1972 Balkans Cup

The 1972 Balkans Cup was an edition of the Balkans Cup, a regional football competition featuring representative clubs from the Balkan states. The tournament was contested by six teams and Trakia Plovdiv emerged as the champion, winning the trophy.

1972 Balkans Cup

Tournament details
Country	Balkans
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Trakia Plovdiv
Runner-up	FK Vardar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	41 (2.93 per match)

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	FK Vardar (A)	4	1	2	1	6	4	1.500	4	Advances to finals
2	Kavala	4	2	0	2	5	6	0.833	4
3	Shkëndija Tiranë	4	1	2	1	4	5	0.800	4

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

2 May 1972 (1972-05-02)

Shkëndija Tiranë	2–1	Kavala

Dinamo, Tirana

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16 May 1972 (1972-05-16)

Kavala	2–0	Shkëndija Tiranë

Anthi Karagianni, Kavala

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18 June 1972 (1972-06-18)

Kavala	1–0	FK Vardar

Anthi Karagianni, Kavala

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25 June 1972 (1972-06-25)

FK Vardar	4–1	Kavala

Gradski, Skopje

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17 September 1972 (1972-09-17)

FK Vardar	1–1	Shkëndija Tiranë

Gradski, Skopje

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24 September 1972 (1972-09-24)

Shkëndija Tiranë	1–1	FK Vardar

Dinamo, Tirana

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Trakia Plovdiv (A)	4	2	2	0	7	3	2.333	6	Advances to finals
2	Göztepe	4	2	1	1	6	4	1.500	5
3	Steagul Roșu Brașov	4	0	1	3	4	10	0.400	1

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

29 March 1972 (1972-03-29)

Trakia Plovdiv	1–1	Steagul Roșu Brașov

Trakia, Plovdiv

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26 April 1972 (1972-04-26)

Steagul Roșu Brașov	2–3	Trakia Plovdiv

Tineretului, Brașov

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14 June 1972 (1972-06-14)

Steagul Roșu Brașov	0–1	Göztepe
		Türkkan 65'

Tineretului, Brașov

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23 August 1972 (1972-08-23)

Göztepe	0–0	Trakia Plovdiv

İzmir Alsancak, İzmir

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30 August 1972 (1972-08-30)

Göztepe	5–1	Steagul Roșu Brașov
Öznur 4', 86' Aydın 18' Okçuoğlu 38' Türkkan 44'		Pescaru 55' (pen)

İzmir Alsancak, İzmir

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6 September 1972 (1972-09-06)

Trakia Plovdiv	3–0	Göztepe
Dermendzhiev 66', 88' Ubinov 83'

Trakia, Plovdiv

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Trakia Plovdiv	5–4	FK Vardar	5–0	0–4

First leg

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Trakia Plovdiv	5–0	FK Vardar
Apostolov 8' Kichekov 56', 74', 80', 86'

Trakia, Plovdiv

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

Second leg

25 October 1972 (1972-10-25)

FK Vardar	4–0	Trakia Plovdiv
Nikolovski 37' Balevski 43' Uzunov 58', 83'

Gradski, Skopje

Trakia Plovdiv won 5–4 on aggregate.

External links

• RSSSF Archive → Balkans Cup
• Romeo Ionescu (28 September 2003). "Balkan Cup 1970-1979". RSSSF.
• Mehmet Çelik. "Balkan Cup". Turkish Soccer