1987–88 Balkans Cup

1987–88 Balkans Cup

Tournament details
Country	Balkans
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Slavia Sofia
Runner-up	Argeș Pitești
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	110 (3.67 per match)
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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	Argeș Pitești (A)	6	4	1	1	10	5	2.000	9	Advances to semifinals
2	Slavia Sofia (A)	6	3	0	3	9	7	1.286	6	Advances to semifinals as best runner-up
3	Luftëtari Gjirokastër	6	2	1	3	6	12	0.500	5
4	PAOK	6	2	0	4	10	11	0.909	4

1 October 1987 (1987-10-01)

PAOK	2–0	Argeș Pitești

Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki

1 October 1987 (1987-10-01)

Luftëtari Gjirokastër	2–0	Slavia Sofia

Gjirokastra Stadium, Gjirokastra

22 October 1987 (1987-10-22)

Slavia Sofia	4–0	PAOK

Slavia Stadium, Sofia

22 October 1987 (1987-10-22)

Argeș Pitești	2–0	Luftëtari Gjirokastër

1 Mai, Pitești

4 November 1987 (1987-11-04)

Luftëtari Gjirokastër	1–0	PAOK

Gjirokastra Stadium, Gjirokastra

5 November 1987 (1987-11-05)

Argeș Pitești	2–0	Slavia Sofia

1 Mai, Pitești

18 February 1988 (1988-02-18)

Slavia Sofia	4–1	Luftëtari Gjirokastër

Slavia Stadium, Sofia

24 March 1988 (1988-03-24)

Luftëtari Gjirokastër	0–0	Argeș Pitești

Gjirokastra Stadium, Gjirokastra

6 April 1988 (1988-04-06)

PAOK	6–2	Luftëtari Gjirokastër

Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki

20 April 1988 (1988-04-20)

Argeș Pitești	4–2	PAOK

1 Mai, Pitești

31 May 1988 (1988-05-31)

Slavia Sofia	1–2	Argeș Pitești

Slavia Stadium, Sofia

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PAOK	0–1	Slavia Sofia

Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Sliven (A)	4	3	0	1	16	5	3.200	6	Advances to semifinals
2	Samsunspor	4	2	0	2	12	14	0.857	4
3	Iraklis	4	1	0	3	7	16	0.438	2

1 October 1987 (1987-10-01)

Samsunspor	3–2	Sliven
Dinler 30', 77' Yücel 75'		Plamen 16' Vurkov 27'

Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium, Samsun

21 October 1987 (1987-10-21)

Iraklis	4–3	Samsunspor
Hatzilaris 33' Anastasiadis 47' Maloumidis 83', 86' (pen.)		Dinler 38', 57', 62'

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

12 November 1987 (1987-11-12)

Sliven	4–0	Iraklis

Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium, Sliven

16 December 1987 (1987-12-16)

Sliven	7–0	Samsunspor

Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium, Sliven

1988 (1988)

Iraklis	2–3	Sliven

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

1988 (1988)

Samsunspor	6–1	Iraklis
Çolak 7', 31' Ercan 20', 85' Coşkundere 67' Sinecek 78'		Tsinekilis 37'

Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium, Samsun

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Corvinul Hunedoara (A)	4	2	2	0	10	5	2.000	6	Advances to semifinals
2	Eskişehirspor	4	1	1	2	9	10	0.900	3
3	Dinamo Tirana	4	1	1	2	4	8	0.500	3

1 October 1987 (1987-10-01)

Dinamo Tirana	3–1	Eskişehirspor
Abazi 8' Canaj 29' Demollari 83'		Tortaş 89' (pen.)

Dinamo Stadium, Tirana

22 October 1987 (1987-10-22)

Corvinul Hunedoara	2–0	Dinamo Tirana

Corvinul, Hunedoara

5 November 1987 (1987-11-05)

Eskişehirspor	2–2	Corvinul Hunedoara
Beadini 4' Medjodovic 20'		17' 76'

Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir

16 March 1988 (1988-03-16)

Eskişehirspor	4–0	Dinamo Tirana
Beadini 14' Yazıcı 39' Demirbilek 51' Medjodovic 83'

Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir

11 May 1988 (1988-05-11)

Corvinul Hunedoara	5–2	Eskişehirspor
Târnoveanu 10', 45' Petcu 30', 82', 90'		Beadini 66', 73'

Corvinul, Hunedoara

9 June 1988 (1988-06-09)

Dinamo Tirana	1–1	Corvinul Hunedoara

Dinamo Stadium, Tirana

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Corvinul Hunedoara	1–2	Argeș Pitești	0–1	1–1
Sliven	2–4	Slavia Sofia	1–3	1–1

First leg

27 July 1988 (1988-07-27)

Argeș Pitești	1–1	Corvinul Hunedoara
Grigoriu 89'		Hanganu 14'

Miercurea Ciuc

1988 (1988)

Slavia Sofia	1–1	Sliven

Slavia Stadium, Sofia

Second leg

30 July 1988 (1988-07-30)

Corvinul Hunedoara	0–1	Argeș Pitești
		Eduard 83'

Odorheiu Secuiesc

Argeș Pitești won 2–1 on aggregate.

1988 (1988)

Sliven	1–3	Slavia Sofia

Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium, Sliven

Slavia Sofia won 4–2 on aggregate.

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slavia Sofia	6–1	Argeș Pitești	5–1	1–0

First leg

16 August 1988 (1988-08-16)

Slavia Sofia	5–1	Argeș Pitești

Slavia Stadium, Sofia

Second leg

24 August 1988 (1988-08-24)

Argeș Pitești	0–1	Slavia Sofia

1 Mai, Pitești

Slavia Sofia won 6–1 on aggregate.

References

External links

• RSSSF Archive → Balkans Cup
• Romeo Ionescu (28 September 2003). "Balkan Cup 1980-1989". RSSSF.
• Mehmet Çelik. "Balkan Cup". Turkish Soccer