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1973–76 Balkan Cup
Tournament details
Dates18 April 1973 – 28 November 1976
Teams4
Final positions
Champions Bulgaria (3rd title)
Runner-up Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored25 (4.17 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Turkey Cemil Turan (4 goals)
← 1948
1977–80 →

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 after the away goal rule, the general score being 3–3 against Romania in the two legs of the final.[1][2] The top goalscorer was Cemil Turan from Turkey with 4 goals.[1][2]

Semi-finals

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

First leg

Turkey 5 – 2 Bulgaria
M. Oğuz 5'
C. Turan 47', 66', 86'
M. Kurt 56',		 Report P. Panov 39'
K. Milanov 56'
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Greece)
Romania 3 – 1 Greece
A. Iordănescu 2', 32'
M. Lucescu 85'		 Report S. Sarafis 11'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ziya Türkdoğan (Turkey)

Second leg

Bulgaria 5 – 1 Turkey
H. Bonev 12'
N. Kovis 48' (o.g.)
D. Zhechev 67'
P. Panov 76'
B. Grigorov 79'		 Report C. Turan 68'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Kevork Ghemigean (Romania)
Greece 1 – 1 Romania
S. Sarafis 84' Report I. Dumitru 27'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Miloš Čajić (Yugoslavia)

Final

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

First leg

Bulgaria 1 – 0 Romania
T. Vasilev 49' Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Orhan Cebe (Turkey)

Second leg

Romania 3 – 2 Bulgaria
R. Troi 47'
L. Bölöni 54'
G. Mulțescu 78'		 Report A. Garbski 13'
A. Zhelyazkov 69'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Teodoros Tsanaklidis (Greece)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Balkan Cup (for Nations)". RSSF.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Balkan Cup 1973–76". EU-football.info. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
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