The 1973–76
Balkan Cup
The Balkan Cup (officially ''Coupe Balkanique de Football'') was an international association football competition contested on and off from 1929 to 1980 by countries from the Balkans region. The most successful team was Romania with four titles. ...
was the 11th
Balkan Cup
The Balkan Cup (officially ''Coupe Balkanique de Football'') was an international association football competition contested on and off from 1929 to 1980 by countries from the Balkans region. The most successful team was Romania with four titles. ...
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
tournament. It was the first tournament played in a knockout system with semi-finals and finals. It was played between April 1973 and November 1976 between Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece.
The tournament was won by Bulgaria over Romania via the away goal rule, the score being 3–3 in the two legs of the final.
[ The top goalscorer was ]Cemil Turan
Cemil Turan (born 1 January 1947) is a former Turkish football player and the current director of Fenerbahçe S.K. Academy.
Career
He debuted at Sarıyer G.K. when he was 14. He transferred first to Istanbulspor and then to Fenerbahçe, ...
from Turkey with 4 goals.[
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Bracket
Semi-finals
First leg
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Second leg
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Final
First leg
Second leg
Winner
Statistics
Goalscorers
References
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