1977 Balkans Cup

Football tournament season

1977 Balkans CupTournament details

Country| Balkans
Teams| 6
Final positions
Champions|  Panathinaikos
Runners-up|  Slavia Sofia
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 14
Goals scored| 47 (3.36 per match)

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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 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  |  Slavia Sofia (A) | 4  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 15  | 0  | -- | 8  | Advances to finals
2  |  Politehnica Timișoara | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 9  | 10  | 0.900  | 4  |
3  |  Altay | 4  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 4  | 18  | 0.222  | 0

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

10 November 1976 (1976-11-10)

Slavia Sofia | 5–0|  Politehnica Timișoara

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Slavia, Sofia

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17 April 1977 (1977-04-17)

Politehnica Timișoara | 5–2|  Altay

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* Anghel 33', 46'
* Petrescu 45', 90'
* Dembrovschi 83' (pen.)

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* Muzaffer Etçil  17', 55'

1 Mai, Timișoara

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18 May 1977 (1977-05-18)

Altay | 0–3|  Slavia Sofia

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* Aleksandrov  37'
* Grigorov  41'
* Tsvetkov  70'

Alsancak, İzmir

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4 June 1977 (1977-06-04)

Slavia Sofia | 6–0|  Altay

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* Alexandrov
* Grigerov
* Monchev
* Tsvetkov
* Zhelyazkov
* Grigerov

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Alsancak, İzmir

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31 July 1977 (1977-07-31)

Altay | 2–4|  Politehnica Timișoara

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* Togay 8'
* Muzaffer Etçil  13'

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* Anghel 7'
* Emerich Dembrovschi 14'
* Laţa  35'
* Şerbănoiu 41'

Alsancak, İzmir

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16 August 1977 (1977-08-16)

Politehnica Timișoara | 0–1|  Slavia Sofia

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1 Mai, Timișoara

### Group B

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

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1  |  Panathinaikos (A) | 4  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 8  | 4  | 2.000  | 6  | Advances to finals
2  |  Budućnost Titograd | 4  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 6  | 5  | 1.200  | 4  |
3  |  Vllaznia Shkodër | 4  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 7  | 0.286  | 2

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

17 April 1977 (1977-04-17)

Vllaznia Shkodër | 1–1|  Panathinaikos

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* Basha  5'

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* Vakalis  24'

Vojo Kushi Stadium, Shkodër

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27 April 1977 (1977-04-27)

Vllaznia Shkodër | 1–1|  Budućnost Titograd

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* Paçrami  37'

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* Vaso  22' (o.g.)

Vojo Kushi Stadium, Shkodër

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4 May 1977 (1977-05-04)

Budućnost Titograd | 2–0|  Vllaznia Shkodër

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* Miročević
* Radović

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Pod Goricom Stadium, Titograd

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8 May 1977 (1977-05-08)

Panathinaikos | 2–2|  Budućnost Titograd

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* Eleftherakis 39'
* Antoniadis 87'

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* Miročević 30'
* Kovačević  48'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

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26 May 1977 (1977-05-26)

Panathinaikos | 3–0|  Vllaznia Shkodër

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* Giannakoulas  77', 90'
* Papadimitriou  82'

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Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

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17 August 1977 (1977-08-17)

Budućnost Titograd | 1–2|  Panathinaikos

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* Kovačević  16'

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* Papadimitriou  6'
* Đorđević 66'

Pod Goricom Stadium, Titograd

## Finals

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

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Slavia Sofia | 1–2  |  Panathinaikos | 0–0  | 1–2

### First leg

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14 December 1977 (1977-12-14)

Slavia Sofia | 0–0|  Panathinaikos

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Slavia, Sofia

Attendance: 2,500

Slavia Sofia

Panathinaikos

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Substitutes:
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Manager:
Atanas Parzhelov

|  |  Vasilis Konstantinou |  |
|  |  Mitsos Dimitriou |  |
|  |  Giorgos Gonios |  |
|  |  Dimitris Kizas |  |
|  |  Takis Eleftheriadis
|  |  Christos Terzanidis
|  |  Spyros Livathinos
|  |  Kostas Eleftherakis |  2' |
|  |  Babis Yfantis
|  |  Óscar Marcelino Álvarez |  |
|  |  Takis Papadimitriou |  |
Substitutes:
|  |  Odysseas Vakalis |  2' |  70'
|  |  Kostas Vallidis |  |  70'
Manager:
Kazimierz Górski

### Second leg

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15 March 1978 (1978-03-15)

Panathinaikos | 2–1|  Slavia Sofia

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* Eleftherakis 14'
* Vakalis  63'

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* Minchev  45'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Marijan Rauš (Yugoslavia)

Panathinaikos

Slavia Sofia

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|  |  Vasilis Konstantinou |  |
|  |  Takis Eleftheriadis |  51' |
|  |  Stelios Stefanakis |  |
|  |  Giorgos Gonios
|  |  Christos Giannakoulas
|  |  Christos Terzanidis
|  |  Odysseas Vakalis
|  |  Spyros Livathinos
|  |  Óscar Marcelino Álvarez |  89' |
|  |  Kostas Eleftherakis |  |  79'
|  |  Takis Papadimitriou |  |  46'
Substitutes:
|  |  Lakis Katsiakos |  |  79'
|  |  Kostas Vallidis |  |  46'
Manager:
Kazimierz Górski

|  |  Georgi Gugalov
|  |  Tsakarov |  |  85'
|  |  Georgi Dermendzhiev
|  |  Efthymov
|  |  Vanio Kostov |  |
|  |  Ivan Iliev
|  |  Atanas Alexandrov
|  |  Iliyaz Aliev
|  |  Andrey Zhelyazkov
|  |  Georgi Minchev
|  |  Chavdar Tsvetkov |  |  82'
Substitutes:
|  |  Milotichov |  |  85'
|  |  Bozhidar Grigorov |  |  82'
Manager:
Atanas Parzhelov

Panathinaikos won 2–1 on aggregate.

## References

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1. ^ "Balkans Cup 1977". RSSSF.

## External links

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

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*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
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