1973–76 Balkan Cup

Balkan Cup 1973–76 18 April 1973 –28 November 1976 4 BUL 1946 3 ROU 1965 6 25 TUR Cemil Turan (4 goals) 1948 1977–80 The 1973–76 Balkan Cup was the 11th Balkan Cup football tournament. It was the first tournament played in a knockout system with semi-finals and finals. It was played between April 1973 and November 1976 between Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkancup.html Balkan Cup (for Nations) RSSF.com 23 April 2020https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BlC-7 Balkan Cup 1973–76 EU-football.info 23 April 2020 The tournament was won by Bulgaria over Romania via the away goal rule, the score being 3–3 in the two legs of the final. The top goalscorer was Cemil Turan from Turkey with 4 goals. Bracket Semi-finals Final TUR Turkey 5 1 6 BUL 1946 Bulgaria 2 5 7 ROM 1965 Romania 3 1 4 GRE old Greece 1 1 2 BUL 1946 Bulgaria 1 2 3 ROM 1965 Romania 0 3 3 Semi-finals Turkey TUR 6–7 Bulgaria BUL 1946 5–2 1–5 Romania ROM 1965 4–2 Greece GRE old 3–1 1–1 |} First leg 18 April 1973 TUR 5–2 https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=11980 BUL 1946 Oğuz 5 Turan 47 66 86 Kurt 56 Panov 39 Milanov 56 İzmir Atatürk Stadium, İzmir 65,000 Nikos Zlatanos (Greece) 29 May 1974 ROM 1965 3–1 https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12138 GRE old Iordănescu 2 32 Lucescu 85 Sarafis 11 Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest 40,000 Ziya Türkdoğan (Turkey) Second leg 8 May 1974 BUL 1946 5–1 https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12122 TUR Bonev 12 Kovis 48 o.g. Zhechev 67 Panov 76 Grigorov 79 Turan 68 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia 25,000 Kevork Ghemigean (Romania) 24 September 1975 GRE old 1–1 https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12325 ROM 1965 Sarafis 84 Dumitru 27 National Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki 15,000 Miloš Čajić (Yugoslavia) Final Bulgaria BUL 1946 3–3 Romania ROM 1965 1–0 2–3 |} First leg 12 May 1976 BUL 1946 1–0 https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=24823 ROM 1965 Vasilev 49 Stadion Ivaylo, Veliko Tarnovo 30,000 Orhan Cebe (Turkey) Second leg 28 November 1976 ROM 1965 3–2 https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12496 BUL 1946 Troi 47 Bölöni 54 Mulțescu 78 Garabski 13 Zhelyazkov 69 Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest 40,000 Teodoros Tsanaklidis (Greece) Winner fb 1973-76 Balkan Cup Bulgaria Third Statistics Goalscorers 6 25 TUR Cemil Turan BUL 1946 Pavel Panov GRE old Stavros Sarafis ROM 1965 Anghel Iordănescu BUL 1946 Andrey Zhelyazkov BUL 1946 Atanas Garabski BUL 1946 Bozhidar Grigorov BUL 1946 Dobromir Zhechev BUL 1946 Hristo Bonev BUL 1946 Kiril Milanov BUL 1946 Tsonyo Vasilev TUR Mehmet Oğuz TUR Metin Kurt ROM 1965 Ion Dumitru ROM 1965 Gheorghe Mulțescu ROM 1965 László Bölöni ROM 1965 Mircea Lucescu ROM 1965 Radu Troi TUR Nikos Kovis (against Bulgaria) References 1973-76 Category:1973 in European men's international football Category:1974 in European men's international football Category:1975 in European men's international football Category:1976 in European men's international football Category:1973–74 in Bulgarian football Category:1974–75 in Bulgarian football Category:1975–76 in Bulgarian football Category:1973–74 in Romanian football Category:1974–75 in Romanian football Category:1975–76 in Romanian football Category:1973–74 in Greek football Category:1974–75 in Greek football Category:1975–76 in Greek football Category:1973–74 in Turkish football Category:1974–75 in Turkish football Category:1975–76 in Turkish football