1980–81 Balkans Cup

The 1980–81 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 Velež Mostar won the trophy.

1980–81 Balkans Cup

Tournament details
Country	Balkans
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Velež Mostar
Runner-up	Trakia Plovdiv
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	49 (4.9 per match)

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification		VEL	AEK	FLA
1	Velež Mostar	4	2	0	2	8	6	1.333	4	Advance to Final		—	2–0	4–1
2	AEK Athens	4	2	0	2	7	7	1.000	4			3–1	—	3–2
3	Flamurtari	4	2	0	2	7	9	0.778	4			2–1	2–1	—

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored

18 September 1980 (1980-09-18)

Velež Mostar	2–0	AEK Athens
Skočajić 49' Matijević 89'	Report

Bijeli Brijeg, Mostar

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Stjepan Glavina (Yugoslavia)

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8 October 1980 (1980-10-08)

AEK Athens	3–2	Flamurtari
Stafylas 75' Kottis 77' Rigas 78'	Report	Çurri 14' Kovaçi 36'

AEK Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 2,885

Referee: Cumhur Demir (Turkey)

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23 October 1980 (1980-10-23)

Flamurtari	2–1	Velež Mostar
Çurri 43' Lleshi 55'

Flamurtari Stadium, Vlorë

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5 March 1981 (1981-03-05)

AEK Athens	3–1	Velež Mostar
Mavros 53', 58', 65'	Report	Međedović 25'

AEK Stadium, Athens

Referee: Georgescu (Romania)

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19 March 1981 (1981-03-19)

Flamurtari	2–1	AEK Athens
Çurri 21' Kovaçi 50'	Report	Eleftherakis 86'

Flamurtari Stadium, Vlorë

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Ivan Yosifov (Bulgaria)

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9 April 1981 (1981-04-09)

Velež Mostar	4–1	Flamurtari
?		Kovaçi 79'

Bijeli Brijeg, Mostar

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification		TRK	SSB	ZON
1	Trakia Plovdiv	2	1	0	1	5	3	1.667	2	Advance to Final		—	3–0	—
2	Sportul Studențesc	2	1	0	1	3	5	0.600	2			3–2	—	—
3	Zonguldak Kömürspor	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0			—	—	—

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:

23 October 1980 (1980-10-23)

Sportul Studențesc	3–2	Trakia Plovdiv
		Manolov Slavkov

Stadionul Regie, Bucharest

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12 August 1981 (1981-08-12)

Trakia Plovdiv	3–0 Awarded1	Sportul Studențesc

Trakia Stadium, Plovdiv

Final

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Trakia Plovdiv	7–12	Velež Mostar	5–6	2–6

First leg

25 November 1981 (1981-11-25)

Trakia Plovdiv	5–6	Velež Mostar
Kostadinov 3', 55' (pen.), 59' (pen.) Slavkov 42' Bakalov 83'	Report	Bijedić 17' Bajević 32', 75' Međedović 40' Karabeg 46' Bingulac 77'

Trakia, Plovdiv

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Antonios Vassaras (Greece)

Second leg

2 December 1981 (1981-12-02)

Velež Mostar	6–2	Trakia Plovdiv
Bingulac 2', 46', 79' Horozov 10' (o.g.) Bajević 17', 24'		Agrirov 47' Yurukov 53'

Bijeli Brijeg, Mostar

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Jucan (Romania)

Velež Mostar won 12–7 on aggregate.

External links

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