1974 Balkans Cup

The 1974 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 Akademik Sofia won the trophy.

1974 Balkans Cup

Tournament details
Country	Balkans
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Akademik Sofia
Runner-up	FK Vardar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	38 (2.71 per match)

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Akademik Sofia (A)	4	3	0	1	9	2	4.500	6	Advances to finals
2	SC Bacău	4	2	1	1	5	3	1.667	5
3	Boluspor	4	0	1	3	3	12	0.250	1

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round

6 March 1974 (1974-03-06)

SC Bacău	1–0	Akademik Sofia
Soșu 74'

Municipal, Bacău

Attendance: 10.000

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20 March 1974 (1974-03-20)

Akademik Sofia	6–0	Boluspor

Akademik, Sofia

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10 April 1974 (1974-04-10)

Boluspor	2–2	SC Bacău
Rıdvan Ertan 42' Alayoğlu 48'		Băluţă 52' Dembrovschi 77'

Bolu Atatürk, Bolu

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17 April 1974 (1974-04-17)

Akademik Sofia	1–0	SC Bacău

Akademik, Sofia

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15 May 1974 (1974-05-15)

Boluspor	1–2	Akademik Sofia
Aydın 88'		Radev 55', 73'

Bolu Atatürk, Bolu

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29 May 1974 (1974-05-29)

SC Bacău	2–0	Boluspor
Pană 24' Dembrovschi 74'

Municipal, Bacău

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	FK Vardar (A)	4	3	0	1	8	2	4.000	6	Advances to finals
2	AEL	4	1	1	2	5	8	0.625	3
3	Partizani Tirana	4	1	1	2	5	8	0.625	3

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round

6 March 1974 (1974-03-06)

Partizani Tirana	2–1	FK Vardar

Dinamo Stadium, Tirana

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20 March 1974 (1974-03-20)

FK Vardar	2–0	AEL

Gradski, Skopje

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10 April 1974 (1974-04-10)

AEL	3–1	Partizani Tirana

Alcazar Stadium, Larissa

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18 May 1974 (1974-05-18)

FK Vardar	2–0	Partizani Tirana

Gradski Arena, Skopje

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May 1974 (1974-05)

AEL	0–3	FK Vardar

Alcazar Stadium, Larissa

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29 May 1974 (1974-05-29)

Partizani Tirana	2–2	AEL

Dinamo Stadium, Tirana

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Akademik Sofia	2–1	FK Vardar	2–1	0–0

First leg

1974 (1974)

Akademik Sofia	2–1	FK Vardar

Akademik Stadium, Sofia

Second leg

1974 (1974)

FK Vardar	0–0	Akademik Sofia

Gradski Arena, Skopje

Akademik Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.

External links

• RSSSF Archive → Balkans Cup
• Romeo Ionescu (28 September 2003). "Balkan Cup 1970-1979". RSSSF.
• Mehmet Çelik. "Balkan Cup". Turkish Soccer