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)

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]

Group Stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Romania Argeș Pitești (A) 6 4 1 1 10 5 2.000 9 Advances to semifinals
2 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia (A) 6 3 0 3 9 7 1.286 6 Advances to semifinals as best runner-up
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
(A) Advance to a further round
PAOK Greece2–0Romania Argeș Pitești
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
PAOK Greece6–2Albania Luftëtari Gjirokastër
Argeș Pitești Romania4–2Greece PAOK
Slavia Sofia Bulgaria1–2Romania Argeș Pitești

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Bulgaria Sliven (A) 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
(A) Advance to a further round
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.)
  • Dinler 38', 57', 62'
Sliven Bulgaria4–0Greece Iraklis
Sliven Bulgaria7–0Turkey Samsunspor
Samsunspor Turkey6–1Greece Iraklis
  • Çolak 7', 31'
  • Ercan 20', 85'
  • Coşkundere 67'
  • Sinecek 78'
  • Tsinekilis 37'

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Romania Corvinul Hunedoara (A) 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
(A) Advance to a further round
Dinamo Tirana Albania3–1Turkey Eskişehirspor
Corvinul Hunedoara Romania2–0Albania Dinamo Tirana
Eskişehirspor Turkey2–2Romania Corvinul Hunedoara
  • Beadini 4'
  • Medjodovic 20'
  • 17'
  • 76'
Eskişehirspor Turkey4–0Albania Dinamo Tirana
  • Beadini 14'
  • Yazıcı 39'
  • Demirbilek 51'
  • Medjodovic 83'
Corvinul Hunedoara Romania5–2Turkey Eskişehirspor
  • Târnoveanu 10', 45'
  • Petcu 30', 82', 90'
  • Beadini 66', 73'
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'

Second leg

Corvinul Hunedoara Romania0–1Romania Argeș Pitești
Eduard 83'

Argeș Pitești won 2–1 on aggregate.

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.
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