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1967–68 Balkans Cup
Tournament details
Country	Balkans
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Beroe Stara Zagora
Runner-up	Spartak Sofia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	73 (2.81 per match)
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The 1967–68 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 Beroe Stara Zagora won the competition.

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Beroe Stara Zagora (A)	6	5	0	1	9	6	1.500	10	Advances to finals
2	Vllaznia Shkodër	6	3	1	2	9	6	1.500	7
3	Farul Constanța	6	3	0	3	10	9	1.111	6
4	Gençlerbirligi	6	0	1	5	3	10	0.300	1

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round 23 December 1967 (1967-12-23)

Vllaznia Shkodër	4–0	Beroe Stara Zagora

Vojo Kushi, Shkodër

14 February 1968 (1968-02-14)

Beroe Stara Zagora	2–0	Vllaznia Shkodër

Beroe, Stara Zagora

6 March 1968 (1968-03-06)

Gençlerbirligi	0–2	Beroe Stara Zagora
		Yanchovski 4' Petko Petkov 17'

Ankara 19 Mayıs, Ankara

20 March 1968 (1968-03-20)

Beroe Stara Zagora	1–0	Gençlerbirligi

Beroe, Stara Zagora

3 April 1968 (1968-04-03)

Farul Constanța	3–1	Gençlerbirligi
Iancu 21', 36' Tufan 50'		Endersert 76'

Farul, Constanța

4 May 1968 (1968-05-04)

Vllaznia Shkodër	1–0	Gençlerbirligi
Dani 77'

Vojo Kushi, Shkodër

22 May 1968 (1968-05-22)

Gençlerbirligi	1–2	Farul Constanța
Endersert 86'		Tufan 24' Sasu 73' (pen.)

Ankara 19 Mayıs, Ankara

2 June 1968 (1968-06-02)

Gençlerbirligi	1–1	Vllaznia Shkodër
Görür 57'		Memo 7'

Ankara 19 Mayıs, Ankara

12 June 1968 (1968-06-12)

Vllaznia Shkodër	2–1	Farul Constanța

Vojo Kushi, Shkodër

19 June 1968 (1968-06-19)

Beroe Stara Zagora	2–1	Farul Constanța

Beroe, Stara Zagora

29 June 1968 (1968-06-29)

Farul Constanța	2–1	Vllaznia Shkodër

Farul, Constanța

3 July 1968 (1968-07-03)

Farul Constanța	1–2	Beroe Stara Zagora

Farul, Constanța

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Spartak Sofia (A)	6	4	1	1	10	3	3.333	9	Advances to finals
2	Olimpija Ljubljana	6	2	3	1	10	6	1.667	7
3	AEK Athens	6	1	2	3	7	12	0.583	4
4	Fenerbahçe	6	1	2	3	5	11	0.455	4

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

14 February 1968 (1968-02-14)

Fenerbahçe	1–1	Olimpija Ljubljana
Şen 79' (pen.)		Zagorc 25'

Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul

18 February 1968 (1968-02-18)

Spartak Sofia	1–0	Olimpija Ljubljana

Rakovski, Sofia

6 March 1968 (1968-03-06)

AEK Athens	0–0	Olimpija Ljubljana
	Report

Nea Filadelfeia, AthensAttendance: 6,302Referee: Todor Gerov (Bulgaria)

3 April 1968 (1968-04-03)

AEK Athens	3–1	Fenerbahçe
Karafeskos 36' (pen.) Ventouris 38', 81'	Report	Aktuna 65' (pen.)

Nea Filadelfeia, AthensAttendance: 8,933Referee: Josip Horvat (Yugoslavia)

6 May 1968 (1968-05-06)

Olimpija Ljubljana	4–0	Fenerbahçe
Lazović 20', 28', 50' Popivoda 82'

Bežigrad, Ljubljana

15 May 1968 (1968-05-15)

AEK Athens	0–3	Spartak Sofia
	Report	Vasiliev 11' Mitkov 43' Tsvetkov 79'

Nea Filadelfeia, AthensAttendance: 6,460Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)

3 July 1968 (1968-07-03)

Olimpija Ljubljana	3–3	AEK Athens
Ameršek 4' Bečejac 34' Rogič 87'	Report	Papaioannou 14' Stamatiadis 60' Pomonis 75'

Bežigrad, LjubljanaReferee: Lado Jakše (Yugoslavia)

3 July 1968 (1968-07-03)

Fenerbahçe	0–0	Spartak Sofia

Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul

7 August 1968 (1968-08-07)

Olimpija Ljubljana	2–1	Spartak Sofia

Bežigrad, Ljubljana

14 August 1968 (1968-08-14)

Spartak Sofia	3–0	Fenerbahçe
Gyonin 29', 85' Nikolov 32'

Rakovski, Sofia

28 August 1968 (1968-08-28)

Spartak Sofia	2–1	AEK Athens
Tsvetkov 28', 84'	Report	Ventouris 43'

Rakovski, SofiaReferee: Dimitar Rumenchev (Bulgaria)

31 August 1968 (1968-08-31)

Fenerbahçe	3–0	AEK Athens
Doğan 25' Nunweiller 65' Bartu 86'	Report

Şükrü Saracoğlu, IstanbulReferee: Constantin Ghiță (Romania)

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Beroe Stara Zagora	6–4	Spartak Sofia	3–0	3–4

First leg

30 October 1968 (1968-10-30)

Beroe Stara Zagora	3–0	Spartak Sofia
P. Petkov Belchev

Beroe, Stara Zagora

Second leg

27 November 1968 (1968-11-27)

Spartak Sofia	4–3	Beroe Stara Zagora

Rakovski, Sofia

Beroe Stara Zagora won 6–4 on aggregate.

References

"Balkans Cup 1967–68 season". RSSSF.

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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