1990–91 Greek Football Cup

The Greek Cup 1990–91 was the 49th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.

1990–91 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams72
Defending championsOlympiacos
ChampionsPanathinaikos (12th title)
Runners-upAthinaikos
← 1989–90
1991–92 →

Tournament details

Totally 72 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final.

After the phase of groups (First round), there were interesting confrontations and many "protagonists" were eliminated by the competition continue. In the Second round, Olympiacos were eliminated by PAOK (won 2–0 home, lost 3–0 away), Aris by Athinaikos and Iraklis by Xanthi, while in the Third round AEK were eliminated by OFI. In the same round, Edessaikos, a Beta Ethniki team then, reversed their loss 4–0 by Ionikos, achieving a draw with the same score in the second leg, in order however to be eliminated in penalty shootout.

The Final[1] was contested by Panathinaikos, for sixth time in the last 10 years, after the qualify against PAOK in semi-finals, and neophyte in Alpha Ethniki Athinaikos, for first and unique until now time in their history. That year, Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) decided the establishment of a two-legged final match, according to the model of Coppa Italia. Athinaikos selected as home of first match Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, instead of their neutral home, Municipal Stadium of Vyronas, while the second match became in the Athens Olympic Stadium. Panathinaikos won both matches and at the same time The Double.

Athinaikos, as finalist of competition, participated in the next season's European Cup Winners' Cup, for first and unique time in their history. Nikos Sarganis, Athinaikos goalkeeper, that had played in the first match of Final, failed to win the Cup with a fourth team, after Kastoria, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. Also, the second match was the last for referee Meletis Voutsaras. For fourth possessed year, Dimitris Saravakos, with 10 goals, was elected as competition's first scorer.

First round

The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win would gain 2 points, each draw 1 and each loss would not gain any point.

Second round

First legs were played on December 5 and 12, 1990. Second legs on January 9, 1991.

Team No. 1 Agg. Team No. 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ilisiakos3–5Levadiakos1–12–4
Larissa (a.g.)1–1Apollon Athens0–01–1 (a.e.t.)
Proodeftiki1–7Panathinaikos1–20–5
Panarkadikos4–6Kilkisiakos4–10–5
Edessaikos2–0Apollon Kalamaria1–01–0
Charavgiakos0–5AEK Athens0–30–2
Olympiacos2–3PAOK2–00–3
Ionikos4–0Ethnikos Asteras3–01–0
EAR (a.g.)3–3Panargiakos2–01–3
Panserraikos3–3OFI (a.g.)3–10–2
Athinaikos5–2Aris2–13–1
Iraklis0–1Xanthi0–00–1
Olympiakos Loutraki2–3Anagennisi Karditsa2–00–3
Panelefsiniakos2–8Panionios2–30–5
Naoussa3–4Doxa Drama2–41–0
Doxa Vyronas0–2Eordaikos0–00–2

Third round
Team No. 1 Agg. Team No. 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kilkisiakos5–6Larissa3–22–4
OFI4–3AEK Athens3–01–3
Panathinaikos2–1Levadiakos2–10–0
Xanthi2–3PAOK2–10–2
Doxa Drama4–1Eordaikos3–01–1
Ionikos (5–4 p.)4–4Edessaikos4–00–4
Athinaikos5–1Anagennisi Karditsa3–02–1
EAR1–6Larissa1–30–3

Quarter-finals

First legs were played on March 13, 1991, while second legs on 20th.

Team No. 1 Agg. Team No. 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panionios (3–2 p.)2–2OFI2–00–2
Athinaikos3–0Doxa Drama2–01–0
PAOK3–2Larissa3–00–2
Ionikos1–6Panathinaikos0–31–3

Semi-finals

First legs were played on April 4, 1991, and second on 24th.

Team No. 1 Agg. Team No. 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panathinaikos2–1PAOK2–00–1
Athinaikos4–3Panionios3–01–3

Final

The 47th Greek Cup Final was double-played this season. First leg was played at the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens and second leg at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

First leg
Athinaikos 0–3 Panathinaikos
Kourbanas  70'
Warzycha  78'
Vlachos  89'
Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 12,737
Referee: Kostas Dimitriadis (Piraeus)
ATHINAIKOS:
Nikos Sarganis
Theodoros Boutzoukas
Yiorghos Basagiannis
Tasos Chatziangelis
Kostas Theodorakos
Giannis Chatziraptis  72'
Giorgos Zotalis
Vasilis Tzalakostas
Hristo Kolev  55'
Kostas Tsavalias
Vangelis Spiliotis
Substitutes:
Giorgos Anastasiou  55'
Miroslav Bong  72'
Manager:
Gerd Prokop
PANATHINAIKOS:
Józef Wandzik
Stratos Apostolakis
Chris Kalantzis
Louis Christodoulou
Giannis Kalitzakis
Nikos Kourbanas
Kostas Frantzeskos  60'
Kostas Antoniou (c)
Krzysztof Warzycha
Paris Georgakopoulos  89'
Spiros Marangos
Substitutes:
Vangelis Vlachos  60'
Giorgos Kalpakis  89'
Manager:
Vasilis Daniil

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Mindiouris
    • Vorgias

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • Two named substitutes.
  • Maximum of two substitutions.

Second leg
Panathinaikos 2 – 1
(agg. 5 – 1)		 Athinaikos
Saravakos  71'
Kourbanas  84'		 Zotalis  45' (pen.)
Attendance: 19,375
Referee: Meletis Voutsaras (Athens)
PANATHINAIKOS:
Józef Wandzik
Stratos Apostolakis
Chris Kalantzis
Louis Christodoulou
Giannis Kalitzakis
Nikos Kourbanas
Spiros Marangos  60'
Kostas Antoniou (c)
Krzysztof Warzycha
Vangelis Vlachos  46'
Lysandros Georgamlis
Substitutes:
Kostas Frantzeskos  46'
Dimitris Saravakos  60'
Manager:
Vasilis Daniil
ATHINAIKOS:
Theodoros Kantas
Yiorghos Basagiannis
Giannis Tapratzis  46'
Tasos Chatziangelis
Vangelis Spiliotis
Kostas Theodorakos
Giannis Chatziraptis
Apostolos Vrynios
Christos Dimopoulos
Giorgos Zotalis  71'
Kostas Tsavalias
Substitutes:
Miroslav Bong  46'
Giorgos Anastasiou  71'
Manager:
Gerd Prokop

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Naziris
    • Doutsias

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Two named substitutes.
  • Maximum of two substitutions.

References
  1. "Διπλός Τελικός 1991(Παναθηναϊκός-Αθηναϊκός)/Ιστορία Αθηναϊκού". onsports.gr (in Greek). Retrieved November 27, 2018.
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