1995 Greek Football Cup final

The 1995 Greek Cup final was the 51st final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 19 April 1995 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and AEK Athens for a second time in row. It was Panathinaikos' twenty second Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 87 years of existence and AEK Athens' fourtheenth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 71-year history.[1] In contrast to the sensational last season's final of the two teams, this year's match was marked by incidents on and off the pitch, by the moment that the referee, Filippos Bakas awarded a penalty in favour of Panathinaikos a few minutes before the end of extra time.[2] This event caused protests, expulsions and riots between fans of both teams with a total of 21 arrests by the police. Furthermore, certain footballers of AEK Athens denied to attend the title ceremony. Bakas managed to escape from the players of the yellow-blacks with a torn sleeve but a few days later a group of strangers attacked him in a street near to the airport of Elliniko.[3] A couple of days after the final, the president of AEK, Dimitris Melissanidis had a phone call with Bakas live on the TV, with the referee implying the invomvent of Melissanidis in his beating with president of AEK responding that the only thing he knows is that the referee is showing his "red underwear" all over Greece.[4]

1995 Greek Cup final
Event1994–95 Greek Football Cup
After extra time
Date19 April 1995
VenueOlympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
RefereeFilippos Bakas (Thessaloniki)
Attendance60,777
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1996

Venue

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Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the eleventh Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993 and 1994 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and Greece and was used for Olympiacos and AEK Athens in various occasions. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted two European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals in 1983 and 1994, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987 and the 1991 Mediterranean Games.[5]

Background

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Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty one times, winning fourteen of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1994, where they had won AEK Athens by 4–2 on penalties, which came after a 0–0 draw at the end of the extra time.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final thirteen times, winning eight of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1983 (2–0 against PAOK). The last time that had played in a final was in 1994, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 4–2 on penalties, which came after a 0–0 draw at the end of the extra time.[6]

Route to the final

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Panathinaikos Round AEK Athens
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Anagennisi Giannitsa Unknown Matchday 1 Ethnikos Asteras 2–0 (A)
Aiolikos Unknown Matchday 2 Panargiakos 1–0 (H)
Sparti Unknown Matchday 3 Atromitos 4–0 (H)
Acharnaikos Unknown Matchday 4 Kastoria 1–0 (A)
Group 5 winners Final standings Group 1 winners
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Apollon Athens 4–2 1–2 (H) 3–0 (A) Round of 32 Doxa Vyronas 5–2 3–1 (A) 2–1 (H)
Skoda Xanthi 4–3 1–0 (H) 3–3 (a.e.t.) (A) Round of 16 Panetolikos 9–1 4–1 (H) 5–0 (A)
Olympiacos 4–4 (a) 1–2 (H) 3–2 (A) Quarter-finals Ethnikos Piraeus 3–1 1–0 (A) 2–1 (H)
Kavala 4–2 1–0 (A) 5–0 (H) Semi-finals Athinaikos 2–0 1–0 (H) 1–0 (A)

Match

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Details

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Panathinaikos1–0 (a.e.t.)AEK Athens
Report (page 4)
Attendance: 60,777
Referee: Filippos Bakas (Thessaloniki)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Panathinaikos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ΑΕΚ Athens
GK  1   Józef Wandzik
RB  2   Stratos Apostolakis
CB  6   Marinos Ouzounidis    64'
CB  3   Giannis Kalitzakis (c)
LB  4   Giorgos Kapouranis
DM  5   Dimitris Markos
CM  7   Georgios Georgiadis
LM 10   Nikos Nioplias
AM  8   Juan José Borrelli
RM 11   Georgios Donis    73'
CF  9   Krzysztof Warzycha
Substitutes:
DF 13   Thanasis Kolitsidakis    64'
FW 16   Alexis Alexoudis    73'
Manager:
  Juan Ramón Rocha
GK  1   Ilias Atmatsidis
CB  4   Stelios Manolas (c)   115'
CB  3   Manolis Papadopoulos
CB  6   Michalis Vlachos   115'
CM  5   Refik Šabanadžović   117'
CM  8   Toni Savevski
RM  2   Georgios Agorogiannis   73'
AM 10   Vasilios Tsiartas
LM 11   Michalis Kasapis
SS  7   Dimitris Saravakos
CF  9   Vasilis Dimitriadis
Substitutes:
GK 15   Vasilis Karagiannis
DF 14   Georgios Koutoulas
DF 13   Vaios Karagiannis
DF 16   Vasilios Borbokis   117'
MF 12   Charis Kopitsis   73'
Manager:
  Dušan Bajević

Assistant referees:
Grigoris Kechagias (Thessaloniki)
Platonas Bozatzidis (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. ^ "Kipello1991-1995" (PDF). epo.g (in Greek).
  2. ^ "Παναθηναϊκός-ΑΕΚ 1-0: Ο "τελικός του Μπάκα"". sport-retro.gr (in Greek). 27 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Μπάγεβιτς, ο πρίγκηπας του κυπέλλου". sport24.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Το ξύλο στον Μπάκα, το κόκκινο βρακί και η Μπριζίτ Μπαρντό". sport24.gr (in Greek). 29 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
  6. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.