1977–80 Balkan Cup

April 2020 Balkan Cup 1977–80 16 February 1977 – 27 August 1980 5 ROM 1965 4 YUG 10 28 ROM 1965 Anghel Iordănescu (6 goals) 1973–76 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.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkancup.html Balkan Cup (for Nations) RSSF.com 24 April 2020https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BlC-8 Balkan Cup 1977–80 EU-football.info 24 April 2020 The tournament was won by Romania with the aggregate score of 4–3 against Yugoslavia in the two-legged final. The top goalscorer was Anghel Iordănescu from Romania with 6 goals. Group stage Group 1 main WDL complete Q 2 y y ROM ROM 1965 BUL BUL 1946 TUR TUR 2 2 0 8 2 1 1 2 4 6 1 1 2 4 8 green1 Final white1 A B B Romania qualified for the final. Matches 16 February 1977 TUR 2–0 Report BUL 1946 Denizci 54Turan 55 İnönü Stadium, Istanbul 37,055 Velibor Ljujić (Yugoslavia) 23 March 1977 ROM 1965 4–0 Report TUR Georgescu 23Dumitru 62Vigu 75Iordănescu 82 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest 10,000 Panayotis Kolliropoulos (Greece) 21 September 1977 BUL 1946 3–1 Report TUR Zhelyazkov 27Dzhevizov 28Aleksandrov 86 pen. Özden 8 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia 18,000 Dimitris Sarakinos (Greece) 22 March 1978 TUR 1–1 Report ROM 1965 Özden 10 Georgescu 80 İnönü Stadium, Istanbul 10,000 Tome Manojlovski (Yugoslavia) 5 May 1978 ROM 1965 2–0 Report BUL 1946 Iordănescu 2Balaci 74 Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest 30,000 Vlado Tauzes (Yugoslavia) 31 May 1978 BUL 1946 1–1 Report ROM 1965 Mladenov 16 Iordănescu 34 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia 10,000 Dimitris Sarakinos (Greece) Group 2 main WDL complete Q 2 y y YUG YUG GRE GRE old 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 1 1 4 green1 Final white1 A B Yugoslavia qualified for the final. Matches 16 November 1977 GRE old 0–0 Report YUG Stadium Charilaou, Thessaloniki 18,000 Boris Trendafilov (Bulgaria) 15 November 1978 YUG 4–1 Report GRE old Halilhodžić 33 58 84 pen.Savić 48 Mavros 32 Gradski Stadion, Skopje 12,000 Bogdan Dochev (Bulgaria) Final Yugoslavia YUG 3–4 Romania ROM 1965 2–0 1–4 |} First leg 30 March 1980 YUG 2–0 Report ROM 1965 Krstičević 35Sušić 61 Omladinski Stadium, Belgrade 7,000 Nihat Özbirgül (Turkey) Second leg 27 August 1980 ROM 1965 4–1 Report YUG Iordănescu 21 55 pen. 79 pen.Cămătaru 26 Sušić 73 pen. Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest 25,000 Antonis Vasaras (Greece) Winner fb 1977-80 Balkan Cup Romania Fourth Statistics Goalscorers 10 28 ROM 1965 Anghel Iordănescu YUG Vahid Halilhodžić YUG Safet Sušić ROM 1965 Dudu Georgescu TUR Sedat Özden BUL 1946 Andrey Zhelyazkov BUL 1946 Spas Dzhevizov BUL 1946 Atanas Aleksandrov BUL 1946 Stoycho Mladenov GRE old Thomas Mavros YUG Dušan Savić YUG Mišo Krstičević ROM 1965 Ilie Balaci ROM 1965 Ion Dumitru ROM 1965 Iosif Vigu ROM 1965 Rodion Cămătaru TUR Ali Kemal Denizci TUR Cemil Turan References 1977-80 Category:1977 in European men's international football Category:1978 in European men's international football Category:1980 in European men's international football Category:1977–78 in Bulgarian football Category:1978–79 in Bulgarian football Category:1979–80 in Bulgarian football Category:1977–78 in Romanian football Category:1978–79 in Romanian football Category:1979–80 in Romanian football Category:1977–78 in Greek football Category:1978–79 in Greek football Category:1979–80 in Greek football Category:1977–78 in Yugoslav football Category:1978–79 in Yugoslav football Category:1979–80 in Yugoslav football Category:1977–78 in Turkish football Category:1978–79 in Turkish football Category:1979–80 in Turkish football