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1946 Balkan Cup
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July 2026
1946 Balkan Cup Kupa e Ballkanit 1946sq 2007 stamps of Albania-National Team 1946.jpg 200px Albanian stamp issued in 2007 commemorating the 60th anniversary of Albania's victory in the 1946 Balkan Cup Albania 7–13 October 1946 4 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana ALB 1946 1 YUG 6 20 Five players(2 goals each) BUL 1946 Bozhin LaskovBozhin Laskov's profile at LevskiSofia.info 1936 1947
The 1946 Balkan Cup was the 8th edition of this tournament. The participanting teams were Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania and for the first time ever, Albania, who ended up winning the tournament in their first try.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkancup.html Balkan Cup (For Nations) RSSSF 21 May 2022http://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BlCh-1 Balkan and Central European Championship 1946 results football.eu 21 May 2022
Squads
The four men's national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of over 14 players, including one or two goalkeepers.
The age listed for each player is on 7 October 1946, the first day of the tournament.
The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament.
Albania
ALB 1946 #FF0000
Coach: YUG Ljubiša Broćić
The following players were called up to participate in the tournament.https://sot.com.al/dossier/ballkaniada-1946-kur-shqip%C3%ABria-u-shpall-kampione-e-ballkanit Ballkaniada 1946, kur Shqipëria u shpall kampione e Ballkanit - Dossier Sot sq 9 October 2016 5 April 2023 14 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190214075003/https://sot.com.al/dossier/ballkaniada-1946-kur-shqip%C3%ABria-u-shpall-kampione-e-ballkanit dead
Caps and goals as before start of the tournament, otherwise after the match against Montenegro on 22 September 1946.https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=24737 Albania vs Montenegro*, 22 September 1946 EU-Football.info 5 April 2023
GK Dodë Tahiri 1946 10 7 1918 11 27 y 1 0 Vllaznia Shkodër ALB 1946
GK Giacomo Poselli 1946 10 7 1922 7 22 y 1 0 Flamurtari Vlorë ALB 1946
DF Xhavit Demneri 1946 10 7 1919 1 1 y 0 0 Partizani Tirana ALB 1946
DF Rexhep Spahiu 1946 10 7 1923 1 21 y 0 0 17 Nentori Tiranë ALB 1946
DF Muhamet Dibra 1946 10 7 1923 10 31 y 1 0 Vllaznia Shkodër ALB 1946
DF Bahri Kavaja 1946 10 7 1924 8 23 y 0 0 Vllaznia Shkodër ALB 1946
DF Besim Fagu 1946 10 7 1925 3 10 y 0 0 17 Nentori Tiranë ALB 1946
MF Bimo Fakja 1946 10 7 1919 1 1 y 1 0 Vllaznia Shkodër ALB 1946
MF Sllave Llambi 1946 10 7 1919 6 26 y 1 0 17 Nentori Tiranë ALB 1946
MF Vasif Biçaku 1946 10 7 1922 3 2 y 1 0 17 Nentori Tiranë ALB 1946
MF Aristidh Parapani 1946 10 7 1926 1 1 y 0 0 17 Nentori Tiranë ALB 1946
FW Qamil Teliti 1946 10 7 1922 7 9 y 1 2 Besa Kavajë ALB 1946
FW Loro Boriçi 1946 10 7 1922 8 4 y 1 0 Vllaznia Shkodër ALB 1946
FW Pal Mirashi 1946 10 7 1925 12 13 y 1 0 Vllaznia Shkodër ALB 1946
Bulgaria
BUL 1947 #00966E
Coach: BUL 1947 Todor Konov
GK Simeon Kostov 1946 10 7 1917 3 15 y 0 0 Lokomotiv Sofia BUL 1947
DF Liubomir Petrov 1946 10 7 1913 1 10 y 7 0 Levski Sofia BUL 1947
DF Stoyan Ormandzhiev 1946 10 7 1920 1 10 y 4 0 Lokomotiv Sofia BUL 1947
DF Stoyu Nedyalkov 1946 10 7 1913 1 29 y 3 0 Lokomotiv Sofia BUL 1947
DF Ivan Radoev 1946 10 7 1901 9 9 y 0 0 Sportist BUL 1947
DF Ivan Dimchev 1946 10 7 1921 2 22 y 0 0 Chavdar BUL 1947
DF Traycho Petkov 1946 10 7 1923 9 4 y 0 0 Lokomotiv Sofia BUL 1947
MF Krum Milev 1946 10 7 1915 6 11 y 7 1 Lokomotiv Sofia BUL 1947
MF Aleksandar Popov 1946 10 7 1920 10 1 y 0 0 Lokomotiv Sofia BUL 1947
MF Dragan Georgiev 1946 10 7 1922 5 13 y 0 0 Lokomotiv Sofia BUL 1947
MF Stefan Bozhkov 1946 10 7 1923 9 20 y 0 0 Sportist BUL 1947
FW Vasil Spasov 1946 10 7 1919 12 30 y 1 0 Levski Sofia BUL 1947
FW Bozhin Laskov 1946 10 7 1922 2 15 y 0 0 Levski Sofia BUL 1947
FW Trendafil Stankov 1946 10 7 1923 7 14 y 0 0 Septemvri Sofia BUL 1947
Romania
ROU 1965 #FCD116
Coach: ROU 1965 Virgil Economu
GK Gheorghe Lăzăreanu 1946 10 7 1924 5 6 y 0 0 Ciocanul București ROU 1965
DF Alexandru Negrescu unknown 5 0 Ciocanul București ROU 1965
DF Francisc Mészáros 1946 10 7 1919 5 5 y 0 0 ITA Arad ROU 1965
MF Nicolae Simatoc 1946 10 7 1920 5 1 y 5 0 Carmen București ROU 1965
MF Iosif Petschovschi 1946 10 7 1921 7 2 y 1 1 ITA Arad ROU 1965
MF Iosif Ritter 1946 10 7 1921 12 2 y 1 0 CFR Timișoara ROU 1965
MF Gheorghe Băcuț 1946 10 7 1927 7 12 y 1 0 ITA Arad ROU 1965
MF Mátyás Tóth 1946 10 7 1918 4 1 y 0 0 ITA Arad ROU 1965
FW Nicolae Reuter 1946 10 7 1914 12 6 y 8 0 CFR Timișoara ROU 1965
FW Bazil Marian 1946 10 7 1922 11 7 y 7 1 Carmen București ROU 1965
FW Francisc Spielmann 1946 10 7 1916 7 10 y 3 1 Libertatea Oradea ROU 1965
FW Sever Coracu 1946 10 7 1920 10 2 y 1 0 Universitatea Cluj ROU 1965
FW Eugen Iordache 1946 10 7 1922 4 30 y 0 0 Juventus București ROU 1965
FW Iosif Fabian 1946 10 7 1923 8 10 y 0 0 Carmen București ROU 1965
Yugoslavia
YUG
Coach: YUG Milorad Arsenijević and YUG Aleksandar Tirnanić
GK Zvonko Monsider 1946 10 7 1920 5 11 y 2 0 Dinamo Zagreb YUG
GK Franjo Šoštarić 1946 10 7 1919 8 1 y 0 0 Partizan YUG
DF Miroslav Brozović 1946 10 7 1917 8 26 y 4 0 Partizan YUG
DF Kiril Simonovski 1946 10 7 1915 10 19 y 2 0 Partizan YUG
DF Ivica Horvat 1946 10 7 1926 7 16 y 2 0 Dinamo Zagreb YUG
DF Dragutin Lojen 1946 10 7 1919 5 19 y 1 0 Dinamo Zagreb YUG
DF Miomir Petrović 1946 10 7 1922 12 1 y 0 0 Red Star Belgrade YUG
MF Aleksandar Atanacković 1946 10 7 1920 4 29 y 1 0 Partizan YUG
MF Franjo Rupnik 1946 10 7 1921 5 5 y 1 0 Partizan YUG
MF Zlatko Čajkovski 1946 10 7 1923 11 24 y 1 0 Partizan YUG
MF Prvoslav Mihajlović 1946 10 7 1921 4 13 y 0 0 Partizan YUG
FW Frane Matošić 1946 10 7 1918 11 25 y 9 0 Hajduk Split YUG
FW Franjo Wölfl 1946 10 7 1918 5 18 y 4 0 Dinamo Zagreb YUG
FW Stjepan Bobek 1946 10 7 1923 12 3 y 2 0 Partizan YUG
FW Božidar Sandić 1946 10 7 1922 10 26 y 0 0 Metalac YUG
Table
main WDL 2 EU-Football.info ALB YUG ROU BUL C 13 October 1946 2 0 1 6 4 2 0 1 6 5 1 1 1 4 4 0 1 2 4 7 ALB 1946 YUG ROU 1965 BUL 1946 Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored green1 Winners white1 A B B B
Results
7 October 1946 ALB 1946 2–3 https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6383 YUG Mirashi 6Teliti 8 Matošić 47Bobek 48Čajkovski 78 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana 20,000 Radu Istrate (Romania)
8 October 1946 BUL 2–2 http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6386 ROU 1965 Negrescu 33 o.g.Milev 22 Reuter 40Tóth 88 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana 20,000 Marijan Matančić (Yugoslavia)
9 October 1946 ALB 1946 3–1 https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6396 BUL Boriçi 30 65 pen.Mirashi 68 Spasov 5 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana 20,000 Radu Istrate (Romania)
11 October 1946 ROU 1965 2–1 http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6372 YUG Reuter 18Fabian 24 Simonovski 42 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana 25,000 Andrey Zlatarev (Bulgaria)
13 October 1946 ALB 1946 1–0 http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6350 ROU 1965 Teliti 55 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana 20,000 Marijan Matančić (Yugoslavia)
13 October 1946 BUL 1–2 http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6364 YUG Laskov 88 Sandić 35 70 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana 25,000 Qazim Dervishi (Albania)
Winner
fb 1946 Balkan Cup People's Socialist Republic of Albania First
Statistics
Goalscorers
6 20 ALB 1946 Pal Mirashi
ALB 1946 Loro Boriçi
ALB 1946 Qamil Teliti
ROU 1965 Nicolae Reuter
YUG Božidar Sandić BUL Bozhin Laskov
BUL Krum Milev
BUL Vasil Spasov
YUG Frane Matošić
YUG Kiril Simonovski
YUG Stjepan Bobek
YUG Zlatko Čajkovski
ROU 1965 Iosif Fabian
ROU 1965 Mátyás Tóth ROU 1965 Alexandru Negrescu (against Bulgaria)
References
External links
Balkan and Central European Championship 1946 at EU-Football.info
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