1995 Greek Football Cup final

1995 Greek Cup final

Event	1994–95 Greek Football Cup
Panathinaikos AEK Athens 1 0
After extra time
Date	19 April 1995
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Referee	Filippos Bakas (Thessaloniki)
Attendance	60,777
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The 1995 Greek Cup final was the 51st final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 19 April 1995 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and AEK Athens for a second time in row. It was Panathinaikos' twenty second Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 87 years of existence and AEK Athens' fourtheenth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 71-year history. ^[1] In contrast to the sensational last season's final of the two teams, this year's match was marked by incidents on and off the pitch, by the moment that the referee, Filippos Bakas awarded a penalty in favour of Panathinaikos a few minutes before the end of extra time. ^[2] This event caused protests, expulsions and riots between fans of both teams with a total of 21 arrests by the police. Furthermore, certain footballers of AEK Athens denied to attend the title ceremony. Bakas managed to escape from the players of the yellow-blacks with a torn sleeve but a few days later a group of strangers attacked him in a street near to the airport of Elliniko. ^[3] A couple of days after the final, the president of AEK, Dimitris Melissanidis had a phone call with Bakas live on the TV, with the referee implying the invomvent of Melissanidis in his beating with president of AEK responding that the only thing he knows is that the referee is showing his "red underwear" all over Greece. ^[4]

Venue

Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the eleventh Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993 and 1994 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 two European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals in 1983 and 1994, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987 and the 1991 Mediterranean Games. ^[5]

Background

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty one times, winning fourteen of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1994, where they had won against AEK Athens by 4–2 on penalties, which came after a 0–0 draw at the end of the extra time.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final thirteen times, winning eight of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1983 (2–0 against PAOK). The last time that had played in a final was in 1994, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 4–2 on penalties, which came after a 0–0 draw at the end of the extra time.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final three times in the 1948, 1949 and 1994 finals. ^[6]

Route to the final

Further information: 1994–95 Greek Football Cup

Panathinaikos				Round	AEK Athens
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Anagennisi Giannitsa	Unknown			Matchday 1	Ethnikos Asteras	2–0 (A)
Aiolikos	Unknown			Matchday 2	Panargiakos	1–0 (H)
Sparti	Unknown			Matchday 3	Atromitos	4–0 (H)
Acharnaikos	Unknown			Matchday 4	Kastoria	1–0 (A)
Group 5 winners Team Pts Panathinaikos 12 Anagennisi Giannitsa 9 Aiolikos 6 Sparti 3 Acharnaikos 0				Final standings	Group 1 winners Team Pts AEK Athens 12 Panargiakos 7 Atromitos 6 Kastoria 2 Ethnikos Asteras 1
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Apollon Athens	4–2	1–2 (H)	3–0 (A)	Round of 32	Doxa Vyronas	5–2	3–1 (A)	2–1 (H)
Skoda Xanthi	4–3	1–0 (H)	3–3 ( a.e.t. ) (A)	Round of 16	Panetolikos	9–1	4–1 (H)	5–0 (A)
Olympiacos	4–4 (a)	1–2 (H)	3–2 (A)	Quarter-finals	Ethnikos Piraeus	3–1	1–0 (A)	2–1 (H)
Kavala	4–2	1–0 (A)	5–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Athinaikos	2–0	1–0 (H)	1–0 (A)

Match

Details

19 April 1995

20:00 EEST

Panathinaikos	1–0 (a.e.t.)	AEK Athens
Warzycha 118' (pen.)	Report (page 4)

Olympic Stadium , Marousi

Attendance: 60,777

Referee: Filippos Bakas (Thessaloniki)

Panathinaikos

ΑΕΚ Athens

GK  1 Józef Wandzik RB  2 Stratos Apostolakis CB  6 Marinos Ouzounidis   64' CB  3 Giannis Kalitzakis (c) LB  4 Giorgos Kapouranis DM  5 Dimitris Markos CM  7 Georgios Georgiadis LM 10 Nikos Nioplias AM  8 Juan José Borrelli RM 11 Georgios Donis   73' CF  9 Krzysztof Warzycha Substitutes: DF 13 Thanasis Kolitsidakis   64' FW 16 Alexis Alexoudis   73' Manager: Juan Ramón Rocha

GK  1 Ilias Atmatsidis CB  4 Stelios Manolas (c)  115' CB  3 Manolis Papadopoulos CB  6 Michalis Vlachos  115' CM  5 Refik Šabanadžović  117' CM  8 Toni Savevski RM  2 Georgios Agorogiannis  73' AM 10 Vasilios Tsiartas LM 11 Michalis Kasapis SS  7 Dimitris Saravakos CF  9 Vasilis Dimitriadis Substitutes: GK 15 Vasilis Karagiannis DF 14 Georgios Koutoulas DF 13 Vaios Karagiannis DF 16 Vasilios Borbokis  117' MF 12 Charis Kopitsis  73' Manager: Dušan Bajević

Assistant referees: Grigoris Kechagias (Thessaloniki) Platonas Bozatzidis (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

• 1994–95 Greek Football Cup

References

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3. "Μπάγεβιτς, ο πρίγκηπας του κυπέλλου". sport24.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
4. "Το ξύλο στον Μπάκα, το κόκκινο βρακί και η Μπριζίτ Μπαρντό". sport24.gr (in Greek). 29 April 2016.
5. "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
6. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .