1987–88 Balkans Cup

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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)
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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]

Format

The ten teams are drawn into one group of four teams and two groups of three teams. The top two teams from the group of four, and the winners of the two three-team groups, qualify for the semi-finals. Semi-finals and final are two-legged ties.

Group Stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Romania Argeș Pitești 6 4 1 1 10 5 2.000 9 Advances to semifinals
2 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia 6 3 0 3 9 7 1.286 6
3 Albania Luftëtari Gjirokastër 6 2 1 3 6 12 0.500 5
4 Greece 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
PAOK Greece2–0Romania Argeș Pitești
Luftëtari Gjirokastër Albania2–0Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria4–0Greece PAOK
Argeș Pitești Romania2–0Albania Luftëtari Gjirokastër
Luftëtari Gjirokastër Albania1–0Greece PAOK
Argeș Pitești Romania2–0Bulgaria Slavia Sofia
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria4–1Albania Luftëtari Gjirokastër
Luftëtari Gjirokastër Albania0–0Romania Argeș Pitești
PAOK Greece6–2Albania Luftëtari Gjirokastër
Argeș Pitești Romania4–2Greece PAOK
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria1–2Romania Argeș Pitești
PAOK Greece0–1Bulgaria Slavia Sofia

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Bulgaria Sliven 4 3 0 1 16 5 3.200 6 Advances to semifinals
2 Turkey Samsunspor 4 2 0 2 12 14 0.857 4
3 Greece 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
Samsunspor Turkey3–2Bulgaria Sliven
  • Dinler 30', 77'
  • Yücel 75'
  • Plamen 16'
  • Vurkov 27'
Iraklis Greece4–3Turkey Samsunspor
  • Hatzilaris 33'
  • Anastasiadis 47'
  • Maloumidis 83', 86' (pen.)
Sliven Bulgaria4–0Greece Iraklis
Sliven Bulgaria7–0Turkey Samsunspor
Iraklis Greece2–3Bulgaria Sliven
Samsunspor Turkey6–1Greece Iraklis
  • Tsinekilis 37'

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Romania Corvinul Hunedoara 4 2 2 0 10 5 2.000 6 Advances to semifinals
2 Turkey Eskişehirspor 4 1 1 2 9 10 0.900 3
3 Albania 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
Dinamo Tirana Albania3–1Turkey Eskişehirspor
Corvinul Hunedoara Romania2–0Albania Dinamo Tirana
Eskişehirspor Turkey2–2Romania Corvinul Hunedoara
  • 17'
  • 76'
Eskişehirspor Turkey4–0Albania Dinamo Tirana
Corvinul Hunedoara Romania5–2Turkey Eskişehirspor
  • Târnoveanu 10', 45'
  • Petcu 30', 82', 90'
Dinamo Tirana Albania1–1Romania Corvinul Hunedoara

Semi-finals

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

First leg

Argeș Pitești Romania1–1Romania Corvinul Hunedoara
  • Grigoriu 89'
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria1–1Bulgaria Sliven

Second leg

Corvinul Hunedoara Romania0–1Romania Argeș Pitești
Eduard 83'

Argeș Pitești won 2–1 on aggregate.

Sliven Bulgaria1–3Bulgaria Slavia Sofia

Slavia Sofia won 4–2 on aggregate.

Finals

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

First leg

Slavia Sofia Bulgaria5–1Romania Argeș Pitești

Second leg

Argeș Pitești Romania0–1Bulgaria Slavia Sofia

Slavia Sofia won 6–1 on aggregate.

References

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