1977 Balkans Cup

1977 Balkans Cup
Country Balkans
Teams 6
Champions Greece Panathinaikos
Runners-up Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
Matches played 14
Goals scored 47 (3.36 per match)
1976
1977-78

The 1977 Balkans Cup was an edition of the Balkans Cup, a football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states. It was contested by 6 teams and Panathinaikos won the trophy.[1]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia (A) 4 4 0 0 15 0 8 Advances to finals
2 Romania Politehnica Timișoara 4 2 0 2 9 10 0.900 4
3 Turkey Altay 4 0 0 4 4 18 0.222 0
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 1977. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round.
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria 5–0 Romania Politehnica Timișoara

Politehnica Timișoara Romania 5–2 Turkey Altay
  • Anghel  33', 46'
  • Petrescu  45', 90'
  • Dembrovschi  83' (pen)

Altay Turkey 0–3 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
  • Aleksandrov  37'
  • Grigorov  41'
  • Tsvetkov  70'

Slavia Sofia Bulgaria 6–0 Turkey Altay

Altay Turkey 2–4 Romania Politehnica Timișoara
  • Togay  8'
  • Muzaffer  13'

Politehnica Timișoara Romania 0–1 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Greece Panathinaikos (A) 4 2 2 0 8 4 2.000 6 Advances to finals
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Budućnost Titograd 4 1 2 1 6 5 1.200 4
3 Albania Vllaznia Shkodër 4 0 2 2 2 7 0.286 2
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 1977. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round.

Vllaznia Shkodër Albania 1–1 Greece Panathinaikos

Vllaznia Shkodër Albania 1–1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Budućnost Titograd

Budućnost Titograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–0 Albania Vllaznia Shkodër

Panathinaikos Greece 3–0 Albania Vllaznia Shkodër

Budućnost Titograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–2 Greece Panathinaikos

Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria 1–2 Greece Panathinaikos 0–0 1–2

First leg

Slavia Sofia Bulgaria 0–0 Greece Panathinaikos
Attendance: 2,500

Second leg

Panathinaikos Greece 2–1 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
  • Minchev  45'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Marijan Rauš (Yugoslavia)

Panathinaikos won 2–1 on aggregate.

References

  1. "Balkans Cup 1977 season". rsssf.com.
  • RSSSF Archive → Balkans Cup
  • Romeo Ionescu (28 September 2003). "Balkan Cup old-1979". RSSSF (Recreation & Sports Soccer Statistics Foundation).
  • Mehmet Çelik. "Balkan Cup". Turkish Soccer
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