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 countryAlbania
Dates7–13 October 1946
Teams4
Venue(s)Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana
Final positions
Champions Albania (1st title)
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored20 (3.33 per match)
Attendance130,000 (21,667 per match)
Top scorer(s)Five players
(2 goals each)
Best player(s)Bulgaria 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

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 Albania Vllaznia Shkodër
1GK Giacomo Poselli (1922-07-22)22 July 1922 (aged 24) 1 0 Albania Flamurtari Vlorë
2DF Xhavit Demneri (1919-01-01)1 January 1919 (aged 27) 0 0 Albania Partizani Tirana
2DF Rexhep Spahiu (1923-01-21)21 January 1923 (aged 23) 0 0 Albania 17 Nentori Tiranë
2DF Muhamet Dibra (1923-10-31)31 October 1923 (aged 22) 1 0 Albania Vllaznia Shkodër
2DF Bahri Kavaja (1924-08-23)23 August 1924 (aged 22) 0 0 Albania Vllaznia Shkodër
2DF Besim Fagu (1925-03-10)10 March 1925 (aged 21) 0 0 Albania 17 Nentori Tiranë
3MF Bimo Fakja (1919-01-01)1 January 1919 (aged 27) 1 0 Albania Vllaznia Shkodër
3MF Sllave Llambi (1919-06-26)26 June 1919 (aged 27) 1 0 Albania 17 Nentori Tiranë
3MF Vasif Biçaku (1922-03-02)2 March 1922 (aged 24) 1 0 Albania 17 Nentori Tiranë
3MF Aristidh Parapani (1926-01-01)1 January 1926 (aged 20) 0 0 Albania 17 Nentori Tiranë
4FW Qamil Teliti (1922-07-09)9 July 1922 (aged 24) 1 2 Albania Besa Kavajë
4FW Loro Boriçi (1922-08-04)4 August 1922 (aged 24) 1 0 Albania Vllaznia Shkodër
4FW Pal Mirashi (1925-12-13)13 December 1925 (aged 20) 1 0 Albania Vllaznia Shkodër

Bulgaria

  • Coach: Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia
2DF Liubomir Petrov (1913-01-10)10 January 1913 (aged 33) 7 0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia
2DF Stoyan Ormandzhiev (1920-01-10)10 January 1920 (aged 26) 4 0 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia
2DF Stoyu Nedyalkov (1913-01-01)1 January 1913 (aged 33) 3 0 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia
2DF Ivan Radoev (1901-09-09)9 September 1901 (aged 45) 0 0 Bulgaria Sportist
2DF Ivan Dimchev (1921-02-22)22 February 1921 (aged 25) 0 0 Bulgaria Chavdar
2DF Traycho Petkov (1923-09-04)4 September 1923 (aged 23) 0 0 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia
3MF Krum Milev (1915-06-11)11 June 1915 (aged 31) 7 1 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia
3MF Aleksandar Popov (1920-10-01)1 October 1920 (aged 26) 0 0 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia
3MF Dragan Georgiev (1922-05-13)13 May 1922 (aged 24) 0 0 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia
3MF Stefan Bozhkov (1923-09-20)20 September 1923 (aged 23) 0 0 Bulgaria Sportist
4FW Vasil Spasov (1919-12-30)30 December 1919 (aged 26) 1 0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia
4FW Bozhin Laskov (1922-02-15)15 February 1922 (aged 24) 0 0 Bulgaria Levski Sofia
4FW Trendafil Stankov (1923-07-14)14 July 1923 (aged 23) 0 0 Bulgaria Septemvri Sofia

Romania

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

Yugoslavia

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

Albania 2–3 Yugoslavia
Mirashi 6'
Teliti 8'		 Report Matošić 47'
Bobek 48'
Čajkovski 78'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Radu Istrate (Romania)
Bulgaria 2–2 Romania
Negrescu 33' (o.g.)
Milev 22'		 Report Reuter 40'
Tóth 88'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Marijan Matančić (Yugoslavia)
Albania 3–1 Bulgaria
Boriçi 30', 65' (pen.)
Mirashi 68'		 Report Spasov 5'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Radu Istrate (Romania)
Romania 2–1 Yugoslavia
Reuter 18'
Fabian 24'		 Report Simonovski 42'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Andrey Zlatarev (Bulgaria)
Albania 1–0 Romania
Teliti 55' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Marijan Matančić (Yugoslavia)
Bulgaria 1–2 Yugoslavia
Laskov 88' Report Sandić 35', 70'
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

1 goal

1 own goal

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.