1989 Greek Football Cup final explained

1989 Greek Cup final
Event:	1988–89 Greek Football Cup
Team1:	Panionios
Team1score:	1
Team2:	Panathinaikos
Team2score:	3
Date:	11 May 1989
Stadium:	Olympic Stadium
City:	Marousi, Athens
Referee:	Alekos Naziris (Thessaloniki)
Attendance:	54,183
Previous:	1988
Next:	1990

The 1989 Greek Cup final was the 45th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 11 May 1989 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panionios and Panathinaikos. It was Panionios' fifth Greek Cup final in their 99 years of existence and Panathinaikos' eighteenth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 81-year history.^[1] Only the last 30 minutes of the match were televised due to the sudden stike of the employees of ERT, which was interrupted at the request of the viewers.^[2]

Venue

This was the seventh Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and Greece and was used for AEK Athens in various occasions. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted a European Cup final in 1983 and a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987.^[3]

Background

Panionios had reached the Greek Cup final four times, winning one of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1979, where they had won AEK Athens by 3–1.

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final seventeen times, winning ten of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1988, where they had won Olympiacos by 4–3 on penalties, which came after a 2–2 draw at the end of the extra time.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1967 final.^[4]

Route to the final

Panionios				Round	Panathinaikos
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Naoussa	Unknown			Matchday 1	Eordaikos	Unknown
Charavgiakos	Unknown			Matchday 2	Kozani	Unknown
Trikala	Unknown			Matchday 3	Not played
Group 2 winners width=165 Team width=20 Pts Panionios 5 Naoussa 3 Charavgiakos 2 Trikala 2				Final standings	Group 15 winners width=165 Team width=20 Pts Panathinaikos 4 Kozani 2 Eordaikos 0
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Sparta	4–1	4–0 (H)	0–1 (A)	Round of 32	Olympiacos Volos	5–2	3–1 (H)	2–1 (A)
Aris	3–2	3–0 (H)	0–2 (A)	Round of 16	Panachaiki	9–3	1–2 (A)	8–1 (H)
PAOK	3–2	0–2 (A)	3–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	PAS Giannina	3–1	3–0 (A)	0–1 (H)
AEL	2–0	2–0 (H)	0–0 (A)	Semi-finals	Ethnikos Piraeus	4–0	2–0 (H)	2–0 (A)

Match

Details

GK  1 Theologis Papadopoulos DF  2 Makis Chatzimoisiadis DF  3 Giannis Papoulidis DF  4 Christos Koutropoulos (c) DF  5 Giorgos Toyias MF 10 Spyros Marangos MF  6 Thanasis Kanaras MF  7 Petros Michos MF  8 FW  9 Theodoros Zakkas FW 11 Thomas Mavros Substitutes: GK 15 Antonis Manikas DF 14 Giorgos Kapouranis DF 16 Charis Kopitsis MF 12 FW 13 Luigjm Bersemi Manager: Bo Johansson

GK  1 Nikos Sarganis DF  2 Iakovos Chatziathanasiou DF  4 Chris Kalantzis DF  5 Giannis Kalitzakis DF  6 Kostas Mavridis (c) MF  7 Dimitris Saravakos MF  8 Kostas Antoniou MF 10 MF 11 Lysandros Georgamlis FW  3 Giannis Samaras FW  9 Substitutes: GK 15 Giorgos Abadiotakis DF 12 MF 14 MF 16 József Fitos FW 13 Claus Nielsen Manager: Gunder Bengtsson

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Assistant referees Theodoros Kefalas (Athens) Lefteris Filippidis (Patras)

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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

• 1988–89 Greek Football Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kipello1981-1990. epo.gr. el.
2. Web site: Οι τελικοί Κυπέλλου Ελλάδας 1980-1999. sport-fm.gr. 22 April 2010. el.
3. Web site: Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA). stadia.gr.
4. Web site: Greece - List of Cup Winners. RSSSF.