1973–76 Balkan Cup
{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = Balkan Cup
| year = 1973–76
| other_titles =
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| country =
| dates = 18 April 1973 –
28 November 1976
| venue =
| num_teams = 4
| defending_champions =
| winners = {{fb|BUL|1946}}
| count = 3
| second = {{fb|ROU|1965}}
| third =
| matches = 6
| goals = 25
| attendance =
| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|TUR}} Cemil Turan (4 goals)
| award_title =
| award =
| prev_season = 1948
| next_season = 1977–80
| extra_information =
}}
The 1973–76 Balkan Cup was the 11th Balkan Cup football tournament. It was the first tournament played in a knockout system with semi-finals and finals. It was played between April 1973 and November 1976 between Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkancup.html|title=Balkan Cup (for Nations)|publisher=RSSF.com|accessdate=23 April 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BlC-7|title=Balkan Cup 1973–76|publisher=EU-football.info|accessdate=23 April 2020}} The tournament was won by Bulgaria over Romania via the away goal rule, the score being 3–3 in the two legs of the final. The top goalscorer was Cemil Turan from Turkey with 4 goals.
Bracket
{{4TeamBracket-2legs
| RD1=Semi-finals
| RD2=Final
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|TUR}} Turkey
| RD1-score1-1=5
| RD1-score1-2=1
| RD1-score1-agg=6
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Bulgaria
| RD1-score2-1=2
| RD1-score2-2=5
| RD1-score2-agg=7
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Romania
| RD1-score3-1=3
| RD1-score3-2=1
| RD1-score3-agg=4
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|GRE|old}} Greece
| RD1-score4-1=1
| RD1-score4-2=1
| RD1-score4-agg=2
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Bulgaria
| RD2-score1-1=1
| RD2-score1-2=2
| RD2-score1-agg=3
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Romania
| RD2-score2-1=0
| RD2-score2-2=3
| RD2-score2-agg=3
}}
Semi-finals
= First leg =
{{football box
|date = 18 April 1973
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TUR}}
|score = 5–2
|report = https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=11980
|team2 = {{fb|BUL|1946}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = İzmir Atatürk Stadium, İzmir
|attendance = 65,000
|referee = Nikos Zlatanos (Greece)
}}
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{{football box
|date = 29 May 1974
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ROM|1965}}
|score = 3–1
|report = https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12138
|team2 = {{fb|GRE|old}}
|goals1 =
- Iordănescu {{goal|2||32}}
- Lucescu {{goal|85}}
|goals2 =
- Sarafis {{goal|11}}
|stadium = Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = Ziya Türkdoğan (Turkey) }}
= Second leg =
{{football box
|date = 8 May 1974
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL|1946}}
|score = 5–1
|report = https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12122
|team2 = {{fb|TUR}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Turan {{goal|68}}
|stadium = Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
|attendance = 25,000
|referee = Kevork Ghemigean (Romania)
}}
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{{football box
|date = 24 September 1975
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GRE|old}}
|score = 1–1
|report = https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12325
|team2 = {{fb|ROM|1965}}
|goals1 =
- Sarafis {{goal|84}}
|goals2 =
- Dumitru {{goal|27}}
|stadium = National Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
|attendance = 15,000
|referee = Miloš Čajić (Yugoslavia)
}}
Final
= First leg =
{{football box
|date = 12 May 1976
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL|1946}}
|score = 1–0
|report = https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=24823
|team2 = {{fb|ROM|1965}}
|goals1 =
- Vasilev {{goal|49}}
|stadium = Stadion Ivaylo, Veliko Tarnovo
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = Orhan Cebe (Turkey)
}}
= Second leg =
{{football box
|date = 28 November 1976
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ROM|1965}}
|score = 3–2
|report = https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12496
|team2 = {{fb|BUL|1946}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Garabski {{goal|13}}
- Zhelyazkov {{goal|69}}
|stadium = Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = Teodoros Tsanaklidis (Greece)}}
Winner
{{winners|fb|1973-76 Balkan Cup|Bulgaria|Third}}
Statistics
=Goalscorers=
{{goalscorers
|matches=6|goals=25
|4 goals=
- {{flagicon|TUR}} Cemil Turan
|2 goals=
- {{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Pavel Panov
- {{flagicon|GRE|old}} Stavros Sarafis
- {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Anghel Iordănescu
|1 goal=
- {{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Andrey Zhelyazkov
- {{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Atanas Garabski
- {{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Bozhidar Grigorov
- {{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Dobromir Zhechev
- {{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Hristo Bonev
- {{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Kiril Milanov
- {{flagicon|BUL|1946}} Tsonyo Vasilev
- {{flagicon|TUR}} Mehmet Oğuz
- {{flagicon|TUR}} Metin Kurt
- {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Ion Dumitru
- {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Gheorghe Mulțescu
- {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} László Bölöni
- {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Mircea Lucescu
- {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Radu Troi
|1 own goal=
- {{flagicon|TUR}} Nikos Kovis (against Bulgaria)
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Balkans Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Balkan Cup}}
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