The 1974 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 Akademik Sofia won the trophy.[1]

1974 Balkans Cup
Tournament details
CountryBalkans
Teams6
Final positions
ChampionsBulgaria Akademik Sofia
Runner-upSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK Vardar
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored38 (2.71 per match)
← 1973
1975 →

Group Stage

edit

Group A

edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1   Akademik Sofia (A) 4 3 0 1 9 2 4.500 6 Advances to finals
2   SC Bacău 4 2 1 1 5 3 1.667 5
3   Boluspor 4 0 1 3 3 12 0.250 1
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round
SC Bacău  1–0  Akademik Sofia
  • Soșu   74'
Attendance: 10.000

Akademik Sofia  6–0  Boluspor

Boluspor  2–2  SC Bacău

Akademik Sofia  1–0  SC Bacău

Boluspor  1–2  Akademik Sofia
  • Aydın   88'
  • Radev   55', 73'

SC Bacău  2–0  Boluspor

Group B

edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1   FK Vardar (A) 4 3 0 1 8 2 4.000 6 Advances to finals
2   AEL 4 1 1 2 5 8 0.625 3
3   Partizani Tirana 4 1 1 2 5 8 0.625 3
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round
Partizani Tirana  2–1  FK Vardar

FK Vardar  2–0  AEL

AEL  3–1  Partizani Tirana

FK Vardar  2–0  Partizani Tirana

AEL  0–3  FK Vardar

Partizani Tirana  2–2  AEL

Finals

edit
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Akademik Sofia   2–1   FK Vardar 2–1 0–0

First leg

edit

Second leg

edit

Akademik Sofia won 2–1 on aggregate.

References

edit
  1. ^ "Balkans Cup 1974 season". RSSSF.
edit