1967 Greek Football Cup final explained

1967 Greek Cup final
Event:1966–67 Greek Football Cup
Team1:Panathinaikos
Team1score:1
Team2:Panionios
Team2score:0
Date:6 July 1967
Stadium:AEK Stadium
City:Nea Filadelfia, Athens
Referee:Fulvio Pieroni (Italy)
Attendance:28,000
Previous:1965
Next:1968

The 1967 Greek Cup final was the 23rd final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 6 July 1967 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and Panionios. It was Panathinaikos' eighth Greek Cup final in their 59 years of existence and Panionios' third Greek Cup final in their 77-year history.[1]

Venue

This was the second Greek Cup final held at AEK Stadium, after the 1962 final.

AEK Stadium was built in 1930. The stadium is used as a venue for AEK Athens and was used for Greece in various occasions. Its current capacity is 32,000.[2]

Background

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final seven times, winning three of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1955 (1–0 against PAOK). The last time that had played in a final was in 1965, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 1–0.

Panionios had reached the Greek Cup final two times. The last time that they played in a final was in 1961, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 3–0.

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

Route to the final

PanathinaikosRoundPanionios
OpponentResultOpponentResult
Asteras Zografou2–1 (H)Round of 32Atromitos1–0 (H)
Ethnikos Piraeus3–0 (H)Round of 16Kavala2–0 (H)
AEK Athens2–1 (A)Quarter-finalsOFI2–2 (c) (A)
Apollon Athens2–1 (H)Semi-finalsPanelefsiniakos3–0 (H)

Match

Details

GK Takis Ikonomopoulos
DF Aristidis Kamaras
DF Frangiskos Sourpis
DF Michalis Bellis
MF Takis Loukanidis
MF Zacharias Pytichoutis
MF Mimis Domazos (c)
FW Totis Filakouris
FW Andreas Papaemmanouil
FW Giannis Kalaitzidis
FW Charis Grammos
Manager:
Stjepan Bobek
GK Thanasis Kourkouvelas
DF Kostas Karagiannopoulos
DF Giorgos Skrekis
DF Kostas Negris
DF Kyriakos Kazatzidis
DF Giannis Kyriazis
MF Stathis Chaitas (c)
MF Achilleas Athanasoulas
FW Thanasis Intzoglou
FW Giorgos Dedes
FW Giannis Kollias
Manager:
Nikos Zarkadis
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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kipello1961-1970. epo.gr. el.
  2. Web site: Nikos Goumas Stadium. stadia.gr.
  3. Web site: Greece - List of Cup Winners. RSSSF.