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1966–67 Balkans Cup

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1966–67 Balkans Cup
Tournament details
CountryBalkans
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsTurkey Fenerbahçe
Runners-upGreece AEK Athens
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored77 (2.85 per match)

The 1966–67 Balkans Cup was an edition of the Balkans Cup, a football competition for representative clubs from the Balkan states. It was contested by 8 teams and Fenerbahçe won the trophy.[1] Fenerbahçe striker Ogün Altıparmak later stated that he had used doping before the final.[2]

Scan of a 2 December 1971 Hürriyet newspaper headline featuring Ogün Altıparmak.
2 December 1971 Hürriyet newspaper headline quoting Ogün Altıparmak: “I also used doping”, with additional remarks about taking a pill before the AEK match and players requesting drugs before national team matches.[3]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Turkey Fenerbahçe (A) 6 4 0 2 10 6 1.667 8 Advances to finals
2 Albania Partizani Tirana 6 4 0 2 10 7 1.429 8
3 Bulgaria Cherno More Varna 6 3 0 3 8 7 1.143 6
4 Romania UTA Arad 6 1 0 5 4 12 0.333 2
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round
Partizani Tirana Albania2–0Bulgaria Cherno More Varna
Attendance: 25,000
Cherno More Varna Bulgaria3–1Romania UTA Arad
Cherno More Varna Bulgaria3–1Albania Partizani Tirana
UTA Arad Romania1–2Albania Partizani Tirana
Țârlea 62' (pen.) Pano 48', 54'
Cherno More Varna Bulgaria0–1Turkey Fenerbahçe
Fenerbahçe Turkey3–1Romania UTA Arad
Fenerbahçe Turkey3–0Bulgaria Cherno More Varna
Partizani Tirana Albania2–0Romania UTA Arad
UTA Arad Romania0–2Bulgaria Cherno More Varna
UTA Arad Romania1–0Turkey Fenerbahçe
Partizani Tirana Albania2–0Turkey Fenerbahçe
  • Tanalot 15', 44'
Fenerbahçe Turkey3–2Albania Partizani Tirana

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Greece AEK Athens (A) 6 3 3 0 10 5 2.000 9 Advances to finals
2 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia 6 2 2 2 11 10 1.100 6
3 Romania Farul Constanța 6 2 1 3 8 14 0.571 5
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK Vardar 6 1 2 3 6 6 1.000 4
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round
Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria3–3Greece AEK Athens
 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Vladimir Stanković (Yugoslavia)
Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria1–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK Vardar
AEK Athens Greece1–0Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia
 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Stelios Mavrogenis (Cyprus)
FK Vardar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–1Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia
Farul Constanța Romania4–1Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia
Farul Constanța Romania2–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK Vardar
FK Vardar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia4–0Romania Farul Constanța
AEK Athens Greece3–0Romania Farul Constanța
 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria5–1Romania Farul Constanța
AEK Athens Greece1–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FK Vardar
  • Papageorgiou 50'
 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Andreas Kouniaidis (Cyprus)
FK Vardar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–1Greece AEK Athens
 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ratko Čanak (Yugoslavia)
Farul Constanța Romania1–1Greece AEK Athens
  • Ologu 87'
 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Vasile Dumitrescu (Romania)

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legPlay-off
AEK Athens Greece 3–5 Turkey Fenerbahçe 2–1 0–11–3

First leg

AEK Athens Greece2–1Turkey Fenerbahçe
 Report
Attendance: 24,200
Referee: Luben Spasov (Bulgaria)

Second leg

Fenerbahçe Turkey1–0Greece AEK Athens
 Report
Attendance: 42,181
Referee: Božidar Botić (Yugoslavia)

2–2 on aggregrate. The away goals rule was not applied, so a play-off game at a neutral venue was fixed.

Play-off

Fenerbahçe Turkey3–1Greece AEK Athens
 Report
Attendance: 24,817
Referee: Teodor Bechirov (Bulgaria)

According to Metin Kurt's account of an article in the Hürriyet newspaper dated December 2, 1971, Fenerbahçe striker Ogün Altıparmak admitted that he had used doping before the final. One of his teammates offered him a substance referred to as Kuvvet Macunu before the match, which he said boosted his performance. During a medical examination in the United States, a doctor asked whether he had taken an "energy pill", warned him about its dangers, and advised him not to use it again.[2]

References

  1. "Balkans Cup 1966–67 season". RSSSF.
  2. "Türk futbolunun efsanesinden doping itirafları" [Doping confessions from a Turkish football legend]. ajansspor.com (Online) (in Turkish). 10 April 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2026. Ben bile bir maçta doping yaptım. AEK ile yapacağımız Balkan Kupası maçına çıkacaktık. Arkadaşlardan biri elinde bir kutu, hem dolaşıyor, hem de "Kuvvet Macunu" diye bağırıyordu. "Nedir bu" dedim. "Al da bak" diye cevap verdi. İçtim, maça çıktım. Allah, Allah... Bir değişiklik, bir değişiklik, yerimde duramıyorum. Karşımdaki bekin etrafından vızır vızır hem kaçıyor, hem de gülüyorum. Çocuk şaşırmış beni seyrediyor, ben kendimi tutamıyorum, sürekli gülüyorum. Maçı kazandık. Ben iki gol attım. (...) On beş gün sonra da Amerika'ya gittim. Amerikalı doktor muayenem sırasında bana "Enerji hapı aldın mı?" diye sordu. "Evet" dedim. Bir daha kullanmamamı söyledi ve tehlikelerini anlattı.
  3. Vecdi Çıracıoğlu (2017), Gladyatör: Futbol Arenalarında Bir İsyanın Hikayesi (Metin Kurt) [Gladiator: The Story of a Rebellion in Football Arenas (Metin Kurt)] (in Turkish), İletişim Yayınları, pp. 156