{{Short description | Balkans football competition won by Lokomotiv Sofia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox football tournament season | title = Balkans Cup | year = 1973 | country = Balkans | num_teams = 6 | winners = {{Flagicon|BUL|1971}} '''Lokomotiv Sofia''' | second = {{Flagicon|ROM|1965}} ASA Târgu Mureș | matches = 14 | goals = 36 | prev_season = 1972 | next_season = 1974 }}
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Balkans Cup 1973 season|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkanclub70s.html}}</ref>
==Group Stage==
===Group A=== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL |section=Group A |source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkanclub70s.html rsssf.com] <!--Team positions--> |team1=ASA |team2=LAB |team3=SUT <!-- Team qualifications here (defined below)--> |result1=Q <!--Team results here--> |update=complete |use_goal_ratio=yes |win_ASA=2 |draw_ASA=0 |loss_ASA=2 |gf_ASA=8 |ga_ASA=4 <!-- ASA --> |win_LAB=2 |draw_LAB=0 |loss_LAB=2 |gf_LAB=4 |ga_LAB=6 <!-- LAB --> |win_SUT=2 |draw_SUT=0 |loss_SUT=2 |gf_SUT=2 |ga_SUT=4 <!-- SUT --> <!--Team definitions (wikilinks in table)--> |name_ASA = {{Flagicon|ROM|1965}} ASA Târgu Mureș |name_LAB = {{Flagicon|ALB|1946}} Labinoti Elbasani |name_SUT = {{Flagicon|YUG}} Sutjeska Nikšić <!--Table settings and rules--> |winpoints=2 |show_limit=5 |class_rules=1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored <!--Status--> |status_ASA=A <!--Qualification and relegation column definitions--> |res_col_header=Q |col_Q =green1 |text_Q= Advances to finals }}</onlyinclude>
{{Football box |date = {{Start date|1973|3|7|df=y}} |team1 = Labinoti Elbasani {{Flagicon|ALB|1946}} |score = 1–0 |team2 = {{Flagicon|YUG}} Sutjeska Nikšić |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Ruzhdi Bizhuta, Elbasan |attendance = |note = }} ---- {{Football box |date = {{Start date|1973|3|21|df=y}} |team1 = Sutjeska Nikšić {{Flagicon|YUG}} |score = 1–0 |team2 = {{Flagicon|ROM|1965}} ASA Târgu Mureș |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Gradski, Nikšić |attendance = |note = }} ---- {{Football box |date = {{Start date|1973|4|11|df=y}} |team1 = ASA Târgu Mureș {{Flagicon|ROM|1965}} |score = 5–1 |team2 = {{Flagicon|ALB|1946}} Labinoti Elbasani |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = ASA, Târgu Mureș |attendance = |note = }} ---- {{Football box |date = {{Start date|1973|4|25|df=y}} |team1 = Sutjeska Nikšić {{Flagicon|YUG}} |score = 1–0 |team2 = {{Flagicon|ALB|1946}} Labinoti Elbasani |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Gradski, Nikšić |attendance = |note = }} ---- {{Football box |date = {{Start date|1973|5|23|df=y}} |team1 = ASA Târgu Mureș {{Flagicon|ROM|1965}} |score = 3–0 |team2 = {{Flagicon|YUG}} Sutjeska Nikšić |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = ASA, Târgu Mureș |attendance = |note = }} ---- {{Football box |date = {{Start date|1973|5|30|df=y}} |team1 = Labinoti Elbasani {{Flagicon|ALB|1946}} |score = 2–0 |team2 = {{Flagicon|ROM|1965}} ASA Târgu Mureș |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Ruzhdi Bizhuta, Elbasan |attendance = |note = }}
===Group B=== <onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL |section=Group B |source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkanclub70s.html rsssf.com] <!--Team positions--> |team1=LKS |team2=BJK |team3=ARI <!-- Team qualifications here (defined below)--> |result1=Q <!--Team results here--> |update=complete |use_goal_ratio=yes |win_LKS=3 |draw_LKS=1 |loss_LKS=0 |gf_LKS=8 |ga_LKS=1 <!-- LKS --> |win_BJK=1 |draw_BJK=1 |loss_BJK=2 |gf_BJK=5 |ga_BJK=11 <!-- BJK --> |win_ARI=1 |draw_ARI=0 |loss_ARI=3 |gf_ARI=5 |ga_ARI=6 <!-- ARI --> <!--Team definitions (wikilinks in table)--> |name_LKS = {{Flagicon|BUL|1971}} Lokomotiv Sofia |name_BJK = {{Flagicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş |name_ARI = {{Flagicon|GRE|1970}} Aris <!--Table settings and rules--> |winpoints=2 |show_limit=5 |class_rules=1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored <!--Status--> |status_LKS=A <!--Qualification and relegation column definitions--> |res_col_header=Q |col_Q =green1 |text_Q= Advances to finals }}</onlyinclude>
{{Football box |date = {{Start date|1973|3|7|df=y}} |team1 = Aris {{Flagicon|GRE|1970}} |score = 4–2 |team2 = {{Flagicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş |goals1 = * Kokkoris {{goal|41}} * Spyridon {{goal|50||80}} * Alexiadis {{goal|53}} |goals2 = * Albal {{goal|31}} * Acuner {{goal|74}} |stadium = Kleanthis Vikelidis, Thessaloniki |attendance = |note = }} ---- {{Football box |date = {{Start date|1973|3|21|df=y}} |team1 = Beşiktaş {{Flagicon|TUR}} |score = 1–6 |team2 = {{Flagicon|BUL|1971}} Lokomotiv Sofia |goals1 = * Acuner {{goal|65|pen}} |goals2 = * Sokolov {{goal|14||77}} * Mihaylov {{goal|16||21||75}} * Borisov {{goal|82}} |stadium = İnönü, Istanbul |attendance = |note = }} ---- {{Football box |date = {{Start date|1973|4|11|df=y}} |team1 = Lokomotiv Sofia {{Flagicon|BUL|1971}} |score = 1–0 |team2 = {{Flagicon|GRE|1970}} Aris |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Lokomotiv, Sofia |attendance = |note = }} ---- {{Football box |date = {{Start date|1973|4|25|df=y}} |team1 = Beşiktaş {{Flagicon|TUR}} |score = 2–1 |team2 = {{Flagicon|GRE|1970}} Aris |goals1 = * Kalkavan {{goal|26}} * Albal {{goal|30}} |goals2 = * Alexiadis {{goal|66}} |stadium = İnönü, Istanbul |attendance = |note = }} ---- {{Football box |date = {{Start date|1973|5|23|df=y}} |team1 = Aris {{Flagicon|GRE|1970}} |score = 0–1 |team2 = {{Flagicon|BUL|1971}} Lokomotiv Sofia |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Kleanthis Vikelidis, Thessaloniki |attendance = |note = }} ---- {{Football box |date = {{Start date|1973|5|30|df=y}} |team1 = Lokomotiv Sofia {{Flagicon|BUL|1971}} |score = 0–0 |team2 = {{Flagicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Lokomotiv, Sofia |attendance = |note = }}
==Finals== {{TwoLegStart}} {{TwoLegResult|ASA Târgu Mureș|ROM|var1=1965|1–3|'''Lokomotiv Sofia'''|BUL|var2=1971|1–1|0–2}} {{end}}
===First leg=== {{Football box |date = {{Start date|1973|9|19|df=y}} |team1 = ASA Târgu Mureș {{Flagicon|ROM|1965}} |score = 1–1 |team2 = {{Flagicon|BUL|1971}} Lokomotiv Sofia |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = ASA, Târgu Mureș |attendance = |note = }}
===Second leg=== {{Football box |date = {{Start date|1973|10|3|df=y}} |team1 = Lokomotiv Sofia {{Flagicon|BUL|1971}} |score = 2–0 |team2 = {{Flagicon|ROM|1965}} ASA Târgu Mureș |goals1 = * Mihaylov {{goal|48||78}} |goals2 = |stadium = Vasil Levski, Sofia |attendance = 15,000 |note = }} ''Lokomotiv Sofia won 3–1 on aggregate.''
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkan-club.html RSSSF Archive → Balkans Cup] * {{cite web|title=Balkan Cup 1970-1979|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkanclub70s.html|author=''Romeo Ionescu''|website=RSSSF|date=28 September 2003}} * ''Mehmet Çelik''. [https://www.angelfire.com/nj/sivritepe/balkan.html "Balkan Cup"]. ''Turkish Soccer''
{{Balkans Cup seasons}} {{1972–73 in European football (UEFA)}} {{1973–74 in European football (UEFA)}}
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