1978–79 NK Dinamo Zagreb season

Dinamo Zagreb 1978–79 football season

Dinamo Zagreb
1978–79 season
President	Vid Ročić
Manager	Vlatko Marković
Stadium	Stadion Maksimir
1. Federal League	2nd place
Yugoslav Cup	First round (R32)
Top goalscorer	Snješko Cerin Zlatko Kranjčar (13 goals each)
Highest home attendance	60,000 vs Red Star00 (10 September 1978)
Lowest home attendance	3,000 vs Sloboda (26 August 1978)
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 season was the 33rd season of competitive football played by NK Dinamo Zagreb since the foundation of the Yugoslav First League.

First Federal League

Main article: 1978–79 Yugoslav First League

Matches

Date	Opponents	Home / Away	Result (F – A)	Dinamo scorers	Attendance
12 Aug 1978	Rijeka	A	1 – 2	Bobinac	08,000
20 Aug 1978	Sarajevo	H	2 – 1	Bručić, Cerin	20,000
23 Aug 1978	NK Zagreb	A	2 – 2	Cerin, Bručić	30,000
26 Aug 1978	Sloboda	H	2 – 0	Bručić, Džoni	03,000
03 Sep 1978	Partizan	A	3 – 3	Cerin (2), Bručić	35,000
10 Sep 1978	Red Star	H	2 – 2	Džoni, Senzen	60,000
17 Sep 1978	Budućnost	A	2 – 3	Džoni, Bogdan	17,000
24 Sep 1978	Napredak	H	4 – 0	Mlinarić (2), Bogdan, Bručić	22,000
08 Oct 1978	Olimpija	A	2 – 3	Vabec, Džoni	13,000
14 Oct 1978	Hajduk Split	H	2 – 2	Kranjčar, Džoni	45,000
29 Oct 1978	Željezničar	A	1 – 0	Zajec	15,000
05 Nov 1978	OFK Belgrade	A	3 – 2	Cerin (2), Vabec	05,000
12 Nov 1978	Radnički Niš	H	3 – 1	Vabec, Senzen, Cerin	16,000
19 Nov 1978	Borac	A	2 – 2	Džoni, Janjanin	10,000
26 Nov 1978	Osijek	H	2 – 1	Cerin, Vabec	10,000
29 Nov 1978	Velež	A	0 – 0		12,000
03 Dec 1978	Vojvodina	H	2 – 0	Kranjčar, Džoni	20,000
04 Mar 1979	Rijeka	H	1 – 0	Bogdan	40,000
11 Mar 1979	Sarajevo	A	1 – 0	Vabec	20,000
18 Mar 1979	NK Zagreb	H	3 – 2	Cerin (2), Džoni	30,000
25 Mar 1979	Sloboda	A	0 – 2		08,000
08 Apr 1979	Partizan	H	1 – 0	Vabec	35,000
15 Apr 1979	Red Star	A	2 – 1	Bručić, Kranjčar	25,000
21 Apr 1979	Budućnost	H	3 – 0	Kranjčar (3)	12,000
29 Apr 1979	Napredak	A	2 – 2	Kranjčar, Džoni	15,000
06 May 1979	Olimpija	H	1 – 1	Kranjčar	08,000
09 May 1979	Hajduk Split	A	2 – 1	Kranjčar, Vabec	30,000
13 May 1979	Željezničar	H	2 – 1	Kranjčar, Marić	25,000
20 May 1979	OFK Belgrade	H	3 – 0	Own goal, Džoni, Marić	15,000
26 May 1979	Radnički Niš	A	1 – 2	Vujadinović	07,000
30 May 1979	Borac	H	4 – 0	Kranjčar (2), Cerin, Džoni	10,000
02 Jun 1979	Osijek	A	2 – 1	Vabec (2)	10,000
10 Jun 1979	Velež	H	3 – 1	Cerin (2), Kranjčar	25,000
17 Jun 1979	Vojvodina	A	1 – 0	Vabec	15,000

Classification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hajduk Split (C)	34	20	10	4	62	28	+34	50	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Dinamo Zagreb	34	21	8	5	67	38	+29	50	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Red Star Belgrade	34	16	9	9	51	33	+18	41	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Sarajevo	34	17	5	12	56	53	+3	39
5	Velež	34	15	8	11	50	41	+9	38

Source: rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W
Position	13	8	6	5	8	7	10	7	10	10	7	6	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	21	8	5	67	38	+29	50	14	3	0	40	12	+28	7	5	5	27	26	+1

N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Marshal Tito Cup

Main article: 1978–79 Yugoslav Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Home / Away	Result (F – A)	Dinamo scorers	Attendance
30 Aug 1978	First round	Velež	H	2 – 2 (2 – 3 p)	Bogdan (2)	15,000

Players

Squad statistics

Appearances for competitive matches only. Age as of 12 August 1978, first match day of the season.
Source:

Pos.	Name	Birth date and age	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Pos.	Name	Birth date and age	League		Cup		Total
GK	Želimir Stinčić	(1950-07-13)13 July 1950 (aged 28)	32	0	1	0	33	0
DF	Vilson Džoni	(1950-09-29)29 September 1950 (aged 27)	30	11	1	0	31	11
	Čedomir Jovičević	(1952-06-14)14 June 1952 (aged 26)	13	0	1	0	14	0
DF	Velimir Zajec	(1956-02-12)12 February 1956 (aged 22)	29	1	1	0	30	1
DF	Martin Novoselac	(1950-11-10)10 November 1950 (aged 27)	14	0	1	0	15	0
DF	Srećko Bogdan	(1957-01-05)5 January 1957 (aged 21)	32	3	1	2	33	5
	Radimir Bobinac	(1958-07-08)8 July 1958 (aged 20)	07	1	1	0	08	1
	Petar Bručić	(1953-06-28)28 June 1953 (aged 25)	31	6	1	0	32	6
FW	Zlatko Kranjčar	(1956-11-15)15 November 1956 (aged 21)	26	13	0	0	26	13
DF	Džemal Mustedanagić	(1955-06-08)8 June 1955 (aged 23)	25	0	1	0	26	0
	Marko Mlinarić	(1960-09-01)1 September 1960 (aged 17)	09	2	0	0	09	2
	Savko Marić	(1955-12-02)2 December 1955 (aged 22)	17	2	0	0	17	2
	Veljko Tukša	(1950-11-21)21 November 1950 (aged 27)	02	0	0	0	02	0
FW	Ivica Senzen	(1951-05-04)4 May 1951 (aged 27)	24	2	1	0	25	2
MF	Rajko Janjanin	(1957-01-18)18 January 1957 (aged 21)	32	1	1	0	33	1
FW	Snješko Cerin	(1955-01-18)18 January 1955 (aged 23)	32	13	1	0	33	13
	Ivica Poljak	(1951-11-23)23 November 1951 (aged 26)	05	0	0	0	05	0
	Branko Devčić	(1956-03-08)8 March 1956 (aged 22)	13	0	0	0	13	0
	Branko Tucak	(1952-06-19)19 June 1952 (aged 26)	11	0	0	0	11	0
	Spaso Papić		01	0	0	0	01	0
	Mladen Župetić	(1955-12-17)17 December 1955 (aged 22)	01	0	0	0	01	0
GK	Tomislav Ivković	(1960-08-11)11 August 1960 (aged 18)	03	0	0	0	03	0
	Drago Vabec	(1950-10-26)26 October 1950 (aged 27)	24	10	0	0	24	10
	Rajko Vujadinović	(1956-04-13)13 April 1956 (aged 22)	07	1	1	0	08	1
	Ivan Bedi	(1952-11-17)17 November 1952 (aged 25)	08	0	0	0	08	0
	Mario Bonić	(1952-08-04)4 August 1952 (aged 26)	04	0	0	0	04	0

Bibliography

Podnar, Ozren (2006). Dinamo svetinja : sve o najvećem hrvatskom klubu. VBZ. ISBN 953-201-585-X.

External links

Dinamo Zagreb official website

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