The Yugoslav Cup, officially the Marshal Tito Cup, was one of two major football competitions in the former Yugoslavia, the other one being the Yugoslav League Championship. The Yugoslav Cup took place after the league championships when every competitive league in Yugoslavia had finished, in order to determine which teams are ranked as their corresponding seeds. The tournament remained intact even after the breakup of Yugoslavia with Montenegro and Serbia remaining in a union under the name Yugoslavia. The tournament continued until 2003 when FR Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro; the cup followed suit and was renamed the Serbia and Montenegro Cup. The Marshal Tito Cup trophy was based on a design by Branko Šotra.

[edit] Competition format

The competition format was an elimination championship where every competitive team was offered a chance to enter. Beginning in the lowest tiers of teams, the competition followed a one-game elimination format. Higher tier teams got berths in the second round, third round, and so on. The First League (Prva Liga) teams always began in the 1/16 finals, and the rest of the 16 berths being filled by lower tier teams who managed to make it to the round of 32.

Once the round of 16 was reached, the format would be changed to a two-game elimination format, being played at home and away for each team. At this point it became a First League ordeal, as the smaller teams had zero chance against the titans of Yugoslavian football. Historically, the finals were usually reached only by the better performing First League teams (Partizan, Hajduk, Red Star, Dinamo, etc).

[edit] Cup Finals of FR Yugoslavia

[edit] Cup Finals of SFR Yugoslavia

[edit] Performance by club

During FR Yugoslavia

• Red Star - 6 time cup winners
  1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000.
• Partizan - 4 time cup winners
  1992, 1994, 1998, 2001.
• FK Sartid - 1 time cup winner
  2002.

During SFR Yugoslavia

• Red Star - 12 time cup winners
  1948, 1949, 1950, 1958, 1959, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1982, 1985, 1990
• Hajduk Split - 9 time cup winners
  1967, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1987, 1991
• Dinamo Zagreb - 7 time cup winners
  1951, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1980, 1983
• Partizan - 5 time cup winners
  1947, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1989.
• OFK Beograd - 4 time cup winners
  1953, 1955, 1962, 1966
• Velež Mostar - 2 time cup winners
  1981, 1986
• NK Rijeka - 2 time cup winners
  1978, 1979
• FK Borac - 1 time cup winner
  1988
• Vardar - 1 time cup winner
  1961

[edit] See also

• Yugoslav First League
• Yugoslav League Championship
• Football Association of Yugoslavia

[edit] External links

• Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro Cup finals at RSSSF