1993–94 Greek Football Cup

The Greek Cup 1993–94 was the 52nd edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.

1993–94 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams72
Defending championsPanathinaikos
ChampionsPanathinaikos (14th title)
Runners-upAEK Athens
← 1992–93
1994–95 →

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.

It was a very interesting competition with undecided matches and led in a Final between Panathinaikos and AEK Athens, a pair that had not appeared in a Greek Cup Final for 45 years, since the last confrontation between the two teams in the final match was in 1949. AEK Athens qualified in the Final after 11 years, while Panathinaikos had eliminated PAOK earlier in penalty shootout, after two goalless draws.

The final match[1] was the one of two more shocking Finals in history of Greek Cup, after the Final of 1976. Panathinaikos preceded 2–0 and appeared to win, however, in a few minutes to its end, AEK Athens accomplished to draw, to precede in the start of extra time and to be drawn, in order finally to lose the Cup in penalty shootout. At the same time they lost The Double, while the same year they won the last championship in their history, until 2009.

Remarkable in the competition was also the bombardment of goals, almost in all phases and mainly in second legs. Characteristically, in second matches of Second Round, 16 in the number, were marked 64 goals, mean 4 goals per match, and in corresponding of Third Round 30 goals (in 8 matches).

Also, it is remarkable that in unique two from 16 groups that included two Alpha Ethniki teams, it happened to be drawn opponents Olympiacos and Iraklis in Group 16, that later balloted again in quarter-finals, but also AEK Athens and Panathinaikos in Group 14, that is to say the pair of the Final.

First round

The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win would gain 3 points, each draw 1 and each loss would not gain any point.

Second round

First legs were held on October 27, 1993. Second on November 11.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Larissa9–2Iraklis Ptolemaida2–17–1
Panathinaikos5–3OFI5–10–2
Naoussa2–6Olympiacos Volos1–21–4
Keravnos Kolchiko2–2Asteras Ambelokipoi (a.g.)2–20–0
Doxa Drama0–2Ionikos0–10–1
Edessaikos1–2Aris1–00–2
Skoda Xanthi4–4Panionios (a.g.)4–30–1
Levadiakos (a.g.)1–1Athinaikos0–01–1
Kastoria3–4Panargiakos3–10–3
Apollon Kalamaria6–7Olympiacos4–22–5
Paniliakos3–6AEK Athens0–03–6
Panachaiki6–4Proodeftiki3–13–3
PAOK5–4Apollon Athens1–04–4
PAS Giannina1–0Pandramaikos0–01–0
Iraklis13–1Apollon Krya Vrysi5–08–1
Pontioi Veria3–0EAR3–00–0

Third round

First legs were held on December 15, 1993, while second legs were held on 29th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panathinaikos (5–4 p.)0–0PAOK0–00–0
PAS Giannina7–1Olympiacos Volos5–12–0
Levadiakos2–6Olympiacos0–02–6
Panachaiki3–4Ionikos1–22–2 (a.e.t.)
Aris6–2Panargiakos4–12–1
AEK Athens11–1Asteras Ambelokipoi4–07–1
Larissa (a.g.)2–2Pontioi Veria1–01–2
Panionios2–4Iraklis1–31–1

Quarter-finals
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olympiacos2–3Iraklis2–20–1
PAS Giannina2–3Aris2–10–2
Larissa1–2AEK Athens0–11–1 (a.e.t.)
Panathinaikos3–1Ionikos1–12–0

Semi-finals
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aris1–2AEK Athens0–01–2
Iraklis0–3Panathinaikos0–00–3

Final

The 50th Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

Panathinaikos 3 – 3
(a.e.t.)		 AEK Athens
Warzycha  32'
Manolas  54' (o.g.)
Markos  116'		 Alexandris  72'  95'
Dimitriadis  77'
Penalties
Christodoulou
Georgiadis
Ouzounidis
Marangos
Apostolakis 		4 – 2 Savevski
Alexandris
Tsartas
Dimitriadis
Attendance: 61,232
Referee: Giannis Spathas (Piraeus)
Panathinaikos
ΑΕΚ
PANATHINAIKOS:
GK 1 Józef Wandzik
DF 2 Stratos Apostolakis (c)
DF 3 Marinos Ouzounidis
MF 4 Louis Christodoulou
DF 5 Giannis Kalitzakis
MF 6 Nikos Nioplias
MF 7 Juan José Borrelli 67'
DF 8 Thanasis Kolitsidakis
FW 9 Krzysztof Warzycha 65'
MF10 Giorgos Georgiadis
MF11 Dimitris Markos
Substitutes:
MF12 Spiros Marangos 67'
FW14 Giorgos Donis 65'
GK Antonis Nikopolidis
Manager:
Juan Ramón Rocha
AEK ATHENS:
GK 1 Ilias Atmatsidis
DF 2 Michalis Kasapis
DF 3 Vaios Karagiannis
DF 4 Stelios Manolas
DF 5 Refik Šabanadžović 46'
MF 6 Michalis Vlachos 60'
FW 7 Alexis Alexandris (c)
MF 8 Toni Savevski
MF 9 Charis Kopitsis
MF10 Stavros Stamatis
FW11 Zoran Slišković
Substitutes:
MF14 Vasilis Tsartas 46'
FW16 Vasilis Dimitriadis 60'
DF12 Giorgos Agorogiannis
FW13 Tasos Mitropoulos
GK15 Vasilis Karagiannis
Manager:
Dušan Bajević

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Sotiropoulos
    • Chaldeos

MATCH RULES

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

References
  1. "Παναθηναϊκός-ΑΕΚ 2-2 (3-3 παράταση,4-2 πεν.)". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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