1950 Greek Football Cup final

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1950 Greek Cup final
AEK Athens 1950.jpg
AEK Athens Cup with the Cup
Event 1949–50 Greek Football Cup
Date28 May 1950
Venue Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee Sotiris Asprogerakas (Athens)
Attendance5,500
1949
1951

The 1950 Greek Cup final was the 8th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 28 May 1950 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Aris. It was AEK Athens' fifth Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 26 years of existence and Aris' fourth Greek Cup final in their 36-year history. [1]

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Venue

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. Apostolos Nikolaidis Gate 13-14.JPG
Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

This was the seventh Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948 and 1949 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris and the replay match of the 1949 final between AEK Athens and Panathinaikos).

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium was built in 1922. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and Greece. Its current capacity is 30,000. [2]

Background

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final four times, winning three of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1949, where they had won Panathinaikos by 2–1 in a replay match, after the 0–0 of the initial match.

Aris had reached the Greek Cup final three times. The last time that had played in a final was in 1940, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 3–1. [3]

Route to the final

AEK AthensRoundAris
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Niki Ampelokipoi12–0 (H) First round Bye
Sparta9–1 (H) Second round
Bye Third round
Fourth round
AE Pangrati2–0 (H) Fifth round
Bye Sixth round
Olympiacos 2–00–0 ( a.e.t. ) (A)2–0 (H) Round of 16 Elpida Drama 3–1 (A)
Apollon Athens 2–0 (c)2–2 ( a.e.t. ) (H)0–0 ( a.e.t. ) (A) Quarter-finals PAOK 6–43–3 ( a.e.t. ) (H)3–1 (A)
Panathinaikos 4–21–1 ( a.e.t. ) (H)3–1 ( a.e.t. ) (A) Semi-finals Ethnikos Piraeus 2–1 (H)

Match

Details

AEK Athens 4–0 Aris
Report (page 2)
Leoforos Alexandras Stadium , Ampelokipoi
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Sotiris Asprogerakas (Athens)
GK 1 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Michalis Delavinias
DF 2 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Antonis Parayios
DF 3 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Youlielmos Arvanitis
MF 4 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Michalis Papatheodorou
MF 5 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Tryfon Tzanetis
MF 6 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Kostas Poulis
FW 7 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Stathis Lazaridis
FW 8 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Pavlos Emmanouilidis
FW 9 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Kleanthis Maropoulos (c)
FW10 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Panagiotis Patakas
FW11 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Manolis Kountouris
Manager:
Flag of England.svg Jack Beby
GK 1 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Kostas Velliadis
DF 2 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Vachak Abrachamian (c)
DF 3 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Takis Nikolaidis
MF 4 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Simos Kaftantzis
MF 5 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giannis Grigoriadis
MF 6 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Leonidas Pozanis
FW 7 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Stelios Papoutsopoulos
FW 8 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giannis Liakopoulos
FW 9 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Dimitris Kazantzis
FW10 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Dimitris Kaltekis
FW11 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Lefteris Chalyvopoulos
Manager:
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Iakovos Giakoumis

Assistant referees:
Tzilos (Piraeus)
Diamantopoulos (Athens)

Match rules

See also

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  3. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .