1956 Greek Football Cup final explained

1956 Greek Cup final
Event:	1955–56 Greek Football Cup
Team1:	AEK Athens
Team1score:	2
Team2:	Olympiacos
Team2score:	1
Date:	24 June 1956
Stadium:	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
City:	Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee:	Gino Rigato (Italy)
Attendance:	25,000
Previous:	1955
Next:	1957

The 1956 Greek Cup final was the 14th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 24 June 1956 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Olympiacos. It was AEK Athens' seventh Greek Cup final in their 32 years of existence and Olympiacos' sixth Greek Cup final in their 31-year history.^{[1] [2]}

Venue

This was the thirteenth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955 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

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final six times, winning four of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1950 (4–0 against Aris). The last time that had played in a final was in 1953, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 3–2.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final five times, winning all of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1954, where they had won Doxa Drama by 2–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1953 final.^[4]

Route to the final

AEK Athens		Round	Olympiacos
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Achilleas Korinthos	8–2 (A)	Round of 32	Fostiras	1–0 (A)
Averoff Ioannina	4–1 (H)	Round of 16	Pallevadiaki	7–0 (H)
Panionios	2–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	Niki Volos	4–0 (H)
Panathinaikos	2–1 (H)	Semi-finals	Aris	3–0 (A)

Match

Details

GK  1 Stelios Serafidis DF  2 Antonis Parayios DF  3 Antonis Karakatsanis DF  4 Thanasis Tsangaris MF  5 Kostas Poulis MF  6 Kostas Zografos FW  7 Pavlos Emmanouilidis FW  8 Andreas Stamatiadis FW  9 Giannis Chaniotis FW 10 Giannis Kanakis (c) FW 11 Panagiotis Kourtidis Manager: Kostas Negrepontis

GK  1 Savvas Theodoridis DF  2 Ilias Rosidis (c) DF  3 Thanasis Kingley MF  4 Vasilis Xanthopoulos MF  5 Thanasis Bebis MF  6 Babis Kotridis FW  7 Themis Moustaklis FW  8 Giannis Ioannou FW  9 Elias Yfantis FW 10 Kostas Polychroniou FW 11 Georgios Darivas Manager: Giannis Chelmis, Vangelis Chelmis

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

See also

• 1955–56 Greek Football Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kipello1951-1960. epo.gr. el.
2. Web site: Κυπελλούχος με γκολάρα του Κανάκη. oldfootball.gr. 28 November 2018. el.
3. Web site: Leoforos Stadium "Apostolos Nikolaidis". stadia.gr.
4. Web site: Greece - List of Cup Winners. RSSSF.