1984 Greek Football Cup final

The 1984 Greek Cup final was the 40th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 6 June 1984 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and AEL. It was Panathinaikos' fifteenth Greek Cup final in their 76 years of existence and AEL's second Greek Cup final in their 20-year history. With a record attendance of 73,829 spectators, Panathinaikos won the Cup and achieved the domestic double, biding their farewell to their captain, Anthimos Kapsis, with the best possible way.

1984 Greek Cup final

Event	1983–84 Greek Football Cup
Panathinaikos AEL 2 0
Date	6 June 1984
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Referee	Makis Germanakos (Athens)
Attendance	73,829

Venue

Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the second Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983 final.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Greece. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted a European Cup final in 1983.

Background

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final fourteen times, winning seven of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1982, where they had won AEL by 1–0.

AEL had reached the Greek Cup final one time, in 1982, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 1–0.

Route to the final

Further information: 1983–84 Greek Football Cup

Panathinaikos				Round	AEL
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Almopos Aridea	5–0 (H)			First round	Kozani	2–0 (a.e.t.) (H)
Thiva	2–0 (H)			Additional round	Bye
Paniliakos	6–0	5–0 (A)	1–0 (H)	Round of 32	Achaiki	10–1	10–0 (H)	0–1 (A)
Kallithea	1–0	1–0 (A)	0–0 (H)	Round of 16	AEK Athens	2–1	1–0 (A)	1–1 (H)
Ethnikos Piraeus	4–0	2–0 (A)	2–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Kavala	3–0	3–0 (A)	0–0 (H)
Egaleo	7–0	3–0 (A)	4–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Iraklis	1–0	1–0 (H)	0–0 (A)

Match

Details

6 June 1984

21:00 EEST

Panathinaikos	2–0	AEL
Galitsios 27' (o.g.) Antoniou 39'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Marousi

Attendance: 73,829

Referee: Makis Germanakos (Athens)

GK Tomas Lafchis DF Konstantinos Tarasis DF Nikos Karoulias DF Anthimos Kapsis (c) DF Kostas Mavridis MF Giannis Kyrastas MF Grigoris Papavasileiou MF Kostas Antoniou MF Juan Ramón Rocha FW Thanasis Dimopoulos  83' FW Grigoris Charalampidis  88' Substitutes: MF Michalis Gerothodoros  83' MF Kostas Tassopoulos  88' Manager: Jacek Gmoch

GK Georgios Plitsis DF Takis Parafestas (c) DF Nikos Patsiavouras DF Giannis Galitsios DF Georgios Mitsibonas MF Theodoros Voutiritsas MF Lazaros Kyrilidis  46' MF Christos Andreoudis FW Kazimierz Kmiecik  72' FW Kostas Maloumidis FW Michalis Ziogas Substitutes: MF Sakis Tsiolis  46' MF Giannis Gampetas  72' Manager: Walter Skocik

Assistant referees: Christos Kolokythas (Athens) Stelios Landrakis (Athens)

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

• 1983–84 Greek Football Cup