 The work on the young players had paid of, for in 1976, in the new Golovec Hall, the Celje team beat Velež in the qualifications, and once again became a member of the first division.The success of regaining a place amongst the elite obviously had a positive impact, because the Celje team managed to come to three Yugoslavian Cup finals, although all three of them were lost to Partizan in 1976, Medveščak in 1978 and Metaloplastika in 1980.The star of this successful team was Vlado Bojović, who was also successful in the national team, where he played 108 matches scoring 124 goals.