1979 Greek Football Cup final

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. 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.

1979 Greek Cup final

Event	1978–79 Greek Football Cup
Panionios AEK Athens 3 1
Date	9 June 1979
Venue	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Referee	Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)
Attendance	20,299

Venue

Karaiskakis Stadium.

This was the twelfth Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1960, 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.

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.

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

9 June 1979

21:00 EEST

Panionios	3–1	AEK Athens
Anastopoulos 51' Lima 67' Pathiakakis 84'	Report	Konstantinou 3'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 20,299

Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)

GK Zafeiris Kakkaris DF Serafim Zacharopoulos DF Giannis Gravanis DF Nikos Chalkidis MF Christos Emvoliadis MF Charampos Saipas  46' MF Noni Lima FW Dimitris Mavrikis (c)  62' FW Nikos Anastopoulos FW Giannis Pathiakakis FW Vasilis Vallidis Substitute: MF Vasilis Moraitelis  46' Manager: Panos Markovic

GK Lakis Stergioudas DF Giannis Mousouris DF Dionysis Tsamis DF Petros Ravousis DF Lakis Nikolaou (c)  50' MF Tasos Konstantinou  72' MF Christos Ardizoglou  46' MF Takis Nikoloudis MF Mimis Domazos FW Dušan Bajević FW Thomas Mavros Substitute: DF Theodoros Apostolopoulos  46' Manager: 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

• 1978–79 Greek Football Cup