1977 Greek Football Cup final

The 1977 Greek Cup final was the 33rd final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 22 June 1977 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and PAOK. It was Panathinaikos' thirteenth Greek Cup final in their 69 years of existence and PAOK's ninth Greek Cup final in their 51-year history.[1] In the final, the clubs faced each other at the same stadium as in 1972, where spectacular and episodic match, Panathinaikos won by 2–1 and achieved the double. The footballers of PAOK, protesting the refereeing of the match, refused to receive their medals, as a result of which they received a suspension of one match day in the following season, and in fact two on each match day so that there would be no problem with the selection of the starting line-up.[2]

1977 Greek Cup final
Event1976–77 Greek Football Cup
Date22 June 1977
VenueKaraiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
RefereeNikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
Attendance23,483
1976
1978

Venue

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Karaiskakis Stadium.

This was the ninth Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1975 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

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Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twelve times, winning five of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1969 (They won on a toss of a coin after a 1–1 draw at the end of the extra time against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 1975, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 1–0.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final eight times, winning two of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1974, where they had won Olympiacos by 4–3 on penalties, which came after a 2–2 draw at the end of the extra time.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1955 and 1972 finals.[4]

Route to the final

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Panathinaikos Round PAOK
Opponent Result Opponent Result
Kampaniakos 1–1 (3–1 p) (A) First round Panthrakikos 3–0 (H)
Kozani 4–0 (H) Second round Bye
Trikala 4–2 (H) Round of 16 AEK Athens 2–1 (H)
Egaleo 9–0 (H) Quarter-finals Ethnikos Piraeus 3–2 (A)
Olympiacos 2–1 (a.e.t.) (H) Semi-finals Fostiras 4–0 (H)

Match

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Details

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Panathinaikos2–1PAOK
  • Papadimitriou   29'
  • Vakalis   83'
Report
Attendance: 28,490
Referee: Manolis Platopoulos (Athens)
GK   Vasilis Konstantinou
DF   Mitsos Dimitriou
DF   Stelios Stefanakis
DF   Demetris Kizas
DF   Anthimos Kapsis    46'
MF   Spiros Livathinos
MF   Takis Papadimitriou
MF   Odysseas Vakalis
MF   Mimis Domazos (c)
FW   Antonis Antoniadis    59'
FW   Óscar Álvarez
Substitutes:
DF   Takis Eleftheriadis    46'
DF   Christos Giannakoulas    59'
Manager:
  Kazimierz Górski
GK   Diamantis Milinis
DF   Giannis Gounaris   64'
DF   Konstantinos Iosifidis
DF   Koulis Apostolidis
DF   Filotas Pellios
MF   Ioannis Damanakis
MF   Christos Terzanidis
MF   Stavros Sarafis
MF   Giorgos Koudas (c)
MF   Angelos Anastasiadis
FW   Neto Guerino   76'
Substitutes:
FW   Konstantinos Orfanos   76'
 
Manager:
  Billy Bingham

Assistant referees:
Nikos Fakis (Athens)
Ioannis Ioannidis (Thessaloniki)

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

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References

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  1. ^ "Kipello1971-1980" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
  2. ^ "Όταν ο Παναθηναϊκός το σήκωσε στο Καραϊσκάκης". newsbeast.gr (in Greek). 22 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Velodrome & Karaiskaki Stadium (1895 - 1964 - 2003)". stadia.gr.
  4. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.