1988 Greek Football Cup final

November 2024 1988 Greek Cup final 1987–88 Greek Football Cup Olympiacos 2 Panathinaikos 2 After extra timePanathinaikos won 4–3 on penalties 8 May 1988 Olympic Stadium Marousi, Athens Meletis Voutsaras (Athens) 73,375 1987 1989 The 1988 Greek Cup final was the 44th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 8 May 1988 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. It was Olympiacos' twenty-fourth Greek Cup final in their 63 years of existence and Panathinaikos' seventeenth Greek Cup final in their 80-year history.https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1981-1990.pdf Kipello1981-1990 epo.gr el Both clubs were extra motivated for the title since were out of the championship race and were looking for a ticket to the UEFA competition. The match went into penalty shoot-out where the goalkeeper of Panathinaikos, Nikos Sarganis emerged as the hero for his team, saving two penalties and scoring one. In a future interview, the Greek goalkeeper revealed that the owner of Olympiacos, George Koskotas attempted to bribe him for reduced performance in the final.https://www.contra.gr/stiles/o-telikos-toy-koskota-toy-sargkani-kai-tis-eyropis.6900860.html Ο τελικός του Κοσκωτά, του Σαργκάνη και... της Ευρώπης contra.gr 8 May 2014 el That would be the second time Koskotas was accused for attempted bribery, as he did the same as well on Theologis Papadopoulos and Vasilios Vasilakos of AEK Athens at the round of 16.https://www.contra.gr/stiles/i-dorodokia-to-ntermpi-toy-theologi-papadopoyloy.7296957.html Η δωροδοκία: Ο Θεολόγης, ο Κοσκωτάς και η επιταγή contra.gr 5 May 2016 el Venue thumb|left|Athens Olympic Stadium. This was the sixth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987 finals. The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and Greece and was used for AEK Athens on various occasions. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted a European Cup final in 1983 and a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987.http://www.stadia.gr/oaka/oaka-f.html Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA) stadia.gr Background Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty-three times, winning seventeen of them. The last time that they won the Cup was in 1981 (3–1 against PAOK). The last time that they played in a final was in 1986, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 4–0. Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final sixteen times, winning nine of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1986, where they had won against Olympiacos by 4–0. The two teams had met each other in a Cup final seven times in the 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1975 and 1986 finals.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkcuphist.html Greece - List of Cup Winners RSSSF Route to the final 1987–88 Greek Football Cup OlympiacosRoundPanathinaikosOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legAgrotikos Asteras4–0 (H)First roundChalkida2–0 (H)ByeAdditional roundKavala7–2 (H)Olympiacos Volos6–01–0 (A)5–0 (H)Round of 32Panserraikos2–00–0 (A)2–0 (H)AEK Athens4–11–1 (H)3–1 (A)Round of 16PAS Giannina10–32–1 (A)8–2 (H)Apollon Kalamarias2–10–0 (A)2–1 (H)Quarter-finalsIrodotos6–04–0 (A)2–0 (H)OFI3–13–0 (H)0–1 (A)Semi-finalsAEL4–11–0 (H)3–1 (A) Match Details 8 May 1988 20:30 EEST Olympiacos 2–2 yes http://www.contra.gr/Columns/flash-back/o-telikos-toy-koskwta-toy-sargkanh-kai-ths-eyrwphs.1690269.html Panathinaikos Funes 59 pen. 98 pen. Saravakos 31 pen. Dimopoulos 102 Olympic Stadium Marousi 73,375 Meletis Voutsaras (Athens) Alexiou Baniotis Hantzidis Apostolakis Funes 3–4 Vlachos Sarganis Dimopoulos Georgamlis _red_stripes_thin1 _whitestripes3 _red_stripes_thin1 FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF FF0000 Olympiacos _thinwhiteborder _vneck _thinwhiteborder _whitesides 008000 008000 008000 008000 008000 Panathinaikos GK GRE Ilias TalikriadisDF GRE Stratos ApostolakisDF GRE Alexandros AlexiouDF GRE Charis BaniotisDF GRE Petros Xanthopoulos (c)MF GRE Minas HantzidisMF GRE Panagiotis TsalouchidisMF GRE Andreas Bonovas 46MF GRE Tasos MitropoulosFW ARG Juan Gilberto FunesFW GRE Nikos TsiantakisSubstitutes:GK GRE Georgios PlitsisDF GRE Theodoros PachatouridisMF GRE Giorgos KapouranisFW GRE Panagiotis SofianopoulosFW GRE Sakis Moustakidis 46Manager:GRE Pavlos Grigoriadis,GRE Giannis Gounaris GK GRE Nikos SarganisDF GRE Iakovos ChatziathanasiouDF GRE Kostas MavridisDF GRE Giannis KalitzakisDF GRE Nikos VamvakoulasMF YUG Velimir Zajec (c)  75MF GRE Louis Christodoulou  46MF GRE Christos DimopoulosMF ARG Juan Ramón RochaFW GRE Dimitris SaravakosFW GRE Lysandros GeorgamlisSubstitutes:GK GRE Antonis MinouDF GRE Nikos PatsiavourasMF GRE Vangelis Vlachos  75MF GRE Chris KalantzisFW GRE Kostas Batsinilas 0 79  46Manager:SWE Gunder Bengtsson Assistant referees: Vassilios Nikakis (Aetoloacarnania) Kostas Dimitriadis (Piraeus)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of two substitutions See also 1987–88 Greek Football Cup References 1988 Cup final Cup final 1988 Cup final 1988 Category:Football matches in Athens Category:May 1988 sports events in Europe