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1963 Greek Football Cup final

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1963 Greek Cup final
Event1962–63 Greek Football Cup
Date18 July 1963
VenueLeoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens
RefereeOtmar Humber (Switzerland)
Attendance25,000
1962
1965

The 1963 Greek Cup final was the 21st final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 18 July 1963 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Pierikos. It was Olympiacos' thirteenth Greek Cup final and eighth consecutive in their 38 years of existence and Pierikos' first ever Greek Cup final in their 2-year history.[1] A remarkable fact was that Pierikos reached their first and only Cup final, only two years after their foundation with the merger of Megas Alexandros Katerinis and Olympos Katerinis. It was also the first time in the history of the institution, that a Cup final took place at night and was held under floodlights.[2]

Venue

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Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

This was the seventeenth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960 and 1961 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 twelve times, winning ten of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1961 (3–0 against Panionios). The last time that had played in a final was in 1962, against Panathinaikos, where the match was abandoned at the extra time.

Pierikos had never competed in a Cup final.[4]

Route to the final

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Olympiacos Round Pierikos
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Pagchaniakos 6–1 (A) Round of 32 Anagennisi Giannitsa 2–0 (A)
Panionios 2–1 (H) Round of 16 Ethnikos Piraeus 2–1 (H)
Panathinaikos 5–3 (H) Quarter-finals Niki Volos 3–2 0–0 (a.e.t.) (A) 3–2 (H)
Aris 6–3 1–1 (a.e.t.) (A) 5–2 (H) Semi-finals Proodeftiki 4–0 (H)

Match

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Details

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Olympiacos3–0Pierikos
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Otmar Humber (Switzerland)
Olympiacos
Pierikos
GK Greece Stathis Tsanaktsis
DF Greece Giangos Simantiris
DF Greece Dimitrios Stefanakos
DF Greece Thanasis Loukanidis
MF Greece Kostas Polychroniou (c)
MF Greece Sotiris Gavezos
MF Greece Nikos Sideris
MF Greece Thanasis Bebis
FW Greece Giorgos Sideris
FW Greece Aris Papazoglou
FW Greece Stelios Psychos
Manager:
Greece Giannis Chelmis
GK Greece Vangelis Drandakis
DF Greece Giorgos Kefalidis
DF Greece Paraskevas Portokalidis
DF Greece Giannis Mystakidis
DF Greece Alexandros Taxidis
MF Greece Theodoros Sidiropoulos
MF Greece Michalis Amanatidis
MF Greece Polychronis Fourlidis (c)
MF Greece Theodoros Kyziroglou
FW Greece Kostas Orfanidis
FW Greece Giannis Christoforidis
Manager:
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Alexi Petrović

Match rules

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kipello1961-1970" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
  2. ^ "1963-07-18 Κύπελλο Ελλάδος τελικός Ολυμπιακός Πειραιώς Πιερικός 3–0". site.pierikos.info (in Greek). 28 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Leoforos Stadium "Apostolos Nikolaidis"". stadia.gr.
  4. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.