1955 Greek Football Cup final

1955 Greek Cup final

Event	1954–55 Greek Football Cup
Panathinaikos PAOK 2 0
Date	12 June 1955
Venue	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee	Vasilis Diamandopoulos (Athens)
Attendance	6,729

The 1955 Greek Cup final was the 13th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 12 June 1955 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and PAOK. It was Panathinaikos' fourth Greek Cup final in their 47 years of existence and PAOK's third Greek Cup final in their 29-year history.^[1][2]

Venue

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

This was the twelfth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954 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

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final three times, winning two of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1948 (2–1 against AEK Athens). The last time that had played in a final was in 1949, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 2–1 in a replay match, after the 0–0 of the initial match.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final two times. The last time that they played in a final was in 1951, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 4–0.

The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.^[4]

Route to the final

Further information: 1954–55 Greek Football Cup

Panathinaikos		Round	PAOK
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Asteras Athens	1–0 (H)	Round of 32	Makedonikos	2–0 (H)
OFI	2–1 (A)	Round of 16	Elpida Drama	3–2 (a.e.t.) (H)
Aris	1–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Panionios	4–2 (A)
Apollon Athens	2–1 (H)	Semi-finals	Doxa Drama	1–0 (H)

Match

Details

12 June 1955

17:00 EET

Panathinaikos	2–0	PAOK
Kourtzidis 24' Panakis 31'	Report

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi

Attendance: 6,729

Referee: Vasilis Diamandopoulos (Athens)

GK Markos Chalaris DF Sotiris Angelopoulos DF Giorgos Kourtzidis DF Dimitris Kazakos DF Kostas Linoxilakis (c) MF Ioannis Nembidis MF Filippos Asimakopoulos FW Giorgos Foteinos FW Giorgos Ziemis FW Lakis Petropoulos  53' FW Vangelis Panakis Manager: Svetislav Glišović

GK Apostolos Progios DF Antonis Kemanidis DF Vasilis Geroudis DF Dimitris Kalogiannis MF Giorgos Chasiotis MF Christos Doukakis  53' MF Notis Tsintoglou FW Vangelis Karafoulidis FW Christoforos Yientzis FW Lefteris Papadakis FW Kostas Kiourtzis Manager: Nikos Pangalos

Assistant referees: Sotiropoulos Giannis Daskalakis (Piraeus)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level

See also

• 1954–55 Greek Football Cup

References

1. "Kipello1951-1960" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
2. "Kυπελλούχος ο ΠΑΟ με γκολ… από τη σέντρα". oldfootball.gr (in Greek). 28 November 2018.
3. "Leoforos Stadium "Apostolos Nikolaidis"". stadia.gr.
4. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.