1994 Greek Football Cup final

1994 Greek Cup final
Event1993–94 Greek Football Cup
After extra time
Panathinaikos won 4–2 on penalties
Date20 April 1994
VenueOlympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
RefereeGiannis Spathas (Piraeus)
Attendance61,232
1993
1995

The 1994 Greek Cup final was the 50th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 20 April 1994 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and AEK Athens. It was Panathinaikos' twenty first Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 86 years of existence and AEK Athens' thirteenth Greek Cup final in their 70-year history.[1] A remarkable fact was that the 2 finalists were drawn in the same group at the start of the tournament. The match was characterized as the one of the most sensational finals in history of the institution[2] and was compared to the 1976 final. AEK Athens lost the chance to win the double, since they eventually won the championship.[3]

Venue

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Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the tenth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1993 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 a European Cup/UEFA Champions League final in 1983 and will host the 1994 final, a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987 and the 1991 Mediterranean Games.[4]

Background

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Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty times, winning thirteen of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1993, where they had won Olympiacos by 1–0.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final twelve times, winning seven of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1983, where they had won PAOK by 2–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1948 and 1949 finals.[5]

Route to the final

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Panathinaikos Round AEK Athens
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Niki Volos 1–0 (H) Matchday 1 Keratsini 7–0 (A)
Keratsini 5–0 (H) Matchday 2 Niki Volos 2–0 (A)
AEK Athens 2–2 (A) Matchday 3 Panathinaikos 2–2 (H)
Group 14 runners-up Final standings Group 14 winners
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
OFI 5–3 5–1 (H) 0–2 (A) Round of 32 Paniliakos 6–3 0–0 (A) 6–3 (H)
PAOK 4–3 (5–4 p) 0–0 (H) 0–0 (a.e.t.) (A) Round of 16 Asteras Ambelokipoi 16–1 4–0 (H) 7–1 (A)
Ionikos 3–1 1–1 (H) 2–0 (A) Quarter-finals AEL 2–1 1–0 (A) 1–1 (a.e.t.) (H)
Iraklis 3–0 0–0 (A) 3–0 (H) Semi-finals Aris 2–1 0–0 (A) 2–1 (H)

Match

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Details

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Panathinaikos3–3 (a.e.t.)AEK Athens
Report (pages 3,4)
Penalties
4–2
Attendance: 61,232
Referee: Giannis Spathas (Piraeus)
Panathinaikos
ΑΕΚ Athens
GK  1 Poland Józef Wandzik
RB  2 Greece Stratos Apostolakis (c)
CB  5 Greece Giannis Kalitzakis
CB  3 Greece Marinos Ouzounidis
LB  8 Greece Thanasis Kolitsidakis
DM 11 Greece Dimitris Markos
CM  4 Greece Louis Christodoulou
LM  6 Greece Nikos Nioplias
RM 10 Greece Georgios Georgiadis
AM  7 Argentina Juan José Borrelli downward-facing red arrow 67'
CF  9 Poland Krzysztof Warzycha downward-facing red arrow 65'
Substitutes:
GK Greece Antonios Nikopolidis
MF 12 Greece Spyros Marangos upward-facing green arrow 67'
FW 14 Greece Georgios Donis upward-facing green arrow 65'
Manager:
Argentina Juan Ramón Rocha
GK  1 Greece Ilias Atmatsidis
RB  5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Refik Šabanadžović downward-facing red arrow 46'
CB  3 Greece Vaios Karagiannis
CB  4 Greece Stelios Manolas
LB  2 Greece Michalis Kasapis
DM  6 Greece Michalis Vlachos downward-facing red arrow 60'
CM 10 Greece Stavros Stamatis
CM  8 North Macedonia Toni Savevski
RW  9 Greece Charis Kopitsis
LW 11 Croatia Zoran Slišković
CF  7 Greece Alexis Alexandris (c)
Substitutes:
GK 15 Greece Vasilis Karagiannis
DF 12 Greece Georgios Agorogiannis
MF 13 Greece Tasos Mitropoulos
MF 14 Greece Vasilios Tsiartas upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 16 Greece Vasilis Dimitriadis upward-facing green arrow 60'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Bajević

Assistant referees:
Christos Sotiropoulos (Piraeus)
Nikos Chaldeos (Piraeus)

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. ^ "Ο τελικός... θρίλερ Παναθηναϊκός-ΑΕΚ το 1994". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 20 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Κύπελλο Ελλάδας: Οι 10 τελικοί που έγραψαν ιστορία!". sdna.gr (in Greek). 25 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
  5. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.