1973–76 Balkan Cup

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]

1973–76 Balkan Cup

Tournament details
Dates	18 April 1973 – 28 November 1976
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Bulgaria (3rd title)
Runner-up	Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	25 (4.17 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Cemil Turan (4 goals)
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Bracket

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

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Turkey	6–7	Bulgaria	5–2	1–5
Romania	4–2	Greece	3–1	1–1

First leg

Turkey	5–2	Bulgaria
Oğuz 5' Turan 47', 66', 86' Kurt 56'	Report	Panov 39' Milanov 56'

18 April 1973

İzmir Atatürk Stadium, İzmir

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Greece)

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Romania	3–1	Greece
Iordănescu 2', 32' Lucescu 85'	Report	Sarafis 11'

29 May 1974

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Ziya Türkdoğan (Turkey)

Second leg

Bulgaria	5–1	Turkey
Bonev 12' Kovis 48' (o.g.) Zhechev 67' Panov 76' Grigorov 79'	Report	Turan 68'

8 May 1974

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Kevork Ghemigean (Romania)

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Greece	1–1	Romania
Sarafis 84'	Report	Dumitru 27'

24 September 1975

National Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Miloš Čajić (Yugoslavia)

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bulgaria	3–3	Romania	1–0	2–3

First leg

Bulgaria	1–0	Romania
Vasilev 49'	Report

12 May 1976

Stadion Ivaylo, Veliko Tarnovo

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Orhan Cebe (Turkey)

Second leg

Romania	3–2	Bulgaria
Troi 47' Bölöni 54' Mulțescu 78'	Report	Garabski 13' Zhelyazkov 69'

28 November 1976

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

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

• Cemil Turan

2 goals

• Pavel Panov
• Stavros Sarafis
• Anghel Iordănescu

1 goal

• Andrey Zhelyazkov
• Atanas Garabski
• Bozhidar Grigorov
• Dobromir Zhechev
• Hristo Bonev
• Kiril Milanov
• Tsonyo Vasilev
• Mehmet Oğuz
• Metin Kurt
• Ion Dumitru
• Gheorghe Mulțescu
• László Bölöni
• Mircea Lucescu
• Radu Troi

1 own goal

• Nikos Kovis (against Bulgaria)