1956 Greek Football Cup final

November 2024 1956 Greek Cup final 1955–56 Greek Football Cup AEK Athens 2 Olympiacos 1 24 June 1956 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi, Athens Gino Rigato (Italy) 25,000 1955 1957 The 1956 Greek Cup final was the 14th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 24 June 1956 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Olympiacos. It was AEK Athens' seventh Greek Cup final in their 32 years of existence and Olympiacos' sixth Greek Cup final in their 31-year history.https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1951-1960.pdf Kipello1951-1960 epo.gr elhttp://www.oldfootball.gr/istoria-ppodosfairou/contact-page/item/109-kypelloyxos-me-golara-tou-kanaki.html Κυπελλούχος με γκολάρα του Κανάκη oldfootball.gr 28 November 2018 el Venue thumb|left|Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. This was the thirteenth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris, the replay match of the 1949 final between AEK Athens and Panathinaikos and the replay match of the 1952 final between Olympiacos and Panionios). 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 AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final six times, winning four of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1950 (4–0 against Aris). The last time that had played in a final was in 1953, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 3–2. Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final five times, winning all of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1954, where they had won Doxa Drama by 2–0. The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1953 final.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkcuphist.html Greece - List of Cup Winners RSSSF Route to the final 1955–56 Greek Football Cup AEK AthensRoundOlympiacosOpponentResultOpponentResultAchilleas Korinthos8–2 (A)Round of 32Fostiras1–0 (A)Averoff Ioannina4–1 (H)Round of 16Pallevadiaki7–0 (H)Panionios2–1 (H)Quarter-finalsNiki Volos4–0 (H)Panathinaikos2–1 (H)Semi-finalsAris3–0 (A) Match Details 24 June 1956 AEK Athens 2–1 http://www.oldfootball.gr/istoria-ppodosfairou/contact-page/item/109-kypelloyxos-me-golara-tou-kanaki.html Olympiacos Chaniotis 22 Kanakis 67 Darivas 26 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi 25,000 Gino Rigato (Italy) GK  1GRE old Stelios SerafidisDF  2GRE old Antonis ParayiosDF  3GRE old Antonis KarakatsanisDF  4GRE old Thanasis TsangarisMF  5GRE old Kostas Poulis (c)MF  6GRE old Kostas ZografosFW  7GRE old Pavlos EmmanouilidisFW  8GRE old Andreas StamatiadisFW  9GRE old Giannis ChaniotisFW 10 GRE old Giannis KanakisFW 11 GRE old Panagiotis KourtidisManager: GRE old Kostas Negrepontis GK  1GRE old Savvas TheodoridisDF  2GRE old Ilias Rosidis (c)DF  3GRE old Thanasis KingleyMF  4GRE old Vasilis XanthopoulosMF  5GRE old Thanasis BebisMF  6GRE old Babis KotridisFW  7GRE old Themis MoustaklisFW  8GRE old Giannis IoannouFW  9GRE old Elias YfantisFW 10 GRE old Kostas PolychroniouFW 11 GRE old Georgios DarivasManager: GRE old Giannis Chelmis,GRE old Vangelis Chelmis Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level See also 1955–56 Greek Football Cup References 1956 Cup final Cup final 1956 Cup final 1956 Category:Football matches in Athens Greek Football Cup final