1959 Greek Football Cup final

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1959 Greek Cup final
Event 1958–59 Greek Football Cup
Date5 July 1959
Venue Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee Dimosthenis Stathatos (Athens)
Attendance25,000
1958
1960

The 1959 Greek Cup final was the 17th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 5 July 1959 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Doxa Drama for a second time in row. It was Olympiacos' ninth Greek Cup final and fourth consecutive in their 34 years of existence and Doxa Drama's third Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 41-year history. [1] The Prime Minister, Konstantinos Karamanlis attended the match and also awarded the trophy to the winners. With their conquest of the Cup, Olympiacos became the only team to win the double three seasons in a row. [2]

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Venue

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

This was the fifteenth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1956 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 eight times, winning seven of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1958, where they won Doxa Drama by 5–1.

Doxa Drama had reached the Greek Cup final two times. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1958, where they lost to Olympiacos by 5–1. [4]

Route to the final

OlympiacosRoundDoxa Drama
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Diagoras 5–0 (A) Round of 32 Apollon Serres5–3 (A)
Ergotelis 2–0 (A) Round of 16 Megas Alexandros Katerini 1–0 (H)
AEK Athens 5–32–2 ( a.e.t. ) (A)3–1 (A) Quarter-finals PAOK 1–0 (H)
Apollon Athens 3–11–1 ( a.e.t. ) (A)2–0 (H) Semi-finals Panionios 2–1 (H)

Match

Details

Olympiacos 2–1 Doxa Drama
  • Christoforidis Soccerball shade.svg52'
  • Bebis* Soccerball shade.svg59'
Report
  • Georgiadis Soccerball shade.svg47'
Leoforos Alexandras Stadium , Ampelokipoi
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Dimosthenis Stathatos (Athens)

*Greek FA's official site mention Yfantis as the scorer.

GK Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Savvas Theodoridis
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Vasilis Xanthopoulos
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Thanasis Kingley
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Dimitrios Stefanakos
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giannis Ioannou
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Kostas Polychroniou
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Kostas Papazoglou
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Petros Christoforidis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Elias Yfantis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Thanasis Bebis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Stelios Psychos
Manager:
Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Vale
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 Fanis Ignatiou
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Nikos Nikolaidis
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Takis Loukanidis
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Nikos Tzaferis
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Alekos Nalbantis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Pavlos Grigoriadis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Thanasis Loukanidis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Antonis Georgiadis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Vasilis Ioannou
Manager:
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Nikos Pangalos

Match rules

See also

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