1998 Greek Football Cup final

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1998 Greek Cup final
Event 1997–98 Greek Football Cup
Date29 April 1998
Venue Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Referee Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
Attendance21,436
1997
1999

The 1998 Greek Cup final was the 54th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 29 April 1998 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Panionios and Panathinaikos. It was Panionios' sixth Greek Cup final in their 108 years of existence and Panathinaikos' twenty fourth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 90-year history. [1] [2] For the first time in the history of the institution, the president of Greece, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos graced the final with his presence (something that he would repeat in the 4 following finals), also awarding the trophy to the captain of Panionios, Leonidas Vokolos, who shortly after signed with his opponent in the final, Panathinaikos. [3]

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Venue

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Karaiskakis Stadium.

This was the fourteenth Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1960, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1997 finals (Karaiskakis also hosted the replay match of the 1960 final between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos and the second leg of the 1992 two-legged final between PAOK and Olympiacos).

Karaiskakis Stadium was built in 1895 and renovated once in 1964. The stadium is used as a venue for Ethnikos Piraeus and was used for Olympiacos and Greece on various occasions. Its current capacity is 42,000 and hosted a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1971 and the first leg of the Intercontinental Cup final in 1971. [4]

Background

Panionios had reached the Greek Cup final five times, winning one of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1979 (3–1 against AEK Athens). The last time that they had played in a final was in 1989, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 3–1.

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty three times, winning fifteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1995 (1–0 against AEK Athens). The last time that had played in a final was in 1997, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 5–3 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 two times in the 1967 and 1989 finals. [5]

Route to the final

PanioniosRoundPanathinaikos
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Panelefsiniakos 4–31–3 (A)3–0 (H) Round of 32 Orestis Orestiada6–02–0 (A)4–0 (H)
Orfeas Alexandroupoli1–00–0 (A)1–0 (H) Round of 16 Panserraikos 10–54–1 (H)6–4 (A)
Apollon Kalamarias 6–24–2 (H)2–0 (A) Quarter-finals Aris 3–11–1 (A)2–0 (H)
PAOK 2–11–0 (H)1–1 (A) Semi-finals Iraklis 4–21–2 (A)3–0 (H)

Match

Details

Panionios 1–0 Panathinaikos
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Karaiskakis Stadium , Piraeus
Attendance: 21,436
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
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Panionios
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Panathinaikos
GK12 Flag of Albania.svg Foto Strakosha
RB21 Flag of Greece.svg Akis Mantzios
CB 5 Flag of Greece.svg Leonidas Vokolos (c)
CB24 Flag of Greece.svg Vasilios Ioannidis Yellow card.svg 52' Red card.svg 72'
LB20 Flag of Greece.svg Takis Fyssas
DM10 Flag of Greece.svg Antonis Sapountzis Yellow card.svg 77'
CM 6 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitrios Bougas Yellow card.svg 13'
CM 8 Flag of Greece.svg Anastasios Katsabis Sub off.svg 78'
RW23 Flag of Greece.svg Giannis Kamitsis Yellow card.svg 54' Yellow-red card.svg 58'
LW 9 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Miodrag Medan Sub off.svg 66'
CF17 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Nalitzis Sub off.svg 73'
Substitutes:
DF 4 Flag of Norway.svg Roy Wassberg Sub on.svg 73'
MF18 Flag of Greece.svg Kostas Kafalis Sub on.svg 66'
MF26 Flag of Greece.svg Theofilos Karasavvidis Sub on.svg 78'
Manager:
Flag of Greece.svg Christos Emvoliadis
GK 1 Flag of Poland.svg Józef Wandzik  Yellow card.svg 54'
RB 2 Flag of Greece.svg Stratos Apostolakis Sub off.svg 65'
CB 8 Flag of Greece.svg Giannis Goumas
CB17 Flag of Greece.svg Georgios S. Georgiadis  Yellow card.svg 28' Yellow-red card.svg 46'
CB 6 Flag of Greece.svg Thanasis Kolitsidakis
LB23 Flag of Greece.svg Theofilaktos Nikolaidis
DM12 Flag of Norway.svg Erik Mykland  Yellow card.svg 42'Sub off.svg 48'
CM11 Flag of Greece.svg Giorgos Ch. Georgiadis
CM18 Flag of Greece.svg Kostas Konstantinidis
CF10 Flag of Greece.svg Alexis Alexoudis Sub off.svg 54'
CF 9 Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Warzycha (c)
Substitutes:
MF15 Flag of Greece.svg Angelos Basinas Sub on.svg 48'
FW13 Flag of Greece.svg Nikos Liberopoulos Sub on.svg 54'
FW28 Flag of Poland.svg Igor Sypniewski Sub on.svg 65'
Manager:
Flag of Greece.svg Vasilios Daniil

Assistant referees:
Kostas Romanos
Theodoros Kostidis (Thessaloniki)
Fourth official:
Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

See also

References

  1. "Το Κύπελλο του Πανιώνιου το 1998". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 29 April 2018.
  2. "Kipello1996-1999" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022.
  3. "Όταν ο Στεφανόπουλος "συγκρατούσε" τον έξαλλο Βαζέχα-Τα "γαλλικά" και η συγνώμη του Πολωνού". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). 21 November 2016.
  4. "Velodrome & Karaiskaki Stadium (1895 - 1964 - 2003)". stadia.gr.
  5. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .