1985 Greek Football Cup final explained

1985 Greek Cup final
Event:	1984–85 Greek Football Cup
Team1:	AEL
Team1score:	4
Team2:	PAOK
Team2score:	1
Date:	22 June 1985
Stadium:	Olympic Stadium
City:	Marousi, Athens
Referee:	Makis Germanakos (Athens)
Attendance:	24,994
Previous:	1984
Next:	1986

The 1985 Greek Cup final was the 41st final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 22 June 1985 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were AEL and PAOK. It was AEL's third Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 21 years of existence and PAOK's thirteenth Greek Cup final in their 59-year history.^{[1] [2]}

Venue

This was the third Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983 and 1984 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and Greece. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted a European Cup final in 1983.^[3]

Background

AEL had reached the Greek Cup final two times. The last time that had played in a final was in 1984, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 2–0.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final twelve times, winning two of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1974 (4–3 on penalties, which came after a 2–2 draw at the end of the extra time against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 1983, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 2–0.

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

Route to the final

AEL				Round	PAOK
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Panegialios	8–0 (H)			First round	Iraklis	3–1 (H)
Apollon Kalamarias	1–0 (H)			Additional round	Bye
Neapoli Piraeus	8–1	7–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	Round of 32	Aris	3–3 (a)	2–0 (H)	1–3 (A)
Makedonikos	6–3	2–0 (A)	4–3 (H)	Round of 16	Lamia	15–1	6–0 (H)	9–1 (A)
Korinthos	7–3	6–1 (H)	1–2 (A)	Quarter-finals	Olympiacos Volos	6–1	4–1 (A)	2–0 (H)
Levadiakos	7–0	2–0 (A)	5–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Panathinaikos	4–2	0–2 (A)	4–0 (H)

Match

Details

GK  1 Georgios Plitsis DF  2 Takis Parafestas (c) DF  5 Giannis Galitsios DF  4 Georgios Mitsibonas DF  3 Kostas Kolomitrousis MF  6 Theodoros Voutiritsas MF  8 MF  9 Krzysztof Adamczyk FW  7 Michalis Ziogas FW 10 Kazimierz Kmiecik FW 11 Giannis Valaoras Substitutes: GK 15 Christos Michail DF 13 Babis Dossas MF 12 MF 14 Giannis Alexoulis MF 16 Lazaros Kyrilidis Manager: Andrzej Strejlau

GK  1 Lakis Stergioudas DF  2 Apostolos Tsourelas DF  5 DF  4 DF  3 Nikos Alavantas (c) MF  6 Georgios Skartados MF  7 Kyriakos Alexandridis MF  8 MF  9 Thomas Singas FW 10 Rade Paprica FW 11 Substitutes: GK 15 Takis Pantelis DF 12 Konstantinos Iosifidis DF 13 Konstantinos Malioufas MF 14 FW 16 Aris Karasavvidis Manager: Walter Skocik

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Assistant referees Giannis Triantafyllou (Dodecanese) Kostas Adamopoulos (Athens)

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Match 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

• 1984–85 Greek Football Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kipello1981-1990. epo.gr. el.
2. Web site: Τριάντα χρόνια από το πρώτο στέμμα της ΑΕΛ. sport24.gr. 22 June 2015. el.
3. Web site: Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA). stadia.gr.
4. Web site: Greece - List of Cup Winners. RSSSF.