1966–67 Balkans Cup

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)
	← 1964–66 1967–68 →

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]

Group Stage

Group A

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

1 June 1966

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

Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 25,000

15 June 1966

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

Yuri Gagarin, Varna

29 June 1966

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

Yuri Gagarin, Varna

4 July 1966

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

Francisc von Neuman, Arad

5 October 1966

Cherno More Varna	0–1	Fenerbahçe
		Açıkgöz 61'

Yuri Gagarin, Varna

26 October 1966

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

Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul

2 November 1966

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

Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul

3 December 1966

Partizani Tirana	2–0	UTA Arad

Dinamo, Tirana

19 March 1967

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

Francisc von Neuman, Arad

13 August 1967

UTA Arad	1–0	Fenerbahçe
Lereter 75'

Francisc von Neuman, Arad

26 August 1967

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

Dinamo, Tirana

3 September 1967

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

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

1 March 1966

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

Balgarska Armia, Sofia

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Vladimir Stanković (Yugoslavia)

6 April 1966

Lokomotiv Sofia	1–0	FK Vardar

Balgarska Armia, Sofia

8 June 1966

AEK Athens	1–0	Lokomotiv Sofia
Papaioannou 68'	Report

AEK Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Stelios Mavrogenis (Cyprus)

22 June 1966

FK Vardar	1–1	Lokomotiv Sofia

Gradski, Skopje

5 July 1966

Farul Constanța	4–1	Lokomotiv Sofia

Farul, Constanța

2 November 1966

Farul Constanța	2–0	FK Vardar

Farul, Constanța

16 November 1966

FK Vardar	4–0	Farul Constanța

Gradski, Skopje

14 December 1966

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

AEK Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 5,000

29 March 1967

Lokomotiv Sofia	5–1	Farul Constanța

Balgarska Armia, Sofia

19 April 1967

AEK Athens	1–0	FK Vardar
Papageorgiou 50'	Report

AEK Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Andreas Kouniaidis (Cyprus)

6 September 1967

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

Gradski, Skopje

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Ratko Čanak (Yugoslavia)

12 September 1967

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

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

11 October 1967

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

AEK Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 24,200

Referee: Luben Spasov (Bulgaria)

Second leg

26 October 1967

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

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

29 May 1968

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

Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 24,817

Referee: Teodor Bechirov (Bulgaria)

References

^ "Balkans Cup 1966–67 season". RSSSF.

External links

RSSSF Archive → Balkans Cup
Romeo Ionescu (28 September 2003). "Balkan Cup 1960-1969". RSSSF.
Mehmet Çelik. "Balkan Cup". Turkish Soccer

[1] "Balkans Cup 1966–67 season". RSSSF.

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