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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

Matches

Date	Opponents	Home / Away	Result (F – A)	Dinamo scorers	Attendance
12 Aug 1978	Rijeka	A	1 – 2	Bobinac	8,000
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	3,000
3 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
8 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
5 Nov 1978	OFK Belgrade	A	3 – 2	Cerin (2), Vabec	5,000
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
3 Dec 1978	Vojvodina	H	2 – 0	Kranjčar, Džoni	20,000
4 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		8,000
8 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
6 May 1979	Olimpija	H	1 – 1	Kranjčar	8,000
9 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	7,000
30 May 1979	Borac	H	4 – 0	Kranjčar (2), Cerin, Džoni	10,000
2 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: ^{[citation needed]}
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

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)	7	1	1	0	8	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)	9	2	0	0	9	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)	2	0	0	0	2	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)	5	0	0	0	5	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		1	0	0	0	1	0
	Mladen Župetić	(1955-12-17)17 December 1955 (aged 22)	1	0	0	0	1	0
GK	Tomislav Ivković	(1960-08-11)11 August 1960 (aged 18)	3	0	0	0	3	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)	7	1	1	0	8	1
	Ivan Bedi	(1952-11-17)17 November 1952 (aged 25)	8	0	0	0	8	0
	Mario Bonić	(1952-08-04)4 August 1952 (aged 26)	4	0	0	0	4	0

Bibliography

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

External links

Dinamo Zagreb official website

1978–79 NK Dinamo Zagreb season