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 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).
| AEK Athens
|-
| align="center" | 1967–68 <br /> <small>Details</small>
| Beroe Stara Zagora
| align="center" | <small>a</small> 3–0 / 3–4
| Spartak Sofia
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
| align="center" | 1969<br /><small>Details</small>
| align="center" rowspan="13" | 6 <br /> Two groups
| Beroe Stara Zagora
| align="center" | 3–0 / 0–1 <small>a</small> <br> <small>2nd Leg: Dinamo walked off while losing 0–1.</small>
| Dinamo Tirana
|-
| align="center" | 1970<br /><small>Details</small>
| Partizani Tirana
| align="center" | 3–0 / 1–1 <small>a</small> <br /> <small>2nd Leg: Beroe did not show up.</small>
| Beroe Stara Zagora
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
| align="center" | 1971<br /><small>Details</small>
| Panionios
| align="center" | <small>a</small> 2–1 / 1–1
| Besa Kavajë
|-
| align="center" | 1972<br /><small>Details</small>
| Trakia Plovdiv
| align="center" | <small>a</small> 5–0 / 0–4
| Vardar Skopje
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
| align="center" | 1973<br /><small>Details</small>
| Lokomotiv Sofia
| align="center" | 2–0 / 1–1 <small>a</small>
| ASA Târgu Mureș
|-
| align="center" | 1974<br /><small>Details</small>
| Akademik Sofia
| align="center" | <small>a</small> 2–1 / 0–0
| Vardar Skopje
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
| align="center" | 1975<br /><small>Details</small>
| Radnički Niš
| align="center" | <small>a</small> 1–0 / 2–1
| Eskişehirspor
|-
| align="center" | 1976<br /><small>Details</small>
| Dinamo Zagreb
| align="center" | <small>a</small> 3–1 / 2–3
| Sportul Studențesc
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
| align="center" | 1977 <br /> <small>Details</small>
| Panathinaikos
| align="center" | 2–1 / 0–0 <small>a</small>
| Slavia Sofia
|-
| align="center" | 1977–78<br /><small>Details</small>
| NK Rijeka
| align="center" | 4–1 / 0–1 <small>a</small>
| Jiul Petroşani
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
| align="center" | 1979–80 <br /> <small>Details</small>
| Sportul Studențesc
| align="center" | <small>a</small> 2–0 / 1–1
| NK Rijeka
|-
| align="center" | 1980–81<br /> <small>Details</small>
| Velež Mostar
| align="center" | 6–2 / 6–5 <small>a</small>
| Trakia Plovdiv
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
| align="center" | 1981–83 <br /> <small>Details</small>
| Beroe Stara Zagora
| align="center" | <small>a</small> 3–0 / 3–1
| 17 Nëntori Tirana
|-
| align="center" | 1983–84 <br /> <small>Details</small>
| align="center" | 3 <br /> Round robin
| Beroe Stara Zagora
| align="center" | <span style="color:green;"> 6 – 4 Points RR</span>
| Argeş Piteşti
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
| align="center" | 1984–85 <br /> <small>Details</small>
| align="center" rowspan="2" | 8 <br /> Knockout
| Iraklis
| align="center" | 4–1 / 1–3 <small>a</small>
| Argeş Piteşti
|-
| align="center" | 1986<br /><small>Details</small>
| Slavia Sofia
| align="center" | <small>a</small> 3–0 / 2–3
| Panionios
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
| align="center" | 1987–88 <br /> <small>Details</small>
| align="center" | 10 <br /> Three groups
| Slavia Sofia
| align="center" | <small>a</small> 5–1 / 1–0
| Argeş Piteşti
|-
| align="center" | 1988–89 <br /> <small>Details</small>
| align="center" | 6 <br /> Two groups
| OFI
| align="center" | 3–1 <br />
| Radnički Niš
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
| align="center" | 1989–90
| colspan=4 align=center | Competition did not take place due to the Romanian Revolution of 1989.
|-
| align="center" | 1990–91 <br /> <small>Details</small>
| align="center" | 6 <br /> Knock-out
| Inter Sibiu
| align="center" | 1–0 <small>(a.e.t)</small> / 0–0 <small>a</small>
| Budućnost Titograd
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
| align="center" | 1991–92 <br /> <small>Details</small>
| align="center" | 5 <br /> Knock-out
| Sarıyer
| align="center" | 1–0 / 0–0 <small>a</small>
| Oţelul Galaţi
|-
| align="center" | 1992–93 <br /> <small>Details</small>
| align="center" | 6 <br /> Knock-out
| Edessaikos
| align="center" | 3–1 / 0–1 <small>a</small>
| Etar Veliko Tarnovo
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
| align="center" | 1993–94 <br /> <small>Details</small>
| align="center" | 4 <br /> Knock-out
| Samsunspor
| align="center" | 2–0 / 3–0 <small>a</small>
| PAS Giannina
|}
- Competition formats:
: Round robin: One group.
: Two groups: Two groups, top team in each group qualifies for the final
: Knock-out: Straight knockout.
: Three groups: Two groups of 3 and one group of 4; top teams in the 3-team groups and the top two teams in the 4-team group qualify for the semi-finals
Performances
By club
When sorted by year of winning or losing final(s), the table is sorted by the year of each club's first final.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Club
! Winners
! Finalists
! Finals
! Years of Winning
! Years of Losing
! Entries
! Notes
|-style="border-bottom: 2px solid grey;"
| Beroe Stara Zagora||align=center|4||align=center|1||align=center | 4||1968, 1969, 1983, 1984||1970 || align=center | 7 || align=center | 1984 Top Spot in Group
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| Slavia Sofia||align=center|2||align=center|1||align=center |3||1986, 1988||1977 || align=center | 5
|-style="border-bottom: 2px solid grey;"
| Rapid Bucureşti||align=center|2||align=center|-||align=center |2||1964, 1966||— || align=center | 2 || align=center | Winner in Both Entries
|-
| Panionios||align=center|1||align=center|1||align=center |2||1971||1986 || align=center | 3
|-
| Trakia Plovdiv||align=center|1||align=center|1||align=center |2||1972||1981 || align=center | 2 || align=center style="font-size:78%" | Reached Final in Both Entries
|-
| Radnički Niš||align=center|1||align=center|1||align=center |2||1975||1989 || align=center | 3
|-
| NK Rijeka||align=center|1||align=center|1||align=center |2||1978||1980 || align=center | 2 || align=center style="font-size:78%" | Reached Final in Both Entries
|-
| Sportul Studențesc||align=center|1||align=center|1||align=center |2||1980||1976 || align=center | 3
|-
| Olympiacos||align=center|1||align=center|-||align=center |1||1963||— || align=center | 3
|-
| Fenerbahçe||align=center|1||align=center|-||align=center |1||1967||— || align=center | 4
|-
| Partizani Tirana||align=center|1||align=center|-||align=center |1||1970||— || align=center | 5
|-
| Lokomotiv Sofia||align=center|1||align=center|-||align=center |1||1973||— || align=center | 4
|-
| Akademik Sofia||align=center|1||align=center|-||align=center |1||1974||— || align=center | 2
|-
| Dinamo Zagreb||align=center|1||align=center|-||align=center |1||1976||— || align=center | 1
|-
| Panathinaikos||align=center|1||align=center|-||align=center |1||1977||— || align=center | 1
|-
| Velež Mostar||align=center|1||align=center|-||align=center |1||1981||— || align=center | 1
|-
| Iraklis||align=center|1||align=center|-||align=center |1||1985||— || align=center | 3
|-
| OFI||align=center|1||align=center|-||align=center |1||1989||— || align=center | 2
|-
| Inter Sibiu||align=center|1||align=center|-||align=center |1||1991||— || align=center | 1
|-
| Sarıyer||align=center|1||align=center|-||align=center |1||1992||— || align=center | 1
|-
| Edessaikos||align=center|1||align=center|-||align=center |1||1993||— || align=center | 1
|-
| Samsunspor||align=center|1||align=center|-||align=center |1||1994||— || align=center | 2
|-style="border-bottom: 4px solid grey;"
| Steagul Roşu Braşov||align=center|1||align=center|-||align=center | -||1961||— || align=center | 4 || align=center | 1961 Top Spot in Group
|-
| Argeş Piteşti||align=center|-||align=center|2||align=center | 2
| Beroe Stara Zagora (4) <br />Slavia Sofia (2) <br />Trakia Plovdiv (1)<br />Lokomotiv Sofia (1)<br />Akademik Sofia (1)
| Levski Sofia (1 <small>+ Runner-up spot in 1961.</small>) <br />Spartak Plovdiv (1) Spartak Sofia (1)<br />Beroe Stara Zagora (1)<br />Slavia Sofia (1) Trakia Plovdiv (1)<br />Etar Veliko Tarnovo (1)
|-style="border-bottom: 2px solid grey;"
| align=left | Greece
| 6
| 3
| 9
| Olympiacos (1)<br />Panionios (1)<br />Panathinaikos (1)<br />Iraklis (1)<br />OFI (1)<br />Edessaikos (1)
| AEK Athens (1)<br />Panionios (1)<br />PAS Giannina (1)
|-style="border-bottom: 2px solid grey;"
| align=left | Romania
| 5
| 7