1969 Balkans Cup

The 1969 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 Beroe Stara Zagora won the trophy.

1969 Balkans Cup

Tournament details
Country	Balkans
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Beroe Stara Zagora
Runner-up	Dinamo Tirana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	45 (3.21 per match)

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Dinamo Tirana (A)	4	2	1	1	9	6	1.500	5	Advances to finals
2	Universitatea Craiova	4	2	0	2	8	5	1.600	4
3	OFK Bor	4	1	1	2	5	11	0.455	3

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round

9 April 1969 (1969-04-09)

OFK Bor	2–0	Universitatea Craiova

Stadion kraj Pirita, Bor

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7 May 1969 (1969-05-07)

Dinamo Tirana	2–0	Universitatea Craiova

Dinamo Stadium, Tirana

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21 May 1969 (1969-05-21)

Universitatea Craiova	5–0	OFK Bor
Neagu 16' Oblemenco 27', 60' Martinovici 67', 73'

Central Stadium, Craiova

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Vangelis Pazaropoulos (Greece)

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18 June 1969 (1969-06-18)

Universitatea Craiova	3–1	Dinamo Tirana
Neagu 26' Oblemenco 31', 68'		Cutra 78'

Central Stadium, Craiova

Attendance: 20,000

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August 1969 (1969-08)

OFK Bor	2–2	Dinamo Tirana

Stadion kraj Pirita, Bor

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1969 (1969)

Dinamo Tirana	4–1	OFK Bor

Dinamo Stadium, Tirana

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Beroe Stara Zagora (A)	4	2	2	0	7	3	2.333	6	Advances to finals
2	PTT Ankara	4	1	1	2	8	8	1.000	3
3	Pierikos	4	1	1	2	4	8	0.500	3

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round

26 March 1969 (1969-03-26)

Pierikos	1–1	Beroe Stara Zagora
		P. Petkov

Katerini Stadium, Katerini

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9 April 1969 (1969-04-09)

Beroe Stara Zagora	1–0	Pierikos
Belchev

Beroe Stadium, Stara Zagora

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28 May 1969 (1969-05-28)

PTT Ankara	4–0	Pierikos
Kocaeli 14' Mesçi 23', 84' Katırcıoğlu 68' (pen.)

PTT, Ankara

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4 June 1969 (1969-06-04)

Pierikos	3–2	PTT Ankara
Chrysargyris 11', 14', 35'		Ünal 32' Mesçi 47'

Katerini Stadium, Katerini

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15 June 1969 (1969-06-15)

Beroe Stara Zagora	3–0	PTT Ankara
P. Petkov Yanchovski V. Ivanov

Beroe Stadium, Stara Zagora

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27 August 1969 (1969-08-27)

PTT Ankara	2–2	Beroe Stara Zagora
Kocaeli 30' Köse 81'		Kirov 4' Dachev 85'

PTT, Ankara

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Tirana	1–3	Beroe Stara Zagora	1–0	0–31

First leg

22 October 1969 (1969-10-22)

Dinamo Tirana	1–0	Beroe Stara Zagora
Ishka

Dinamo Stadium, Tirana

Second leg

29 October 1969 (1969-10-29)

Beroe Stara Zagora	3–0 Awarded1	Dinamo Tirana
N. Ivanov 20'

Beroe Stadium, Stara Zagora

Attendance: 13,000

Beroe Stara Zagora won 3–1 on aggregate.

Notes

• Note 1: Dinamo Tirana walked off when a penalty was awarded to Beroe Stara Zagora, while the scorea was at 1–0.

External links

• RSSSF Archive → Balkans Cup
• Romeo Ionescu (28 September 2003). "Balkan Cup 1960-1969". RSSSF.
• Mehmet Çelik. "Balkan Cup". Turkish Soccer