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1987–88 Balkans Cup

Tournament details
Country	Balkans
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Slavia Sofia
Runner-up	Argeș Pitești
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	110 (3.67 per match)
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The 1987–88 Balkans Cup was an edition of the Balkans Cup, a football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states. It was contested by 10 teams and Slavia Sofia won the trophy.

Format

The ten teams are drawn into one group of four teams and two groups of three teams. The top two teams from the group of four, and the winners of the two three-team groups, qualify for the semi-finals. Semi-finals and final are two-legged ties.

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Argeș Pitești	6	4	1	1	10	5	2.000	9	Advances to semifinals
2	Slavia Sofia	6	3	0	3	9	7	1.286	6
3	Luftëtari Gjirokastër	6	2	1	3	6	12	0.500	5
4	PAOK	6	2	0	4	10	11	0.909	4

PAOK	2–0	Argeș Pitești

Luftëtari Gjirokastër	2–0	Slavia Sofia

Slavia Sofia	4–0	PAOK

Argeș Pitești	2–0	Luftëtari Gjirokastër

Luftëtari Gjirokastër	1–0	PAOK

Argeș Pitești	2–0	Slavia Sofia

Slavia Sofia	4–1	Luftëtari Gjirokastër

Luftëtari Gjirokastër	0–0	Argeș Pitești

PAOK	6–2	Luftëtari Gjirokastër

Argeș Pitești	4–2	PAOK

Slavia Sofia	1–2	Argeș Pitești

PAOK	0–1	Slavia Sofia

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Sliven	4	3	0	1	16	5	3.200	6	Advances to semifinals
2	Samsunspor	4	2	0	2	12	14	0.857	4
3	Iraklis	4	1	0	3	7	16	0.438	2

Samsunspor	3–2	Sliven
Dinler 30', 77' Yücel 75'		Plamen 16' Vurkov 27'

Iraklis	4–3	Samsunspor
Hatzilaris 33' Anastasiadis 47' Maloumidis 83', 86' (pen.)		Dinler 38', 57', 62'

Sliven	4–0	Iraklis

Sliven	7–0	Samsunspor

Iraklis	2–3	Sliven

Samsunspor	6–1	Iraklis
Çolak 7', 31' Koloğlu 20', 85' Coşkundere 67' Sinecek 78'		Tsinekilis 37'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Corvinul Hunedoara	4	2	2	0	10	5	2.000	6	Advances to semifinals
2	Eskişehirspor	4	1	1	2	9	10	0.900	3
3	Dinamo Tirana	4	1	1	2	4	8	0.500	3

Dinamo Tirana	3–1	Eskişehirspor
Abazi 8' Canaj 29' Demollari 83'		Tortaş 89' (pen.)

Corvinul Hunedoara	2–0	Dinamo Tirana

Eskişehirspor	2–2	Corvinul Hunedoara
Beadini 4' Medjodovic 20'		17' 76'

Eskişehirspor	4–0	Dinamo Tirana
Beadini 14' Yazıcı 39' Demirbilek 51' Medjodovic 83'

Corvinul Hunedoara	5–2	Eskişehirspor
Târnoveanu 10', 45' Petcu 30', 82', 90'		Beadini 66', 73'

Dinamo Tirana	1–1	Corvinul Hunedoara

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Corvinul Hunedoara	1–2	Argeș Pitești	0–1	1–1
Sliven	2–4	Slavia Sofia	1–3	1–1

First leg

Argeș Pitești	1–1	Corvinul Hunedoara
Grigoriu 89'		Hanganu 14'

Slavia Sofia	1–1	Sliven

Second leg

Corvinul Hunedoara	0–1	Argeș Pitești
		Eduard 83'

Argeș Pitești won 2–1 on aggregate.

Sliven	1–3	Slavia Sofia

Slavia Sofia won 4–2 on aggregate.

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slavia Sofia	6–1	Argeș Pitești	5–1	1–0

First leg

Slavia Sofia	5–1	Argeș Pitești

Second leg

Argeș Pitești	0–1	Slavia Sofia

Slavia Sofia won 6–1 on aggregate.

References

1. "Balkans Cup 1987–88 season". RSSSF.

External links

• RSSSF Archive → Balkans Cup
• Romeo Ionescu (28 September 2003). "Balkan Cup 1980-1989". RSSSF.
• Mehmet Çelik. "Balkan Cup". Turkish Soccer

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