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1988 Greek Football Cup final

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1988 Greek Cup final
Event1987–88 Greek Football Cup
After extra time
Panathinaikos won 4–3 on penalties
Date8 May 1988
VenueOlympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
RefereeMeletis Voutsaras (Athens)
Attendance73,375
1987
1989

The 1988 Greek Cup final was the 44th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 8 May 1988 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. It was Olympiacos' twenty-fourth Greek Cup final in their 63 years of existence and Panathinaikos' seventeenth Greek Cup final in their 80-year history.[1] Both clubs were extra motivated for the title since were out of the championship race and were looking for a ticket to the UEFA competition. The match went into penalty shoot-out where the goalkeeper of Panathinaikos, Nikos Sarganis emerged as the hero for his team, saving two penalties and scoring one. In an future interview, the Greek goalkeeper revealed that the owner of Olympiacos, George Koskotas attempted to bribe him for reduced performance in the final.[2] That would be the second time Koskotas was accused for attempted bribery, as he did the same as well on Theologis Papadopoulos and Vasilios Vasilakos of AEK Athens at the round of 16.[3]

Venue

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Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the sixth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987 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.[4]

Background

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Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty three times, winning seventeen of them. The last time that they won the Cup was in 1981 (3–1 against PAOK). The last time that they played in a final was in 1986, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 4–0.

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final sixteen times, winning nine of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1986, where they had won Olympiacos by 4–0.[5]

Route to the final

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Olympiacos Round Panathinaikos
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Agrotikos Asteras 4–0 (H) First round Chalkida 2–0 (H)
Bye Additional round Kavala 7–2 (H)
Olympiacos Volos 6–0 1–0 (A) 5–0 (H) Round of 32 Panserraikos 2–0 0–0 (A) 2–0 (H)
AEK Athens 4–1 1–1 (H) 3–1 (A) Round of 16 PAS Giannina 10–3 2–1 (A) 8–2 (H)
Apollon Kalamarias 2–1 0–0 (A) 2–1 (H) Quarter-finals Irodotos 6–0 4–0 (A) 2–0 (H)
OFI 3–1 3–0 (H) 0–1 (A) Semi-finals AEL 4–1 1–0 (H) 3–1 (A)

Match

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Details

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Olympiacos2–2 (a.e.t.)Panathinaikos
Report
Penalties
3–4
Attendance: 73,375
Referee: Meletis Voutsaras (Athens)
Olympiacos
Panathinaikos
GK Greece Ilias Talikriadis
DF Greece Stratos Apostolakis
DF Greece Alexandros Alexiou
DF Greece Charis Baniotis
DF Greece Petros Xanthopoulos (c)
MF Greece Minas Hantzidis
MF Greece Panagiotis Tsalouchidis
MF Greece Andreas Bonovas downward-facing red arrow 46'
MF Greece Tasos Mitropoulos
FW Argentina Juan Gilberto Funes
FW Greece Nikos Tsiantakis
Substitutes:
GK Greece Georgios Plitsis
DF Greece Theodoros Pahatouridis
MF Greece Giorgos Kapouranis
FW Greece Panagiotis Sofianopoulos
FW Greece Sakis Moustakidis upward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Greece Pavlos Grigoriadis,
Greece Giannis Gounaris
GK Greece Nikos Sarganis
DF Greece Iakovos Chatziathanasiou
DF Greece Kostas Mavridis
DF Greece Giannis Kalitzakis
DF Greece Nikos Vamvakoulas
MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Velimir Zajec (c)  downward-facing red arrow 75'
MF Greece Louis Christodoulou  downward-facing red arrow 46'
MF Greece Christos Dimopoulos
MF Argentina Juan Ramón Rocha
FW Greece Dimitris Saravakos
FW Greece Lysandros Georgamlis
Substitutes:
GK Greece Antonis Minou
DF Greece Nikos Patsiavouras
MF Greece Vangelis Vlachos  upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF Greece Chris Kalantzis
FW Greece Kostas Batsinilas Red card 79'  upward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Sweden Gunder Bengtsson

Assistant referees:
Vasilis Nikakis (Aetoloacarnania)
Kostas Dimitriadis (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. ^ "Kipello1981-1990" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
  2. ^ "Ο τελικός του Κοσκωτά, του Σαργκάνη και... της Ευρώπης". contra.gr (in Greek). 8 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Η δωροδοκία: Ο Θεολόγης, ο Κοσκωτάς και η επιταγή". contra.gr (in Greek). 5 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
  5. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.