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Balkans football competition won by Lokomotiv Sofia

Football tournament season

1973 Balkans Cup
Tournament details
Country	Balkans
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Lokomotiv Sofia
Runner-up	ASA Târgu Mureș
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	36 (2.57 per match)
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The 1973 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 Lokomotiv Sofia won the trophy.

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	ASA Târgu Mureș (A)	4	2	2	8	4	2.000	4	Advances to finals
2	Labinoti Elbasani	4	2	2	4	6	0.667	4
3	Sutjeska Nikšić	4	2	2	2	4	0.500	4

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round 7 March 1973 (1973-03-07)

Labinoti Elbasani	1–0	Sutjeska Nikšić

Ruzhdi Bizhuta, Elbasan

21 March 1973 (1973-03-21)

Sutjeska Nikšić	1–0	ASA Târgu Mureș

Gradski, Nikšić

11 April 1973 (1973-04-11)

ASA Târgu Mureș	5–1	Labinoti Elbasani

ASA, Târgu Mureș

25 April 1973 (1973-04-25)

Sutjeska Nikšić	1–0	Labinoti Elbasani

Gradski, Nikšić

23 May 1973 (1973-05-23)

ASA Târgu Mureș	3–0	Sutjeska Nikšić

ASA, Târgu Mureș

30 May 1973 (1973-05-30)

Labinoti Elbasani	2–0	ASA Târgu Mureș

Ruzhdi Bizhuta, Elbasan

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Lokomotiv Sofia (A)	4	3	1	0	8	1	8.000	7	Advances to finals
2	Beşiktaş	4	1	1	2	5	11	0.455	3
3	Aris	4	1	0	3	5	6	0.833	2

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round 7 March 1973 (1973-03-07)

Aris	4–2	Beşiktaş
Kokkoris 41' Spyridon 50', 80' Alexiadis 53'		Albal 31' Acuner 74'

Kleanthis Vikelidis, Thessaloniki

21 March 1973 (1973-03-21)

Beşiktaş	1–6	Lokomotiv Sofia
Acuner 65' (pen.)		Sokolov 14', 77' Mihaylov 16', 21', 75' Borisov 82'

İnönü, Istanbul

11 April 1973 (1973-04-11)

Lokomotiv Sofia	1–0	Aris

Lokomotiv, Sofia

25 April 1973 (1973-04-25)

Beşiktaş	2–1	Aris
Kalkavan 26' Albal 30'		Alexiadis 66'

İnönü, Istanbul

23 May 1973 (1973-05-23)

Aris	0–1	Lokomotiv Sofia

Kleanthis Vikelidis, Thessaloniki

30 May 1973 (1973-05-30)

Lokomotiv Sofia	0–0	Beşiktaş

Lokomotiv, Sofia

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASA Târgu Mureș	1–3	Lokomotiv Sofia	1–1	0–2

First leg

19 September 1973 (1973-09-19)

ASA Târgu Mureș	1–1	Lokomotiv Sofia

ASA, Târgu Mureș

Second leg

3 October 1973 (1973-10-03)

Lokomotiv Sofia	2–0	ASA Târgu Mureș
Mihaylov 48', 78'

Vasil Levski, SofiaAttendance: 15,000

Lokomotiv Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate.

References

"Balkans Cup 1973 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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