1976 Greek Football Cup final

1976 Greek Cup final

Event	1975–76 Greek Football Cup
Iraklis Olympiacos 4 4
After extra time Iraklis won 6–5 on penalties
Date	9 June 1976
Venue	AEK Stadium, Nea Filadelfia, Athens
Referee	Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Athens)
Attendance	24,871
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The 1976 Greek Cup final was the 32nd final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 9 June 1976 at Nikos Goumas Stadium. The contesting teams were Iraklis and Olympiacos. It was Iraklis' third Greek Cup final in their 68 years of existence and Olympiacos' twenty-first Greek Cup final and fourth consecutive in their 51-year history. ^[1] The final has been characterized as one of the most thrilling in the history of the institution. Iraklis took the lead 2 times in regular time and Olympiacos equalized as many times. At the extra time, Iraklis made the 4–2, but again Olympiacos equalized in the last minutes, despite being down to 10 players. Eventually, in an equally dramatic penalty shoot-out, Iraklis won the first and only Cup in their history. ^[2]

Venue

This was the fourth Greek Cup final held at AEK Stadium, after the 1962, 1967 and 1974 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

Iraklis had reached the Greek Cup final two times. The last time that they played in a final was in 1957, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 2–0.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty times, winning sixteen of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1975, where they had won against Panathinaikos by 1–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1947 and 1957 finals. ^[4]

Route to the final

Further information: 1975–76 Greek Football Cup

Iraklis		Round	Olympiacos
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Veria	2–2 (7–6 p) (A)	First round	Proodeftiki	3–0 (H)
Pierikos	1–0 (H)	Second round	Ethnikos Piraeus	1–0 (H)
Trikala	1–0 (A)	Round of 16	PAOK	1–1 (6–5 p) (H)
Panetolikos	7–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	Panionios	3–1 (H)
Panathinaikos	3–2 (H)	Semi-finals	AEK Athens	3–2 (A)

Match

Details

9 June 1976

21:00 EEST

Iraklis	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Olympiacos
Hatzipanagis 25', 102' Kousoulakis 72' Gesios 111'	Report	Siokos 60' Viera 81' Karavitis 115' Glezos 119'
Penalties
Sentelidis Antonijević Christoforidis Pontikis Hatzipanagis Kousoulakis Touboglou	6–5	Kyrastas Karavitis Stavropoulos Vasilopoulos Synetopoulos Glezos Siokos

AEK Stadium , Nea Filadelfia

Attendance: 24,871

Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Athens)

GK Grigoris Fanaras (c) DF Manolis Touboglou DF Makis Sentelidis DF Charalampos Xanthopoulos DF Lazaros Kalaitzidis MF Zoran Antonijević MF Vangelis Kousoulakis MF Vasilis Hatzipanagis FW Thanasis Christoforidis FW Dimitrios Gesios  113' FW Nikos Pantazis  80' Substitutes: MF Giorgos Matsoukatidis  80' FW Nikos Pontikis  113' Manager: Les Shannon

GK Panagiotis Kelesidis DF Giannis Kyrastas DF Thanasis Angelis DF Vasilis Siokos (c) DF Lakis Glezos MF Petros Karavitis MF Milton Viera  91' MF Kostas Davourlis  112' FW Michalis Kritikopoulos  46' FW Maik Galakos FW Charalampos Stavropoulos Substitutes: DF Takis Synetopoulos  46' DF Giorgos Vasilopoulos  91' Manager: Georgios Darivas

Assistant referees: Thomas Kaladamis (Athens) Dimitris Protonotarios (Athens)

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

• 1975–76 Greek Football Cup

References

1. "Kipello1971-1980" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
2. "Όταν ο Χατζηπαναγής απογείωνε τον Ηρακλή!". onsports.gr (in Greek). 9 June 2021.
3. "Nikos Goumas Stadium". stadia.gr.
4. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .