1987–88 Balkans Cup

1987–88 Balkans Cup
Country Balkans
Teams 10
Champions Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
Runners-up Romania Argeș Pitești
Matches played 30
Goals scored 110 (3.67 per match)
← 1986

The 1987–88 Balkans Cup was an edition of the Balkans Cup, a football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states. It was contested by 10 teams and Slavia Sofia won the trophy.[1]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Romania Argeș Pitești (A) 6 4 1 1 10 5 2.000 9 Advances to semifinals
2 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia (A) 6 3 0 3 9 7 1.286 6 Advances to semifinals as best runner-up
3 Albania Luftëtari Gjirokastër 6 2 1 3 6 12 0.500 5
4 Greece PAOK 6 2 0 4 10 11 0.909 4
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 1988. 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.
PAOK Greece 2–0 Romania Argeș Pitești
Luftëtari Gjirokastër Albania 2–0 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria 4–0 Greece PAOK
Argeș Pitești Romania 2–0 Albania Luftëtari Gjirokastër
Luftëtari Gjirokastër Albania 1–0 Greece PAOK
Argeș Pitești Romania 2–0 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria 4–1 Albania Luftëtari Gjirokastër
Luftëtari Gjirokastër Albania 0–0 Romania Argeș Pitești
PAOK Greece 6–2 Albania Luftëtari Gjirokastër
Argeș Pitești Romania 4–2 Greece PAOK
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria 1–2 Romania Argeș Pitești

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Bulgaria Sliven (A) 4 3 0 1 16 5 3.200 6 Advances to semifinals
2 Turkey Samsunspor 4 2 0 2 12 14 0.857 4
3 Greece Iraklis Thessaloniki 4 1 0 3 7 16 0.438 2
Updated to match(es) played on 15 June 1988. 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.
Samsunspor Turkey 3–2 Bulgaria Sliven
  • Dinler  30', 77'
  • Yücel  75'
  • Plamen  16'
  • Vurkov  27'
Iraklis Thessaloniki Greece 4–3 Turkey Samsunspor
  • Hatzilaris  33'
  • Anastasiadis  47'
  • Maloumidis  83', 86' (pen.)
  • Dinler  38', 57', 62'
Sliven Bulgaria 4–0 Greece Iraklis Thessaloniki
Sliven Bulgaria 7–0 Turkey Samsunspor
Samsunspor Turkey 6–1 Greece Iraklis Thessaloniki
  • Çolak  7', 31'
  • Ercan  20', 85'
  • Coşkundere  67'
  • Sinecek  78'
  • Tsinekilis  37'

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Romania Corvinul Hunedoara (A) 4 2 2 0 10 5 2.000 6 Advances to semifinals
2 Turkey Eskişehirspor 4 1 1 2 9 10 0.900 3
3 Albania Dinamo Tirana 4 1 1 2 4 8 0.500 3
Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 1988. 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.
Dinamo Tirana Albania 3–1 Turkey Eskişehirspor
  • Tortaş  89' (pen.)
Corvinul Hunedoara Romania 2–0 Albania Dinamo Tirana
Eskişehirspor Turkey 2–2 Romania Corvinul Hunedoara
  • Beadini  4'
  • Medjodovic  20'
  •  17'
  •  76'
Eskişehirspor Turkey 4–0 Albania Dinamo Tirana
  • Beadini  14'
  • Yazıcı  39'
  • Demirbilek  51'
  • Medjodovic  83'
Corvinul Hunedoara Romania 5–2 Turkey Eskişehirspor
  • Târnoveanu  10', 45'
  • Petcu  30', 82', 90'
  • Beadini  66', 73'
Dinamo Tirana Albania 1–1 Romania Corvinul Hunedoara

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Corvinul Hunedoara Romania 1–2 Romania Argeș Pitești 0–1 1–1
Sliven Bulgaria 2–4 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia 1–3 1–1

First leg

Argeș Pitești Romania 1–1 Romania Corvinul Hunedoara
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria 1–1 Bulgaria Sliven

Second leg

Corvinul Hunedoara Romania 0–1 Romania Argeș Pitești

Argeș Pitești won 2–1 on aggregate.

Slavia Sofia won 4–2 on aggregate.

Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria 6–1 Romania Argeș Pitești 5–1 1–0

First leg

Slavia Sofia Bulgaria 5–1 Romania Argeș Pitești

Second leg

Argeș Pitești Romania 0–1 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia

Slavia Sofia won 6–1 on aggregate.

References

  1. ↑ "Balkans Cup 1987–88 season". rsssf.com.
  • RSSSF Archive → Balkans Cup
  • Romeo Ionescu (28 September 2003). "Balkan Cup 1980-1989". RSSSF (Recreation & Sports Soccer Statistics Foundation).
  • Mehmet Çelik. "Balkan Cup". Turkish Soccer
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