1989 Greek Football Cup final

1989 Greek Cup final

Event	1988–89 Greek Football Cup
Panionios Panathinaikos 1 3
Date	11 May 1989
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Referee	Alekos Naziris (Thessaloniki)
Attendance	54,183

The 1989 Greek Cup final was the 45th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 11 May 1989 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panionios and Panathinaikos. It was Panionios' fifth Greek Cup final in their 99 years of existence and Panathinaikos' eighteenth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 81-year history. Only the last 30 minutes of the match were televised due to the sudden stike of the employees of ERT, which was interrupted at the request of the viewers.

Venue

Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the seventh Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and Greece and was used for AEK Athens in various occasions. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted a European Cup final in 1983 and a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987.

Background

Panionios had reached the Greek Cup final four times, winning one of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1979, where they had won AEK Athens by 3–1.

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final seventeen times, winning ten of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1988, where they had won Olympiacos by 4–3 on penalties, which came after a 2–2 draw at the end of the extra time.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1967 final.

Route to the final

Further information: 1988–89 Greek Football Cup

Panionios				Round	Panathinaikos
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Naoussa	Unknown			Matchday 1	Eordaikos	Unknown
Charavgiakos	Unknown			Matchday 2	Kozani	Unknown
Trikala	Unknown			Matchday 3	Not played
Group 2 winners Team Pts Panionios 5 Naoussa 3 Charavgiakos 2 Trikala 2				Final standings	Group 15 winners Team Pts Panathinaikos 4 Kozani 2 Eordaikos 0
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Sparta	4–1	4–0 (H)	0–1 (A)	Round of 32	Olympiacos Volos	5–2	3–1 (H)	2–1 (A)
Aris	3–2	3–0 (H)	0–2 (A)	Round of 16	Panachaiki	9–3	1–2 (A)	8–1 (H)
PAOK	3–2	0–2 (A)	3–0 (a.e.t.) (H)	Quarter-finals	PAS Giannina	3–1	3–0 (A)	0–1 (H)
AEL	2–0	2–0 (H)	0–0 (A)	Semi-finals	Ethnikos Piraeus	4–0	2–0 (H)	2–0 (A)

Match

Details

11 May 1989

21:00 EEST

Panionios	1–3	Panathinaikos
Zakkas 35'	Report (page 5)	Mavridis 8' Dimopoulos 44' (pen.) Saravakos 46'

Olympic Stadium, Marousi

Attendance: 54,183

Referee: Alekos Naziris (Thessaloniki)

Panionios

Panathinaikos

GK  1 Theologis Papadopoulos DF  2 Makis Chatzimoisiadis DF  3 Giannis Papoulidis DF  4 Christos Koutropoulos (c) DF  5 Giorgos Toyias MF 10 Spyros Marangos MF  6 Thanasis Kanaras  51' MF  7 Petros Michos MF  8 Stelios Aposporis  70' FW  9 Theodoros Zakkas FW 11 Thomas Mavros Substitutes: GK 15 Antonis Manikas DF 14 Giorgos Kapouranis DF 16 Charis Kopitsis MF 12 Vasilios Vasilakos  51' FW 13 Luigjm Bersemi  70' Manager: Bo Johansson

DF  2 Iakovos Chatziathanasiou DF  4 Chris Kalantzis DF  5 Giannis Kalitzakis DF  6 Kostas Mavridis (c) MF  7 Dimitris Saravakos MF  8 Kostas Antoniou MF 10 Paris Georgakopoulos  71' MF 11 Lysandros Georgamlis FW  3 Giannis Samaras FW  9 Christos Dimopoulos  78' Substitutes: GK 15 Giorgos Abadiotakis DF 12 Nikos Kourbanas  78' MF 14 Juan Ramón Rocha  71' MF 16 József Fitos FW 13 Claus Nielsen Manager: Gunder Bengtsson

Assistant referees: Theodoros Kefalas (Athens) Lefteris Filippidis (Patras)

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

• 1988–89 Greek Football Cup