1977 Balkans Cup

The 1977 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 Panathinaikos won the trophy.^[1]

1977 Balkans Cup

Tournament details
Country	Balkans
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Panathinaikos
Runners-up	Slavia Sofia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	47 (3.36 per match)
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Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Slavia Sofia (A)	4	4	0	0	15	0	—	8	Advances to finals
2	Politehnica Timișoara	4	2	0	2	9	10	0.900	4
3	Altay	4	0	0	4	4	18	0.222	0

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

10 November 1976 (1976-11-10)

Slavia Sofia	5–0	Politehnica Timișoara

Slavia, Sofia

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17 April 1977 (1977-04-17)

Politehnica Timișoara	5–2	Altay
Anghel 33', 46' Petrescu 45', 90' Dembrovschi 83' (pen.)		Muzaffer Etçil 17', 55'

1 Mai, Timișoara

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18 May 1977 (1977-05-18)

Altay	0–3	Slavia Sofia
		Aleksandrov 37' Grigorov 41' Tsvetkov 70'

Alsancak, İzmir

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4 June 1977 (1977-06-04)

Slavia Sofia	6–0	Altay
Alexandrov Grigerov Monchev Tsvetkov Zhelyazkov Grigerov

Alsancak, İzmir

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31 July 1977 (1977-07-31)

Altay	2–4	Politehnica Timișoara
Togay 8' Muzaffer Etçil 13'		Anghel 7' Emerich Dembrovschi 14' Laţa 35' Şerbănoiu 41'

Alsancak, İzmir

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16 August 1977 (1977-08-16)

Politehnica Timișoara	0–1	Slavia Sofia

1 Mai, Timișoara

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Panathinaikos (A)	4	2	2	0	8	4	2.000	6	Advances to finals
2	Budućnost Titograd	4	1	2	1	6	5	1.200	4
3	Vllaznia Shkodër	4	0	2	2	2	7	0.286	2

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

17 April 1977 (1977-04-17)

Vllaznia Shkodër	1–1	Panathinaikos
Basha 5'		Vakalis 24'

Vojo Kushi Stadium, Shkodër

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27 April 1977 (1977-04-27)

Vllaznia Shkodër	1–1	Budućnost Titograd
Paçrami 37'		Vaso 22' (o.g.)

Vojo Kushi Stadium, Shkodër

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4 May 1977 (1977-05-04)

Budućnost Titograd	2–0	Vllaznia Shkodër
Miročević Radović

Pod Goricom Stadium, Titograd

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8 May 1977 (1977-05-08)

Panathinaikos	2–2	Budućnost Titograd
Eleftherakis 39' Antoniadis 87'		Miročević 30' Kovačević 48'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

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26 May 1977 (1977-05-26)

Panathinaikos	3–0	Vllaznia Shkodër
Giannakoulas 77', 90' Papadimitriou 82'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

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17 August 1977 (1977-08-17)

Budućnost Titograd	1–2	Panathinaikos
Kovačević 16'		Papadimitriou 6' Đorđević 66'

Pod Goricom Stadium, Titograd

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slavia Sofia	1–2	Panathinaikos	0–0	1–2

First leg

14 December 1977 (1977-12-14)

Slavia Sofia	0–0	Panathinaikos

Slavia, Sofia

Attendance: 2,500

Slavia Sofia

Panathinaikos

Substitutes: Manager: Atanas Parzhelov

Vasilis Konstantinou Mitsos Dimitriou Giorgos Gonios Dimitris Kizas Takis Eleftheriadis Christos Terzanidis Spyros Livathinos Kostas Eleftherakis  2' Babis Yfantis Óscar Marcelino Álvarez Takis Papadimitriou Substitutes: Odysseas Vakalis  2'  70' Kostas Vallidis  70' Manager: Kazimierz Górski

Second leg

15 March 1978 (1978-03-15)

Panathinaikos	2–1	Slavia Sofia
Eleftherakis 14' Vakalis 63'		Minchev 45'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Marijan Rauš (Yugoslavia)

Panathinaikos

Slavia Sofia

Vasilis Konstantinou Takis Eleftheriadis  51' Stelios Stefanakis Giorgos Gonios Christos Giannakoulas Christos Terzanidis Odysseas Vakalis Spyros Livathinos Óscar Marcelino Álvarez  89' Kostas Eleftherakis  79' Takis Papadimitriou  46' Substitutes: Lakis Katsiakos  79' Kostas Vallidis  46' Manager: Kazimierz Górski

Georgi Gugalov Tsakarov  85' Georgi Dermendzhiev Efthymov Vanio Kostov Ivan Iliev Atanas Alexandrov Iliyaz Aliev Andrey Zhelyazkov Georgi Minchev Chavdar Tsvetkov  82' Substitutes: Milotichov  85' Bozhidar Grigorov  82' Manager: Atanas Parzhelov

Panathinaikos won 2–1 on aggregate.