1946 Balkan Cup

1946 Balkan Cup

Kupa e Ballkanit 1946 (in Albanian)
Albanian stamp issued in 2007 commemorating the 60th anniversary of Albania's victory in the 1946 Balkan Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Albania
Dates	7–13 October 1946
Teams	4
Venue(s)	Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana
Final positions
Champions	Albania (1st title)
Runners-up	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	20 (3.33 per match)
Attendance	130,000 (21,667 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Five players (2 goals each)
Best player(s)	Bozhin Laskov[1]
← 1936 1947 →

The 1946 Balkan Cup was the 8th edition of this tournament. The participanting teams were Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania and for the first time ever, Albania, who ended up winning the tournament in their first try.^[2][3]

Squads

• The four men's national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of over 14 players, including one or two goalkeepers.
• The age listed for each player is on 7 October 1946, the first day of the tournament.
• The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament.

Albania

Albania

Coach: Ljubiša Broćić The following players were called up to participate in the tournament.[4] Caps and goals as before start of the tournament, otherwise after the match against Montenegro on 22 September 1946.[5] No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Dodë Tahiri (1918-11-27)27 November 1918 (aged 27) 1 0 Vllaznia Shkodër 1GK Giacomo Poselli (1922-07-22)22 July 1922 (aged 24) 1 0 Flamurtari Vlorë 2DF Xhavit Demneri (1919-01-01)1 January 1919 (aged 27) 0 0 Partizani Tirana 2DF Rexhep Spahiu (1923-01-21)21 January 1923 (aged 23) 0 0 17 Nentori Tiranë 2DF Muhamet Dibra (1923-10-31)31 October 1923 (aged 22) 1 0 Vllaznia Shkodër 2DF Bahri Kavaja (1924-08-23)23 August 1924 (aged 22) 0 0 Vllaznia Shkodër 2DF Besim Fagu (1925-03-10)10 March 1925 (aged 21) 0 0 17 Nentori Tiranë 3MF Bimo Fakja (1919-01-01)1 January 1919 (aged 27) 1 0 Vllaznia Shkodër 3MF Sllave Llambi (1919-06-26)26 June 1919 (aged 27) 1 0 17 Nentori Tiranë 3MF Vasif Biçaku (1922-03-02)2 March 1922 (aged 24) 1 0 17 Nentori Tiranë 3MF Aristidh Parapani (1926-01-01)1 January 1926 (aged 20) 0 0 17 Nentori Tiranë 4FW Qamil Teliti (1922-07-09)9 July 1922 (aged 24) 1 2 Besa Kavajë 4FW Loro Boriçi (1922-08-04)4 August 1922 (aged 24) 1 0 Vllaznia Shkodër 4FW Pal Mirashi (1925-12-13)13 December 1925 (aged 20) 1 0 Vllaznia Shkodër

Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Coach: Todor Konov No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Simeon Kostov (1917-03-15)15 March 1917 (aged 29) 0 0 Lokomotiv Sofia 2DF Liubomir Petrov (1913-01-10)10 January 1913 (aged 33) 7 0 Levski Sofia 2DF Stoyan Ormandzhiev (1920-01-10)10 January 1920 (aged 26) 4 0 Lokomotiv Sofia 2DF Stoyu Nedyalkov (1913-01-29)29 January 1913 (aged 33) 3 0 Lokomotiv Sofia 2DF Ivan Radoev (1901-09-09)9 September 1901 (aged 45) 0 0 Sportist 2DF Ivan Dimchev (1921-02-22)22 February 1921 (aged 25) 0 0 Chavdar 2DF Traycho Petkov (1923-09-04)4 September 1923 (aged 23) 0 0 Lokomotiv Sofia 3MF Krum Milev (1915-06-11)11 June 1915 (aged 31) 7 1 Lokomotiv Sofia 3MF Aleksandar Popov (1920-10-01)1 October 1920 (aged 26) 0 0 Lokomotiv Sofia 3MF Dragan Georgiev (1922-05-13)13 May 1922 (aged 24) 0 0 Lokomotiv Sofia 3MF Stefan Bozhkov (1923-09-20)20 September 1923 (aged 23) 0 0 Sportist 4FW Vasil Spasov (1919-12-30)30 December 1919 (aged 26) 1 0 Levski Sofia 4FW Bozhin Laskov (1922-02-15)15 February 1922 (aged 24) 0 0 Levski Sofia 4FW Trendafil Stankov (1923-07-14)14 July 1923 (aged 23) 0 0 Septemvri Sofia

Romania

Romania

Coach: Virgil Economu No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Gheorghe Lăzăreanu (1924-05-06)6 May 1924 (aged 22) 0 0 Ciocanul București 2DF Alexandru Negrescu unknown 5 0 Ciocanul București 2DF Francisc Mészáros (1919-05-05)5 May 1919 (aged 27) 0 0 ITA Arad 3MF Nicolae Simatoc (1920-05-01)1 May 1920 (aged 26) 5 0 Carmen București 3MF Iosif Petschovschi (1921-07-02)2 July 1921 (aged 25) 1 1 ITA Arad 3MF Iosif Ritter (1921-12-02)2 December 1921 (aged 24) 1 0 CFR Timișoara 3MF Gheorghe Băcuț (1927-07-12)12 July 1927 (aged 19) 1 0 ITA Arad 3MF Mátyás Tóth (1918-04-01)1 April 1918 (aged 28) 0 0 ITA Arad 4FW Nicolae Reuter (1914-12-06)6 December 1914 (aged 31) 8 0 CFR Timișoara 4FW Bazil Marian (1922-11-07)7 November 1922 (aged 23) 7 1 Carmen București 4FW Francisc Spielmann (1916-07-10)10 July 1916 (aged 30) 3 1 Libertatea Oradea 4FW Sever Coracu (1920-10-02)2 October 1920 (aged 26) 1 0 Universitatea Cluj 4FW Eugen Iordache (1922-04-30)30 April 1922 (aged 24) 0 0 Juventus București 4FW Iosif Fabian (1923-08-10)10 August 1923 (aged 23) 0 0 Carmen București

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

Coach: Milorad Arsenijević and Aleksandar Tirnanić No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Zvonko Monsider (1920-05-11)11 May 1920 (aged 26) 2 0 Dinamo Zagreb 1GK Franjo Šoštarić (1919-08-01)1 August 1919 (aged 27) 0 0 Partizan 2DF Miroslav Brozović (1917-08-26)26 August 1917 (aged 29) 4 0 Partizan 2DF Kiril Simonovski (1915-10-19)19 October 1915 (aged 30) 2 0 Partizan 2DF Ivica Horvat (1926-07-16)16 July 1926 (aged 20) 2 0 Dinamo Zagreb 2DF Dragutin Lojen (1919-05-19)19 May 1919 (aged 27) 1 0 Dinamo Zagreb 2DF Miomir Petrović (1922-12-01)1 December 1922 (aged 23) 0 0 Red Star Belgrade 3MF Aleksandar Atanacković (1920-04-29)29 April 1920 (aged 26) 1 0 Partizan 3MF Franjo Rupnik (1921-05-05)5 May 1921 (aged 25) 1 0 Partizan 3MF Zlatko Čajkovski (1923-11-24)24 November 1923 (aged 22) 1 0 Partizan 3MF Prvoslav Mihajlović (1921-04-13)13 April 1921 (aged 25) 0 0 Partizan 4FW Frane Matošić (1918-11-25)25 November 1918 (aged 27) 9 0 Hajduk Split 4FW Franjo Wölfl (1918-05-18)18 May 1918 (aged 28) 4 0 Dinamo Zagreb 4FW Stjepan Bobek (1923-12-03)3 December 1923 (aged 22) 2 0 Partizan 4FW Božidar Sandić (1922-10-26)26 October 1922 (aged 23) 0 0 OFK Beograd

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Albania (C)	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4	Winners
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	4
3	Romania	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
4	Bulgaria	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 1946. Source: EU-Football.info
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

7 October 1946

Albania	2–3	Yugoslavia
Mirashi 6' Teliti 8'	Report	Matošić 47' Bobek 48' Čajkovski 78'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Radu Istrate (Romania)

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8 October 1946

Bulgaria	2–2	Romania
Negrescu 33' (o.g.) Milev 22'	Report	Reuter 40' Tóth 88'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Marijan Matančić (Yugoslavia)

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9 October 1946

Albania	3–1	Bulgaria
Boriçi 30', 65' (pen.) Mirashi 68'	Report	Spasov 5'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Radu Istrate (Romania)

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11 October 1946

Romania	2–1	Yugoslavia
Reuter 18' Fabian 24'	Report	Simonovski 42'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Andrey Zlatarev (Bulgaria)

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13 October 1946

Albania	1–0	Romania
Teliti 55'	Report

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Marijan Matančić (Yugoslavia)

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13 October 1946

Bulgaria	1–2	Yugoslavia
Laskov 88'	Report	Sandić 35', 70'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Qazim Dervishi (Albania)

Winner

1946 Balkan Cup
Albania First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 20 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3.33 goals per match.

2 goals

• Pal Mirashi
• Loro Borici
• Qamil Teliti
• Nicolae Reuter
• Božidar Sandić

1 goal

• Bozhin Laskov
• Krum Milev
• Vasil Spasov
• Frane Matošić
• Kiril Simonovski
• Stjepan Bobek
• Zlatko Čajkovski
• Iosif Fabian
• Mátyás Tóth

1 own goal

• Alexandru Negrescu (against Bulgaria)

References

1. Bozhin Laskov's profile at LevskiSofia.info
2. "Balkan Cup (For Nations)". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
3. "Balkan and Central European Championship 1946 results". football.eu. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
4. "Ballkaniada 1946, kur Shqipëria u shpall kampione e Ballkanit - Dossier" (in Albanian). Sot. 9 October 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
5. "Albania vs Montenegro*, 22 September 1946". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 5 April 2023.

External links

• Balkan and Central European Championship 1946 at EU-Football.info