1955 Greek Football Cup final

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1955 Greek Cup final
Event 1954–55 Greek Football Cup
Date12 June 1955
Venue Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee Vasilis Diamandopoulos (Athens)
Attendance6,729
1954
1956

The 1955 Greek Cup final was the 13th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 12 June 1955 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and PAOK. It was Panathinaikos' fourth Greek Cup final in their 47 years of existence and PAOK's third Greek Cup final in their 29-year history. [1] [2]

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Venue

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

This was the twelfth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954 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

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final three times, winning two of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1948 (2–1 against AEK Athens). The last time that had played in a final was in 1949, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 2–1 in a replay match, after the 0–0 of the initial match.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final two times. The last time that they played in a final was in 1951, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 4–0.

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

Route to the final

PanathinaikosRoundPAOK
OpponentResultOpponentResult
Asteras Athens1–0 (H) Round of 32 Makedonikos 2–0 (H)
OFI 2–1 (A) Round of 16 Elpida Drama 3–2 ( a.e.t. ) (H)
Aris 1–0 (H) Quarter-finals Panionios 4–2 (A)
Apollon Athens 2–1 (H) Semi-finals Doxa Drama 1–0 (H)

Match

Details

Panathinaikos 2–0 PAOK
  • Kourtzidis Soccerball shade.svg24'
  • Panakis Soccerball shade.svg31'
Report
Leoforos Alexandras Stadium , Ampelokipoi
Attendance: 6,729
Referee: Vasilis Diamandopoulos (Athens)
GK Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Markos Chalaris
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Sotiris Angelopoulos
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giorgos Kourtzidis
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Dimitris Kazakos
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Kostas Linoxilakis (c)
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Ioannis Nembidis
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Filippos Asimakopoulos
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giorgos Foteinos
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giorgos Ziemis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Lakis Petropoulos Red card.svg 53'
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Vangelis Panakis
Manager:
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Svetislav Glišović
GK Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Apostolos Progios
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Antonis Kemanidis
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Vasilis Geroudis
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Dimitris Kalogiannis
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giorgos Chasiotis
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Christos Doukakis Red card.svg 53'
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Notis Tsintoglou
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Vangelis Karafoulidis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Christoforos Yientzis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Lefteris Papadakis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Kostas Kiourtzis
Manager:
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Nikos Pangalos

Assistant referees:
Sotiropoulos
Giannis Daskalakis (Piraeus)

Match rules

See also

References

  1. "Kipello1951-1960" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
  2. "Kυπελλούχος ο ΠΑΟ με γκολ… από τη σέντρα". oldfootball.gr (in Greek). 28 November 2018.
  3. "Leoforos Stadium "Apostolos Nikolaidis"". stadia.gr.
  4. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .