Balkans Cup
Country Club 0 Winners Finalists 0 Finals Entries Notes
BUL Beroe Stara Zagora 4 1 0 4 7 Balkans Cup record holder in wins , finals reached and entries
ROU Rapid Bucureşti 2 - 2 2
YUG NK Rijeka 1 1 2 2 Radnički Niš same performance in 3 entries
GRE Panionios Smyrna ( Athens ) 1 1 2 3
TUR Sarıyer İstanbul 1 - 1 1 Samsunspor and Fenerbahçe 1 win in 2 and 4 entries respectively
ALB Partizani Tirana 1 - 1 5
Performances -- By country
Clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , North Macedonia , Montenegro and Serbia competed as part of SFR Yugoslavia . Country 00Winners 0Finalists Finals Clubs won in final ( s ) Clubs did not win in final ( s ) Bulgaria 9 0 7 0 15 Beroe Stara Zagora ( 4 ) Slavia Sofia ( 2 ) Trakia Plovdiv ( 1 ) Lokomotiv Sofia ( 1 ) Akademik Sofia ( 1 ) Levski Sofia ( 1 + Runner-up spot in 1961 . ) Spartak Plovdiv ( 1 ) Spartak Sofia ( 1 ) Beroe Stara Zagora ( 1 ) Slavia Sofia ( 1 ) Trakia Plovdiv ( 1 ) Etar Veliko Tarnovo ( 1 ) Greece 6 3 09 Olympiacos Piraeus ( 1 ) Panionios Smyrna ( Athens ) ( 1 ) Panathinaikos Athens ( 1 ) Iraklis Thessaloniki ( 1 ) OFI Crete ( 1 ) Edessaikos Edessa ( 1 ) AEK Athens ( 1 ) Panionios Smyrna ( Athens ) ( 1 ) PAS Giannina Ioannina ( 1 ) Romania 5 0 7 0 11 Rapid Bucureşti ( 2 ) Steagul Roşu Braşov ( 1 ) Sportul Studențesc Bucureşti ( 1 ) Inter Sibiu ( 1 ) Argeş Piteşti ( 2 + Runner-up spot in 1983–84 . ) Farul Constanţa ( 1 ) ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș ( 1 ) Sportul Studențesc Bucureşti ( 1 ) Jiul Petroşani ( 1 ) Oţelul Galaţi ( 1 ) Yugoslavia 4 5 09 Dinamo Zagreb ( 1 ) NK Rijeka ( 1 ) Radnički Niš ( 1 ) Velež Mostar ( 1 ) ___ ___ NK Rijeka ( 1 ) Radnički Niš ( 1 ) —— Vardar Skopje ( 2 ) Budućnost Podgorica ( 1 ) 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 - 1 - 2 2 - 1 1 Turkey 3 1 04 Fenerbahçe İstanbul ( 1 ) Sarıyer İstanbul ( 1 ) Samsunspor ( Samsun ) ( 1 ) Eskişehirspor ( Eskişehir ) ( 1 ) Albania 1 3 04 Partizani Tirana ( 1 ) Dinamo Tirana ( 1 ) Besa Kavajë ( 1 ) 17 Nëntori Tirana ( 1 ) Total 280 260 52 52 Teams in Finals , since 1961 and 1983–84 editions were contested in Group Format . Top performer by country :
The Balkans Cup was an international football competition for clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. It was introduced in 1961 and 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 UEFA 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, in contrast to the (much older but also defunct) Balkan Cup (not Balkans) for national teams.