1979–80 Balkans Cup

The 1979–80 Balkans Cup was an edition of the Balkans Cup, a football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states. It was contested by 5 teams and Sportul Studențesc won the trophy.

1979–80 Balkans Cup

Tournament details
Country	Balkans
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Sportul Studențesc
Runner-up	Rijeka
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	24 (3 per match)

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Rijeka (A)	4	3	0	1	9	6	1.500	6	Advances to finals
2	Partizani Tirana	4	2	0	2	6	7	0.857	4
3	PAS Giannina	4	1	0	3	5	7	0.714	2

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

14 March 1979 (1979-03-14)

Rijeka	3–0	Partizani Tirana

Stadion Kantrida, Rijeka

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28 March 1979 (1979-03-28)

PAS Giannina	3–0	Partizani Tirana

Zosimades Stadium, Ioannina

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18 April 1979 (1979-04-18)

Partizani Tirana	4–1	Rijeka

Dinamo Stadium, Tirana

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16 May 1979 (1979-05-16)

Partizani Tirana	2–0	PAS Giannina

Dinamo Stadium, Tirana

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Sportul Studențesc (A)	2	1	0	1	4	3	1.333	2	Advances to finals
2	Slavia Sofia	2	1	0	1	3	4	0.750	2
3	Galatasaray	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0

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

16 May 1979 (1979-05-16)

Sportul Studențesc	2–0	Slavia Sofia
Kostov 26' (o.g.) Sandu 74'

Steaua, Bucharest

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22 May 1979 (1979-05-22)

Slavia Sofia	3–2	Sportul Studențesc
Aleksandrov 18' Kostov 33' Tsvetkov 75'	Report	Sandu 38' Rădulescu 89'

Slavia, Sofia

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sportul Studențesc	3–1	Rijeka	2–0	1–1

First leg

2 April 1980 (1980-04-02)

Sportul Studențesc	2–0	Rijeka
Ionescu 33' Cățoi 49'

Regie, Bucharest

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Iordan Zhezhov (Bulgaria)

Second leg

14 May 1980 (1980-05-14)

Rijeka	1–1	Sportul Studențesc
Tomić 33'		Sandu 66'

Kantrida, Rijeka

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Shefqet Caslli (Albania)

Sportul Studențesc won 3–1 on aggregate.

External links

• RSSSF Archive → Balkans Cup
• Romeo Ionescu (28 September 2003). "Balkan Cup -1979". RSSSF.
• Mehmet Çelik. "Balkan Cup". Turkish Soccer