1933 Balkan Cup

The 1933 Balkan Cup was the fourth Balkan Cup football tournament. The national teams of Yugoslavia, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania took part and it was won by Romania, the host of the tournament. Remarkably, Romania didn't concede a single goal throughout the whole tournament. The top goalscorers were Gheorghe Ciolac and Ștefan Dobay (both Romania) with 4 goals each.^[1][2]

1933 Balkan Cup

Tournament details
Country	Romania
Venue(s)	Stadionul Oficiul Naţional de Educaţie Fizică, Bucharest
Dates	3–11 June 1933
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Romania (2nd title)
Runners-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	Bulgaria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	27 (4.5 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Gheorghe Ciolac Ștefan Dobay (4 goals)
← 1932 1934–35 → All statistics correct as of 4 August 1932.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania (C)	3	3	0	0	13	0	—	6	Winners
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	9	8	1.125	4
3	Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	2	11	0.182	2
4	Greece	3	0	0	3	3	8	0.375	0

Source: EU.football
(C) Champions

Matches

3 June 1933

18:00 (+3:00)

Greece	3–5	Yugoslavia
Simeonidis 4' Raggos 60' Pierrakos 89'	Report	Kodrnja 12', 20', 72' Živković 42', 79'

Stadionul Oficiul Naţional de Educaţie Fizică, Bucharest

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Denis Xifando (Romania)

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4 June 1933

16:30 (+3:00)

Romania	7–0	Bulgaria
Vâlcov 11', 76' Dobay 53', 62' Ciolac 57', 61', 66'	Report

Stadionul Oficiul Naţional de Educaţie Fizică, Bucharest

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Stavros Hatzopoulos (Greece)

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7 June 1933

18:00 (+3:00)

Bulgaria	0–4	Yugoslavia
	Report	Kokotović 10', 54', 75' Živković 22'

Stadionul Oficiul Naţional de Educaţie Fizică, Bucharest

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Stavros Hatzopoulos (Greece)

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8 June 1933

18:00 (+3:00)

Romania	1–0	Greece
Dobay 24'	Report

Stadionul Oficiul Naţional de Educaţie Fizică, Bucharest

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Ernest Fabris (Yugoslavia)

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10 June 1933

Bulgaria	2–0	Greece
Todorov 85', 88'	Report

Stadionul Oficiul Naţional de Educaţie Fizică, Bucharest

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Constantin Rădulescu (Romania)

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11 June 1933

18:00 (+3:00)

Romania	5–0	Yugoslavia
Bindea 7' Ciolac 10' Bodola 13', 35' Dobay 42'	Report

Stadionul Oficiul Naţional de Educaţie Fizică, Bucharest

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Nikola Dosev (Bulgaria)

Winner

1933 Balkan Cup
Romania Second title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 27 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 4.5 goals per match.

4 goals

• Gheorghe Ciolac
• Ștefan Dobay

3 goals

• Aleksandar Zivkovic
• Mirko Kokotovic
• Slavko Kodrnja

2 goals

• Iuliu Bodola
• Petea Vâlcov
• Vladimir Todorov

1 goal

• Theologos Simeonidis
• Hristoforos Raggos
• Mimis Pierrakos
• Silviu Bindea