1979 Greek Football Cup final

1979 Greek Cup final

Event	1978–79 Greek Football Cup
Panionios AEK Athens 3 1
Date	9 June 1979
Venue	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Referee	Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)
Attendance	20,299
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The 1979 Greek Cup final was the 35th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 9 June 1979 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Panionios and AEK Athens. It was Panionios' fourth Greek Cup final in their 89 years of existence and AEK Athens' eleventh Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 55-year history. ^[1] Panionios with a 3–1 comeback, defeated the champions of that year, AEK Athens, claiming their first Cup and completed one of the biggest surprises in the history of the institution. ^[2]

Venue

Karaiskakis Stadium.

This was the eleventh Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1978 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

Panionios had reached the Greek Cup final three times. The last time that they played in a final was in 1967, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 1–0.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final ten times, winning six of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1978, where they had won against PAOK by 2–0.

The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final. ^[4]

Route to the final

Further information: 1978–79 Greek Football Cup

Panionios				Round	AEK Athens
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympiakos Loutraki	3–1 (H)			First round	Kavala	5–2 (H)
Edessaikos	3–2 ( a.e.t. ) (H)			Second round	Proodeftiki	4–0 (H)
Almopos Aridea	1–0 (H)			Round of 16	Acharnaikos	4–0 (H)
Aris	7–6	2–5 (A)	5–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	Anagennisi Epanomi	3–1	1–1 (A)	2–0 (H)
Olympiacos	4–4 (a)	2–1 (H)	3–2 (A)	Semi-finals	Panachaiki	7–4	2–3 (A)	5–1 (H)

Match

Details

9 June 1979

21:00 EEST

Panionios	3–1	AEK Athens
Anastopoulos 51' Lima 67' Pathiakakis 84'	Report	Konstantinou 3'

Karaiskakis Stadium , Piraeus

Attendance: 20,299

Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)

Panionios

AEK Athens

GK  1 Zafeiris Kakkaris DF Serafim Zacharopoulos DF Giannis Gravanis DF Nikos Chalkidis DF Christos Emvoliadis MF Charampos Saipas  46' MF Noni Lima MF 10 Giannis Pathiakakis FW Dimitris Mavrikis (c)  62' FW Nikos Anastopoulos FW Vasilis Vallidis Substitute: GK 15 Kyriakidis DF Giorgos Kalogeropoulos MF Vasilis Moraitelis  46' MF Santiago Ojeda FW Thomas Liolios FW Dimitris Saravakos Manager: Panos Markovic

GK  1 Lakis Stergioudas DF  2 Giannis Mousouris DF  4 Petros Ravousis DF  5 Lakis Nikolaou (c)  50' DF  3 Christos Ardizoglou  46' MF  6 Dionysis Tsamis MF  8 Takis Nikoloudis MF 10 Mimis Domazos FW  7 Tasos Konstantinou  72' FW  9 Dušan Bajević FW 11 Thomas Mavros Substitute: GK 15 Nikos Christidis DF 13 Theodoros Apostolopoulos  46' DF Apostolos Toskas DF Panagiotis Stylianopoulos MF Christos Kalaitzidis MF Dimitris Kokkinopoulos Manager: Andreas Stamatiadis

Assistant referees: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki) Giannis Latsios (Larissa)

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

• 1978–79 Greek Football Cup

References

1. "Kipello1971-1980" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
2. "Το πρώτο Κύπελλο του Πανιωνίου". oldfootball.gr (in Greek). 9 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019.
3. "Velodrome & Karaiskaki Stadium (1895 - 1964 - 2003)". stadia.gr.
4. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .