1980–81 Yugoslav Cup

Marshal Tito Cup

Country

Yugoslavia

Champions

Velež (1st title)

Runners-up

Željezničar

Matches played

Goals scored

84 (2.8 per match)

Top goal scorer(s)

Vahid Halilhodžić (6)

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The 1980–81 Yugoslav Cup was the 33rd 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.

The reigning 1979–80 cup holders Dinamo Zagreb failed to retain the trophy as they were knocked out in the second round by Radnički Niš. Velež from Mostar and Željezničar from Sarajevo reached the tournament final, in what would become the only cup final contested by two clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the history of the competition.

In the final match, played at the Red Star Stadium in Belgrade, Velež won the cup after beating Željezničar 3–2, through a late goal by Dragan Okuka. This was their first cup win in their second appearance in the final, the first one being in 1958.

Surprise of the tournament were third level sides Bregalnica Štip and Orijent who both managed to reach the quarter-finals. Bregalnica were eventually knocked out by Velež while Orijent lost their quarter-final tie on penalties after holding the Montenegrin side Budućnost to a 0–0 draw. Budućnost themselves had an unusually good run, reaching the semi-finals and eliminating two of the Yugoslav "Big Four" clubs in the process, Hajduk Split and Red Star.

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 had thousands of teams in its initial stages. These teams would go through a number of qualifying rounds before reaching the first round proper, in which they would be paired with top-flight teams.

The cup final was scheduled to coincide with Youth Day, a national holiday celebrated on 25 May and accompanied by the Relay of Youth, which doubled as the official commemoration of Josip Broz Tito's birthday.

Round	Date	Fixtures	Clubs
First round	15 October 1980	16	32 → 16
Second round	19 November 1980	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	22 February 1981	8	8 → 4
Semi-finals	1 April 1981	4	4 → 2
Final	24 May 1981	2	2 → 1

First round

First round proper was played on 15 October 1980. As in all stages until the final, ties were decided over a single leg, with penalty shootouts used to determine winners when matches ended in a draw after regular time. All eighteen 1980–81 Yugoslav First League clubs entered the competition at this stage, along with fourteen lower-tier teams.

Seven top level clubs were knocked out at this stage: Borac Banja Luka, Hajduk Split, Rijeka, Sarajevo, Vardar, Vojvodina, and NK Zagreb.

In the following tables winning teams are marked in bold; teams from outside top level are marked in italic script.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Bregalnica Štip	1–0	Šumadija
2	Budućnost	4–0	Hajduk Split
3	Čelik	1–2	Sutjeska
4	Red Star	4–1	Osijek
5	Dinamo Vinkovci	2–1	Vardar
6	Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	Vojvodina
7	Napredak Kruševac	2–1	Sarajevo
8	NK Zagreb	1–2	Orijent
9	Olimpija	2–1	Jedinstvo Bihać
10	Partizan	2–2 (6–4 p)	Rijeka
11	Priština	1–2	OFK Belgrade
12	Radnički Niš	2–0	Borac Čapljina
13	Rudar Titovo Velenje	1–2	Željezničar
14	Sloboda Titovo Užice	1–1 (4–1 p)	Proleter
15	Sloboda Tuzla	5–0	Dinamo Pančevo
16	Velež	3–2	Borac Banja Luka

Second round

Second round proper was played on 19 November 1980. This round was marked by cup holders Dinamo Zagreb's exit following their 2–1 defeat to Radnički Niš, and the two third level minnows Bregalnica and Orijent who both knocked out top flight opponents. The tie between Sutjeska and Velež was awarded 3–0 to Velež.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Bregalnica Štip	1–0	Olimpija
2	Budućnost	2–1	Red Star
3	Orijent	1–0	OFK Belgrade
4	Partizan	5–0	Napredak Kruševac
5	Radnički Niš	2–1	Dinamo Zagreb
6	Sloboda Tuzla	3–0	Dinamo Vinkovci
7	Sutjeska	0–3 (w/o)	Velež
8	Željezničar	1–0	Sloboda Titovo Užice

Quarter-finals

Quarter-final matches were played on 22 February 1981.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Orijent	0–0 (2–4 p)	Budućnost
2	Partizan	2–0	Sloboda Tuzla
3	Velež	2–0	Bregalnica Štip
4	Željezničar	1–0	Radnički Niš

Semi-finals

Semi-final matches were played on 1 April 1981.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Velež	2–1	Budućnost
2	Željezničar	2–0	Partizan

Final

Home Club (de facto)	Score	Visiting Club
Velež Mostar	3 – 2	Željezničar Sarajevo
Date	24 May 1981
Locale	Stadion Crvene Zvezde, Belgrade, Serbia
Attendance	40,000 (cap. 51,328)
Referee	Vlajic (Beograd)
Velež (coach: Miloš Milutinović)	Enver Marić, Avdo Kalajdžić, Aleksandar Mičić (Momčilo Vukoje), Dubravko Ledić, Vladimir Matijević, Veselin Đurasović, Dragan Okuka, Blaž Slišković, Vahid Halilhodžić, Adnan Međedović, Vladimir Skočajić (Mirsad Mulahasanović)
Željezničar (coach: Ivica Osim)	Slavko Njeguš, Branislav Berjan, Vlado Komšić, Ivan Lušić, Hajrudin Saračević, Josip Čilić, Edin Bahtić, Milomir Odović (Dragomir Vlaški), Rade Paprica, Mehmed Baždarević, Nikola Nikić (Anton Grabo)
Notes	0–1 Bazdarevic (36'pen), 1–1 Halilhodzic (55'), 2–1 Halilhodzic (58'), 2–2 Bazdarevic (62'pen), 3–2 Okuka (80')

External links

1980–81 cup season details at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
1981 cup final details at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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