1992 Greek Football Cup final explained
The 1992 Greek Cup final was the 48th final of the Greek Cup. The final, was set for the second and last time to be played over two legs in the home ground of the 2 finalists. The contesting teams were PAOK and Olympiacos. It was PAOK's fourteenth Greek Cup final in their 66 years of existence and Olympiacos' twenty-six Greek Cup final in their 67-year history.[1] The first match took place on 20 May 1992 at Toumba Stadium and the second match took place on 27 May 1992 at Karaiskakis Stadium. It was the first time that a private channel ANT1, was covering a cup final, since all the finals were until then covered by ERT.[2]
Background
PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final thirteen 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 1985, where they had lost to AEL by 4–1.
Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty five times, winning nineteen of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1990, where they had won OFI by 4–1.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final five times in the 1951, 1971, 1973, 1974 and 1981 finals.[3]
Route to the final
Match
First leg
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Rentzis (Piraeus)
Panagiotis Perlorentzos (Piraeus)
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- Five named substitutes
- Maximum of two substitutions.
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Second leg
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Kipello1991-1995. epo.gr. el.
- Web site: Ολυμπιακός-ΠΑΟΚ: Ο διπλός τελικός των τελικών του 1992. 1 December 2019. contra.gr. el.
- Web site: Greece - List of Cup Winners. RSSSF.
