1949 Greek Football Cup final

November 2024 1949 Greek Cup final AEK Athens Cup 1949.jpg frameless AEK Athens' squad in the final 1948–49 Greek Football Cup AEK Athens Panathinaikos AEK Athens won after a replay 0 0 After extra time 19 June 1949 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi, Athens Aristidis Ioannidis (Thessaloniki) 15,000 Replay 2 1 After extra time 3 July 1949 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi, Athens Giannis Daskalakis (Piraeus) 15,000 1948 1950 The 1949 Greek Cup final was the 7th final of the Greek Cup. The initial match took place on 19 June 1949 and the replay match took place on 3 July 1949 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Panathinaikos for a second time in a row. It was AEK Athens' fourth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 25 years of existence and Panathinaikos' third Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 41-year history.https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1941-1950.pdf Kipello1941-1950 epo.gr el The initial match was abandoned at the 19th minute of extra time due to darkness, as the HFF had set the kick-off at 18:00, without foreseeing the possibility of extra time, a fact that of course provoked criticism against them.http://efimeris.nlg.gr/ns/pdfwin.asp?c=125&dc=20&db=06&da=1949 Ο "Παναθηναϊκός" και η "ΑΕΚ" ισόπαλοι 0-0 efimeris.nlg.gr newspaper "ETHNOS" 20 June 1949 2 el Venue thumb|left|Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. This was the sixth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947 and 1948 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris). Leoforos Alexandras Stadium was built in 1922. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and Greece. Its current capacity is 30,000.http://www.stadia.gr/leoforos/leoforos.html Leoforos Stadium "Apostolos Nikolaidis" stadia.gr Background AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final three times, winning two of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1939 (2–1 against PAOK). The last time that had played in a final was in 1948, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 2–1. Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final two times winning all of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 1948, where they had won AEK Athens by 2–1. The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1948 final.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkcuphist.html Greece - List of Cup Winners RSSSF Route to the final 1948–49 Greek Football Cup AEK AthensRoundPanathinaikosOpponentResultOpponentResultErgotelis9–1 (A)Round of 16Ethnikos Piraeus2–0 (H)Iraklis Kavala4–1 (A)Quarter-finalsApollon Athens4–1 (H)Olympiacos2–1 (H)Semi-finalsPAOK1–0 (A) Match Details 19 June 1949 18:00 EET AEK Athens 0–0 https://www.aektoday.com/19-iouniou/954-19-6-1949-aek-panathinaikos-0-0 yes Panathinaikos Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Athens 15,000 Aristidis Ioannidis (Thessaloniki) The match was abandoned at the 109 minute. GK  1GRE old Napoleon TavlasDF  2GRE old Antonis ParayiosDF  3GRE old Youlielmos ArvanitisMF  4GRE old Michalis PapatheodorouMF  5GRE old Tryfon TzanetisMF  6GRE old Kostas PoulisFW  7GRE old Stathis LazaridisFW  8GRE old Xenofon MarkopoulosFW  9GRE old Pavlos EmmanouilidisFW 10 GRE old Kleanthis Maropoulos (c)FW 11 GRE old Manolis KountourisManager: ENG Jack Beby GK GRE old Mathios VitalisDF GRE old Ilias StafylidisDF GRE old Michalis KyriazopoulosMF GRE old Alekos ChionidisMF GRE old Vangelis NikolopoulosMF GRE old Christos NikolaidisFW GRE old Stefanos DialetisFW GRE old Nikos Simos (c)FW GRE old Giannis PetsanasFW GRE old Kostas TsitourisFW GRE old Babis FylaktosManager: AUT Johann Strnad Assistant referees: Giannis Daskalakis (Piraeus) Achilleas Gramatikopoulos (Athens)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level Replay Details 3 July 1949 17:30 EET AEK Athens 2–1 https://www.aektoday.com/3-iouliou/955-3-7-1949-aek-panathinaikos-2-1 yes Panathinaikos Patakas 10 105 Fylaktos 69 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Athens 15,000 Giannis Daskalakis (Piraeus) GK  1GRE old Napoleon TavlasDF  2GRE old Antonis ParayiosDF  3GRE old Youlielmos ArvanitisMF  4GRE old Michalis PapatheodorouMF  5GRE old Tryfon TzanetisMF  6GRE old Kostas PoulisFW  7GRE old Stathis LazaridisFW  8GRE old Xenofon MarkopoulosFW  9GRE old Pavlos EmmanouilidisFW 10 GRE old Kleanthis Maropoulos (c)FW 11 GRE old Panagiotis PatakasManager: ENG Jack Beby GK GRE old Mathios VitalisDF GRE old Ilias StafylidisDF GRE old Michalis KyriazopoulosMF GRE old Alekos ChionidisMF GRE old Vangelis NikolopoulosMF GRE old Christos NikolaidisFW GRE old Stefanos DialetisFW GRE old Nikos Simos (c)FW GRE old Giannis PetsanasFW GRE old Kostas TsitourisFW GRE old Babis FylaktosManager: AUT Johann Strnad Assistant referees: Mexis KleidourakisMatch rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Coin toss if scores still level See also 1948–49 Greek Football Cup References 1949 Cup final Cup final 1949 Cup final 1949 Category:Football matches in Athens Category:June 1949 sports events in Europe Category:July 1949 sports events in Europe