1954 Greek Football Cup final

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1954 Greek Cup final
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Olympiacos after the final
Event 1953–54 Greek Football Cup
Date23 May 1954
Venue Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee Kostas Tzitzis (Athens)
1953
1955

The 1954 Greek Cup final was the 12th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 23 May 1954 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Doxa Drama. It was Olympiacos' fifth Greek Cup final and fourth consecutive in their 29 years of existence and Doxa Drama's first ever Greek Cup final in their 36-year history. [1] [2]

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Venue

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Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

This was the eleventh Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 and 1953 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris, the replay match of the 1949 final between AEK Athens and Panathinaikos and the replay match of the 1952 final between Olympiacos and Panionios).

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 four times, winning all of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1953, where they had won AEK Athens by 3–2.

Doxa Drama had never competed in a Cup final.

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

Route to the final

OlympiacosRoundDoxa Drama
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Bye First round Doxa Sitargon6–0 (H)
Second round Megas Alexandros Drama5–2 (H)
Third round Unknown
Fourth round
Fifth round
Sixth round
Seventh round Filippi Kavala2–1 (H)
Eighth round Elpida Drama 7–0 (H)
Ninth round Unknown
Tenth round Doxa AlexandroupoliUnknown
Atromitos Piraeus 2–0 (A) Round of 16 PAOK 3–2 (H)
Asteras Athens4–0 (A) Quarter-finals Aris 2–1 (A)
Apollon Athens 2–11–1 (A)1–0 (H) Semi-finals Iraklis 2–0 (w/o) (H)

Match

Details

Olympiacos 2–0 Doxa Drama
Report
Leoforos Alexandras Stadium , Ampelokipoi
Referee: Kostas Tzitzis (Athens)
GK Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Kostas Karapatis
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Ilias Rosidis (c)
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Vasilis Xanthopoulos
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Babis Kotridis
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Thanasis Kingley
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giannis Ioannou
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Dimitrios Kokkinakis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Themis Moustaklis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Kostas Karpathakis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Georgios Darivas
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Babis Drosos
Manager:
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giannis Chelmis,
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Vangelis Chelmis
GK Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Pavlos Boitaris
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giorgos Kotridis
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Vasilis Similiotis
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Thanasis Loukanidis
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Tolios
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Pistikos
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Fanis Ignatiou
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Karalazos
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Antonis Georgiadis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Tokmakidis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Vasilis Ioannou
Manager:
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Panos Markovic

Assistant referees:
Stefanidis
Dimosthenis Stathatos (Athens)

Match rules

See also

References

  1. "Kipello1951-1960" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
  2. "Το τέταρτο σερί ερυθρόλευκο Κύπελλο!". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 23 May 2016.
  3. "Leoforos Stadium "Apostolos Nikolaidis"". stadia.gr.
  4. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .