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1987–88 Balkans Cup

The 1987–88 Balkans Cup was an edition of the Balkans Cup, a football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states. It was contested by 10 teams and Slavia Sofia won the trophy.[1]

1987–88 Balkans Cup
Tournament details
CountryBalkans
Teams10
Final positions
ChampionsBulgaria Slavia Sofia
Runner-upRomania Argeș Pitești
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored110 (3.67 per match)
← 1986
1988–89 →

Group Stage edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1   Argeș Pitești (A) 6 4 1 1 10 5 2.000 9 Advances to semifinals
2   Slavia Sofia (A) 6 3 0 3 9 7 1.286 6 Advances to semifinals as best runner-up
3   Luftëtari Gjirokastër 6 2 1 3 6 12 0.500 5
4   PAOK 6 2 0 4 10 11 0.909 4
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round
PAOK  2–0  Argeș Pitești
Luftëtari Gjirokastër  2–0  Slavia Sofia
Slavia Sofia  4–0  PAOK
Argeș Pitești  2–0  Luftëtari Gjirokastër
Luftëtari Gjirokastër  1–0  PAOK
Argeș Pitești  2–0  Slavia Sofia
Slavia Sofia  4–1  Luftëtari Gjirokastër
Luftëtari Gjirokastër  0–0  Argeș Pitești
PAOK  6–2  Luftëtari Gjirokastër
Argeș Pitești  4–2  PAOK
Slavia Sofia  1–2  Argeș Pitești
PAOK  0–1  Slavia Sofia

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1   Sliven (A) 4 3 0 1 16 5 3.200 6 Advances to semifinals
2   Samsunspor 4 2 0 2 12 14 0.857 4
3   Iraklis 4 1 0 3 7 16 0.438 2
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round
Samsunspor  3–2  Sliven
  • Dinler   30', 77'
  • Yücel   75'
  • Plamen   16'
  • Vurkov   27'
Iraklis  4–3  Samsunspor
  • Hatzilaris   33'
  • Anastasiadis   47'
  • Maloumidis   83', 86' (pen.)
Sliven  4–0  Iraklis
Sliven  7–0  Samsunspor
Iraklis  2–3  Sliven
Samsunspor  6–1  Iraklis
  • Tsinekilis   37'

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1   Corvinul Hunedoara (A) 4 2 2 0 10 5 2.000 6 Advances to semifinals
2   Eskişehirspor 4 1 1 2 9 10 0.900 3
3   Dinamo Tirana 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
Dinamo Tirana  3–1  Eskişehirspor
Corvinul Hunedoara  2–0  Dinamo Tirana
Eskişehirspor  2–2  Corvinul Hunedoara
  •   17'
  •   76'
Eskişehirspor  4–0  Dinamo Tirana
Corvinul Hunedoara  5–2  Eskişehirspor
  • Târnoveanu   10', 45'
  • Petcu   30', 82', 90'
Dinamo Tirana  1–1  Corvinul Hunedoara

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Corvinul Hunedoara   1–2   Argeș Pitești 0–1 1–1
Sliven   2–4   Slavia Sofia 1–3 1–1

First leg edit

Argeș Pitești  1–1  Corvinul Hunedoara
  • Grigoriu   89'
Slavia Sofia  1–1  Sliven

Second leg edit

Corvinul Hunedoara  0–1  Argeș Pitești
Eduard   83'

Argeș Pitești won 2–1 on aggregate.

Sliven  1–3  Slavia Sofia

Slavia Sofia won 4–2 on aggregate.

Finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Slavia Sofia   6–1   Argeș Pitești 5–1 1–0

First leg edit

Slavia Sofia  5–1  Argeș Pitești

Second leg edit

Argeș Pitești  0–1  Slavia Sofia

Slavia Sofia won 6–1 on aggregate.

References edit

  1. ^ "Balkans Cup 1987–88 season". RSSSF.

External links edit

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