1957 Greek Football Cup final

November 2024 1957 Greek Cup final 1956–57 Greek Football Cup Olympiacos 2 Iraklis 0 29 July 1957* Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus Leo Horn (Netherlands) 1956 1958 The 1957 Greek Cup final was the 15th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 29 July 1957* at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Iraklis. It was Olympiacos' seventh Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 32 years of existence and Iraklis' second Greek Cup final in their 49-year history.https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1951-1960.pdf Kipello1951-1960 epo.gr el Venue thumb|left|Karaiskakis Stadium. This was the first Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium. Karaiskakis Stadium was built in 1895. The stadium is used as a venue for Olympiacos and Ethnikos Piraeus and was used for Greece on various occasions. Its current capacity is 42,000.http://stadia.gr/karaiskaki/karaiskakiold.html Velodrome & Karaiskaki Stadium (1895 - 1964 - 2003) stadia.gr Background Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final six times, winning five of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1954 (2–0 against Doxa Drama). The last time that had played in a final was in 1956, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 2–1. Iraklis had reached the Greek Cup final one time in 1947, where they lost to Olympiacos by 5–0. The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1947 final.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkcuphist.html Greece - List of Cup Winners RSSSF Route to the final 1956–57 Greek Football Cup OlympiacosRoundIraklisOpponentResultOpponentResultPanargiakos7–1 (A)Round of 32Ethnikos Piraeus2–0 () (H)Panionios3–1 (H)Round of 16Doxa Drama5–2 (H)AEK Athens1–0 (A)Quarter-finalsAspida Xanthi3–0 (H)Panathinaikos2–1 (H)Semi-finalsApollon Athens2–1 (H) Match Details 29 July 1957* Olympiacos 2–0 Report (page 3) Iraklis Kotridis 38 Yfantis 73 Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus Leo Horn (Netherlands) *According to the Greek FA's official site, the match was played on 30 July. GK GRE old Savvas TheodoridisDF GRE old Ilias Rosidis (c)DF GRE old Thanasis KingleyDF GRE old Vasilis XanthopoulosMF GRE old Thanasis BebisMF GRE old Babis KotridisMF GRE old Antonis PoseidonFW GRE old Themis MoustaklisFW GRE old Elias YfantisFW GRE old Kostas PolychroniouFW GRE old Sotiris GavezosManager: YUG Prvoslav Dragićević GK GRE old PtolemaiosDF GRE old LemonisDF GRE old PeredimasDF GRE old LiarosMF GRE old PapadopoulosMF GRE old RammosMF GRE old PitsoudisFW GRE old ChatzigiannidisFW GRE old Stathis ChasekidisFW GRE old ToumbelisFW GRE old Lelos ChasekidisManager: Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level See also 1956–57 Greek Football Cup References 1957 Cup final Cup final 1957 Cup final 1957 Category:Football matches in Athens Greek Football Cup final