1973 Greek Football Cup final

1973 Greek Cup final

Event	1972–73 Greek Football Cup
Olympiacos PAOK 1 0
Date	17 June 1973
Venue	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Referee	Vital Loraux (Belgium)
Attendance	40,070
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The 1973 Greek Cup final was the 29th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 17 June 1973 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and PAOK. It was Olympiacos' eighteenth Greek Cup final in their 48 years of existence and PAOK's seventh Greek Cup final and fourth consecutive in their 47-year history. ^[1] With their conquest of the Cup, Olympiacos also achieved the conquest of their seventh domestic double. ^[2]

Venue

Karaiskakis Stadium.

This was the seventh Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1965, 1969, 1971 and 1972 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

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final seventeen times, winning fourteen of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1971, where they had won PAOK by 3–1.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final six times, winning one of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1972, where they had won Panathinaikos by 2–1.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1951 and 1971 finals. ^[4]

Route to the final

Further information: 1972–73 Greek Football Cup

Olympiacos		Round	PAOK
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Koropi	5–0 (H)	First round	Anagennisi Epanomi	3–0 (A)
Rodos	3–0 (A)	Round of 32	Olympiacos Volos	5–1 (H)
PAS Giannina	1–0 (H)	Round of 16	Fostiras	2–1 ( a.e.t. ) (A)
Panargiakos	3–2 (H)	Quarter-finals	Panathinaikos	2–0 (H)
Panionios	2–1 (H)	Semi-finals	Ethnikos Piraeus	3–2 ( a.e.t. ) (H)

Match

Details

17 June 1973

20:30 EET

Olympiacos	1–0	PAOK
Angelis 46'	Report

Karaiskakis Stadium , Piraeus

Attendance: 40,070

Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

GK Panagiotis Kelesidis DF Giannis Gaitatzis DF Thanasis Angelis DF Vasilis Siokos (c) DF Lakis Glezos DF Peter Persidis MF Milton Viera   90' MF Georgios Delikaris   89' FW Romain Argyroudis FW Nikos Gioutsos FW Yves Triantafyllos Substitutes: DF Giorgos Vasilopoulos   90' FW Julio Losada   89' Manager: Lakis Petropoulos

GK Ioannis Stefas DF Giannis Gounaris DF Filotas Pellios DF Konstantinos Iosifidis DF Aristarchos Fountoukidis MF Christos Terzanidis MF Stavros Sarafis MF Giorgos Koudas (c)  81' MF Vasilis Lazos  73' FW Dimitris Paridis FW Koulis Apostolidis Substitutes: FW Achilleas Aslanidis  73' FW Dimitris Panagis  81' Manager: Les Shannon

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

• 1972–73 Greek Football Cup

References

1. "Kipello1971-1980" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
2. "To «ερυθρόλευκο» κύπελλο και το σύνθημα του Λοσάντα". sportdog.gr (in Greek). 17 June 2014.
3. "Velodrome & Karaiskaki Stadium (1895 - 1964 - 2003)". stadia.gr.
4. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .