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1972 Balkans Cup
Tournament details
Country	Balkans
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Trakia Plovdiv
Runner-up	FK Vardar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	41 (2.93 per match)
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The 1972 Balkans Cup was an edition of the Balkans Cup, a regional football competition featuring representative clubs from the Balkan states. The tournament was contested by six teams and Trakia Plovdiv emerged as the champion, winning the trophy.

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	FK Vardar (A)	4	1	2	1	6	4	1.500	4	Advances to finals
2	Kavala	4	2	0	2	5	6	0.833	4
3	Shkëndija Tiranë	4	1	2	1	4	5	0.800	4

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round 2 May 1972 (1972-05-02)

Shkëndija Tiranë	2–1	Kavala

Dinamo, Tirana

16 May 1972 (1972-05-16)

Kavala	2–0	Shkëndija Tiranë

Anthi Karagianni, Kavala

18 June 1972 (1972-06-18)

Kavala	1–0	FK Vardar

Anthi Karagianni, Kavala

25 June 1972 (1972-06-25)

FK Vardar	4–1	Kavala

Gradski, Skopje

17 September 1972 (1972-09-17)

FK Vardar	1–1	Shkëndija Tiranë

Gradski, Skopje

24 September 1972 (1972-09-24)

Shkëndija Tiranë	1–1	FK Vardar

Dinamo, Tirana

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Trakia Plovdiv (A)	4	2	2	0	7	3	2.333	6	Advances to finals
2	Göztepe	4	2	1	1	6	4	1.500	5
3	Steagul Roșu Brașov	4	0	1	3	4	10	0.400	1

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round 29 March 1972 (1972-03-29)

Trakia Plovdiv	1–1	Steagul Roșu Brașov

Trakia, Plovdiv

26 April 1972 (1972-04-26)

Steagul Roșu Brașov	2–3	Trakia Plovdiv

Tineretului, Brașov

14 June 1972 (1972-06-14)

Steagul Roșu Brașov	0–1	Göztepe
		Türkkan 65'

Tineretului, Brașov

23 August 1972 (1972-08-23)

Göztepe	0–0	Trakia Plovdiv

İzmir Alsancak, İzmir

30 August 1972 (1972-08-30)

Göztepe	5–1	Steagul Roșu Brașov
Öznur 4', 86' Aydın 18' Okçuoğlu 38' Türkkan 44'		Pescaru 55' (pen.)

İzmir Alsancak, İzmir

6 September 1972 (1972-09-06)

Trakia Plovdiv	3–0	Göztepe
Dermendzhiev 66', 88' Ubinov 83'

Trakia, Plovdiv

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Trakia Plovdiv	5–4	FK Vardar	5–0	0–4

First leg

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Trakia Plovdiv	5–0	FK Vardar
Apostolov 8' Kichekov 56', 74', 80', 86'

Trakia, PlovdivAttendance: 5,000Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

Second leg

25 October 1972 (1972-10-25)

FK Vardar	4–0	Trakia Plovdiv
Nikolovski 37' Balevski 43' Uzunov 58', 83'

Gradski, Skopje

Trakia Plovdiv won 5–4 on aggregate.

References

"Balkans Cup 1972 season". RSSSF.

External links

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

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