1998 Greek Football Cup final

The 1998 Greek Cup final was the 54th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 29 April 1998 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Panionios and Panathinaikos. It was Panionios' sixth Greek Cup final in their 108 years of existence and Panathinaikos' twenty fourth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 90-year history.[1][2] For the first time in the history of the institution, the president of Greece, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos graced the final with his presence (something that he would repeat in the 4 following finals), also awarding the trophy to the captain of Panionios, Leonidas Vokolos, who shortly after signed with his opponent in the final, Panathinaikos.[3]

1998 Greek Cup final
Event1997–98 Greek Football Cup
Date29 April 1998
VenueKaraiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
RefereeGiorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
Attendance21,436
1997
1999

Venue

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Karaiskakis Stadium.

This was the fourteenth Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1960, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1997 finals (Karaiskakis also hosted the replay match of the 1960 final between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos and the second leg of the 1992 two-legged final between PAOK and Olympiacos).

Karaiskakis Stadium was built in 1895 and renovated once in 1964. The stadium is used as a venue for Ethnikos Piraeus and was used for Olympiacos and Greece in various occasions. Its current capacity is 42,000 and hosted a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1971 and the fist leg of the Intercontinental Cup final in 1971.[4]

Background

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Panionios had reached the Greek Cup final five times, winning one of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1979 (3–1 against AEK Athens). The last time that had played in a final was in 1989, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 3–1.

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty three times, winning fifteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1995 (1–0 against AEK Athens). The last time that had played in a final was in 1997, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 5–3 on penalties, which came after a 0–0 draw at the end of the extra time.[5]

Route to the final

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Panionios Round Panathinaikos
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Panelefsiniakos 4–3 1–3 (A) 3–0 (H) Round of 32 Orestis Orestiada 6–0 2–0 (A) 4–0 (H)
Orfeas Alexandroupoli 1–0 0–0 (A) 1–0 (H) Round of 16 Panserraikos 10–5 4–1 (H) 6–4 (A)
Apollon Kalamarias 6–2 4–2 (H) 2–0 (A) Quarter-finals Aris 3–1 1–1 (A) 2–0 (H)
PAOK 2–1 1–0 (H) 1–1 (A) Semi-finals Iraklis 4–2 1–2 (A) 3–0 (H)

Match

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Details

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Panionios1–0Panathinaikos
  • Nalitzis   53'
Report
Attendance: 21,436
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
 
 
 
 
 
Panionios
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Panathinaikos
GK 12   Foto Strakosha
RB 21   Akis Mantzios
CB  5   Leonidas Vokolos (c)
CB 24   Vasilios Ioannidis   52'   72'
LB 20   Takis Fyssas
DM 10   Antonis Sapountzis   77'
CM  6   Dimitrios Bougas   13'
CM  8   Anastasios Katsabis   78'
RW 23   Giannis Kamitsis   54'   58'
LW  9   Miodrag Medan   66'
CF 17   Dimitris Nalitzis   73'
Substitutes:
DF  4   Roy Wassberg   73'
MF 18   Kostas Kafalis   66'
MF 26   Theofilos Karasavvidis   78'
Manager:
  Christos Emvoliadis
GK  1   Józef Wandzik    54'
RB  2   Stratos Apostolakis   65'
CB  8   Giannis Goumas
CB 17   Georgios S. Georgiadis    28'   46'
CB  6   Thanasis Kolitsidakis
LB 23   Theofilaktos Nikolaidis
DM 12   Erik Mykland    42'   48'
CM 11   Giorgos Ch. Georgiadis
CM 18   Kostas Konstantinidis
CF 10   Alexis Alexoudis   54'
CF  9   Krzysztof Warzycha (c)
Substitutes:
MF 15   Angelos Basinas   48'
FW 13   Nikos Liberopoulos   54'
FW 28   Igor Sypniewski   65'
Manager:
  Vasilios Daniil

Assistant referees:
Kostas Romanos
Theodoros Kostidis (Thessaloniki)
Fourth official:
Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Το Κύπελλο του Πανιώνιου το 1998". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 29 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Kipello1996-1999" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Όταν ο Στεφανόπουλος "συγκρατούσε" τον έξαλλο Βαζέχα-Τα "γαλλικά" και η συγνώμη του Πολωνού". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). 21 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Velodrome & Karaiskaki Stadium (1895 - 1964 - 2003)". stadia.gr.
  5. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.