1999 Nova Supersports Cup

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1999 Nova Supersports Cup
Tournament details
Host countryGreece
Dates31 July to 1 August
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Greece.svg AEK Athens (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored15 (3.75 per match)
Attendance33.000 (8 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Greece.svg Demis Nikolaidis
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Dragan Ćirić
Flag of Greece.svg Theodoros Zagorakis
(2 goals)
2000 →

The 1999 Nova Supersports Cup was an association football friendly tournament competition hosted by Greek premium sports network Nova Sports in 1999, held in Athens. [1] [2]

Contents

The tournament occurred from 31 July to 1 August 1999 with the participation of English Premier League club Leicester City, Hertha Berlin from the Bundesliga, Iraklis from the Alpha Ethniki and AEK Athens from the Alpha Ethniki, which eventually won the tournament. [3] [4] [5]

Teams

The teams who accepted the invitation are:

Last updated: 6 December 2023.
Source: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Venue

All the games were played at the Nikos Goumas Stadium a 27,729-seat multi-use venue, home ground of hosts AEK Athens. The ground was demolished in June 2003.

Matches

Semi-finals

Iraklis Flag of Greece.svg 0–1 Flag of Germany.svg Hertha Berlin
  • Rekdal Soccerball shade.svg30' (pen.)
Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Georgios Douros
AEK Athens Flag of Greece.svg 3–2 Flag of England.svg Leicester City
Report
Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Georgios Psychomanis

Consolation final

Iraklis Flag of Greece.svg 0–3 Flag of England.svg Leicester City
Report Walsh Soccerball shade.svg16'
Heskey Soccerball shade.svg18'
Elliott Soccerball shade.svg26'
Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: ?
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis

Final

AEK Athens Flag of Greece.svg 4–2 Flag of Germany.svg Hertha Berlin
Report
Nikos Goumas Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Georgios Fasolis

Results

YearVenueWinnerRunners-up3rd place4th place
1999 Nikos Goumas Stadium Flag of Greece.svg AEK Athens Flag of Germany.svg Hertha Berlin Flag of England.svg Leicester City Flag of Greece.svg Iraklis

Last updated: 6 December 2023.
Source: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Scorers

NameClubGoals
Flag of Greece.svg Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens 2
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Dragan Ćirić AEK Athens 2
Flag of Greece.svg Theodoros Zagorakis Leicester City 2
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Toni Savevski AEK Athens 1
Flag of Greece.svg Christos Maladenis AEK Athens 1
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Nenad Bjeković AEK Athens 1
Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Neuendorf Hertha Berlin 1
Flag of Germany.svg René Tretschok Hertha Berlin 1
Flag of England.svg Steve Walsh Leicester City 1
Flag of England.svg Matt Elliott Leicester City 1
Flag of England.svg Emile Heskey Leicester City 1
Flag of Norway.svg Kjetil Rekdal Hertha Berlin 1
Nova Supersports Cup
1999 Winners
Flag of Greece.svg
AEK Athens
First Title

References

  1. ↑ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander; Veronese, Andrea (23 January 2003). "Supersport Tournament (Athinai) 1999-2001". rsssf.org. Online: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Πάρης Αρωνιάδης. "H AEK κέρδισε τη Λέστερ του Ζαγοράκη (vid)". aek-live.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Πάτροκλος Πανανίδης. "Τρεις εκτελεστές". tanea.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Ηλίας Αναστασιάδης. "ΑΕΚ-ΑΪΚ, 11/8/1999: Η κατάρα του 0-0". contra.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "AEK-Λέστερ: Από τον Χέσκεϊ στον Βάρντι". stoiximan.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

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