1955 Greek Football Cup final explained

1955 Greek Cup final
Event:1954–55 Greek Football Cup
Team1:Panathinaikos
Team1score:2
Team2:PAOK
Team2score:0
Date:12 June 1955
Stadium:Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
City:Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee:Vasilis Diamandopoulos (Athens)
Attendance:6,729
Previous:1954
Next:1956

The 1955 Greek Cup final was the 13th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 12 June 1955 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and PAOK. It was Panathinaikos' fourth Greek Cup final in their 47 years of existence and PAOK's third Greek Cup final in their 29-year history.[1] [2]

Venue

This was the twelfth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris, the replay match of the 1949 final between AEK Athens and Panathinaikos and the replay match of the 1952 final between Olympiacos and Panionios).

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium was built in 1922. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and Greece. Its current capacity is 30,000.[3]

Background

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final three times, winning two of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1948 (2–1 against AEK Athens). The last time that had played in a final was in 1949, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 2–1 in a replay match, after the 0–0 of the initial match.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final two times. The last time that they played in a final was in 1951, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 4–0.

The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.[4]

Route to the final

PanathinaikosRoundPAOK
OpponentResultOpponentResult
Asteras Athens1–0 (H)Round of 32Makedonikos2–0 (H)
OFI2–1 (A)Round of 16Elpida Drama3–2 (H)
Aris1–0 (H)Quarter-finalsPanionios4–2 (A)
Apollon Athens2–1 (H)Semi-finalsDoxa Drama1–0 (H)

Match

Details

GK Markos Chalaris
DF Sotiris Angelopoulos
DF Giorgos Kourtzidis
DF Dimitris Kazakos
DF Kostas Linoxilakis (c)
MF Ioannis Nembidis
MF Filippos Asimakopoulos
FW Giorgos Foteinos
FW Giorgos Ziemis
FW
FW Vangelis Panakis
Manager:
Svetislav Glišović
GK Apostolos Progios
DF Antonis Kemanidis
DF Vasilis Geroudis
DF Dimitris Kalogiannis
MF Giorgos Chasiotis
MF Christos Doukakis
MF Notis Tsintoglou
FW Vangelis Karafoulidis
FW Christoforos Yientzis
FW Lefteris Papadakis
FW Kostas Kiourtzis
Manager:
Nikos Pangalos
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Sotiropoulos
Giannis Daskalakis (Piraeus)

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: Kipello1951-1960. epo.gr. el.
  2. Web site: Kυπελλούχος ο ΠΑΟ με γκολ… από τη σέντρα. oldfootball.gr. 28 November 2018. el.
  3. Web site: Leoforos Stadium "Apostolos Nikolaidis". stadia.gr.
  4. Web site: Greece - List of Cup Winners. RSSSF.