Battling for the 7th consecutive cup final

Partizan will play 38^th national cup semi in the club`s history on Wednesday. Starting from inaugural 1947 cup season, Partizan managed to reach a total of 25 cup finals.

In the past, there were one and two-legged semis, penalty shoot-outs, even a coin toss decider. Back in 1992, with the war raging in former Yugoslavia, Partizan v Zeljeznicar Sarajevo return leg had to be cancelled and Partizan reached final with a 2-0 home win followed by a cup final win over bitter rivals Crvena Zvezda.

Partizan met Wednesday`s rivals Vojvodina four times in a cup semis so far. Two two-legged ties, played in 1998 and 2017, were won by Partizan, 4-0, 0-1 in 1998 and 0-0, 1-0 in 2017.

Back in 1959, Partizan won Vojvodina 2-1 in a one-legged semi while Vojvodina won 2010 semi-final 3-1.

Actually, first cup semi win over northern rivals was achieved in 1947 against Sloga, a merger of three Novi Sad clubs – Vojvodina, Slavija and Radnicki. Partizan won it 4-0 followed by 2-0 cup final win over Nasa Krila.

Biggest margin semi-final win was achieved in 1957 when Partizan beat Sibenik 7-0, while our club suffered biggest semi-final defeat in 1964 losing 7-2 to Dinamo Zagreb.

This will be the first cup semi against Vojvodina without attendance and opportunity for Partizan to reach seventh consecutive cup final.

SVA PARTIZANOVA POLUFINALA:

ALL PARTIZAN CUP SEMI-FINALS

1947
Partizan – Sloga 4:0

1948.
Partizan – Dinamo 3:3 (coin toss win for Partizan)

1949
Partizan – Hajduk 4:2

1950
Partizan – Crvena Zvezda 0:1

1952
Radnicki – Partizan 1:4

1953.
Hajduk – Partizan 0:4

1957
Partizan – Sibenik 7:0

1958
Partizan – Crvena Zvezda 2:3

1959
Partizan – Vojvodina 2:1