1976 Balkans Cup

The 1976 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 Dinamo Zagreb won the trophy.

1976 Balkans Cup

Tournament details
Country	Balkans
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Dinamo Zagreb
Runner-up	Sportul Studențesc
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	49 (3.5 per match)

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Sportul Studențesc (A)	4	2	1	1	12	6	2.000	5	Advances to finals
2	Akademik Sofia	4	2	1	1	6	4	1.500	5
3	Adanaspor	4	0	2	2	3	11	0.273	2

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

17 March 1976 (1976-03-17)

Adanaspor	1–1	Akademik Sofia
Ertuğrul 27'		Simov 26'

Adana 5 Ocak, Adana

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14 April 1976 (1976-04-14)

Akademik Sofia	4–2	Sportul Studențesc

Akademik, Sofia

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21 April 1976 (1976-04-21)

Akademik Sofia	1–0	Adanaspor
Ivanov 69'

Akademik, Sofia

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9 May 1976 (1976-05-09)

Adanaspor	2–2	Sportul Studențesc
Mesci 3' Mehmet 86'		Sandu 30' Kassai 79'

Adana 5 Ocak, Adana

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3 June 1976 (1976-06-03)

Sportul Studențesc	7–0	Adanaspor
Rădulescu 40' Grosu 47', 50', 60' Ionescu 58', 79' Marica 73'

Regie, Bucharest

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11 August 1976 (1976-08-11)

Sportul Studențesc	1–0	Akademik Sofia

Regie, Bucharest

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Dinamo Zagreb (A)	4	3	0	1	6	4	1.500	6	Advances to finals
2	Dinamo Tirana	4	2	0	2	8	7	1.143	4
3	Ethnikos Piraeus	4	1	0	3	5	8	0.625	2

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

17 March 1976 (1976-03-17)

Ethnikos Piraeus	1–0	Dinamo Zagreb
Ch. Stamatakis 20'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

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31 March 1976 (1976-03-31)

Dinamo Tirana	1–2	Dinamo Zagreb
Përnaska 35'		Zajec Bogdan

Dinamo Stadium, Tirana

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14 April 1976 (1976-04-14)

Dinamo Tirana	2–0	Ethnikos Piraeus
Dibra 4' Zëri 29'

Dinamo Stadium, Tirana

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26 May 1976 (1976-05-26)

Ethnikos Piraeus	3–4	Dinamo Tirana
Karaiszkosz 31' Lamprinos 43' Koureas 79'		Ballgjini 42' Zëri 49', 72' Përnaska 54'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

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28 April 1976 (1976-04-28)

Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	Ethnikos Piraeus
Kranjčar Bonić		Kritikos

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

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12 May 1976 (1976-05-12)

Dinamo Zagreb	2–1	Dinamo Tirana
Kranjčar Bonić		Përnaska

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Zagreb	5–4	Sportul Studențesc	3–1	2–3

First leg

1 June 1977 (1977-06-01)

Dinamo Zagreb	3–1	Sportul Studențesc
Kranjčar 11' Cerin 22' 52'	Report	Cazan 84'

Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 10,000

Second leg

15 June 1977 (1977-06-15)

Sportul Studențesc	3–2	Dinamo Zagreb
		Cerin Bonić

Regie, Bucharest

Attendance: 3,000

Dinamo Zagreb won 5–4 on aggregate.

External links

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