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1973 Balkans Cup
Tournament details
Country Balkans
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia
Runner-up Romania ASA Târgu Mureș
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored36 (2.57 per match)
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The 1973 Balkans Cup was an edition of the Balkans Cup, a football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states. It was contested by 6 teams and Lokomotiv Sofia won the trophy. [1]

Group Stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Romania ASA Târgu Mureș (A) 4 2 0 2 8 4 2.000 4 Advances to finals
2 Albania Labinoti Elbasani 4 2 0 2 4 6 0.667 4
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sutjeska Nikšić 4 2 0 2 2 4 0.500 4
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round
Labinoti Elbasani Albania1–0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sutjeska Nikšić

Sutjeska Nikšić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–0 Romania ASA Târgu Mureș

ASA Târgu Mureș Romania5–1 Albania Labinoti Elbasani

Sutjeska Nikšić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–0 Albania Labinoti Elbasani

ASA Târgu Mureș Romania3–0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sutjeska Nikšić

Labinoti Elbasani Albania2–0 Romania ASA Târgu Mureș

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia (A) 4 3 1 0 8 1 8.000 7 Advances to finals
2 Turkey Beşiktaş 4 1 1 2 5 11 0.455 3
3 Greece Aris 4 1 0 3 5 6 0.833 2
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round
Aris Greece4–2 Turkey Beşiktaş
  • Kokkoris 41'
  • Spyridon 50', 80'
  • Alexiadis 53'

Beşiktaş Turkey1–6 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia

Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria1–0 Greece Aris

Beşiktaş Turkey2–1 Greece Aris

Aris Greece0–1 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia

Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria0–0 Turkey Beşiktaş

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASA Târgu Mureș Romania 1–3 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia 1–1 0–2

First leg

ASA Târgu Mureș Romania1–1 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia

Second leg

Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria2–0 Romania ASA Târgu Mureș
Attendance: 15,000

Lokomotiv Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ "Balkans Cup 1973 season". RSSSF.

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