1999 Greek Football Cup final

The 1999 Greek Cup final was the 55th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 5 May 1999 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. It was Olympiacos' twenty-eighth Greek Cup final in their 74 years of existence and Panathinaikos' twenty-fourth Greek Cup final in their 91-year history.[1][2] With their conquest Olympiacos achieved the double crown after 18 years, while Panathinaikos became the first team to lose in a Greek Cup final three times in a row.

1999 Greek Cup final
Event1998–99 Greek Football Cup
Date5 May 1999
VenueOlympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
RefereeGiorgos Douros (Corinthia)
Attendance57,783
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Venue

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Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the thirteenth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Olympiacos and was used for Panathinaikos, AEK Athens and Greece in various occasions. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted 3 UEFA European Cup/Champions League finals in 1983, 1994 and 2007, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987 and the 1991 Mediterranean Games.

Background

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Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty six times, winning nineteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1981 (3–1 against PAOK). The last time that had played in a final was in 1993, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 1–0.

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 1998, where they had lost to Panionios by 1–0.

Route to the final

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Olympiacos Round Panathinaikos
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Egaleo 4–2 (H) First round Panionios 2–1 (a.e.t.) (A)
Aris 3–1 (A) Second round Panelefsiniakos 2–1 (H)
Ionikos 7–4 (A) Round of 16 Paniliakos 2–0 (A)
Skoda Xanthi 3–2 3–1 (H) 0–1 (A) Quarter-finals Panserraikos 5–0 3–0 (A) 2–0 (H)
Iraklis 5–1 4–0 (H) 1–1 (A) Semi-finals Athinaikos 8–3 6–1 (H) 2–2 (A)

Match

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Details

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Olympiacos2–0Panathinaikos
Report
Attendance: 57,783
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Olympiacos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Panathinaikos
GK 31   Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
DF 14   Dimitris Mavrogenidis
DF  3   Kyriakos Karataidis (c)
DF 32   Georgios Anatolakis
DF  5   Georgios Amanatidis   32'
MF 21   Grigoris Georgatos
MF  6   Ilias Poursanidis
MF 11   Predrag Đorđević
MF 18   Vassilis Karapialis      82'
FW  9   Siniša Gogić    86'
FW 30   Alexis Alexandris    72'
Substitutes:
GK  1   Kyriakos Tochouroglou
DF 19   Savvas Poursaitidis
DF 25   Paraskevas Antzas    82'
MF  4   Andreas Niniadis    86'
MF 15   Petros Passalis
MF  8   Luciano
FW 24   Peter Ofori-Quaye    72'
Manager:
  Dušan Bajević
GK 20   Antonis Nikopolidis
DF 15   Angelos Basinas
DF 18   Kostas Konstantinidis
DF  8   Giannis Goumas
DF 14   Leonidas Vokolos
MF 26   Giorgos Karagounis
MF  7   Aljoša Asanović      71'
MF 11   Andreas Lagonikakis      66'
MF 12   Erik Mykland  
FW  9   Krzysztof Warzycha (c)
FW 21   Nikos Liberopoulos    81'
Substitutes:
GK 25   Stefanos Kotsolis
DF  2   Stratos Apostolakis
DF  5   Vladan Milojević
MF 23   Kostas Kiassos    66'
MF 19   Bledar Kola    81'
FW 10   Alexis Alexoudis    71'
FW 13   Igor Sypniewski
Manager:
  Juan Ramón Rocha

Assistant referees:
Panagiotis Milionis (Arcadia)
Panagiotis Nikolaidis (Thessaloniki)
Fourth official:
Giorgos Tsagarakis (Chania)

Match rules

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Σαν σήμερα: "Ήταν καλπάζον άτι ο Γκόγκιτς"". sport24.gr (in Greek). 5 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Kipello1996-1999" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022.