1947 Balkan Cup

The 1947 Balkan Cup, officially called the Balkan and Central European Championship, was played between May and October 1947 between Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Hungary. It was Hungary's first participation in the tournament (which is why the term "and Central European" was added to the name). Hungary won every match that it played, and won the overall tournament.^[1][2]

1947 Balkan and Central European Championship

Tournament details
Dates	25 May – 12 October 1947
Teams	5
Defending champions	Albania
Final positions
Champions	Hungary (1st title)
Runners-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	Romania
Fourth place	Bulgaria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	44 (4.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Ferenc Deák (5 goals)
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Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary (C)	4	4	0	0	18	2	9.000	8	Winners
2	Yugoslavia	4	3	0	1	11	7	1.571	6
3	Romania	4	2	0	2	8	8	1.000	4
4	Bulgaria	4	1	0	3	5	14	0.357	2
5	Albania	4	0	0	4	2	13	0.154	0

Source: EU.football
(C) Champions

Matches

25 May 1947

Albania	0–4	Romania
	Report	Farkaș 29', 69', 79' Kovács 48'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Kamarás Árpád (Hungary)

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15 June 1947

Bulgaria	2–0	Albania
Stankov 1', 20'	Report

Yunak Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Miljenko Podubsky (Yugoslavia)

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22 June 1947

Romania	1–3	Yugoslavia
Farkaș 43'	Report	Bobek 38', 52' Jezerkić 40'

Stadionul Giulești, Bucharest

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Molnar Imre (Hungary)

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28 June 1947

Yugoslavia	2–3	Hungary
Cimermančić 36' Mihajlović 62'	Report	Gyula 34' Puskás 57' István 83'

JNA Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Constantin Iliescu (Romania)

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6 July 1947

Bulgaria	2–3	Romania
Stankov 47' Yordanov 82'	Report	Băcuț 38' Pecsovszky 59' Marian 61'

Yunak Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Marijan Matančić (Yugoslavia)

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17 August 1947

Hungary	9–0	Bulgaria
Deák 15', 34', 52', 79' Zsolnai 34' Nagymarosi 48' Hidegkuti 47', 50', 86'	Report

Üllői út, Budapest

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Constantin Iliescu (Romania)

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20 August 1947

Hungary	3–0	Albania
Zsolnai 7' Egresi 25' Deák 53'	Report

Üllői út, Budapest

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Dimitar Stoyanov (Bulgaria)

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14 September 1947

Albania	2–4	Yugoslavia
Boriçi 12' Parapani 64'	Report	Bobek 21' Krnić 27' Mitić 30' Cimermančić 42'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Viktor Vrhovac (Yugoslavia)

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12 October 1947

Romania	0–3	Hungary
	Report	Egresi 22' Puskás 38', 83'

Stadionul Giulești, Bucharest

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Miljenko Podubsky (Yugoslavia)

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12 October 1947

Yugoslavia	2–1	Bulgaria
Mihajlović 18', 43'	Report	Stankov 12'

NK Zagreb Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Varga Béla (Hungary)

Winner

1947 Balkan Cup
Hungary First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 44 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 4.4 goals per match.

5 goals

• Ferenc Deák

4 goals

• Iuliu Farkaș
• Trendafil Stankov

3 goals

• Nándor Hidegkuti
• Ferenc Puskás
• Prvoslav Mihajlović
• Stjepan Bobek

2 goals

• Béla Egresi
• János Zsolnai
• Zvonimir Cimermančić

1 goal

• Loro Boriçi
• Aristidh Parapani
• Vuchko Yordanov
• Mihály Nagymarosi
• Mike István
• Szilágyi Gyula
• Jovan Jezerkić
• Jozo Krnić
• Rajko Mitić
• Iosif Kovács
• Gheorghe Băcuț
• József Pecsovszky
• Bazil Marian