1977–80 Balkan Cup

The 1977–80 Balkan Cup, was the 12th Balkan Cup football tournament. It was the first to have a group stage involving the five teams split into two groups, one of three teams and the other of two, with the winner of each one meeting in the final. It was played between February 1977 and August 1980 between Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Greece.[1][2] The tournament was won by Romania the general score being 4–3 against Yugoslavia in the two legs of the final.[1][2] The top goalscorer was Anghel Iordănescu from Romania with 6 goals.[1][2]

1977–80 Balkan Cup
Dates16 February 1977 – 27 August 1980
Teams5
Champions Romania (4th title)
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Matches played10
Goals scored28 (2.8 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Anghel Iordănescu (6 goals)

Group stage

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1  Romania 4 2 2 0 8 2 4.000 6
2  Bulgaria 4 1 1 2 4 6 0.667 3
3  Turkey 4 1 1 2 4 8 0.500 3
Source: [2]

Romania qualified for the final.

Matches
 Turkey2 – 0 Bulgaria
Denizci  54'
C. Turan  55'		 Report
Attendance: 37,055
Referee: Velibor Ljujić (Yugoslavia)
 Romania4 – 0 Turkey
D. Georgescu  23'
I. Dumitru  62'
I. Vigu  75'
A. Iordănescu  82'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Panayotis Kolliropoulos (Greece)
 Bulgaria3 – 1 Turkey
A. Zhelyazkov  27'
S. Dzhevizov  28'
A. Aleksandrov  86' (pen.)		 Report S. Özden  8'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Dimitris Sarakinos (Greece)
 Turkey1 – 1 Romania
S. Özden  10' Report D. Georgescu  80'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Tome Manojlovski (Yugoslavia)
 Romania2 – 0 Bulgaria
A. Iordănescu  2'
I. Balaci  74'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Vlado Tauzes (Yugoslavia)
 Bulgaria1 – 1 Romania
S. Mladenov  16' Report A. Iordănescu  34'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dimitris Sarakinos (Greece)

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1  Yugoslavia 2 1 1 0 4 1 4.000 3
2  Greece 2 0 1 1 1 4 0.250 1
Source: [2]

Yugoslavia qualified for the final.

Matches
 Greece0 – 0 Yugoslavia
Report
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Boris Trendafilov (Bulgaria)
 Yugoslavia4 – 1 Greece
V. Halilhodžić  33',  58',  84' (pen.)
D. Savić 48'		 Report T. Mavros  32'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Bogdan Dochev (Bulgaria)

Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Yugoslavia 3–4 Romania 2–0 1–4

First leg
Yugoslavia 2 – 0 Romania
M. Krstičević  35'
S. Sušić  61'		 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Nihat Özbirgül (Turkey)

Second leg
Romania 4 – 1 Yugoslavia
A. Iordănescu  21',  55' (pen.),  79' (pen.)
R. Cămătaru  26'		 Report S. Sušić  73' (pen.)
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Antonis Vasaras (Greece)

Topscorers
Player Goals
Anghel Iordănescu
6
Vahid Halilhodžić
3
Safet Sušić
2
Dudu Georgescu
2

References
  1. "Balkan Cup (for Nations)". RSSF.com. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. "Balkan Cup 1977–80". EU-football.info. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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