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1960–61 Balkans Cup
Tournament details
Country	Balkans
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Steagul Roșu Brașov
Runner-up	Levski Sofia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	59 (2.95 per match)
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The 1960–61 Balkans Cup was the first edition of the Balkans Cup, a football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states.

Yugoslavian runner-up Dinamo Zagreb chose to play in the first edition of the European Cup Winners' Cup, and no other Yugoslav team replaced them. The tournament was contested by 5 teams and Steagul Roșu Brașov won the trophy.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Steagul Roșu Brașov (C)	8	5	3	0	18	7	2.571	13	Winners
2	Levski Sofia	8	3	2	3	16	11	1.455	8
3	Partizani Tirana	8	3	2	3	8	6	1.333	8
4	Fenerbahçe	8	2	4	2	9	11	0.818	8
5	AEK Athens	8	1	1	6	8	24	0.333	3

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Matches

8 January 1961 (1961-01-08)

Fenerbahçe	0–0	Levski Sofia

Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul

15 February 1961 (1961-02-15)

AEK Athens	2–4	Steagul Roșu Brașov
Nestoridis 24' Petridis 81'	Report	Năftănăilă 29' Meszaros 36' Szigeti 50' Nagy 64' (pen.)

AEK Stadium, AthensAttendance: 25,000Referee: Mustafa Gerceker (Turkey)

9 March 1961 (1961-03-09)

Steagul Roșu Brașov	1–0	Partizani Tirana
Haşoti 5'

Tractorul, BrașovAttendance: 18,000

29 March 1961 (1961-03-29)

AEK Athens	2–2	Fenerbahçe
Nestoridis 39' (pen.) Petridis 40'	Report	Aytaç 13' Gündüz 61'

Nea Filadelfeia, AthensAttendance: 18,500Referee: Konstantin Dinov (Bulgaria)

29 March 1961 (1961-03-29)

Partizani Tirana	2–0	Levski Sofia

Dinamo, Tirana

12 April 1961 (1961-04-12)

Levski Sofia	4–0	Fenerbahçe
Peev 19' Dirimlili 24' (o.g.) Iordanov 51' (pen.) Abadjev 70'

Rakovski, Sofia

21 April 1961 (1961-04-21)

Fenerbahçe	1–1	Steagul Roșu Brașov
Gündüz 44'		David 51'

Ankara 19 Mayıs, AnkaraAttendance: 65,000

26 April 1961 (1961-04-26)

Fenerbahçe	5–1	AEK Athens
Küçükandonyadis 3', 26' Gündüz 17' Bartu 20' Has 41'	Report	Tsachouridis 49'

Şükrü Saracoğlu, IstanbulAttendance: 20,000Referee: Stelian Mataiser (Romania)

17 May 1961 (1961-05-17)

AEK Athens	3–1	Levski Sofia
Nestoridis 44', 66' Gouvas 74'	Report	Sokolov 32'

Nea Filadelfeia, AthensAttendance: 15,000Referee: Cezmi Basar (Turkey)

20 August 1961 (1961-08-20)

Fenerbahçe	1–0	Partizani Tirana
Doğan 13'

Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul

28 September 1961 (1961-09-28)

Steagul Roșu Brașov	2–2	Levski Sofia

Tineretului, Brașov

30 September 1961 (1961-09-30)

Partizani Tirana	0–0	Fenerbahçe

Dinamo, Tirana

12 October 1961 (1961-10-12)

Levski Sofia	4–0	Partizani Tirana

Rakovski, Sofia

22 October 1961 (1961-10-22)

Steagul Roșu Brașov	3–0	Fenerbahçe
Nagy 8' Meszaros 11', 37'

Tineretului, Brașov

5 November 1961 (1961-11-05)

Partizani Tirana	0–0	Steagul Roșu Brașov

Dinamo, Tirana

15 November 1961 (1961-11-15)

Levski Sofia	2–4	Steagul Roșu Brașov
Szeredai		Meszaros David

Rakovski, SofiaAttendance: 20,000

Steagul Roșu Brașov	2–0 (Awarded)	AEK Athens

Levski Sofia	2–0 (Awarded)	AEK Athens

Partizani Tirana	2–0 (Awarded)	AEK Athens

AEK Athens	0–2 (Awarded)	Partizani Tirana

Notes

Note 1: After Steagul Roșu Brașov won the trophy on 15 November 1961, AEK Athens withdrew from the tournament.

References

"Balkans Cup 1960–61 season". RSSSF.
H. Grüne, "Enzyklopädie der europäischen Fussballvereine - die Erstliga-Mannschaften Europas seit 1885", Agon Sportverlag, 1992.

External links

RSSSF Archive → Balkans Cup
Romeo Ionescu (28 September 2003). "Balkan Cup 1960-1969". RSSSF.
Mehmet Çelik. "Balkan Cup". Turkish Soccer

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