1948 Greek Football Cup final explained

1948 Greek Cup final
Event:1947–48 Greek Football Cup
Team1:Panathinaikos
Team1score:2
Team2:AEK Athens
Team2score:1
Date:20 June 1948
Stadium:Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
City:Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee:Kostas Tzitzis (Athens)
Attendance:12,000
Previous:1947
Next:1949

The 1948 Greek Cup final was the 6th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 20 June 1948 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and AEK Athens. It was Panathinaikos' second Greek Cup final in their 40 years of existence and AEK Athens' third Greek Cup final in their 24-year history.[1]

Venue

This was the fifth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940 and 1947 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris).

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium was built in 1922. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and Greece. Its current capacity is 30,000.[2]

Background

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final one time in 1940, where they had won Aris by 3–1.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final two times, winning all of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 1939, where they had won PAOK by 2–1.

The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.[3]

Route to the final

PanathinaikosRoundAEK Athens
OpponentResultOpponentResult
Olympiacos Patras4–0 (A)Twelfth roundBye
Elpida Drama7–1 (H)Quarter-finalsAtromitos Piraeus4–3 (H)
Asteras Athens3–1 (H)Semi-finalsOlympiacos1–0 (H)

Match

Details

GK  1 Mathios Vitalis
DF  2 Anastasios Kritikos
DF  3 Spyros Bogdanos
MF  4 Gavrilos Gazis
MF  5 Vangelis Nikolopoulos
MF  6 Alekos Chionidis
FW  7 Babis Fylaktos
FW  8 Nikos Simos (c)
FW  9 Giannis Petsanas
FW 10 Antonis Papantoniou
FW 11 Stefanos Dialetis
Manager:
Antonis Migiakis
GK  1 Michalis Delavinias
DF  2 Giorgos Gasparis
DF  3 Youlielmos Arvanitis
MF  4 Giannis Vlantis
MF  5 Tryfon Tzanetis
MF  6 Georgios Magiras
FW  7 Giannis Papantoniou
FW  8 Kleanthis Maropoulos (c)
FW  9 Xenofon Markopoulos
FW 10 Pavlos Emmanouilidis
FW 11 Lelos Adamidis
Manager:
Kostas Negrepontis
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Manolis Zapardas (Piraeus)
Vrachas

width=50% valign=topMatch rules
  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Replay match if scores still level

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kipello1941-1950. epo.gr. el.
  2. Web site: Leoforos Stadium "Apostolos Nikolaidis". stadia.gr.
  3. Web site: Greece - List of Cup Winners. RSSSF.