1962 Greek Football Cup final

1962 Greek Cup final

Event	1961–62 Greek Football Cup
Olympiacos Panathinaikos 0 0
Abandoned at the 97th minute.
Date	27 June 1962
Venue	AEK Stadium, Nea Filadelfia, Athens
Referee	Andre Möhler (Switzerland)
Attendance	28,155
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The 1962 Greek Cup final was the 20th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 27 June 1962 at AEK Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. It was Olympiacos' twelfth Greek Cup final and seventh consecutive in their 37 years of existence and Panathinaikos' sixth Greek Cup final in their 54-year history. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It was an eventful and a harsh match that was marked by three red cards in a first half, which in fact lasted 66 minutes, due to the continuous interruptions. The intermission lasted 30 minutes and spectators became suspicious that both teams had arranged for a draw in order to make more money from the replay match that would occur according to the regulation at the time. Thus the hurled objects on to the pitch. The second half went smoothly with the spectators persisting in booing the footballers of both teams. The score remained at 0–0 and the match went to extra time. However, with the 21 minutes of delays at the beginning of the match and since there were no floodlights in the stadium, darkness set in. As a result, the referee interrupted the match at the 97th minute. ^[4] The HFF, fearful of reactions of the crowd, declined to arrange a replay match, so while there was a Cup final, there was no Cup winner and conclusively there was no runner-up. Nevertheless, Olympiacos qualified for the next season's European Cup Winners' Cup, since Panathinaikos emerged as the champions of that year. ^[5]

Venue

This was the first Greek Cup final held at AEK Stadium.

AEK Stadium was built in 1930. The stadium is used as a venue for AEK Athens and was used for Greece on various occasions. Its current capacity is 32,000. ^[6]

Background

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final eleven times, winning ten of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1961, where they won Panionios by 3–0.

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final five times, winning three of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1955 (1–0 against PAOK). The last time that had played in a final was in 1960, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 3–0 in a replay match, after the 1–1 of the initial match.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1960 final. ^[7]

Route to the final

Further information: 1961–62 Greek Football Cup

Olympiacos				Round	Panathinaikos
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympiacos Chalkida	7–1 (H)			Round of 32	Egaleo	2–0 (H)
OFI	9–0 (H)			Round of 16	Averof Ioannina	3–0 (H)
Aris	3–2 (H)			Quarter-finals	Apollon Kalamarias	6–1 (H)
Panionios	4–3	1–1 ( a.e.t. ) (H)	3–2 (A)	Semi-finals	Apollon Athens	5–3 (H)

Match

Details

27 June 1962

17:00 EET

Olympiacos	0–0 (Abandoned at the 97th minute) (a.e.t.)	Panathinaikos
	Report

AEK Stadium , Nea Filadelfia

Attendance: 28,155

Referee: Andre Möhler (Switzerland)

GK Stathis Tsanaktsis DF Dimitris Plessas DF Dimitrios Stefanakos DF Giangos Simantiris MF Kostas Polychroniou (c) MF Savvas Papazoglou  5' MF Thanasis Bebis FW Kostas Papazoglou FW Elias Yfantis FW Aris Papazoglou  43' FW Stelios Psychos Manager: Alekos Chatzistavridis

GK Michalis Voutsaras DF Nikos Tzounakos DF Kostas Linoxilakis (c) DF Aristidis Kamaras MF Zacharias Pytichoutis MF Giorgos Andreou MF Mimis Domazos FW Andreas Papaemmanouil   5' FW Kostas Toumpelis FW Dimitris Theofanis FW Vangelis Panakis Manager: Harry Game

Assistant referees: Barot (Switzerland) Giakoj (Switzerland)

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

See also

• 1961–62 Greek Football Cup

References

1. "Kipello1961-1970" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
2. "Ο εικοστός κατά σειράν τελικός είναι ο αγών Ολυμπιακού - Π.Α.Ο." (in Greek). Ethnos. 27 June 1962. p. 6.
3. "Αποδοκιμασίες, σκοτάδι και διακοπή: Ο τελικός Κυπέλλου που δεν έληξε… ποτέ!". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). 27 June 2021.
4. Fountoukidis, Evangelos (28 June 1962). "Αντιαθλητική η διαγωγή παικτών, παραγόντων και των φιλάθλων εις το ματς Ολυμπιακού - Π.Α.Ο." (in Greek). Ethnos. p. 1 and 4.
5. "Σαν σήμερα: Ο επεισοδιακός «τελικός της νύχτας», που δεν ολοκληρώθηκε ποτέ". sportdog.gr (in Greek). 27 June 2018.
6. "Nikos Goumas Stadium". stadia.gr.
7. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .