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1978 Greek Cup final
Event	1977–78 Greek Football Cup
Date	4 June 1978
Venue	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Referee	Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
Attendance	23,483
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The 1978 Greek Cup final was the 34th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 4 June 1978 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and PAOK. It was AEK Athens' tenth Greek Cup final in their 54 years of existence and PAOK's tenth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 52-year history.^[1] With their conquest of the Cup, AEK Athens achieved the first double after 39 years and the second in their history.^[2]

Venue

This was the tenth Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 and 1977 finals. (Karaiskakis also hosted the replay match of the 1960 final between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos).

Karaiskakis Stadium was built in 1895 and renovated once in 1964. The stadium is used as a venue for Olympiacos and Ethnikos Piraeus and was used for Greece in various occasions. Its current capacity is 42,000 and hosted a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1971 and the fist leg of the Intercontinental Cup final in 1971.^[3]

Background

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final nine times, winning five of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1956, where they had won Olympiacos by 2–1.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final nine 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 1977, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 2–1.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1939 final.^[4]

Route to the final

AEK Athens		Round	PAOK
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
AO Chania	6–1 (H)	First round	Levadiakos	6–1 (H)
Panathinaikos	1–0 (A)	Second round	Olympiacos Volos	4–1 (H)
Panionios	3–0 (H)	Round of 16	Iraklis	1–0 (A)
Panelefsiniakos	4–2 (A)	Quarter-finals	Veria	5–0 (H)
Olympiacos	6–1 (H)	Semi-finals	Aris	1–0 (a.e.t.) (A)

Match

Details

4 June 1978

21:00 EEST

AEK Athens	2–0	PAOK
Bajević 50' Mavros 80'	Report (pages 4,5)

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 23,483

Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)


GK	Nikos Christidis
DF	Giannis Mousouris
DF	Lakis Nikolaou
DF	Petros Ravousis
DF	Babis Intzoglou
MF	Milton Viera	26'
MF	Tasos Konstantinou		79'
MF	Takis Nikoloudis
MF	Mimis Papaioannou (c)		65'
FW	Dušan Bajević
FW	Thomas Mavros
Substitutes:
DF	Apostolos Toskas		65'
MF	Lazaros Papadopoulos		79'
Manager:
Zlatko Čajkovski


GK	Mladen Furtula
DF	Giannis Gounaris	72'
DF	Konstantinos Iosifidis
DF	Koulis Apostolidis (c)
MF	Angelos Anastasiadis
MF	Giorgos Koudas
MF	Panagiotis Kermanidis
MF	Stavros Sarafis
FW	Neto Guerino
FW	Kostas Orfanos
FW	Georgios Kostikos	79'
Substitutes:
DF	Nikos Alavantas	79'
MF	Ioannis Damanakis	72'
Manager:
Lakis Petropoulos