The 1977 Balkans Cup was an edition of the Balkans Cup, a football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states. It was contested by 6 teams and Panathinaikos won the trophy.[1]

1977 Balkans Cup
Tournament details
CountryBalkans
Teams6
Final positions
ChampionsGreece Panathinaikos
Runner-upBulgaria Slavia Sofia
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored47 (3.36 per match)
← 1976

Group Stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1   Slavia Sofia (A) 4 4 0 0 15 0 8 Advances to finals
2   Politehnica Timișoara 4 2 0 2 9 10 0.900 4
3   Altay 4 0 0 4 4 18 0.222 0
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round
Slavia Sofia  5–0  Politehnica Timișoara

Politehnica Timișoara  5–2  Altay
  • Muzaffer Etçil   17', 55'

Altay  0–3  Slavia Sofia
  • Aleksandrov   37'
  • Grigorov   41'
  • Tsvetkov   70'

Slavia Sofia  6–0  Altay
  • Alexandrov  
  • Grigerov  
  • Monchev  
  • Tsvetkov  
  • Zhelyazkov  
  • Grigerov  

Altay  2–4  Politehnica Timișoara
  • Togay   8'
  • Muzaffer Etçil   13'

Politehnica Timișoara  0–1  Slavia Sofia

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1   Panathinaikos (A) 4 2 2 0 8 4 2.000 6 Advances to finals
2   Budućnost Titograd 4 1 2 1 6 5 1.200 4
3   Vllaznia Shkodër 4 0 2 2 2 7 0.286 2
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round
Vllaznia Shkodër  1–1  Panathinaikos
  • Basha   5'
  • Vakalis   24'

Vllaznia Shkodër  1–1  Budućnost Titograd
  • Paçrami   37'

Budućnost Titograd  2–0  Vllaznia Shkodër

Panathinaikos  2–2  Budućnost Titograd

Panathinaikos  3–0  Vllaznia Shkodër
  • Giannakoulas   77', 90'
  • Papadimitriou   82'

Budućnost Titograd  1–2  Panathinaikos
  • Kovačević   16'

Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Slavia Sofia   1–2   Panathinaikos 0–0 1–2

First leg

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Slavia Sofia  0–0  Panathinaikos
Attendance: 2,500


 
 
 
 
 
Slavia Sofia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Panathinaikos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Substitutes:
 
 
Manager:
  Atanas Parzhelov
  Vasilis Konstantinou
  Mitsos Dimitriou
  Giorgos Gonios
  Dimitris Kizas
  Takis Eleftheriadis
  Christos Terzanidis
  Spyros Livathinos
  Kostas Eleftherakis   2'
  Babis Yfantis
  Óscar Marcelino Álvarez
  Takis Papadimitriou
Substitutes:
  Odysseas Vakalis   2'   70'
  Kostas Vallidis   70'
Manager:
  Kazimierz Górski

Second leg

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Panathinaikos  2–1  Slavia Sofia
  • Minchev   45'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Marijan Rauš (Yugoslavia)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Panathinaikos
 
 
 
 
 
Slavia Sofia
  Vasilis Konstantinou
  Takis Eleftheriadis   51'
  Stelios Stefanakis
  Giorgos Gonios
  Christos Giannakoulas
  Christos Terzanidis
  Odysseas Vakalis
  Spyros Livathinos
  Óscar Marcelino Álvarez   89'
  Kostas Eleftherakis   79'
  Takis Papadimitriou   46'
Substitutes:
  Lakis Katsiakos   79'
  Kostas Vallidis   46'
Manager:
  Kazimierz Górski
  Georgi Gugalov
  Tsakarov   85'
  Georgi Dermendzhiev
  Efthymov
  Vanio Kostov  
  Ivan Iliev
  Atanas Alexandrov
  Iliyaz Aliev
  Andrey Zhelyazkov
  Georgi Minchev
  Chavdar Tsvetkov   82'
Substitutes:
  Milotichov   85'
  Bozhidar Grigorov   82'
Manager:
  Atanas Parzhelov

Panathinaikos won 2–1 on aggregate.

References

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  1. ^ "Balkans Cup 1977 season". RSSSF.
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