In 1961, a Balkan Cup for clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia was introduced. It was played (at least) 27 times. The competition was very popular in the 1960s (the 1967 final attracted 42,000 spectators), being the second most important international club competition for clubs from the region (after the European Champions' Cup in which the champions could play; the Cup Winners' Cup originally attracted few teams from the region as many did not organise domestic cups regularly and only Yugoslavia had significant representation in the Fairs Cup). It later declined after Balkan clubs obtained more representation in the two minor UEFA competitions. The much older but (also) discontinued Balkan Cup for national teams was even more popular.
1960/61 Steagul Rosu Brasov 1961/62 Olympiakos 1962/63 not played 1963/64 Rapid Bucuresti 1964-66 Rapid Bucuresti 1966/67 Fenerbahçe 1967/68 Beroe Stara Zagora 1969 Beroe Stara Zagora 1970 Partizani Tiranë 1971 Panionios 1972 Trakia Plovdiv 1973 Lokomotiv Sofia 1974 Akademik Sofia 1975 Radnicki Nis 1976/77 Dinamo Zagreb 1977/78 Panathinaikos 1978 NK Rijeka 1979/80 Sportul studentesc Bucuresti 1980/81 Velez Mostar 1981-83 Beroe Stara Zagora 1983/84 Beroe Stara Zagora 1984/85 Iraklis (Thessaloniki) 1986 Slavia Sofia 1987/88 Slavia Sofia 1988/89 OFI (Iraklion) 1989/90 not played 1990/91 Inter Sibiu 1991/92 Sariyer 1992/93 Edessaikos 1993/94 Samsunspor
Beroe Stara Zagora 4 Rapid Bucuresti 2 Slavia Sofia 2 Akademik Sofia 1 Dinamo Zagreb 1 Edessaikos 1 Fenerbahçe 1 Inter Sibiu 1 Iraklis (Thessaloniki) 1 Lokomotiv Sofia 1 OFI (Iraklion) 1 Olympiakos 1 Panathinaikos 1 Panionios 1 Partizani Tiranë 1 Radnicki Nis 1 NK Rijeka 1 Samsunspor 1 Sariyer 1 Sportul studentesc 1 Steagul Rosu Brasov 1 Trakia Plovdiv 1 Velez Mostar 1
Bulgaria 9 Greece 6 Romania 5 Yugoslavia 4 Turkey 3 Albania 1
1960/61 Steagul Rosu Brasov [played in group; runners-up Levski Sofia]
1961/62 Olympiakos 1-0 0-1 1-0 Levski Sofia [3rd leg in Istanbul]
1963/64 Spartak Plovdiv 1-1 0-2 Rapid Bucuresti
1964/66 Rapid Bucuresti 2-0 3-3 Farul Constanta
1966/67 AEK (Athinai) 2-1 0-1 1-3 Fenerbahçe [3rd leg in Istanbul]
1967/68 Beroe Stara Zagora 3-0 3-4 Spartak Sofia
1969 Dinamo Tiranë 1-0 w/o Beroe Stara Zagora [2nd leg 0-3 awarded, Dinamo withdrew]
1970 Beroe Stara Zagora 1-1 w/o Partizani Tiranë [2nd leg 0-3 awarded, Beroe withdrew]
1971 Panionios 2-1 1-1 Besa Kavajë
1972 Trakia Plovdiv 5-0 0-4 Velez Mostar
1973 ASA Tîrgu Mures 1-1 0-2 Lokomotiv Sofia
1974 Akademik Sofia 2-1 0-0 Vardar Skopje
1975 Radnicki Nis 1-0 2-1 Eskisehirspor
1976/77 Dinamo Zagreb 3-1 2-3 Sportul studentesc Bucuresti
1977/78 Slavia Sofia 0-0 1-2 Panathinaikos
1978 Jiul Petrosani 1-0 1-4 NK Rijeka
1979/80 Sportul studentesc 2-0 1-1 NK Rijeka
1980/81 Trakia Plovdiv 5-6 2-6 Velez Mostar
1981-83 Beroe Stara Zagora 3-0 3-1 17 Nentori Tiranë
1983/84 Beroe Stara Zagora [played in group; runners-up Arges Pitesti]
1984/85 Iraklis 4-1 1-3 Arges Pitesti
1986 Slavia Sofia 3-0 2-3 Panionios
1987/88 Slavia Sofia 5-1 1-0 Arges Pitesti
1988/89 OFI 3-1 Radnicki Nis
1990/91 Buducnost Titograd 0-0 0-1 aet Inter Sibiu
1991/92 Otelul Galati 0-0 0-1 Sariyer (Istanbul)
1992/93 Etar Veliko Târnovo 1-0 1-3 Edessaikos
1993/94 Ioannina 0-3 0-2 Samsunspor
win fin
Bulgaria 9 17
Greece 6 9
Romania 5 13
Yugoslavia 4 9
Turkey 3 4
Albania 1 4
28 56
NB: group runners-up 1961 and 1984 counted as losing finalists
Partial source: [Grü 92].
With thanks to Giovanni Armilotta (ga57@yahoo.com) for corrections and additions.
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