1977–78 Balkans Cup

The 1978 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 Rijeka won the trophy.^[1]

1978 Balkans Cup

Tournament details
Country	Balkans
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Rijeka
Runners-up	Jiul Petroșani
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	27 (2.7 per match)
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Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Jiul Petroșani (A)	2	1	0	1	3	2	1.500	2	Advances to finals
2	Slavia Sofia	2	1	0	1	2	3	0.667	2
3	Galatasaray[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0

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

1. Galatasaray withdrew from the tournament.

3 May 1978 (1978-05-03)

Slavia Sofia	2–0	Jiul Petroșani

Slavia Stadium, Sofia

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24 May 1978 (1978-05-24)

Jiul Petroșani	3–0	Slavia Sofia

Stadionul Jiul, Petroșani

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Rijeka (A)	4	3	0	1	10	2	5.000	6	Advances to finals
2	Skënderbeu Korçë	4	2	0	2	3	8	0.375	4
3	Aris	4	1	0	3	3	6	0.500	2

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

19 October 1977 (1977-10-19)

Aris	2–0	Skënderbeu Korçë

Aris Stadium, Thessaloniki

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23 November 1977 (1977-11-23)

Rijeka	6–0	Skënderbeu Korçë

Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka

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21 December 1977 (1977-12-21)

Skënderbeu Korçë	1–0	Rijeka
Rragami 66'

Skënderbeu Stadium, Korçë

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1 March 1978 (1978-03-01)

Skënderbeu Korçë	2–0	Aris
Xhambazi 16' Muhaxhiri 25'

Skënderbeu Stadium, Korçë

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1978 (1978)

Rijeka	2–0	Aris

Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka

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1978 (1978)

Aris	1–2	Rijeka

Aris Stadium, Thessaloniki

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jiul Petroșani	2–4	Rijeka	1–0	1–4

First leg

6 December 1978 (1978-12-06)

Jiul Petroșani	1–0	Rijeka
Mulțescu 52'

Jiul, Petroșani

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Chonkov (Bulgaria)

Second leg

13 December 1978 (1978-12-13)

Rijeka	4–1	Jiul Petroșani
Tomić 11', 24' Desnica 67' (pen.), 71'		Mulțescu 55'

Kantrida, Rijeka

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Mosmopulos (Greece)

Rijeka won 4–2 on aggregate.