1973 Balkans Cup

Balkans football competition won by Lokomotiv Sofia

Football tournament season

1973 Balkans CupTournament details

Country| Balkans
Teams| 6
Final positions
Champions|  Lokomotiv Sofia
Runners-up|  ASA Târgu Mureș
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 14
Goals scored| 36 (2.57 per match)

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The 1973 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 Lokomotiv Sofia won the trophy.[1]

## Group Stage

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### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  ASA Târgu Mureș (A) | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 8  | 4  | 2.000  | 4  | Advances to finals
2  |  Labinoti Elbasani | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 6  | 0.667  | 4  |
3  |  Sutjeska Nikšić | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 4  | 0.500  | 4

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round

7 March 1973 (1973-03-07)

Labinoti Elbasani | 1–0|  Sutjeska Nikšić

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Ruzhdi Bizhuta, Elbasan

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21 March 1973 (1973-03-21)

Sutjeska Nikšić | 1–0|  ASA Târgu Mureș

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Gradski, Nikšić

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11 April 1973 (1973-04-11)

ASA Târgu Mureș | 5–1|  Labinoti Elbasani

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ASA, Târgu Mureș

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25 April 1973 (1973-04-25)

Sutjeska Nikšić | 1–0|  Labinoti Elbasani

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Gradski, Nikšić

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23 May 1973 (1973-05-23)

ASA Târgu Mureș | 3–0|  Sutjeska Nikšić

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ASA, Târgu Mureș

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30 May 1973 (1973-05-30)

Labinoti Elbasani | 2–0|  ASA Târgu Mureș

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Ruzhdi Bizhuta, Elbasan

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Lokomotiv Sofia (A) | 4  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 8  | 1  | 8.000  | 7  | Advances to finals
2  |  Beşiktaş | 4  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 5  | 11  | 0.455  | 3  |
3  |  Aris | 4  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 5  | 6  | 0.833  | 2

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round

7 March 1973 (1973-03-07)

Aris | 4–2|  Beşiktaş

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* Kokkoris  41'
* Spyridon  50', 80'
* Alexiadis 53'

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* Albal 31'
* Acuner 74'

Kleanthis Vikelidis, Thessaloniki

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21 March 1973 (1973-03-21)

Beşiktaş | 1–6|  Lokomotiv Sofia

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* Acuner 65' (pen.)

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* Sokolov  14', 77'
* Mihaylov 16', 21', 75'
* Borisov 82'

İnönü, Istanbul

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11 April 1973 (1973-04-11)

Lokomotiv Sofia | 1–0|  Aris

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Lokomotiv, Sofia

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25 April 1973 (1973-04-25)

Beşiktaş | 2–1|  Aris

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* Kalkavan 26'
* Albal 30'

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* Alexiadis 66'

İnönü, Istanbul

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23 May 1973 (1973-05-23)

Aris | 0–1|  Lokomotiv Sofia

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Kleanthis Vikelidis, Thessaloniki

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30 May 1973 (1973-05-30)

Lokomotiv Sofia | 0–0|  Beşiktaş

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Lokomotiv, Sofia

## Finals

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Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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ASA Târgu Mureș | 1–3  |  Lokomotiv Sofia | 1–1  | 0–2

### First leg

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19 September 1973 (1973-09-19)

ASA Târgu Mureș | 1–1|  Lokomotiv Sofia

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ASA, Târgu Mureș

### Second leg

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3 October 1973 (1973-10-03)

Lokomotiv Sofia | 2–0|  ASA Târgu Mureș

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* Mihaylov 48', 78'

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Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 15,000

Lokomotiv Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate.

## References

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1. ^ "Balkans Cup 1973 season". RSSSF.

## External links

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* RSSSF Archive → Balkans Cup
* Romeo Ionescu (28 September 2003). "Balkan Cup 1970-1979". RSSSF.
* Mehmet Çelik. "Balkan Cup". Turkish Soccer

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