1981 Greek Football Cup final

The 1981 Greek Cup final was the 37th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 21 June 1981 at Nikos Goumas Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and AEL. It was Olympiacos' twenty-second Greek Cup final in their 56 years of existence and PAOK's eleventh Greek Cup final in their 55-year history. The match was marked by riots between fans of both teams, one of the first expressions of hooliganism in Greece. The footballers of both teams were wearing black brassards, as the players of Olympiacos were mourning the victims of tragedy of gate 7 and the players of PAOK in memory of their coach Gyula Lóránt, who had died at the bench on 31 May 1981.

1981 Greek Cup final

Event	1980–81 Greek Football Cup
Olympiacos PAOK 3 1
Date	21 June 1981
Venue	AEK Stadium, Nea Filadelfia, Athens
Referee	Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
Attendance	30,512

Venue

This was the sixth Greek Cup final held at AEK Stadium, after the 1962, 1967, 1974, 1976 and 1980 finals.

AEK Stadium was built in 1930 and it has been renovated in 1979. The stadium is used as a venue for AEK Athens and was used for Greece in various occasions. Its current capacity is 35,000.

Background

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty one times, winning sixteen of them. The last time that they won the Cup was in 1975 (1–0 against Panathinaikos). The last time that they played in a final was in 1976, where they had lost to Iraklis by 6–5 on penalties, which came after a 4–4 draw at the end of the extra time.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final ten times, winning two of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1974 (4–3 on penalties, which came after a 2–2 draw at the end of the extra time against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 1978, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 2–0.

Route to the final

Further information: 1980–81 Greek Football Cup

Olympiacos				Round	PAOK
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Chalkida	3–1 (A)			First round	Niki Volos	1–1 (5–3 p) (A)
Pierikos	5–0 (H)			Second round	Veria	2–0 (A)
Panionios	2–0	0–0 (H)	3–0 (a.e.t.) (A)	Round of 16	Olympiacos Volos	4–2	2–1 (H)	2–1 (A)
Kavala	2–0	0–0 (A)	2–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Ethnikos Asteras	8–2	5–0 (H)	3–2 (A)
Panegialios	6–1	3–0 (A)	3–1 (H)	Semi-finals	AEK Athens	3–0	1–0 (A)	2–0 (H)

Match

Details

21 June 1981

21:30 EEST

Olympiacos	3–1	PAOK
Damanakis 18' (o.g.) Orfanos 61' Kousoulakis 92'	Report	Damanakis 63'

AEK Stadium, Nea Filadelfia

Attendance: 30,512

Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

GK Nikos Sarganis DF Giannis Kyrastas DF Nikos Vamvakoulas DF Stavros Papadopoulos (c) DF Martin Novoselac MF Vangelis Kousoulakis MF Konstantinos Orfanos  80' MF Takis Nikoloudis  69' MF Takis Lemonis FW Maik Galakos FW Takis Persias Substitutes: DF Petros Michos  69' MF Thomas Ahlström  80' Manager: Kazimierz Górski

GK Mladen Furtula DF Ioannis Gounaris DF Konstantinos Iosifidis DF József Salamon DF Thomas Singas MF Ioannis Damanakis MF Panagiotis Kermanidis   68' MF Vasilios Georgopoulos MF Giorgos Koudas (c)   75' FW Neto Guerino FW Georgios Kostikos Substitutes: MF Vasilios Vasilakos   75' FW Stathis Triantafyllidis   68' Manager: Aristarchos Fountoukidis

Assistant referees: Kostas Dedes (Messinia) Antonis Vassaras (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

• 1980–81 Greek Football Cup