1975 Balkans Cup

The 1975 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 Radnički Niš won the trophy.

1975 Balkans Cup

Tournament details
Country	Balkans
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Radnički Niš
Runner-up	Eskişehirspor
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	35 (2.5 per match)

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Eskişehirspor (A)	4	2	1	1	7	6	1.167	5	Advances to finals
2	Lokomotiv Sofia	4	2	0	2	5	5	1.000	4
3	Farul Constanța	4	1	1	2	5	6	0.833	3

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

5 March 1975 (1975-03-05)

Lokomotiv Sofia	3–0	Eskişehirspor
Dimitrov 19' Angelkolev 48' Hacev 79'

Lokomotiv Stadium, Sofia

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16 April 1975 (1975-04-16)

Eskişehirspor	2–1	Farul Constanța
Kaner 17' Erdin 39'		Mărculescu 64'

Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir

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21 May 1975 (1975-05-21)

Eskişehirspor	3–0	Lokomotiv Sofia
Doğu 10', 85' Kaner 39'

Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium, Eskişehir

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14 June 1975 (1975-06-14)

Farul Constanța	2–2	Eskişehirspor
Bălosu 34' Iovănescu 46'		Tözer 50' Doğu 53'

Stadionul Farul, Constanța

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26 July 1975 (1975-07-26)

Farul Constanța	2–1	Lokomotiv Sofia

Stadionul Farul, Constanța

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2 August 1975 (1975-08-02)

Lokomotiv Sofia	1–0	Farul Constanța

Lokomotiv Stadium, Sofia

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Radnički Niš (A)	4	2	2	0	5	0	—	6	Advances to finals
2	17 Nëntori	4	1	1	2	7	5	1.400	3
3	Panionios	4	1	1	2	2	9	0.222	3

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

19 March 1975 (1975-03-19)

Radnički Niš	2–0	Panionios

Čair Stadium, Niš

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2 April 1975 (1975-04-02)

Panionios	2–1	17 Nëntori

Nea Smyrni Stadium, Athens

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9 April 1975 (1975-04-09)

17 Nëntori	0–0	Radnički Niš

Dinamo Stadium, Tirana

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23 April 1975 (1975-04-23)

Panionios	0–0	Radnički Niš

Nea Smyrni Stadium, Athens

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29 May 1975 (1975-05-29)

Radnički Niš	3–0	17 Nëntori

Čair Stadium, Niš

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15 June 1975 (1975-06-15)

17 Nëntori	6–0	Panionios

Dinamo Stadium, Tirana

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Radnički Niš	3–1	Eskişehirspor	1–0	2–1

First leg

15 October 1975 (1975-10-15)

Radnički Niš	1–0	Eskişehirspor
Dovedan 67'

Čair, Niš

Referee: Liuben Radunchev (Bulgaria)

Second leg

1 November 1975 (1975-11-01)

Eskişehirspor	1–2	Radnički Niš
Mehmet Kalaycı 25'		Nikolić 6', 85'

Eskişehir Atatürk, Eskişehir

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Constantin Dinulescu (Romania)

Radnički Niš won 3–1 on aggregate.

External links

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