1939 Greek Football Cup final

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1939 Greek Cup final
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AEK Athens with the Cup
Event 1938–39 Greek Football Cup
Date28 May 1939
Venue Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee Stavros Chatzopoulos
1933
1940

The 1939 Greek Cup final was the 3rd final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 2 June 1940 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and PAOK. It was AEK Athens' second Greek Cup final in their 15 years of existence and PAOK's first ever Greek Cup final in their 13-year history. [1] It was the first Cup final to be held after 6 years. With the conquest of the Cup, AEK Athens became the first ever Greek club to achieve the domestic double. [2]

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Venue

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Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

This was the second Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932 final. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris).

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium was built in 1922. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and Greece. Its current capacity is 30,000. [3]

Background

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Players of AEK Athens and PAOK before the final

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final once in 1932, where they had won Aris by 5–3.

PAOK had never competed in a Cup final.

The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final. [4]

Route to the final

AEK AthensRoundPAOK
OpponentResultOpponentResult
Aris Piraeus7–0 (H) Round of 16 Hellas Florina6–1 (A)
Apollon Athens 3–1 (A) Quarter-finals Iraklis 3–2 (H)
Olympiacos 2–0 (w/o) (A) Semi-finals Ethnikos Piraeus 4–0 (H)

Match

Details

AEK Athens 2–1 PAOK
Report
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Leoforos Alexandras Stadium , Athens
Referee: Stavros Chatzopoulos
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PAOK
GK Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Christos Ribas (c)
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giorgos Gasparis
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Mimis Seltsikas
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Dionysis Kapantais
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Spyros Kontoulis
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Georgios Magiras
FW Blue Ensign of Cyprus (1922).svg Kostas Vasiliou
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Alekos Chatzistavridis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Tryfon Tzanetis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Kleanthis Maropoulos
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Vasilios Manettas
Manager:
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Kostas Negrepontis
GK Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Nikos Sotiriadis
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giorgos Vatikis
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Youlielmos Arvanitis
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Apostolos Kontopoulos
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Kyriakos Bostantzoglou
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Thrasyvoulos Panidis (c)
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Glaros
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Kostas Kritas
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Aristidis Ioannidis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Kostas Kalogiannis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Kontoulias
Manager:

Match rules

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