1987–88 Balkans Cup

1987–88 Balkans Cup
Tournament details
CountryBalkans
Teams10
Final positions
Champions Slavia Sofia
Runners-up Argeș Pitești
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored110 (3.67 per match)

The 1987–88 Balkans Cup was an edition of the Balkans Cup, a football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states. It was contested by 10 teams and Slavia Sofia won the trophy.[1]

Format

The ten teams are drawn into one group of four teams and two groups of three teams. The top two teams from the group of four, and the winners of the two three-team groups, qualify for the semi-finals. Semi-finals and final are two-legged ties.

Group Stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Argeș Pitești 6 4 1 1 10 5 2.000 9 Advances to semifinals
2 Slavia Sofia 6 3 0 3 9 7 1.286 6
3 Luftëtari Gjirokastër 6 2 1 3 6 12 0.500 5
4 PAOK 6 2 0 4 10 11 0.909 4
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
PAOK 2–0 Argeș Pitești
Luftëtari Gjirokastër 2–0 Slavia Sofia
Slavia Sofia 4–0 PAOK
Argeș Pitești 2–0 Luftëtari Gjirokastër
Luftëtari Gjirokastër 1–0 PAOK
Argeș Pitești 2–0 Slavia Sofia
Slavia Sofia 4–1 Luftëtari Gjirokastër
Luftëtari Gjirokastër 0–0 Argeș Pitești
PAOK 6–2 Luftëtari Gjirokastër
Argeș Pitești 4–2 PAOK
Slavia Sofia 1–2 Argeș Pitești
PAOK 0–1 Slavia Sofia

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Sliven 4 3 0 1 16 5 3.200 6 Advances to semifinals
2 Samsunspor 4 2 0 2 12 14 0.857 4
3 Iraklis 4 1 0 3 7 16 0.438 2
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
Samsunspor 3–2 Sliven
  • Dinler 30', 77'
  • Yücel 75'
  • Plamen 16'
  • Vurkov 27'
Iraklis 4–3 Samsunspor
  • Hatzilaris 33'
  • Anastasiadis 47'
  • Maloumidis 83', 86' (pen.)
  • Dinler 38', 57', 62'
Sliven 4–0 Iraklis
Sliven 7–0 Samsunspor
Iraklis 2–3 Sliven
Samsunspor 6–1 Iraklis
  • Çolak 7', 31'
  • Koloğlu 20', 85'
  • Coşkundere 67'
  • Sinecek 78'
  • Tsinekilis 37'

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Corvinul Hunedoara 4 2 2 0 10 5 2.000 6 Advances to semifinals
2 Eskişehirspor 4 1 1 2 9 10 0.900 3
3 Dinamo Tirana 4 1 1 2 4 8 0.500 3
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
Dinamo Tirana 3–1 Eskişehirspor
Corvinul Hunedoara 2–0 Dinamo Tirana
Eskişehirspor 2–2 Corvinul Hunedoara
  • Beadini 4'
  • Medjodovic 20'
  • 17'
  • 76'
Eskişehirspor 4–0 Dinamo Tirana
  • Beadini 14'
  • Yazıcı 39'
  • Demirbilek 51'
  • Medjodovic 83'
Corvinul Hunedoara 5–2 Eskişehirspor
  • Târnoveanu 10', 45'
  • Petcu 30', 82', 90'
  • Beadini 66', 73'
Dinamo Tirana 1–1 Corvinul Hunedoara

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Corvinul Hunedoara 1–2 Argeș Pitești 0–1 1–1
Sliven 2–4 Slavia Sofia 1–3 1–1

First leg

Argeș Pitești 1–1 Corvinul Hunedoara
  • Grigoriu 89'
Slavia Sofia 1–1 Sliven

Second leg

Corvinul Hunedoara 0–1 Argeș Pitești
Eduard 83'

Argeș Pitești won 2–1 on aggregate.

Sliven 1–3 Slavia Sofia

Slavia Sofia won 4–2 on aggregate.

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Slavia Sofia 6–1 Argeș Pitești 5–1 1–0

First leg

Slavia Sofia 5–1 Argeș Pitești

Second leg

Argeș Pitești 0–1 Slavia Sofia

Slavia Sofia won 6–1 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ "Balkans Cup 1987–88 season". RSSSF.
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