spot in group (each time they entered the competition, ended up in the losing side). 6 clubs won Balkans Cup in their Single Entry: Dinamo Zagreb (Yugoslavia, now Croatia) in 1976, Panathinaikos Athens (Greece) in 1977, Velež Mostar (Yugoslavia, now Bosnia and Herzegovina) in 1980–81, Inter Sibiu (Romania) in 1990–91, Sarıyer İstanbul (Turkey) in 1991–92 and Edessaikos Edessa (Greece) in 1992–93 edition. By country Clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia competed as part of SFR Yugoslavia. Top performer by country: Participation By club In the 33 years of its existence, a total of 89 clubs from 6 countries appeared in the 28 Balkans Cup editions. Two of them, both Turkish, withdrawn their participation before playing a single match: Zonguldakspor in 1980–81 and Trabzonspor in 1986. Sides with 4 entries or more: By country Bulgarian and Turkish sides were present at each one of the 28 Balkans Cup editions, while Yugoslavian were absent 9 times in total, entering just twice during its last decade of existence (ironically, reaching both finals). Generally, South Slavs (both Football Association and clubs) were never keen supporters of the competition, as they had neither been enthusiastic about the national teams' Balkan Cup, too. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" cellspacing="15" cellpadding="15" |- | colspan="2" | | bgcolor="#f1f1f1" | Bulgaria | bgcolor="#f1f1f1" | Turkey | bgcolor="#f1f1f1" | Romania | bgcolor="#f1f1f1" | Greece | bgcolor="#f1f1f1" | Albania | bgcolor="#f1f1f1" | Yugoslavia |-style="border-bottom: 3px solid grey;" | colspan="2" align=left | Number of different sides that entered || 15 || 17 || 18 || 15 || 12 || 12 |- | colspan="8" align=left | Editions of Balkans Cup that |- | [1] || align=left | Country was represented by at least one club || 28 || 28 || 27 || 27 || 26 || 20 |- | [2] || align=left | Country's club withdrew before playing a match|| — || 5 || — || 1 || — || 1 |- | [3] || align=left | Country was still represented by another club || — || 1 || — || 1 || — || — |-bgcolor="ccffcc" | [4] || align=left | Country's clubs competed (=[1]-[2]+[3]) || 28 || 24 || 27 || 27 || 26 || 19 |-style="border-bottom: 3px solid grey;" | colspan="2" align=left | Country's clubs were absent (=28 total editions-[4])|| — || 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 9 |- | colspan="2" align=left | Years/editions