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1977–80 Balkan Cup

Tournament details
Dates	16 February 1977 – 27 August 1980
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Romania (4th title)
Runner-up	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	28 (2.8 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Anghel Iordănescu (6 goals)
← 1973–76

The 1977–80 Balkan Cup, was the 12th Balkan Cup football tournament. It was the first to have a group stage involving the five teams split into two groups, one of three teams and the other of two, with the winner of each one meeting in the final. It was played between February 1977 and August 1980 between Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Greece.^[1][2] The tournament was won by Romania with the aggregate score of 4–3 against Yugoslavia in the two-legged final.^[1][2] The top goalscorer was Anghel Iordănescu from Romania with 6 goals.^[1][2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	4	2	2	0	8	2	4.000	6	Final
2	Bulgaria	4	1	1	2	4	6	0.667	3
3	Turkey	4	1	1	2	4	8	0.500	3

Romania qualified for the final.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	4	1	4.000	3	Final
2	Greece	2	0	1	1	1	4	0.250	1

Yugoslavia qualified for the final.

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Yugoslavia	3–4	Romania	2–0	1–4

1977-80 Balkan Cup
Romania Fourth title

There were 28 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match.

6 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal