1978 Greek Football Cup final

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1978 Greek Cup final
Event 1977–78 Greek Football Cup
Date4 June 1978
Venue Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Referee Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
Attendance23,483
1977
1979

The 1978 Greek Cup final was the 34th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 4 June 1978 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and PAOK. It was AEK Athens' tenth Greek Cup final in their 54 years of existence and PAOK's tenth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 52-year history. [1] With their conquest of the Cup, AEK Athens achieved the first domestic double after 39 years and the second in their history. [2]

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Venue

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Karaiskakis Stadium.

This was the tenth Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 and 1977 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

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final nine times, winning five of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1956, where they had won Olympiacos 2–1.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final nine times, winning two of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1974 (4–3 on penalties, which came after a 2–2 draw at the end of the extra time against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 1977, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 2–1.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1939 final. [4]

Route to the final

AEK AthensRoundPAOK
OpponentResultOpponentResult
AO Chania 6–1 (H) First round Levadiakos 6–1 (H)
Panathinaikos 1–0 (A) Second round Olympiacos Volos 4–1 (H)
Panionios 3–0 (H) Round of 16 Iraklis 1–0 (A)
Panelefsiniakos 4–2 (A) Quarter-finals Veria 5–0 (H)
Olympiacos 6–1 (H) Semi-finals Aris 1–0 ( a.e.t. ) (A)

Match

Details

AEK Athens 2–0 PAOK
Report (pages 4,5)
Karaiskakis Stadium , Piraeus
Attendance: 23,483
Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
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AEK Athens
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PAOK
GK 1 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Nikos Christidis
DF 2 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giannis Mousouris
DF 5 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Lakis Nikolaou
DF 4 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Petros Ravousis
DF 3 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Babis Intzoglou
MF 6 Flag of Uruguay.svg Milton Viera Yellow card.svg 26'
MF 7 Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Tasos Konstantinou Sub off.svg 79'
MF 8 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Takis Nikoloudis
MF10 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Mimis Papaioannou (c)Sub off.svg 65'
FW 9 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Dušan Bajević
FW11 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Thomas Mavros
Substitutes:
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Apostolos Toskas Sub on.svg 65'
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Lazaros Papadopoulos Sub on.svg 79'
Manager:
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Zlatko Čajkovski
GK 1 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Mladen Furtula
DF 2 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giannis Gounaris Sub off.svg 72'
DF 3 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Konstantinos Iosifidis
DF 5 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Koulis Apostolidis (c)
MF 4 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Angelos Anastasiadis
MF10 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Giorgos Koudas
MF 7 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Panagiotis Kermanidis
MF 8 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Stavros Sarafis
FW11 Flag of Brazil.svg Neto Guerino
FW 6 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Kostas Orfanos
FW 9 Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Georgios Kostikos Sub off.svg 79'
Substitutes:
DF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Nikos Alavantas Sub on.svg 79'
MF Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Ioannis Damanakis Sub on.svg 72'
Manager:
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Lakis Petropoulos

Assistant referees:
Panagiotis Tsolakidis (Thessaloniki)
G. Moschopoulos (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

References

  1. "Kipello1971-1980" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
  2. "Σαν σήμερα το 1978 η ΑΕΚ κατακτά το ντάμπλ έπειτα από 39 χρόνια". ertopen.com (in Greek). 4 June 2018.
  3. "Velodrome & Karaiskaki Stadium (1895 - 1964 - 2003)". stadia.gr.
  4. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .