1981 Greek Football Cup final

November 2024 1981 Greek Cup final 1980–81 Greek Football Cup Olympiacos 3 PAOK 1 21 June 1981 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfia, Athens Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki) 30,512 1980 1982 The 1981 Greek Cup final was the 37th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 21 June 1981 at Nikos Goumas Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and AEL. It was Olympiacos' twenty-second Greek Cup final in their 56 years of existence and PAOK's eleventh Greek Cup final in their 55-year history.https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1981-1990.pdf Kipello1981-1990 epo.gr el The match was marked by riots between fans of both teams, one of the first expressions of hooliganism in Greece. The footballers of both teams were wearing black brassards, as the players of Olympiacos were mourning the victims of tragedy of gate 7 on 8 February 1981 and the players of PAOK in memory of their coach Gyula Lóránt, who had died at the bench on 31 May 1981.http://www.sportdog.gr/sports/podosfairo/article/106429/erythroleyko-ntampl-binteo "Ερυθρόλευκο" νταμπλ sportdog.gr 21 June 2012 el Venue This was the sixth Greek Cup final held at AEK Stadium, after the 1962, 1967, 1974, 1976 and 1980 finals. AEK Stadium was built in 1930 and it was renovated in 1979. The stadium is used as a venue for AEK Athens and was used for Greece on various occasions. Its current capacity is 35,000.http://www.stadia.gr/ngoumas/ngoumas.html Nikos Goumas Stadium stadia.gr Background Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty-one times, winning sixteen of them. The last time that they won the Cup was in 1975 (1–0 against Panathinaikos). The last time that they played in a final was in 1976, where they had lost to Iraklis by 6–5 on penalties, which came after a 4–4 draw at the end of the extra time. PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final ten times, winning two of them. The last time they won the Cup was in 1974 (4–3 on penalties, which came after a 2–2 draw at the end of the extra time against Olympiacos). The last time they played in a final was in 1978, when they lost to AEK Athens by 2–0. The two teams had met each other in a Cup final four times in 1951, 1971, 1973 and 1974 finals.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkcuphist.html Greece - List of Cup Winners RSSSF Route to the final 1980–81 Greek Football Cup OlympiacosRoundPAOKOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legChalkida3–1 (A)First roundNiki Volos1–1 5–3 (A)Pierikos5–0 (H)Second roundVeria2–0 (A)Panionios2–00–0 (H)3–0 (A)Round of 16Olympiacos Volos4–22–1 (H)2–1 (A)Kavala2–00–0 (A)2–0 (H)Quarter-finalsEthnikos Asteras8–25–0 (H)3–2 (A)Panegialios6–13–0 (A)3–1 (H)Semi-finalsAEK Athens3–01–0 (A)2–0 (H) Match Details 21 June 1981 21:30 EEST Olympiacos 3–1 https://www.sportdog.gr/sports/podosfairo/article/106429/erythroleyko-ntampl-binteo PAOK Damanakis 18 o.g. Orfanos 61 Kousoulakis 92 Damanakis 63 AEK Stadium Nea Filadelfia 30,512 Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki) _red_stripes _3whitestripes _red_stripes FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF FF0000 Olympiacos _shoulder_stripes_black_stripes _blackcollar _shoulder_stripes_black_stripes _paok8485h _blacktop FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF PAOK GK GRE Nikos SarganisDF GRE Giannis KyrastasDF GRE Nikos VamvakoulasDF CYP Stavros Papadopoulos (c)DF YUG Martin NovoselacMF GRE Vangelis KousoulakisMF GRE Konstantinos Orfanos 80MF GRE Takis Nikoloudis 69MF GRE Takis LemonisFW GRE Maik GalakosFW GRE Takis PersiasSubstitutes:DF GRE Petros Michos 69MF SWE Thomas Ahlström 80Manager:POL Kazimierz Górski GK YUG Mladen FurtulaDF GRE Ioannis GounarisDF GRE Konstantinos IosifidisDF HUN József SalamonDF GRE Thomas SingasMF GRE Ioannis DamanakisMF GRE Panagiotis Kermanidis  68MF GRE Vasilios GeorgopoulosMF GRE Giorgos Koudas (c)  75FW BRA Neto GuerinoFW GRE Georgios KostikosSubstitutes:MF GRE Vasilios Vasilakos  75FW GRE Stathis Triantafyllidis  68Manager:GRE Aristotelis Fountoukidis Assistant referees: Kostas Dedes (Messinia) Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki)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 1980–81 Greek Football Cup References 1981 Cup final Cup final 1981 Cup final 1981 Category:Football matches in Athens Category:June 1981 sports events in Europe