1972 Greek Football Cup final

1972 Greek Cup final

Event	1971–72 Greek Football Cup
PAOK Panathinaikos 2 1
Date	5 July 1972
Venue	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Referee	Christos Michas (Athens)
Attendance	34,831
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The 1972 Greek Cup final was the 28th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 5 July 1972 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were PAOK and Panathinaikos. It was PAOK's sixth Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 46 years of existence and Panathinaikos' eleventh Greek Cup final in their 64-year history. ^[1] PAOK won the first title in their history and at the same time they deprived their opponent of the domestic double. ^[2]

Venue

Karaiskakis Stadium.

This was the sixth Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1965, 1969 and 1971 finals. (Karaiskakis also hosted the replay match of the 1960 final between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos).

Karaiskakis Stadium was built in 1895 and renovated once in 1964. The stadium is used as a venue for Olympiacos and Ethnikos Piraeus and was used for Greece on various occasions. Its current capacity is 42,000 and hosted a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1971 and the first leg of the Intercontinental Cup final in 1971. ^[3]

Background

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final five times. The last time that they played in a final was in 1971, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 3–1.

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final ten times, winning five of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1969, where they won Olympiacos on a toss of a coin after a 1–1 draw at the end of the extra time.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1955 final. ^[4]

Route to the final

Further information: 1971–72 Greek Football Cup

PAOK		Round	Panathinaikos
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Foinikas Polichni	5–1 (H)	First round	Orfeas Egaleo	9–1 (H)
Pierikos	3–1 (H)	Second round	Xanthi	3–0 (H)
Bye		Additional round	Bye
Aias Salamina	2–0 (H)	Round of 16	Apollon Athens	1–0 (A)
Aris	2–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	Trikala	6–2 (A)
Lamia	2–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Panionios	2–0 (H)

Match

Details

5 July 1972

20:30 EET

PAOK	2–1	Panathinaikos
Koudas 2', 88'	Report (page 1)	Papadimitriou 89'

Karaiskakis Stadium , Piraeus

Attendance: 34,831

Referee: Christos Michas (Athens)

GK Savvas Chatzioannou DF Giannis Gounaris DF Pavlos Papadopoulos DF Konstantinos Iosifidis DF Aristarchos Fountoukidis MF Christos Terzanidis MF Michalis Bellis MF Stavros Sarafis  68' FW Koulis Apostolidis FW Giorgos Koudas (c) FW Achilleas Aslanidis  76' Substitutes: MF Giannis Mantzourakis  76' FW Vasilis Lazos  68' Manager: Les Shannon

GK Takis Ikonomopoulos DF Nikos Karamanlis  57' DF Giorgos Gonios DF Frangiskos Sourpis DF Mitsos Dimitriou DF Kostas Athanasopoulos MF Kostas Eleftherakis MF Charis Grammos MF Mimis Domazos (c) FW Antonis Antoniadis FW Takis Papadimitriou Substitutes: DF Giorgos Vlachos  57'   Manager: Ferenc Puskas

Assistant referees: Stathis Papavasiliou (Piraeus) Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of two substitutions

See also

• 1971–72 Greek Football Cup

References

1. "Kipello1971-1980" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
2. "Παναθηναϊκός-ΠΑΟΚ 1-2 Τελικός 1972". ert.gr (in Greek). 5 July 2017.
3. "Velodrome & Karaiskaki Stadium (1895 - 1964 - 2003)". stadia.gr.
4. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .