The Cup final confirmed the transitional state of Hungarian football at that time: the new strong teams were not sos strong to dominate and the old feet were still good enough. Vasas vs Diósgyõri VTK – old feet vs provincial disturbers of the status quo.
Vasas was still having big names – Meszaros, Muller, Varadi, Zombori, Torok. Getting long in the tooth, but not at all to be dismissed, especially at a time when oldish stars were placed on the international market. Vasas was seemingly the favourite.
Paper is one thing, real football – something else. Vasas lost the final 1-3.
Standing from left: Szabó Géza vezetőedző, Szabó, Tatár, Salamon, Oláh, Kádár, Veréb, (középen) Szántó, Borostyán, Kerekes, Kutasi, Tóth István gyúró.
Crouching: Fekete, Teodoru II., Szalai, Görgei, Fükő.
Happy and proud Cup winners!
Diosgyiori VTK (Miskolc) did it again – they won their first cup in 1977 and added a second one in short time. No doubt, the best years of the club. Therefore, a legendary squad – which was not bad at all. Yet, it was a provincial team without much future: in the championship they finished 12th, which was their rather typical position. It was a wonderful team only on local level and it was unlikely they would be able to keep their best players for long. But they won over the long-established stars of Vasas, added a second cup – a sign of a transitional period: smaller clubs with younger squads were pretty equal to the big clubs, depending on aging stars.