1987 Greek Football Cup final

1987 Greek Cup final

Event	1986–87 Greek Football Cup
Iraklis OFI 1 1
After extra time OFI won 3–1 on penalties
Date	21 June 1987
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Referee	Meletis Voutsaras (Athens)
Attendance	23,587
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The 1987 Greek Cup final was the 43rd final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 21 June 1987 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Iraklis and OFI. It was Iraklis' fifth Greek Cup final in their 79 years of existence and OFI's first ever Greek Cup final in their 62-year history. ^[1] Myron Sifakis the third-choice at the time goalkeeper of OFI emerged as the hero of his team, saving two penalties during the penalty shoot-out. ^[2]

Venue

Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the fifth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos, Olympiacos, AEK Athens and Greece. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted a European Cup final in 1983 and a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987. ^[3]

Background

Iraklis had reached the Greek Cup final four times, winning one of them. The last time that they won the Cup was in 1976 (6–5 on penalties, which came after a 4–4 draw at the end of the extra time against Olympiacos). The last time that they played in a final was in 1980, where they had lost to Kastoria by 5–2.

OFI had never competed in a Cup final.

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

Route to the final

Further information: 1986–87 Greek Football Cup

Iraklis				Round	OFI
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Kavala	1–1 (4–3 p) (A)			First round	Thiva	2–0 (H)
Bye				Additional round	Bye
Polykastro	4–0	3–0 (H)	1–0 (A)	Round of 32	Edessaikos	4–2	3–0 (H)	1–2 (A)
Kozani	9–2	5–0 (H)	4–2 (A)	Round of 16	Apollon Athens	4–1	4–0 (H)	0–1 (A)
AEL	2–1	1–1 (A)	1–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Kallithea	6–0	2–0 (A)	4–0 (H)
Panathinaikos	3–2	0–0 (H)	3–2 (A)	Semi-finals	Diagoras	5–1	2–0 (A)	3–1 (H)

Match

Details

21 June 1987

21:00 EEST

Iraklis	1–1 (a.e.t.)	OFI
Kofidis 30'	Report	Charalampidis 34'
Penalties
Sundby Zifkas D. Papadopoulos Adamou	1–3	Charalampidis Tsinos Papavasiliou

Olympic Stadium , Marousi

Attendance: 23,587

Referee: Meletis Voutsaras (Athens)

Iraklis

OFI

GK Blanko Georgiev DF Tasos Lefkopoulos DF Christos Zifkas DF Pagonis Vakalopoulos DF Kostas Iliadis MF Savvas Kofidis (c) MF Daniil Papadopoulos MF Sakis Anastasiadis MF Giorgos Karaiskos   57' MF Vasilis Hatzipanagis   98' FW Tom Sundby Substitutes: GK Fotis Gizelis DF Giorgos Papadopoulos   57' FW Kostas Maloumidis FW Fanis Toutziaris FW Dimitris Adamou   98' Manager: Christos Archontidis

GK Myron Sifakis DF Nikos Goulis DF Christos Vasiliou DF Grigoris Tsinos DF Giannis Michalitsos  102' DF Alejandro Hisis MF Takis Persias (c) MF Grigoris Papavasiliou MF Nikos Nioplias  94' FW Giannis Samaras FW Grigoris Charalampidis Substitutes: GK Vangelis Chosadas DF Nikos Tsimpos MF Miltos Andreanidis  102' FW Georgios Vlastos FW Christos Kariotis  94' Manager: Eugène Gerards

Assistant referees: Dimitris Daoulas (Aetoloacarnania) Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)

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

• 1986–87 Greek Football Cup

References

1. "Kipello1981-1990" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
2. "Το Κύπελλο του ΟΦΗ στα πέναλτι με τον Ηρακλή". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 21 June 2018.
3. "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
4. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .