1940 Greek Football Cup final

November 2024 1940 Greek Cup final Panathinaikos 1940 Cup.png frameless Τhe awarding of the Cup to Panathinaikos 1939–40 Greek Football Cup Panathinaikos 3 Aris 1 2 June 1940 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi, Athens Vasilis Diamantopoulos (Athens) 1939 1947 The 1940 Greek Cup final was the 4th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 2 June 1940 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and Aris. It was Panathinaikos' first ever Greek Cup final in their 32 years of existence and Aris' third Greek Cup final in their 26-year history.https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1931-1940.pdf Kipello1931-1940 epo.gr Online el Venue thumb|left|Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. This was the third Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932 and 1939 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 thumb|right|A highlight of the match Panathinaikos had never competed in a Cup final. Aris had reached the Greek Cup final two times. The last time that had played in a final was in 1933, where they had lost to Ethnikos Piraeus by 2–1 in a replay match, after the 2–2 of the initial match. The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkcuphist.html Greece - List of Cup Winners RSSSF Route to the final 1939–40 Greek Football Cup PanathinaikosRoundArisOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legIraklis Serres6–1 (H)Round of 16Doxa Drama5–31–1 (A)4–2 (H)Apollon Athens5–21–1 (H)4–1 (A)Quarter-finalsPAOK3–21–1 (A)2–1 (H)Ethnikos Piraeus1–0 (H)Semi-finalsAEK Athens5–22–2 (H)3–0 (H) Match Details 2 June 1940 17:00 EET Panathinaikos 3–1 http://www.oldfootball.gr/k2/user-page/item/226-%CF%84%CE%BF-%CE%BA%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%BF-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-%E2%80%9840.html Aris Baltasis 9 pen. Triantafyllis 10 Migiakis 13 Chatzinikolaou 61 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Athens Vasilis Diamantopoulos (Athens) GK GRE old Vasilis ChantzosDF GRE old Spyros SyrkosDF GRE old Anastasios KritikosMF GRE old Takis StrouboulisMF GRE old Vasilis KaberosMF GRE old Vasilis SvolopoulosFW GRE old Antonis Migiakis (c)FW GRE old Dimitris BaltasisFW GRE old Grigoris SymeonidisFW GRE old Takis TriantafyllisFW GRE old Olysseas TsoutsosManager: GRE old Dimitris Dimitriadis GK GRE old Kostas GotsisDF GRE old Achileas MagrasDF GRE old Vahakn AbrahamyanMF GRE old Dimitris StavrakbeisMF GRE old Alekos SiotisMF GRE old Kostas NikolaidisFW GRE old Dimosthenis ChatzinikolaouFW GRE old Miltiadis SidiropoulosFW GRE old Kleanthis VikelidisFW GRE old Nikos RammosFW GRE old Michalis KoloniarisManager: GRE old Kostas Vikelidis Assistant referees: Sakoulas Vasilis DimopoulosMatch rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level See also 1939–40 Greek Football Cup References 1940 Cup final Cup final 1940 Cup final 1940 Category:Football matches in Athens Greek Football Cup final