1977–80 Balkan Cup

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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)Romania Anghel Iordănescu (6 goals)

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]

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 Goal 54'
C. Turan Goal 55'		 Report
Attendance: 37,055
Referee: Velibor Ljujić (Yugoslavia)
 Romania4–0 Turkey
D. Georgescu Goal 23'
I. Dumitru Goal 62'
I. Vigu Goal 75'
A. Iordănescu Goal 82'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Panayotis Kolliropoulos (Greece)
 Bulgaria3–1 Turkey
A. Zhelyazkov Goal 27'
S. Dzhevizov Goal 28'
A. Aleksandrov Goal 86' (pen.)		 Report S. Özden Goal 8'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Dimitris Sarakinos (Greece)
 Turkey1–1 Romania
S. Özden Goal 10' Report D. Georgescu Goal 80'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Tome Manojlovski (Yugoslavia)
 Romania2–0 Bulgaria
A. Iordănescu Goal 2'
I. Balaci Goal 74'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Vlado Tauzes (Yugoslavia)
 Bulgaria1–1 Romania
S. Mladenov Goal 16' Report A. Iordănescu Goal 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 Goal 33', 58', 84' (pen.)
D. Savić Goal 48'		 Report T. Mavros Goal 32'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Bogdan Dochev (Bulgaria)

Final[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 3–4 Romania Romania 2–0 1–4

First leg[]

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

Second leg[]

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

Topscorers[]

Player Goals
Romania Anghel Iordănescu
6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vahid Halilhodžić
3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Safet Sušić
2
Romania Dudu Georgescu
2

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Balkan Cup (for Nations)". RSSF.com. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Balkan Cup 1977–80". EU-football.info. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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