1985 Greek Football Cup final

1985 Greek Cup final

Event	1984–85 Greek Football Cup
AEL PAOK 4 1
Date	22 June 1985
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Referee	Makis Germanakos (Athens)
Attendance	24,994
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The 1985 Greek Cup final was the 41st final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 22 June 1985 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were AEL and PAOK. It was AEL's third Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 21 years of existence and PAOK's thirteenth Greek Cup final in their 59-year history. ^{[1] [2]}

Venue

Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the third Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983 and 1984 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and Greece. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted a European Cup final in 1983. ^[3]

Background

AEL had reached the Greek Cup final two times. The last time that had played in a final was in 1984, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 2–0.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final twelve 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 1983, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 2–0.

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

Route to the final

Further information: 1984–85 Greek Football Cup

AEL				Round	PAOK
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Panegialios	8–0 (H)			First round	Iraklis	3–1 (H)
Apollon Kalamarias	1–0 (H)			Additional round	Bye
Neapoli Piraeus	8–1	7–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	Round of 32	Aris	3–3 (a)	2–0 (H)	1–3 (A)
Makedonikos	6–3	2–0 (A)	4–3 (H)	Round of 16	Lamia	15–1	6–0 (H)	9–1 (A)
Korinthos	7–3	6–1 (H)	1–2 (A)	Quarter-finals	Olympiacos Volos	6–1	4–1 (A)	2–0 (H)
Levadiakos	7–0	2–0 (A)	5–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Panathinaikos	4–2	0–2 (A)	4–0 (H)

Match

Details

22 June 1985

21:00 EEST

AEL	4–1	PAOK
Ziogas 39', 73' Kmiecik 47' Valaoras 75'	Report	Skartados 55'

Olympic Stadium , Marousi

Attendance: 24,994

Referee: Makis Germanakos (Athens)

AEL

PAOK

GK  1 Georgios Plitsis DF  2 Takis Parafestas (c) DF  5 Giannis Galitsios DF  4 Georgios Mitsibonas DF  3 Kostas Kolomitrousis MF  6 Theodoros Voutiritsas MF  8 Christos Andreoudis  87' MF  9 Krzysztof Adamczyk FW  7 Michalis Ziogas FW 10 Kazimierz Kmiecik FW 11 Giannis Valaoras Substitutes: GK 15 Christos Michail DF 13 Babis Dossas MF 12 Sakis Tsiolis  87' MF 14 Giannis Alexoulis MF 16 Lazaros Kyrilidis Manager: Andrzej Strejlau

GK  1 Lakis Stergioudas DF  2 Apostolos Tsourelas DF  5 Charis Baniotis  21' DF  4 Ivan Jurišić DF  3 Nikos Alavantas (c) MF  6 Georgios Skartados MF  7 Kyriakos Alexandridis MF  8 Vasilios Vasilakos  20' MF  9 Thomas Singas FW 10 Rade Paprica FW 11 Georgios Kostikos  63' Substitutes: GK 15 Takis Pantelis DF 12 Konstantinos Iosifidis DF 13 Konstantinos Malioufas MF 14 Ioannis Damanakis  63' FW 16 Aris Karasavvidis  21' Manager: Walter Skocik

Assistant referees: Giannis Triantafyllou (Dodecanese) Kostas Adamopoulos (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

• 1984–85 Greek Football Cup

References

1. "Kipello1981-1990" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
2. "Τριάντα χρόνια από το πρώτο στέμμα της ΑΕΛ". sport24.gr (in Greek). Online. 22 June 2015.
3. "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
4. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .