1963 Greek Football Cup final

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1963 Greek Cup final
Event 1962–63 Greek Football Cup
Date18 July 1963
Venue Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee Otmar Humber (Switzerland)
Attendance25,000
1962
1965

The 1963 Greek Cup final was the 21st final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 18 July 1963 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Pierikos. It was Olympiacos' thirteenth Greek Cup final and ninth consecutive in their 38 years of existence and Pierikos' first ever Greek Cup final in their 2-year history. [1] A remarkable fact was that Pierikos reached their first and only Cup final, only two years after their foundation with the merger of Megas Alexandros Katerinis and Olympos Katerinis. It was also the first time in the history of the institution, that a Cup final took place at night and was held under floodlights. [2]

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Venue

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Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

This was the eighteenth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960 and 1961 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 twelve times, winning ten of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1961 (3–0 against Panionios). The last time that had played in a final was in 1962, against Panathinaikos, where the match was abandoned at the extra time.

Pierikos had never competed in a Cup final. [4]

Route to the final

OlympiacosRoundPierikos
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Pagchaniakos6–1 (A) Round of 32 Anagennisi Giannitsa 2–0 (A)
Panionios 2–1 (H) Round of 16 Ethnikos Piraeus 2–1 (H)
Panathinaikos 5–3 (H) Quarter-finals Niki Volos 3–20–0 ( a.e.t. ) (A)3–2 (H)
Aris 6–31–1 ( a.e.t. ) (A)5–2 (H) Semi-finals Proodeftiki 4–0 (H)

Match

Details

Olympiacos 3–0 Pierikos
Report
Leoforos Alexandras Stadium , Ampelokipoi
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Otmar Humber (Switzerland)
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Olympiacos
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Pierikos
GK Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Stathis Tsanaktsis
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giangos Simantiris
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Dimitrios Stefanakos
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Thanasis Loukanidis
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Kostas Polychroniou (c)
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Sotiris Gavezos
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Nikos Sideris
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Thanasis Bebis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giorgos Sideris
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Aris Papazoglou
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Stelios Psychos
Manager:
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giannis Chelmis
GK Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Vangelis Drandakis
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giorgos Kefalidis
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Paraskevas Portokalidis
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giannis Mystakidis
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Alexandros Taxidis
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Theodoros Sidiropoulos
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Michalis Amanatidis
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Polychronis Fourlidis (c)
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Theodoros Kyziroglou
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Kostas Orfanidis
FW Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giannis Christoforidis
Manager:
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Alexi Petrović

Match rules

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