1974 Greek Football Cup final explained

1974 Greek Cup final
Event:1973–74 Greek Football Cup
Team1:PAOK
Team1score:2
Team2:Olympiacos
Team2score:2
Details:After extra time
PAOK won 4–3 on penalties
Date:16 June 1974
Stadium:AEK Stadium
City:Nea Filadelfia, Athens
Referee:Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland)
Attendance:28,000
Previous:1973
Next:1975

The 1974 Greek Cup final was the 30th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 16 June 1974 at Nikos Goumas Stadium. The contesting teams were PAOK and Olympiacos for a second time in row. It was PAOK's eighth Greek Cup final and fifth consecutive in their 48 years of existence and Olympiacos' nineteenth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 49-year history.[1] It was the first time in the history of the Cup that a final reached the penalty shoot-out, where PAOK won the second Cup in their history, depriving Olympiacos the opportunity to win the double.[2]

Venue

This was the third Greek Cup final held at AEK Stadium, after the 1962 and 1967 finals.

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.[3]

Background

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final seven times, winning one of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1972 (2–1 against Panathinaikos). The last time that had played in a final was in 1973, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 1–0.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final eighteen times, winning fifteen of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1973, where they had won PAOK by 1–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final three times in the 1951, 1971 and 1973 finals.[4]

Route to the final

PAOKRoundOlympiacos
OpponentResultOpponentResult
Kastoria5–0 (H)First roundPetralona3–0 (H)
Moudania7–2 (H)Round of 32Proodeftiki5–2 (H)
AEK Athens3–1 (H)Round of 16Iraklis3–0 (H)
Egaleo2–0 (H)Quarter-finalsPanionios3–0 (H)
Pierikos1–0 (A)Semi-finalsPanathinaikos1–0 (H)

Match

Details

GK Ioannis Stefas
DF Giannis Gounaris
DF Konstantinos Iosifidis
DF Giannis Tsilingiridis
DF Filotas Pellios
MF  
MF Stavros Sarafis
MF Giorgos Koudas (c)
FW  
FW Dimitris Paridis
FW Koulis Apostolidis
Substitutes:
DF  
MF  
Manager:
Les Shannon
GK Eleftherios Poupakis
DF Giannis Gaitatzis
DF Thanasis Angelis
DF Vasilis Siokos (c)
DF Lakis Glezos
DF Peter Persidis
MF Michalis Kritikopoulos
MF Milton Viera
FW Yves Triantafyllos
FW Georgios Delikaris
FW
Substitutes:
MF   66'  
FW Giotis Papadimitriou
Manager:
Lakis Petropoulos
width=50% valign=topwidth=50% valign=topMatch rules
  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of two substitutions

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kipello1971-1980. epo.gr. el.
  2. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ-Ολυμπιακός: Ο πρώτος τελικός που κρίθηκε στα πέναλτι βάφτηκε "ασπρόμαυρος". sport-retro.gr. 28 November 2018. el.
  3. Web site: Nikos Goumas Stadium. stadia.gr.
  4. Web site: Greece - List of Cup Winners. RSSSF.