1979 Greek Football Cup final

1979 Greek Cup final
Event1978–79 Greek Football Cup
Panionios AEK Athens
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Date9 June 1979
VenueKaraiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
RefereeNikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)
Attendance20,299
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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

Karaiskakis Stadium.

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.[4]

Route to the final

Further information: 1978–79 Greek Football Cup
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

Panionios3–1AEK Athens
 Report
Attendance: 20,299
Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)
GK Greece Zafeiris Kakkaris
DF Greece Serafim Zacharopoulos
DF Greece Giannis Gravanis
DF Greece Nikos Chalkidis
MF Greece Christos Emvoliadis
MF Greece Charampos Saipas downward-facing red arrow 46'
MF Cape Verde Noni Lima
FW Greece Dimitris Mavrikis (c) Yellow card 62'
FW Greece Nikos Anastopoulos
FW Greece Giannis Pathiakakis
FW Greece Vasilis Vallidis
Substitute:
MF Greece Vasilis Moraitelis upward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Greece Panos Markovic
GK Greece Lakis Stergioudas
DF Greece Giannis Mousouris
DF Greece Dionysis Tsamis
DF Greece Petros Ravousis
DF Greece Lakis Nikolaou (c) Yellow card 50'
MF Cyprus Tasos Konstantinou Red card 72'
MF Greece Christos Ardizoglou downward-facing red arrow 46'
MF Greece Takis Nikoloudis
MF Greece Mimis Domazos
FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević
FW Greece Thomas Mavros
Substitute:
DF Greece Theodoros Apostolopoulos upward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Greece Andreas Stamatiadis

Assistant referees:
Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
Giannis Latsios (Larissa)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of two substitutions

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kipello1971-1980" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
  2. ^ "Το πρώτο Κύπελλο του Πανιωνίου". oldfootball.gr (in Greek). 9 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Velodrome & Karaiskaki Stadium (1895 - 1964 - 2003)". stadia.gr.
  4. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.