1987–88 Balkans Cup

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]

1987–88 Balkans Cup
CountryBalkans
Teams10
Champions Slavia Sofia
Runners-up Argeș Pitești
Matches played30
Goals scored110 (3.67 per match)
← 1986

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Argeș Pitești (A) 6 4 1 1 10 5 2.000 9 Advances to semifinals
2 Slavia Sofia (A) 6 3 0 3 9 7 1.286 6 Advances to semifinals as best runner-up
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
(A) Advance to a further round.
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 (A) 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 Thessaloniki 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
(A) Advance to a further round.
Samsunspor 3–2 Sliven
  • Dinler  30', 77'
  • Yücel  75'
  • Plamen  16'
  • Vurkov  27'
Iraklis Thessaloniki 4–3 Samsunspor
  • Hatzilaris  33'
  • Anastasiadis  47'
  • Maloumidis  83', 86' (pen.)
  • Dinler  38', 57', 62'
Sliven 4–0 Iraklis Thessaloniki
Sliven 7–0 Samsunspor
Iraklis Thessaloniki 2–3 Sliven
Samsunspor 6–1 Iraklis Thessaloniki
  • Çolak  7', 31'
  • Ercan  20', 85'
  • Coşkundere  67'
  • Sinecek  78'
  • Tsinekilis  37'

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Corvinul Hunedoara (A) 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
(A) Advance to a further round.
Dinamo Tirana 3–1 Eskişehirspor
  • Tortaş  89' (pen.)
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

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. 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
Slavia Sofia 1–1 Sliven

Second leg
Corvinul Hunedoara 0–1 Argeș Pitești

Argeș Pitești won 2–1 on aggregate.

Sliven 1–3 Slavia Sofia

Slavia Sofia won 4–2 on aggregate.

Finals
Team 1 Agg. 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.com.
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