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1979 Greek Cup final
Event	1978–79 Greek Football Cup
Date	9 June 1979
Venue	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Referee	Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)
Attendance	20,299
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The 1979 Greek Cup final was the 35th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 9 June 1979 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Panionios and AEK Athens. It was Panionios' fourth Greek Cup final in their 89 years of existence and AEK Athens' eleventh Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 55-year history.^[1] Panionios with a 3–1 comeback, defeated the champions of that year, AEK Athens, claiming their first Cup and completed one of the biggest surprises in the history of the institution.^[2]

Venue

This was the eleventh Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1978 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

Panionios had reached the Greek Cup final three times. The last time that they played in a final was in 1967, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 1–0.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final ten times, winning six of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1978, where they had won PAOK by 2–0.

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

Route to the final

Panionios				Round	AEK Athens
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympiakos Loutraki	3–1 (H)			First round	Kavala	5–2 (H)
Edessaikos	3–2 (a.e.t.) (H)			Second round	Proodeftiki	4–0 (H)
Almopos Aridea	1–0 (H)			Round of 16	Acharnaikos	4–0 (H)
Aris	7–6	2–5 (A)	5–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	Anagennisi Epanomi	3–1	1–1 (A)	2–0 (H)
Olympiacos	4–4 (a)	2–1 (H)	3–2 (A)	Semi-finals	Panachaiki	7–4	2–3 (A)	5–1 (H)

Match

Details

9 June 1979

21:00 EEST

Panionios	3–1	AEK Athens
Anastopoulos 51' Lima 67' Pathiakakis 84'	Report	Konstantinou 3'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 20,299

Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)


GK	Zafeiris Kakkaris
DF	Serafim Zacharopoulos
DF	Giannis Gravanis
DF	Nikos Chalkidis
MF	Christos Emvoliadis
MF	Charampos Saipas		46'
MF	Noni Lima
FW	Dimitris Mavrikis (c)	62'
FW	Nikos Anastopoulos
FW	Giannis Pathiakakis
FW	Vasilis Vallidis
Substitute:
MF	Vasilis Moraitelis		46'
Manager:
Panos Markovic


GK	Lakis Stergioudas
DF	Giannis Mousouris
DF	Dionysis Tsamis
DF	Petros Ravousis
DF	Lakis Nikolaou (c)	50'
MF	Tasos Konstantinou	72'
MF	Christos Ardizoglou		46'
MF	Takis Nikoloudis
MF	Mimis Domazos
FW	Dušan Bajević
FW	Thomas Mavros
Substitute:
DF	Theodoros Apostolopoulos		46'
Manager:
Andreas Stamatiadis