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1961 Greek Football Cup final

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1961 Greek Cup final
Event1960–61 Greek Football Cup
Date2 July 1961
VenueLeoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens
RefereeCezare Jonni (Italy)
Attendance25,000
1960
1962

The 1961 Greek Cup final was the 19th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 2 July 1961 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Panionios. It was Olympiacos' eleventh Greek Cup final and sixth consecutive in their 36 years of existence and Panionios' second Greek Cup final in their 71-year history.[1] With the conquest of the Cup, Olympiacos became the only team to win the trophy five times in a row.[2]

Venue

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Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

This was the sixteenth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959 and 1960 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris, the replay match of the 1949 final between AEK Athens and Panathinaikos and the replay match of the 1952 final between Olympiacos and Panionios).

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium was built in 1922. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and Greece. Its current capacity is 30,000.[3]

Background

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Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final ten times, winning nine of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1960, where they won Panathinaikos by 3–0 in a replay match, after the 1–1 of the initial match.

Panionios had reached the Greek Cup final one time in 1952, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 2–0 in a replay match, after the 2–2 of the initial match.[4]

Route to the final

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Olympiacos Round Panionios
Opponent Result Opponent Result
Panachaiki 4–2 (H) Round of 32 Atlantida Chania 2–0 (A)
Aris 3–2 (H) Round of 16 Iraklis Kavala 3–0 (H)
Apollon Athens 2–1 (A) Quarter-finals Panathinaikos 2–1 (H)
Doxa Drama 3–0 (H) Semi-finals Iraklis 1–0 (H)

Match

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Details

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Olympiacos3–0Panionios
  • Papazoglou 34'
  • Sideris 69', 88'
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Cezare Jonni (Italy)
GK Greece Stathis Tsanaktsis
DF Greece Ilias Rosidis (c)
DF Greece Dimitrios Stefanakos
DF Greece Giangos Simantiris
MF Greece Kostas Polychroniou
MF Greece Takis Spetseris
FW Greece Sotiris Gavezos
FW Greece Kostas Papazoglou
FW Greece Tasos Sourounis
FW Greece Giorgos Sideris
FW Greece Antonis Poseidon
Manager:
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kiril Simonovski
GK Greece Stelios Sochos
DF Greece Grigoris Kapsis
DF Greece Takis Papoulidis
DF Greece Thanasis Christou
MF Greece Stathis Mavridis
MF Greece Georgios Giannakopoulos
FW Greece Stathis Chaitas (c)
FW Greece Achileas Athanasoulas
FW Greece Thanasis Saravakos
FW Greece Giannis Giannakopoulos
FW Greece Adam Chronopoulos
Manager:
Greece Ioannis Skordilis

Assistant referees:
Anosia (Italy)
Tomenico (Italy)

Match rules

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kipello1961-1970" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
  2. ^ "Το άπιαστο ρεκόρ του Θρύλου, με άρωμα ...Λεωφόρου!". sportdog.gr (in Greek). 2 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Leoforos Stadium "Apostolos Nikolaidis"". stadia.gr.
  4. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.