1966–67 Balkans Cup

The 1966–67 Balkans Cup was an edition of the Balkans Cup, a football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states. It was contested by 8 teams and Fenerbahçe won the trophy.^[1]

1966–67 Balkans Cup

Tournament details
Country	Balkans
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Fenerbahçe
Runner-up	AEK Athens
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	77 (2.85 per match)
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Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Fenerbahçe (A)	6	4	0	2	10	6	1.667	8	Advances to finals
2	Partizani Tirana	6	4	0	2	10	7	1.429	8
3	Cherno More Varna	6	3	0	3	8	7	1.143	6
4	UTA Arad	6	1	0	5	4	12	0.333	2

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

Partizani Tirana	2–0	Cherno More Varna
Shehu 49' Haxhiu 70'

1 June 1966 (1966-6-1)

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 25,000

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Cherno More Varna	3–1	UTA Arad
N. Dimitrov 12', 62' Mitev 24'		Schiopu 89'

15 June 1966 (1966-6-15)

Yuri Gagarin, Varna

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Cherno More Varna	3–1	Partizani Tirana
Yanev 54' Bogomilov 59', 71'		Pano 69'

29 June 1966 (1966-6-29)

Yuri Gagarin, Varna

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UTA Arad	1–2	Partizani Tirana
Țârlea 62' (pen.)		Pano 48', 54'

4 July 1966 (1966-7-4)

Francisc von Neuman, Arad

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Cherno More Varna	0–1	Fenerbahçe
		Açıkgöz 61'

5 October 1966 (1966-10-5)

Yuri Gagarin, Varna

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Fenerbahçe	3–1	UTA Arad
Mumcuoğlu 30', 37', 63'		Țârlea 72'

26 October 1966 (1966-10-26)

Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul

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Fenerbahçe	3–0	Cherno More Varna
Altıparmak 8', 71' Mumcuoğlu 17'

2 November 1966 (1966-11-2)

Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul

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Partizani Tirana	2–0	UTA Arad

3 December 1966 (1966-12-3)

Dinamo, Tirana

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UTA Arad	0–2	Cherno More Varna
		Bogomilov 85', 89'

19 March 1967 (1967-3-19)

Francisc von Neuman, Arad

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UTA Arad	1–0	Fenerbahçe
Lereter 75'

13 August 1967 (1967-8-13)

Francisc von Neuman, Arad

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Partizani Tirana	2–0	Fenerbahçe
Tanalot 15', 44'

26 August 1967 (1967-8-26)

Dinamo, Tirana

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Fenerbahçe	3–2	Partizani Tirana
Doğan 37' Saner 76' Çika 88' (o.g.)		Rudi 17' Pano 41'

3 September 1967 (1967-9-3)

Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	AEK Athens (A)	6	3	3	0	10	5	2.000	9	Advances to finals
2	Lokomotiv Sofia	6	2	2	2	11	10	1.100	6
3	Farul Constanța	6	2	1	3	8	14	0.571	5
4	FK Vardar	6	1	2	3	6	6	1.000	4

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

Lokomotiv Sofia	3–3	AEK Athens
Georgiev 27' Mihalyov 77' Debarski 78'	Report	Papaioannou 37' Nikolaidis 47' Karafeskos 71'

1 March 1966 (1966-3-1)

Balgarska Armia, Sofia

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Vladimir Stanković (Yugoslavia)

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Lokomotiv Sofia	1–0	FK Vardar

6 April 1966 (1966-4-6)

Balgarska Armia, Sofia

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AEK Athens	1–0	Lokomotiv Sofia
Papaioannou 68'	Report

8 June 1966 (1966-6-8)

AEK Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Stelios Mavrogenis (Cyprus)

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FK Vardar	1–1	Lokomotiv Sofia

22 June 1966 (1966-6-22)

Gradski, Skopje

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Farul Constanța	4–1	Lokomotiv Sofia

5 July 1966 (1966-7-5)

Farul, Constanța

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Farul Constanța	2–0	FK Vardar

2 November 1966 (1966-11-2)

Farul, Constanța

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FK Vardar	4–0	Farul Constanța

16 November 1966 (1966-11-16)

Gradski, Skopje

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AEK Athens	3–0	Farul Constanța
Pomonis 16' Papaioannou 19', 85'	Report

14 December 1966 (1966-12-14)

AEK Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 5,000

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Lokomotiv Sofia	5–1	Farul Constanța

29 March 1967 (1967-3-29)

Balgarska Armia, Sofia

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AEK Athens	1–0	FK Vardar
Papageorgiou 50'	Report

19 April 1967 (1967-4-19)

AEK Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Andreas Kouniaidis (Cyprus)

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FK Vardar	1–1	AEK Athens
Mojsov 85'	Report	Papaioannou 18'

6 September 1967 (1967-9-6)

Gradski, Skopje

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Ratko Čanak (Yugoslavia)

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Farul Constanța	1–1	AEK Athens
Ologu 87'	Report	Papaioannou 75'

12 September 1967 (1967-9-12)

Farul, Constanța

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Vasile Dumitrescu (Romania)

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-off
AEK Athens	3–5	Fenerbahçe	2–1	0–1	1–3

First leg

AEK Athens	2–1	Fenerbahçe
Papaioannou 14' Sofianidis 42' (pen.)	Report	Soydan 16'

11 October 1967 (1967-10-11)

AEK Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 24,200

Referee: Luben Spasov (Bulgaria)

Second leg

Fenerbahçe	1–0	AEK Athens
Aktuna 45+1' (pen.)	Report

26 October 1967 (1967-10-26)

Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 42,181

Referee: Božidar Botić (Yugoslavia)

2–2 on aggregrate. The away goals rule was not applied, so a play-off game at a neutral venue was fixed.

Play-off

Fenerbahçe	3–1	AEK Athens
Altıparmak 2', 70' Şen 33'	Report	Papaioannou 71'

29 May 1968 (1968-05-29)

Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 24,817

Referee: Teodor Bechirov (Bulgaria)