1958 Greek Football Cup final

The 1958 Greek Cup final was the 16th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 30 July 1958 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Doxa Drama. It was Olympiacos' eighth Greek Cup final and fourth consecutive in their 33 years of existence and Doxa Drama's second Greek Cup final in their 40-year history.[1]

1958 Greek Cup final
Event1957–58 Greek Football Cup
Date30 July 1958
VenueKaraiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
RefereeZivko Bajić (Yugoslavia)
Attendance22,000
1957
1959

Venue

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Karaiskakis Stadium.

This was the second Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957 final.

Karaiskakis Stadium was built in 1895. 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.[2]

Background

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Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final seven times, winning six of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1957, where they won AEK Athens by 3–2.

Doxa Drama had reached the Greek Cup final one time in 1954, where they lost to Olympiacos by 2–0.[3]

Route to the final

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Olympiacos Round Doxa Drama
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Olympiacos Chalkida 9–0 (H) Round of 32 AE Kavala 2–0 (A)
OFI 2–0 (A) Round of 16 Apollon Kalamarias 1–0 (H)
AEK Athens 2–1 (H) Quarter-finals Fostiras 3–1 (H)
Panathinaikos 3–0 (H) Semi-finals Iraklis 2–1 1–1 (a.e.t.) (A) 1–0 (H)

Match

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Details

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Olympiacos5–1Doxa Drama
  • Gavezos   22'
  • Bebis   43'
  • Polychroniou   63', 87'
  • Yfantis   89'
Report (page 4)
  • Nalbantis   52'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Zivko Bajić (Yugoslavia)
GK   Savvas Theodoridis
DF   Nikos Kambolis
DF   Thanasis Kingley
DF   Dimitrios Stefanakos
MF   Filippos Tsantakis
MF   Babis Kotridis
MF   Sotiris Gavezos
FW   Elias Yfantis
FW   Kostas Polychroniou
FW   Thanasis Bebis
FW   Stelios Psychos   88'
Manager:
  Tibor Kemény
GK   Pavlos Boitaris
DF   Giorgos Kotridis
DF   Fanis Ignatiou
DF   Similiotis
MF   Pistikos
MF   Takis Loukanidis
MF   Nikos Tzaferis
FW   Alekos Nalbantis
FW   Antonis Georgiadis
FW   Thanasis Loukanidis
FW   Vasilis Ioannou
Manager:
  Nikos Pangalos

Match rules

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kipello1951-1960" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
  2. ^ "Velodrome & Karaiskaki Stadium (1895 - 1964 - 2003)". stadia.gr.
  3. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.