1960 Greek Football Cup final explained

1960 Greek Cup final
Event:1959–60 Greek Football Cup
Team1:Panathinaikos
Team2:Olympiacos
Details:Olympiacos won after a replay
Team1score1:1
Team2score1:1
Details1:After extra time
Date1:7 August 1960
Stadium1:Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
City1:Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee1:José Blanco Pérez (Spain)
Attendance1:25,000
Secondleg:Replay
Team1score2:0
Team2score2:3
Date2:11 September 1960
Stadium2:Karaiskakis Stadium
City2:Piraeus
Referee2:José Blanco Pérez (Spain)
Previous:1959
Next:1961

The 1960 Greek Cup final was the 18th final of the Greek Cup. The initial match took place on 7 August 1960 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The replay match took place on 11 September 1960 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and Olympiacos. It was Panathinaikos' fifth Greek Cup final in their 52 years of existence and Olympiacos' tenth Greek Cup final and fifth consecutive in their 35-year history.[1] [2]

Venue

This was the fifteenth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1959 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 four times, winning three of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1955, where they won PAOK by 1–0.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final nine times, winning eight of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1959, where they won Doxa Drama by 2–1.

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

Route to the final

PanathinaikosRoundOlympiacos
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Apollon Kalamata8–0 (H)Round of 32Diagoras3–1 (H)
Iraklis1–0 (A)Round of 16ΑΕ Komotini6–0 (H)
Niki Volos4–0 (H)Quarter-finalsOlympiacos Chalkida4–0 (H)
Proodeftiki4–4 (c)1–1 (H)3–3 (A)Semi-finalsPanegialios3–1 (H)

Match

Details

GK Michalis Voutsaras
DF Nikos Tzounakos
DF Kostas Linoxilakis (c)
DF Dimitris Mantarakis
MF Giorgos Andreou
MF Ioannis Nembidis
MF Mimis Domazos
FW Dimitris Theofanis
FW Andreas Papaemmanouil
FW Mimis Bernardos
FW Vangelis Panakis
Manager:
Antonis Migiakis
GK Savvas Theodoridis
DF Ilias Rosidis (c)
DF Giorgos Laimos
DF Dimitrios Stefanakos
MF Kostas Polychroniou
MF Babis Kotridis
MF Thanasis Bebis
FW Sotiris Gavetsos
FW Giorgos Sideris
FW Elias Yfantis
FW Kostas Papazoglou
Manager:
Bruno Vale
width=50% valign=topMatch rules
  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Replay match if scores still level

Replay

Details

GK Savvas Theodoridis
DF Ilias Rosidis (c)
DF Dimitrios Stefanakos
DF Giorgos Laimos
MF Kostas Polychroniou
MF Babis Kotridis
MF Stelios Psychos
FW Giorgos Sideris
FW Elias Yfantis
FW Aris Papazoglou
FW Thanasis Bebis
Manager:
Bruno Vale
GK Michalis Voutsaras
DF Nikos Tzounakos
DF Kostas Linoxilakis (c)
DF Dimitris Mantarakis
MF Ioannis Nembidis
MF Giorgos Andreou
MF Mimis Domazos
FW Dimitris Theofanis
FW Andreas Papaemmanouil
FW Mimis Bernardos
FW Vangelis Panakis
Manager:
Antonis Migiakis
width=50% valign=topMatch rules
  • 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: 11/9/1960: Ολυμπιακός - Παναθηναϊκός 3-0, με Φόντακα... τον Πολυχρονίου!. Θοδωρής. Ρούσσος. 11 September 2019. fosonline.gr. el.
  3. Web site: Leoforos Stadium "Apostolos Nikolaidis". stadia.gr.
  4. Web site: Greece - List of Cup Winners. RSSSF.