1952 Greek Football Cup final explained

1952 Greek Cup final
Event:1951–52 Greek Football Cup
Team1:Olympiacos
Team2:Panionios
Details:Olympiacos won after a replay
Team1score1:2
Team2score1:2
Details1:After extra time
Date1:5 June 1952
Stadium1:Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
City1:Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee1:Sotiris Asprogerakas (Athens)
Attendance1:15,000
Secondleg:Replay
Team1score2:2
Team2score2:0
Date2:15 June 1952
Stadium2:Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
City2:Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee2:Konstantinos Gikopoulos (Thessaloniki)
Attendance2:15,000
Previous:1951
Next:1953

The 1952 Greek Cup final was the 10th final of the Greek Cup. The initial match took place on 1 June 1952 and the replay match took place on 15 June 1952 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Panionios. It was Olympiacos' third Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 27 years of existence and Panionios' first ever Greek Cup final in their 62-year history.[1]

Venue

This was the ninth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1951 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris and the replay match of the 1949 final between AEK Athens and Panathinaikos).

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

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final two times, winning all of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1951, where they had won PAOK by 2–0.

Panionios had never competed in a Cup final.

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

Route to the final

OlympiacosRoundPanionios
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Apollon Kalamata7–0 (A)Round of 16Apollon Athens2–1 (A)
Pagasatikos Volos3–1 (A)Quarter-finalsEthnikos Piraeus5–42–2 (A)3–2 (H)
AEK Athens2–0 (A)Semi-finalsDoxa Drama4–32–2 (A)2–1 (H)

Match

Details

GK Stelios Kourouklatos
DF Ilias Rosidis
DF Andreas Mouratis (c)
MF Vasilis Xanthopoulos
MF Thanasis Bebis
MF Babis Kotridis
FW Giorgos Kansos
FW Georgios Darivas
FW Giorgos Kopanidis
FW Stelios Christopoulos
FW Babis Drosos
Manager:
Giannis Chelmis,
Vangelis Chelmis
GK Nikos Pentzaropoulos
DF Nontas Kasapoglou
DF Giannis Kerdemelidis
DF Iakovos Zarkadis
MF Pavlidis
MF Vasilis Staikos
FW Ioannis Skordilis
FW Kostas Nestoridis
FW Fotis Tsolias
FW Nikos Zarkadis
FW Kostas Sotiriadis
Manager:
Kostas Negrepontis
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Giannis Daskalakis (Piraeus)
Koskinas

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  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Replay match if scores still level

Replay

Details

GK Stelios Kourouklatos
DF Ilias Rosidis
DF Makis Germenis
MF Vasilis Xanthopoulos
MF Babis Kotridis
MF Andreas Mouratis (c)
FW Giorgos Kansos
FW Georgios Darivas
FW Stelios Christopoulos
FW Thanasis Bebis
FW Babis Drosos
Manager:
Giannis Chelmis,
Vangelis Chelmis
GK Nikos Pentzaropoulos
DF Nontas Kasapoglou
DF Giannis Kerdemelidis
DF Iakovos Zarkadis
MF Pavlidis
MF Vasilis Staikos
FW Ioannis Skordilis
FW Kostas Nestoridis
FW Fotis Tsolias
FW Nikos Zarkadis
FW Kostas Sotiriadis
Manager:
Kostas Negrepontis
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Tsabasis (Piraeus)
Koutsomichos

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  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Coin toss if scores still level

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kipello1951-1960. epo.gr. el.
  2. Web site: Leoforos Stadium "Apostolos Nikolaidis". stadia.gr.
  3. Web site: Greece - List of Cup Winners. RSSSF.