1974 Greek Football Cup final

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1974 Greek Cup final
Event 1973–74 Greek Football Cup
After extra time
PAOK won 4–3 on penalties
Date16 June 1974
Venue AEK Stadium, Nea Filadelfia, Athens
Referee Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland)
Attendance28,000
1973
1975

The 1974 Greek Cup final was the 30th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 16 June 1974 at Nikos Goumas Stadium. The contesting teams were PAOK and Olympiacos for a second time in row. It was PAOK's eighth Greek Cup final and fifth consecutive in their 48 years of existence and Olympiacos' nineteenth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 49-year history. [1] It was the first time in the history of the Cup that a final reached the penalty shoot-out, where PAOK won the second Cup in their history, depriving Olympiacos the opportunity to win the domestic double. [2]

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Venue

This was the third Greek Cup final held at AEK Stadium, after the 1962 and 1967 finals.

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. [3]

Background

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final seven times, winning one of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1972 (2–1 against Panathinaikos). The last time that had played in a final was in 1973, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 1–0.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final eighteen times, winning fifteen of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1973, where they had won PAOK by 1–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final three times in the 1951, 1971 and 1973 finals. [4]

Route to the final

PAOKRoundOlympiacos
OpponentResultOpponentResult
Kastoria 5–0 (H) First round Petralona3–0 (H)
Moudania 7–2 (H) Round of 32 Proodeftiki 5–2 (H)
AEK Athens 3–1 (H) Round of 16 Iraklis 3–0 (H)
Egaleo 2–0 (H) Quarter-finals Panionios 3–0 (H)
Pierikos 1–0 (A) Semi-finals Panathinaikos 1–0 (H)

Match

Details

PAOK 2–2 (a.e.t.) Olympiacos
Report
Penalties
4–3
AEK Stadium , Nea Filadelfia
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland)
GK Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Ioannis Stefas
DF Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Giannis Gounaris
DF Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Konstantinos Iosifidis
DF Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Giannis Tsilingiridis
DF Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Filotas Pellios
MF Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Christos Terzanidis  Sub off.svg 113'
MF Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Stavros Sarafis
MF Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Giorgos Koudas (c)
FW Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Achilleas Aslanidis  Sub off.svg 95'
FW Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Dimitris Paridis
FW Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Koulis Apostolidis
Substitutes:
DF Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Aristarchos Fountoukidis  Sub on.svg 113'
MF Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Angelos Anastasiadis  Sub on.svg 95'
Manager:
Flag of England.svg Les Shannon
GK Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Eleftherios Poupakis
DF Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Giannis Gaitatzis
DF Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Thanasis Angelis
DF Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Vasilis Siokos (c)
DF Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Lakis Glezos
DF Flag of Austria.svg Peter Persidis
MF Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Michalis Kritikopoulos
MF Flag of Uruguay.svg Milton Viera
FW Flag of France.svg Yves Triantafyllos
FW Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Georgios Delikaris
FW Flag of Uruguay.svg Julio Losada Sub off.svg 55'
Substitutes:
MF Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Petros Karavitis Sub on.svg 55' Soccerball shade cross.svg66' Sub off.svg 105'
FW Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Giotis PapadimitriouSub on.svg 105'
Manager:
Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg Lakis Petropoulos

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

References

  1. "Kipello1971-1980" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
  2. "ΠΑΟΚ-Ολυμπιακός: Ο πρώτος τελικός που κρίθηκε στα πέναλτι βάφτηκε "ασπρόμαυρος"". sport-retro.gr (in Greek). 28 November 2018.
  3. "Nikos Goumas Stadium". stadia.gr.
  4. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .