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=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|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 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

|referee = Hak Giurüz (Turkey)

|attendance =

|note =

}}

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{{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 =

|stadium = Koševo, Sarajevo

|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 =

|goals2 =

|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 =

|stadium = Koševo, Sarajevo

|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 =

|goals2 =

|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=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|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 =

|stadium = Dinamo, Tirana

|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 =

|stadium = Dinamo, Bucharest

|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 =

|stadium = Rakovski, Sofia

|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 =

|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 =

|stadium = Dinamo, Tirana

|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 =

|stadium = Dinamo, Bucharest

|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 =

|stadium = Rakovski, Sofia

|attendance =

|note =

}}

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{{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 =

}}

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{{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 =

}}

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{{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 =

|stadium = Dinamo, Tirana

|attendance =

|note =

}}

----

{{Football box

|date =

|team1 = Levski Sofia {{Flagicon|BUL|1946}}

|score = 3–0
Awarded1

|team2 = {{Flagicon|TUR}} Fenerbahçe

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium =

|attendance =

|note =

}}

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{{Football box

|date =

|team1 = Dinamo București {{Flagicon|ROM|1952}}

|score = 3–0
Awarded1

|team2 = {{Flagicon|TUR}} Fenerbahçe

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium =

|attendance =

|note =

}}

;Notes

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

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