1989 Greek Football Cup final

1989 Greek Cup final

Event	1988–89 Greek Football Cup
Panathinaikos Panionios 3 1
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 Panathinaikos and Panionios. It was Panathinaikos' seventeenth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 81 years of existence and Panionios' fifth Greek Cup final in their 99-year history.

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

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final sixteen 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.

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.

Route to the final

Further information: 1988–89 Greek Football Cup

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

Match

Details

11 May 1989

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

Olympic Stadium, Marousi

Attendance: 54,183

Referee: Alekos Naziris (Thessaloniki)

Panathinaikos

Panionios

GK  1 Nikos Sarganis 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

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

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