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1988 Greek Cup final
Event	1987–88 Greek Football Cup
	After extra time; Panathinaikos won 4–3 on penalties
Date	8 May 1988
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Referee	Meletis Voutsaras (Athens)
Attendance	73,375
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The 1988 Greek Cup final was the 44th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 8 May 1988 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. It was Olympiacos' twenty-fourth Greek Cup final in their 63 years of existence and Panathinaikos' seventeenth Greek Cup final in their 80-year history.^[1] Both clubs were extra motivated for the title since were out of the championship race and were looking for a ticket to the UEFA competition. The match went into penalty shoot-out where the goalkeeper of Panathinaikos, Nikos Sarganis emerged as the hero for his team, saving two penalties and scoring one. In a future interview, the Greek goalkeeper revealed that the owner of Olympiacos, George Koskotas attempted to bribe him for reduced performance in the final.^[2] That would be the second time Koskotas was accused for attempted bribery, as he did the same as well on Theologis Papadopoulos and Vasilios Vasilakos of AEK Athens at the round of 16.^[3]

Venue

This was the sixth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and Greece and was used for AEK Athens in various occasions. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted a European Cup final in 1983 and a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987.^[4]

Background

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty three times, winning seventeen of them. The last time that they won the Cup was in 1981 (3–1 against PAOK). The last time that they played in a final was in 1986, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 4–0.

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final sixteen times, winning nine of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1986, where they had won Olympiacos by 4–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final seven times in the 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1975 and 1986 finals.^[5]

Route to the final

Olympiacos				Round	Panathinaikos
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Agrotikos Asteras	4–0 (H)			First round	Chalkida	2–0 (H)
Bye				Additional round	Kavala	7–2 (H)
Olympiacos Volos	6–0	1–0 (A)	5–0 (H)	Round of 32	Panserraikos	2–0	0–0 (A)	2–0 (H)
AEK Athens	4–1	1–1 (H)	3–1 (A)	Round of 16	PAS Giannina	10–3	2–1 (A)	8–2 (H)
Apollon Kalamarias	2–1	0–0 (A)	2–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	Irodotos	6–0	4–0 (A)	2–0 (H)
OFI	3–1	3–0 (H)	0–1 (A)	Semi-finals	AEL	4–1	1–0 (H)	3–1 (A)

Match

Details

8 May 1988

20:30 EEST

Olympiacos	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Panathinaikos
Funes 59' (pen.), 98' (pen.)	Report	Saravakos 31' (pen.) Dimopoulos 102'
Penalties
Alexiou Baniotis Hantzidis Apostolakis Funes	3–4	Vlachos Sarganis Dimopoulos Georgamlis

Olympic Stadium, Marousi

Attendance: 73,375

Referee: Meletis Voutsaras (Athens)

Olympiacos

Panathinaikos


GK	Ilias Talikriadis
DF	Stratos Apostolakis
DF	Alexandros Alexiou
DF	Charis Baniotis
DF	Petros Xanthopoulos (c)
MF	Minas Hantzidis
MF	Panagiotis Tsalouchidis
MF	Andreas Bonovas	46'
MF	Tasos Mitropoulos
FW	Juan Gilberto Funes
FW	Nikos Tsiantakis
Substitutes:
GK	Georgios Plitsis
DF	Theodoros Pahatouridis
MF	Giorgos Kapouranis
FW	Panagiotis Sofianopoulos
FW	Sakis Moustakidis	46'
Manager:
Pavlos Grigoriadis, Giannis Gounaris


GK	Nikos Sarganis
DF	Iakovos Chatziathanasiou
DF	Kostas Mavridis
DF	Giannis Kalitzakis
DF	Nikos Vamvakoulas
MF	Velimir Zajec (c)		75'
MF	Louis Christodoulou		46'
MF	Christos Dimopoulos
MF	Juan Ramón Rocha
FW	Dimitris Saravakos
FW	Lysandros Georgamlis
Substitutes:
GK	Antonis Minou
DF	Nikos Patsiavouras
MF	Vangelis Vlachos		75'
MF	Chris Kalantzis
FW	Kostas Batsinilas	79'	46'
Manager:
Gunder Bengtsson