1959 Greek Football Cup final

The 1959 Greek Cup final was the 17th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 5 July 1959 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Doxa Drama for a second time in row. It was Olympiacos' ninth Greek Cup final and fifth consecutive in their 34 years of existence and Doxa Drama's third Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 41-year history. The Prime Minister, Konstantinos Karamanlis attended the match and also awarded the trophy to the winners. With their conquest of the Cup, Olympiacos became the only team to win the double three seasons in a row.

1959 Greek Cup final

Event	1958–59 Greek Football Cup
Olympiacos Doxa Drama 2 1
Date	5 July 1959
Venue	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee	Dimosthenis Stathatos (Athens)
Attendance	25,000

Venue

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

This was the fifteenth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1956 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris, the replay match of the 1949 final between AEK Athens and Panathinaikos and the replay match of the 1952 final between Olympiacos and Panionios).

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium was built in 1922. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and Greece. Its current capacity is 30,000.

Background

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final eight times, winning seven of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1958, where they won Doxa Drama by 5–1.

Doxa Drama had reached the Greek Cup final two times. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1958, where they lost to Olympiacos by 5–1.

Route to the final

Further information: 1958–59 Greek Football Cup

Olympiacos				Round	Doxa Drama
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Diagoras	5–0 (A)			Round of 32	Apollon Serres	5–3 (A)
Ergotelis	2–0 (A)			Round of 16	Megas Alexandros Katerini	1–0 (H)
AEK Athens	5–3	2–2 (a.e.t.) (A)	3–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	PAOK	1–0 (H)
Apollon Athens	3–1	1–1 (a.e.t.) (A)	2–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Panionios	2–1 (H)

Match

Details

5 July 1959

17:30 EET

Olympiacos	2–1	Doxa Drama
Christoforidis 52' Bebis* 59'	Report	Georgiadis 47'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Dimosthenis Stathatos (Athens)

^*Greek FA's official site mention Yfantis as the scorer.

GK Savvas Theodoridis DF Vasilis Xanthopoulos DF Thanasis Kingley DF Dimitrios Stefanakos MF Giannis Ioannou MF Kostas Polychroniou MF Kostas Papazoglou FW Petros Christoforidis FW Elias Yfantis FW Thanasis Bebis FW Stelios Psychos Manager: Bruno Vale

GK Pavlos Boitaris DF Giorgos Kotridis DF Fanis Ignatiou DF Nikos Nikolaidis MF Takis Loukanidis MF Nikos Tzaferis MF Alekos Nalbantis FW Pavlos Grigoriadis FW Thanasis Loukanidis FW Antonis Georgiadis FW Vasilis Ioannou Manager: Nikos Pangalos

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level

See also

• 1958–59 Greek Football Cup