1951 Greek Football Cup final

1951 Greek Cup final

Event	1950–51 Greek Football Cup
Olympiacos PAOK 4 0
Date	11 March 1951
Venue	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee	Sotiris Asprogerakas (Athens)
Attendance	15,000
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The 1951 Greek Cup final was the 9th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 11 March 1951 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and PAOK. It was Olympiacos' second Greek Cup final in their 26 years of existence and PAOK's second Greek Cup final in their 25-year history. ^[1] Before start of the match the crowd "froze" in the presence of two men entering the pitch. One was dressed as Adolf Hitler and the other as his bodyguard. The misunderstanding ended quickly with the first explaining that he was in fact a fan of PAOK and he was dressed up for the Carnival that was not over at the time. ^[2]

Venue

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

This was the eighth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1950 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. ^[3]

Background

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final once in 1947, where they had won Iraklis 5–0.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final once in 1939, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 2–1.

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

Route to the final

Further information: 1950–51 Greek Football Cup

Olympiacos				Round	PAOK
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Panionios	3–0	0–0 ( a.e.t. ) (H)	3–0 (A)	Round of 16	Elpida Drama	4–3 (A)
Makedonikos	6–2 (H)			Quarter-finals	Aris	4–2 ( a.e.t. ) (H)
Asteras Athens	3–1 (H)			Semi-finals	Panathinaikos	1–0 (H)

Match

Details

11 March 1951

17:00 EET

Olympiacos	4–0	PAOK
Mouratis 27' Darivas 66' Drosos 75', 80'	Report

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium , Athens

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Sotiris Asprogerakas (Athens)

GK Stelios Kourouklatos DF Ilias Rosidis DF Gerasimos Germenis DF Andreas Mouratis MF Dionysis Minardos (c) MF Babis Kotridis MF Nikos Vasiliou FW Georgios Darivas FW Stelios Christopoulos FW Thanasis Bebis FW Babis Drosos Manager: Giannis Chelmis, Vangelis Chelmis

GK Alexandros Lykaris DF Vasilis Patakas DF Nikos Golemis DF Sofoklis Arvanitis MF Giorgos Gogos MF Giannis Psomas MF Giannis Vasiliadis FW Giorgos Mouratidis FW Anestis Tzinopoulos FW Lefteris Papadakis (c) FW Vasilis Emmanouilidis Manager: Wilhelm Sevcik

Assistant referees: Sotiropoulos Vrachas

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level

See also

• 1950–51 Greek Football Cup

References

1. "Kipello1951-1960" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
2. "Ολυμπιακός - ΠΑΟΚ 4-0: Ο τελικός Κυπέλλου υπό το βλέμμα του… Χίτλερ!". bnsports.gr (in Greek).
3. "Leoforos Stadium "Apostolos Nikolaidis"". stadia.gr.
4. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .