1963 Greek Football Cup final

The 1963 Greek Cup final was the 21st final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 18 July 1963 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Pierikos. It was Olympiacos' thirteenth Greek Cup final and ninth consecutive in their 38 years of existence and Pierikos' first ever Greek Cup final in their 2-year history. A remarkable fact was that Pierikos reached their first and only Cup final, only two years after their foundation with the merger of Megas Alexandros Katerinis and Olympos Katerinis. It was also the first time in the history of the institution, that a Cup final took place at night and was held under floodlights.

1963 Greek Cup final

Event	1962–63 Greek Football Cup
Olympiacos Pierikos 1 0
Date	18 July 1963
Venue	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee	Otmar Humber (Switzerland)
Attendance	25,000

Venue

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

This was the eighteenth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960 and 1961 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 twelve times, winning ten of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1961 (3–0 against Panionios). The last time that had played in a final was in 1962, against Panathinaikos, where the match was abandoned at the extra time.

Pierikos had never competed in a Cup final.

Route to the final

Further information: 1962–63 Greek Football Cup

Olympiacos				Round	Pierikos
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Pagchaniakos	6–1 (A)			Round of 32	Anagennisi Giannitsa	2–0 (A)
Panionios	2–1 (H)			Round of 16	Ethnikos Piraeus	2–1 (H)
Panathinaikos	5–3 (H)			Quarter-finals	Niki Volos	3–2	0–0 (a.e.t.) (A)	3–2 (H)
Aris	6–3	1–1 (a.e.t.) (A)	5–2 (H)	Semi-finals	Proodeftiki	4–0 (H)

Match

Details

18 July 1963

Olympiacos	3–0	Pierikos
Polychroniou 30' Papazoglou 39' Sideris 65'	Report

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Otmar Humber (Switzerland)

Olympiacos

Pierikos

GK Stathis Tsanaktsis DF Giangos Simantiris DF Dimitrios Stefanakos DF Thanasis Loukanidis MF Kostas Polychroniou (c) MF Sotiris Gavezos MF Nikos Sideris MF Thanasis Bebis FW Giorgos Sideris FW Aris Papazoglou FW Stelios Psychos Manager: Giannis Chelmis

GK Vangelis Drandakis DF Giorgos Kefalidis DF Paraskevas Portokalidis DF Giannis Mystakidis DF Alexandros Taxidis MF Theodoros Sidiropoulos MF Michalis Amanatidis MF Polychronis Fourlidis (c) MF Theodoros Kyziroglou FW Kostas Orfanidis FW Giannis Christoforidis Manager: Alexi Petrović

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

See also

• 1962–63 Greek Football Cup