The 1987 Greek Cup final was the 43rd final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 21 June 1987 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Iraklis and OFI. It was Iraklis' fifth Greek Cup final in their 79 years of existence and OFI's first ever Greek Cup final in their 62-year history.[1]Myron Sifakis, the third-choice at the time goalkeeper of OFI emerged as the hero of his team, saving two penalties during the penalty shoot-out.[2]
Venue
Athens Olympic Stadium.
This was the fifth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986 finals.
Iraklis had reached the Greek Cup final four times, winning one of them. The last time that they won the Cup was in 1976 (6–5 on penalties, which came after a 4–4 draw at the end of the extra time against Olympiacos). The last time that they played in a final was in 1980, where they had lost to Kastoria by 5–2.
OFI had never competed in a Cup final.
The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.[4]
