Pre-Mediterranean Cup Explained

Year:1991
Country:Greece
Dates:June 1991
Num Teams:8
Venues:Rizoupoli Stadium
Cities:Athens
Champion Other: AEK Athens
Matches:3
Goals:8

The Pre-Mediterranean Cup was an association football tournament hosted by the Hellenic Football Federation in Athens. The competition was conducted once, in 1991, and the winner was AEK Athens.[1] [2]

In June 1991, the only Pre-Mediterranean cup was conducted in Rizoupoli Stadium, the home ground of Apollon Athens, with the participation of the best-eight football clubs of the 1990–91 Alpha Ethniki. Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, PAOK and Iraklis forfeited the competition due to their players being tired from constant league games. In the semi-finals, AEK Athens played against Apollon Athens and won with 4–2, and OFI played against Athinaikos and won by 1–0. In the final game of the competition, AEK Athens secured a 1–0 victory against OFI and obtained the title, with the only goal of the game being scored by Takis Karagiozopoulos from the penalty spot.[3]

Fixtures

Final

Pre-Mediterranean Cup
1991 Winners
AEK Athens
First Title

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 12 April 2012 . Γιορτάζει η ΑΕΚ . novasports.gr . el . Μεσογειακά Κύπελλα (1): 1991.
  2. Web site: Παππάς . Δημήτρης . 13 April 2022 . Η ΑΕΚ κλείνει 98 χρόνια ιστορίας . katerinisport.gr . el . Προ-Μεσογειακό Κύπελλο (1): 1991.
  3. Web site: Mastrogiannopoulos . Alexander . Greece 1990/91 . rsssf.org . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 6 December 2023 . Online . January 31, 2008 . Mediterranean Cup 1991 NB: post-season tournament (June 1991) between top-level clubs (so a sort of league cup), except that Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and PAOK did not enter. Semifinals: AEK 4-2 Apollon, OFI bt [?], Final: AEK 1-0 OFI [Takis Karagiozopoulos]..