1973–76_Balkan_Cup

1973–76 Balkan Cup

1973–76 Balkan Cup

Football tournament season

The 1973–76 Balkan Cup was the 11th Balkan Cup football tournament. It was the first tournament played in a knockout system with semi-finals and finals. It was played between April 1973 and November 1976 between Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece.[1][2] The tournament was won by Bulgaria over Romania via the away goal rule, the score being 3–3 in the two legs of the final.[1][2] The top goalscorer was Cemil Turan from Turkey with 4 goals.[1][2]

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Bracket

Semi-finals Final
          
1 Turkey Turkey 5 1 6
4 Bulgaria Bulgaria 2 5 7
Bulgaria Bulgaria 1 2 3
Romania Romania 0 3 3
3 Romania Romania 3 1 4
2 Greece Greece 1 1 2

Semi-finals

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

First leg

More information Turkey, 5–2 ...
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Greece)
More information Romania, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ziya Türkdoğan (Turkey)

Second leg

More information Bulgaria, 5–1 ...
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Kevork Ghemigean (Romania)
More information Greece, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Miloš Čajić (Yugoslavia)

Final

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

First leg

More information Bulgaria, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Orhan Cebe (Turkey)

Second leg

More information Romania, 3–2 ...
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Teodoros Tsanaklidis (Greece)

Winner

 1973-76 Balkan Cup 

Bulgaria
Third title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 25 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 4.17 goals per match.

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

  1. [1]
    "Balkan Cup (for Nations)". RSSF.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Balkan Cup 1973–76". EU-football.info. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
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