (II) |
| 9 | Željezničar | 4–0 | Sarajevo |
| 10 | Hajduk Split | 2–2 (7–8 p) | Proleter Zrenjanin (II) |
| 11 | Radnički Niš | 3–1 | Olimpija Ljubljana |
| 12 | Novi Sad (II) | 2–0 | Rudar Ljubija (II) |
| 13 | NK Zagreb | 1–1 (1–4 p) | Borac Banja Luka |
| 14 | REMHK Kosovo (III) | 0–0 (2–4 p) | Vardar (II) |
| 15 | Belišće (III) | 1–2 | Sutjeska (II) |
| 16 | Rijeka | 3–0 | Borac Čačak (II) |

## Second round

| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Proleter Zrenjanin (II) | 1–0 | Čelik (II) |
| 2 | Sutjeska (II) | 3–3 (7–8 p) | Red Star |
| 3 | Radnički Niš | 1–0 | Radnički Kragujevac (II) |
| 4 | Vardar (II) | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Slaven Koprivnica (III) |
| 5 | Rijeka | 0–0 (4–3 p) | Istra (III) |
| 6 | Novi Sad (II) | 2–2 (7–5 p) | Željezničar |
| 7 | Velež | 0–0 (11–12 p) | Partizan |
| 8 | Borac Banja Luka | 2–1 | Merkator Ljubljana (II) |

## Quarter-finals

| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Proleter Zrenjanin (II) | 2–2 (5–3 p) | Vardar (II) |
| 2 | Radnički Niš | 0–1 | Rijeka |
| 3 | Red Star | 4–0 | Novi Sad (II) |
| 4 | Borac Banja Luka | 2–2 (4–6 p) | Partizan |

## Final
### First leg

RIJEKA: :
| GK | 1 | Radojko Avramović |
| DF | 2 | Sava Filipović |
| DF | 3 | Miloš Hrstić |
| DF | 4 | Nikica Cukrov |
| DF | 5 | Zvjezdan Radin |
| MF | 6 | Srećko Juričić |
| MF | 7 | Dragoljub Bursać |
| MF | 8 | Sergio Machin |
| FW | 9 | Edmond Tomić |
| MF | 10 | Milan Ružić |
| MF | 11 | Edis Jasprica |
| Substitutes: ||||
| FW | ? | Danko Peranić |
| MF | ? | Ivo Jerolimov |
| Manager: ||||
| Marijan Brnčić ||||
PARTIZAN: :
| GK | 1 | Rade Zalad |
| DF | 2 | Tomislav Kovačević |
| DF | 3 | Refik Kozić |
| MF | 4 | Rešad Kunovac |
| DF | 5 | Borislav Đurović |
| DF | 6 | Vladimir Lazičić |
| MF | 7 | Zvonko Živković |
| MF | 8 | Aleksandar Trifunović |
| MF | 9 | Aranđel Todorović |
| FW | 10 | Dževad Prekazi |
| MF | 11 | Nikica Klinčarski |
| Substitutes: ||||
| FW | ? | Zvonko Varga |
| FW | ? | Boško Đorđević |
| Manager: ||||
| Milutin Šoškić ||||

### Second leg

PARTIZAN: :
| GK | 1 | Zoran Nikitović |
| DF | 2 | Tomislav Kovačević |
| DF | 3 | Refik Kozić |
| MF | 4 | Rešad Kunovac |
| DF | 5 | Nenad Stojković |
| MF | 6 | Borislav Đurović |
| MF | 7 | Zvonko Živković |
| MF | 8 | Aleksandar Trifunović |
| FW | 9 | Slobodan Santrač |
| FW | 10 | Boško Đorđević |
| MF | 11 | Nikica Klinčarski |
| Substitutes: ||||
| FW | ? | Dževad Prekazi |
| MF | ? | Zvonko Varga |
| Manager: ||||
| Milutin Šoškić ||||
RIJEKA: :
| GK | 1 | Radojko Avramović |
| DF | 2 | Sergio Machin |
| DF | 3 | Miloš Hrstić |
| DF | 4 | Nikica Cukrov |
| DF | 5 | Zvjezdan Radin |
| MF | 6 | Srećko Juričić |
| MF | 7 | Dragoljub Bursać |
| FW | 8 | Milan Radović |
| FW | 9 | Edmond Tomić |
| MF | 10 | Milan Ružić |
| FW | 11 | Damir Desnica |
| Substitutes: ||||
| MF | ? | Adriano Fegic |
| MF | ? | Milan Bačvarević |
| Manager: ||||
| Marijan Brnčić ||||