1952 Greek Football Cup final

November 2024 1952 Greek Cup final Olympiacos 1952 Cup.jpg frameless Olympiacos with the Cup 1951–52 Greek Football Cup Olympiacos Panionios Olympiacos won after a replay 2 2 After extra time 5 June 1952 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi, Athens Sotiris Asprogerakas (Athens) 15,000 Replay 2 0 15 June 1952 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi, Athens Konstantinos Gikopoulos (Thessaloniki) 15,000 1951 1953 The 1952 Greek Cup final was the 10th final of the Greek Cup. The initial match took place on 1 June 1952 and the replay match took place on 15 June 1952 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Panionios. It was Olympiacos' third Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 27 years of existence and Panionios' first ever Greek Cup final in their 62-year history.https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1951-1960.pdf Kipello1951-1960 epo.gr el Venue thumb|left|Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. This was the ninth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1951 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris and the replay match of the 1949 final between AEK Athens and Panathinaikos). 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 Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final two times, winning all of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1951, where they had won PAOK by 2–0. Panionios had never competed in a Cup final. 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 1951–52 Greek Football Cup OlympiacosRoundPanioniosOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legApollon Kalamata7–0 (A)Round of 16Apollon Athens2–1 (A)Pagasatikos Volos3–1 (A)Quarter-finalsEthnikos Piraeus5–42–2 (A)3–2 (H)AEK Athens2–0 (A)Semi-finalsDoxa Drama4–32–2 (A)2–1 (H) Match Details 1 June 1952 17:00 EET Olympiacos 2–2 yes Report (page 1) Panionios Kopanidis 30 Drosos 90 Tsolias 34 60 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi Sotiris Asprogerakas (Athens) GK GRE old Stelios KourouklatosDF GRE old Ilias RosidisDF GRE old Andreas Mouratis (c)MF GRE old Vasilis XanthopoulosMF GRE old Thanasis BebisMF GRE old Babis KotridisFW GRE old Giorgos KansosFW GRE old Georgios DarivasFW GRE old Giorgos KopanidisFW GRE old Stelios ChristopoulosFW GRE old Babis DrososManager: GRE old Giannis Chelmis,GRE old Vangelis Chelmis GK GRE old Nikos PentzaropoulosDF GRE old Nontas KasapoglouDF GRE old Giannis KerdemelidisDF GRE old Iakovos ZarkadisMF GRE old PavlidisMF GRE old Vasilis StaikosFW GRE old Ioannis SkordilisFW GRE old Kostas NestoridisFW GRE old Fotis TsoliasFW GRE old Nikos ZarkadisFW GRE old Kostas SotiriadisManager: GRE old Kostas Negrepontis Assistant referees: Giannis Daskalakis (Piraeus) KoskinasMatch rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level Replay Details 15 June 1952 17:30 EET Olympiacos 2–0 Report (pages 1,2) Panionios Darivas 5 Kansos 68 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi 15,000 Konstantinos Gikopoulos (Thessaloniki) GK GRE old Stelios KourouklatosDF GRE old Ilias RosidisDF GRE old Makis GermenisMF GRE old Vasilis XanthopoulosMF GRE old Babis KotridisMF GRE old Andreas Mouratis (c)FW GRE old Giorgos KansosFW GRE old Georgios DarivasFW GRE old Stelios ChristopoulosFW GRE old Thanasis BebisFW GRE old Babis DrososManager: GRE old Giannis Chelmis,GRE old Vangelis Chelmis GK GRE old Nikos PentzaropoulosDF GRE old Nontas KasapoglouDF GRE old Giannis KerdemelidisDF GRE old Iakovos ZarkadisMF GRE old PavlidisMF GRE old Vasilis StaikosFW GRE old Ioannis SkordilisFW GRE old Kostas NestoridisFW GRE old Fotis TsoliasFW GRE old Nikos ZarkadisFW GRE old Kostas SotiriadisManager: GRE old Kostas Negrepontis Assistant referees: Tsabasis (Piraeus) KoutsomichosMatch rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Coin toss if scores still level See also 1951–52 Greek Football Cup References 1952 Cup final Cup final 1952 Cup final 1952 Category:Football matches in Athens Category:June 1952 sports events in Europe