1977 Balkans Cup

1977 Balkans Cup
Tournament details
CountryBalkans
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Panathinaikos
Runners-up Slavia Sofia
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored47 (3.36 per match)

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
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
Slavia Sofia 5–0 Politehnica Timișoara

Politehnica Timișoara 5–2 Altay
  • Anghel 33', 46'
  • Petrescu 45', 90'
  • Dembrovschi 83' (pen.)
  • Muzaffer Etçil 17', 55'

Altay 0–3 Slavia Sofia
  • Aleksandrov 37'
  • Grigorov 41'
  • Tsvetkov 70'

Slavia Sofia 6–0 Altay
  • Alexandrov
  • Grigerov
  • Monchev
  • Tsvetkov
  • Zhelyazkov
  • Grigerov

Altay 2–4 Politehnica Timișoara
  • Togay 8'
  • Muzaffer Etçil 13'

Politehnica Timișoara 0–1 Slavia Sofia

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
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
Vllaznia Shkodër 1–1 Panathinaikos
  • Basha 5'
  • Vakalis 24'

Vllaznia Shkodër 1–1 Budućnost Titograd
  • Paçrami 37'

Budućnost Titograd 2–0 Vllaznia Shkodër

Panathinaikos 2–2 Budućnost Titograd

Panathinaikos 3–0 Vllaznia Shkodër
  • Giannakoulas 77', 90'
  • Papadimitriou 82'

Budućnost Titograd 1–2 Panathinaikos
  • Kovačević 16'

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Slavia Sofia 1–2 Panathinaikos 0–0 1–2

First leg

Slavia Sofia 0–0 Panathinaikos
Attendance: 2,500


Slavia Sofia
Panathinaikos
Substitutes:
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

Panathinaikos 2–1 Slavia Sofia
  • Minchev 45'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Marijan Rauš (Yugoslavia)
Panathinaikos
Slavia Sofia
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

  1. ^ "Balkans Cup 1977 season". RSSSF.