1961–63 Balkans Cup
{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = Balkans Cup
| year = 1962–63
| image = Beşiktaş-Antalyaspor_match_in_30_October_2008.jpg
| caption = İnönü Stadium, hosted the play-off of the final.
| country = Balkans
| num_teams = 8
| winners = {{Flagicon|GRE|old}} Olympiacos
| second = {{Flagicon|BUL|1946}} Levski Sofia
| matches = 21
| goals = 67
| prev_season = 1960–61
| next_season = 1963–64
}}
The 1962–63 Balkans Cup was the second Balkans Cup, a football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states. It was contested by 8 teams and Olympiacos won the trophy.{{cite web|title=2nd Balkan Cup 1961/63|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkanclub63.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|author=George J. Vassalos|date=14 March 2007}}
Group Stage
=Group A=
|section=Group A
|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkanclub60s.html rsssf.com]
|team1=OLI |team2=BRA |team3=FKS |team4=GAL
|result1=Q
|update=complete
|use_goal_ratio=yes
|win_OLI=2 |draw_OLI=1 |loss_OLI=1 |gf_OLI=9 |ga_OLI=11
|win_BRA=2 |draw_BRA=0 |loss_BRA=2 |gf_BRA=9 |ga_BRA=6
|win_FKS=1 |draw_FKS=1 |loss_FKS=2 |gf_FKS=8 |ga_FKS=9
|win_GAL=0 |draw_GAL=0 |loss_GAL=0 |gf_GAL=0 |ga_GAL=0
|name_OLI = {{Flagicon|GRE|old}} Olympiacos
|name_BRA = {{Flagicon|ROM|1952}} Steagul Roșu Brașov
|name_FKS = {{Flagicon|YUG}} Sarajevo
|name_GAL = {{Flagicon|TUR}} Galatasaray
|note_GAL= Galatasaray retired from the competition having played two games against Olympiacos and their record was cancelled.
|winpoints=2
|show_limit=5
|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
|status_OLI=A
|res_col_header=Q
|col_Q =green1 |text_Q= Advances to finals
}}
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1962|2|21|df=y}}
|team1 = Olympiacos {{Flagicon|GRE|old}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{Flagicon|ROM|1952}} Steagul Roșu Brașov
|goals1 =
- Yfantis {{goal|31}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
|referee = Hak Giurüz (Turkey)
|attendance =
|note =
}}
----
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1962|4|11|df=y}}
|team1 = Olympiacos {{Flagicon|GRE|old}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{Flagicon|TUR}} Galatasaray
|goals1 =
- Psychos {{goal|47}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
|attendance =
|note =
}}
----
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1962|5|9|df=y}}
|team1 = Olympiacos {{Flagicon|GRE|old}}
|score = 3–2
|team2 = {{Flagicon|YUG}} Sarajevo
|goals1 =
- Sideris {{goal|5||36}}
- Psychos {{goal|11}}
|goals2 =
- Peskovic {{goal|69}}
- Jatic {{goal|80}}
|stadium = Karaiskakis, Piraeus
|referee = Faruk Talu (Turkey)
|attendance =
|note =
}}
----
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1962|5|17|df=y}}
|team1 = Sarajevo {{Flagicon|YUG}}
|score = 3–3
|team2 = {{Flagicon|GRE|old}} Olympiacos
|goals1 =
- Aslanovic {{goal|7||58}}
- Mioc {{goal|48}}
|goals2 =
- Sideris {{goal|10||26||72}}
|referee = Kotari (Albania)
|attendance =
|note =
}}
----
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1962|8|1|df=y}}
|team1 = Steagul Roșu Brașov {{Flagicon|ROM|1952}}
|score = 6–2
|team2 = {{Flagicon|GRE|old}} Olympiacos
|goals1 =
- Meszaros {{goal|5}}
- Seredai {{goal|20||71}}
- Nagy {{goal|35}}
- Selymesi {{goal|38}}
- Năftănăilă {{goal|50}}
|goals2 =
- Yfantis {{goal|57||67|pen.}}
|stadium = Tineretului, Brașov
|referee = Kotari (Albania)
|attendance =
|note =
}}
----
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1962|9|19|df=y}}
|team1 = Sarajevo {{Flagicon|YUG}}
|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{Flagicon|ROM|1952}} Steagul Roșu Brașov
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|attendance =
|note =
}}
----
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1962|10|24|df=y}}
|team1 = Galatasaray {{Flagicon|TUR}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{Flagicon|GRE|old}} Olympiacos
|goals1 =
- Oktay {{goal|78}}
|goals2 =
- Papazoglou {{goal|6}}
|stadium = Mithat Paşa, Istanbul
|attendance =
|note =
}}
----
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1962|11|4|df=y}}
|team1 = Steagul Roșu Brașov {{Flagicon|ROM|1952}}
|score = 3–1
|team2 = {{Flagicon|YUG}} Sarajevo
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Tineretului, Brașov
|attendance =
|note =
}}
=Group B=
|section=Group B
|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkanclub60s.html rsssf.com]
|team1=LEV |team2=DIT |team3=DIN |team4=FEN
|result1=Q
|update=complete
|use_goal_ratio=yes
|win_LEV=3 |draw_LEV=3 |loss_LEV=0 |gf_LEV=11 |ga_LEV=5
|win_DIT=2 |draw_DIT=3 |loss_DIT=1 |gf_DIT=9 |ga_DIT=8
|win_DIN=2 |draw_DIN=2 |loss_DIN=2 |gf_DIN=13 |ga_DIN=11
|win_FEN=1 |draw_FEN=0 |loss_FEN=5 |gf_FEN=5 |ga_FEN=14
|name_LEV = {{Flagicon|BUL|1946}} Levski Sofia
|name_DIT = {{Flagicon|ALB|1946}} Dinamo Tirana
|name_DIN = {{Flagicon|ROM|1952}} Dinamo București
|name_FEN = {{Flagicon|TUR}} Fenerbahçe
|winpoints=2
|show_limit=5
|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
|status_LEV=A
|res_col_header=Q
|col_Q =green1 |text_Q= Advances to finals
}}
----
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1961|12|24|df=y}}
|team1 = Dinamo Tirana {{Flagicon|ALB|1946}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{Flagicon|ROM|1952}} Dinamo București
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|attendance =
|note =
}}
----
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1962|3|11|df=y}}
|team1 = Dinamo București {{Flagicon|ROM|1952}}
|score = 2–3
|team2 = {{Flagicon|ALB|1946}} Dinamo Tirana
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|attendance =
|note =
}}
----
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1962|3|22|df=y}}
|team1 = Levski Sofia {{Flagicon|BUL|1946}}
|score = 2–2
|team2 = {{Flagicon|ALB|1946}} Dinamo Tirana
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|attendance =
|note =
}}
----
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1962|3|25|df=y}}
|team1 = Fenerbahçe {{Flagicon|TUR}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{Flagicon|ALB|1946}} Dinamo Tirana
|goals1 =
- Aytaç {{goal|56}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul
|attendance =
|note =
}}
----
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1962|6|21|df=y}}
|team1 = Dinamo Tirana {{Flagicon|ALB|1946}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{Flagicon|BUL|1946}} Levski Sofia
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|attendance =
|note =
}}
----
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1962|8|12|df=y}}
|team1 = Dinamo București {{Flagicon|ROM|1952}}
|score = 2–4
|team2 = {{Flagicon|BUL|1946}} Levski Sofia
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|attendance =
|note =
}}
----
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1962|9|12|df=y}}
|team1 = Levski Sofia {{Flagicon|BUL|1946}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{Flagicon|ROM|1952}} Dinamo București
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|attendance =
|note =
}}
----
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1962|9|20|df=y}}
|team1 = Fenerbahçe {{Flagicon|TUR}}
|score = 2–4
|team2 = {{Flagicon|ROM|1952}} Dinamo București
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul
|attendance =
|note =
}}
----
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1962|11|13|df=y}}
|team1 = Fenerbahçe {{Flagicon|TUR}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{Flagicon|BUL|1946}} Levski Sofia
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Kostov {{goal|84}}
|stadium = Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul
|attendance =
|note =
}}
----
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|1962|11|23|df=y}}
|team1 = Dinamo Tirana {{Flagicon|ALB|1946}}
|score = 3–2
|team2 = {{Flagicon|TUR}} Fenerbahçe
|goals1 =
- Vorfi {{goal|2||25||65}}
|goals2 =
|attendance =
|note =
}}
----
{{Football box
|date =
|team1 = Levski Sofia {{Flagicon|BUL|1946}}
|score = 3–0
Awarded1
|team2 = {{Flagicon|TUR}} Fenerbahçe
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|attendance =
|note =
}}
----
{{Football box
|date =
|team1 = Dinamo București {{Flagicon|ROM|1952}}
|score = 3–0
Awarded1
|team2 = {{Flagicon|TUR}} Fenerbahçe
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|attendance =
|note =
}}
;Notes
- Note 1: Fenerbahçe didn't show up.
Finals
{{TwoLegStart|extra=Play-off}}
{{TwoLegResult|Olympiacos|GRE|var1=old|2–1|Levski Sofia|BUL|var2=1967|1–0|0–1|1–0}}
|}
=First leg=
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1963|04|03|df=y}}
| time =
| team1 = Olympiacos {{Flagicon|GRE|old}}
| team2 = {{Flagicon|BUL|1946}} Levski Sofia
| score = 1–0
| goals1 = Sideris {{goal|37}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Karaiskakis Stadium
| location = Piraeus
| attendance =
| referee = Branko Tešanić (Yugoslavia)
| report =
}}
=Second leg=
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1963|05|08|df=y}}
| time =
| team1 = Levski Sofia {{Flagicon|BUL|1946}}
| team2 = {{Flagicon|GRE|old}} Olympiacos
| score = 1–0
| goals1 = Yordanov {{goal|8}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Vasil Levski National Stadium
| location = Sofia
| attendance =
| referee = Pănureanu (Romania)
| report =
}}
1–1 on aggregate, so a playoff was scheduled.
=Play–off=
{{Football box
| date = {{Start date|1963|09|18|df=y}}
| time =
| team1 = Olympiacos {{Flagicon|GRE|old}}
| team2 = {{Flagicon|BUL|1946}} Levski Sofia
| score = 1–0
| goals1 = Stefanakos {{goal|87}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Mithat Paşa
| location = Istanbul
| attendance =
| referee = Faruk Talu (Turkey)
| report =
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkan-club.html RSSSF Archive → Balkans Cup]
- {{cite web|title=Balkan Cup 1960-1969|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkanclub60s.html|author=Romeo Ionescu|website=RSSSF|date=28 September 2003}}
- Mehmet Çelik. [https://www.angelfire.com/nj/sivritepe/balkan.html "Balkan Cup"]. Turkish Soccer
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