Yugoslav Cup

The Yugoslav Cup (Croatian: Pokal Jugoslavije; Serbian: Куп Југославије; Slovene: Pokal Jugoslavije, Macedonian: Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup (Serbian: Куп краља Александра; Croatian: Kup kralja Aleksandra,[1] and between 1947 and 1991 as the Marshal Tito Cup (Serbian: Куп маршала Тита; Croatian: Kup maršala Tita; Slovene: Pokal maršala Tita; Macedonian: Куп на маршал Тито),[2] was one of two major football competitions in Yugoslavia, the other one being the Yugoslav League Championship.

The Marshal Tito Cup trophy was based on a design by Branko Šotra.

[3] The pre-WW II competition in the then Kingdom of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (renamed Kingdom of Yugoslavia at the end of 1929) was held irregularly, and sometimes involved only regional selections, sometimes only clubs, and occasionally both clubs and regions.

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.).