1993 Greek Football Cup final

1993 Greek Cup final

Event	1992–93 Greek Football Cup
Olympiacos Panathinaikos 0 1
Date	12 May 1993
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Referee	Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)
Attendance	64,532
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The 1993 Greek Cup final was the 49th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 12 May 1993 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. It was Olympiacos' twenty-seventh Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 68 years of existence and Panathinaikos' twentieth Greek Cup finalin their 85-year history. ^[1] Before the match, the manager of Olympiacos Nikos Alefantos had a peculiar idea. He made all his football players to get a haircut as he thought it would work as a charm. Additionally at that time, short hair was not that fashionable and most footballers had long hairstyle. In the end, Olympiacos saw his trick with the haircuts not succeeding, with the only thing that they achieved was for the match to be remembered as the "final of the shaved heads". ^[2]

Venue

Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the ninth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and Greece and was used for Olympiacos and AEK Athens on various occasions. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted a European Cup/UEFA Champions League final in 1983, a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987 and the 1991 Mediterranean Games. ^[3]

Background

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty six times, winning nineteen of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1992, where they had won against PAOK by 3–1 on aggregate (1–1 at Toumba Stadium and 2–0 at Karaiskakis Stadium).

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final nineteen times, winning twelve of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1991, where they had won against Athinaikos by 5–1 on aggregate (3–0 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium and 2–1 at the Olympic Stadium).

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final eight times in the 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1986 and 1988 finals. ^[4]

Route to the final

Further information: 1992–93 Greek Football Cup

Olympiacos				Round	Panathinaikos
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Atromitos	Unknown			Matchday 1	Kalamata	Unknown
Anagennisi Chalkidona	Unknown			Matchday 2	Trikala	Unknown
Aiolikos	Unknown			Panelefsiniakos	Matchday 3	Unknown
Anagennisi Arta	Unknown			Matchday 4	Kastoria	Unknown
Group 3 winners Team Pts Olympiacos 8 Atromitos 6 Anagennisi Chalkidona 4 Aiolikos 1 Anagennisi Arta 1				Final standings	Group 7 winners Team Pts Panathinaikos 6 Kalamata 5 Trikala 4 Panelefsiniakos 3 Kastoria 2
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Pierikos	5–0	2–2 (A)	3–0 (H)	Round of 32	Paniliakos	8–2	2–1 (A)	6–1 (H)
Olympiacos Volos	3–1	1–0 (H)	2–1 (A)	Round of 16	Iraklis	3–0	2–0 (A)	1–0 (H)
Doxa Drama	5–2	4–1 (A)	1–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	OFI	7–3	5–2 (H)	2–1 (A)
AEK Athens	3–3 (a)	1–0 (H)	2–3 ( a.e.t. ) (A)	Semi-finals	Apollon Athens	3–0	0–0 (A)	3–0 (H)

Match

Details

12 May 1993

21:00 EEST

Olympiacos	0–1	Panathinaikos
	Report (page 3)	Warzycha 13'

Olympic Stadium , Marousi

Attendance: 64,532

Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)

Olympiacos

Panathinaikos

GK  1 Ilias Talikriadis DF  2 Theodoros Pachatouridis DF  3 Kyriakos Karataidis  50' DF  4 Georgios Mitsibonas MF  5 Sotiris Mavromatis MF  6 Panagiotis Tsalouchidis (c) MF  7 Hennadiy Lytovchenko  77' MF  8 Nikos Tsiantakis MF 10 Ilias Savvidis  73' FW 11 Oleh Protasov FW  9 Daniel Batista Substitutes: MF Vassilis Karapialis  77' FW Georgios Vaitsis  73' Manager: Ljupko Petrović

GK  1 Józef Wandzik DF  2 Stratos Apostolakis DF  7 Marinos Ouzounidis DF  5 Giannis Kalitzakis DF  6 Kostas Mavridis (c) DF  3 Giorgos Kapouranis MF  4 Louis Christodoulou MF  8 Kostas Antoniou MF 11 Spyros Marangos MF 10 Giorgos Georgiadis  89' FW  9 Krzysztof Warzycha  90' Substitutes: MF Kostas Frantzeskos  90' FW Georgios Donis  89' Manager: Ivica Osim

Assistant referees: Vassilios Nikakis (Aetoloacarnania) Stavros Zakestidis (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

• 1992–93 Greek Football Cup

References

1. "Kipello1991-1995" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
2. "Όταν ο Βαζέχα έβγαλε… "ξινό" το κούρεμα των ποδοσφαιριστών του Ολυμπιακού". bnsports.gr (in Greek). 11 May 2021.
3. "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
4. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .