1951 Greek Football Cup final

November 2024 1951 Greek Cup final 1950–51 Greek Football Cup Olympiacos 4 PAOK 0 11 March 1951 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi, Athens Sotiris Asprogerakas (Athens) 15,000 1950 1952 The 1951 Greek Cup final was the 9th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 11 March 1951 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and PAOK. It was Olympiacos' second Greek Cup final in their 26 years of existence and PAOK's second Greek Cup final in their 25-year history.https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1951-1960.pdf Kipello1951-1960 epo.gr el Before start of the match the crowd "froze" in the presence of two men entering the pitch. One was dressed as Adolf Hitler and the other as his bodyguard. The misunderstanding ended quickly with the first explaining that he was in fact a fan of PAOK and he was dressed up for the Carnival that was not over at the time.https://www.bnsports.gr/mia-foto-mia-istoria/articles/633862/olympiakos-paok-4-0-o-telikos-kypellou-ypo-to-vlemma-tou-xitler Ολυμπιακός - ΠΑΟΚ 4-0: Ο τελικός Κυπέλλου υπό το βλέμμα του… Χίτλερ! bnsports.gr el Venue thumb|left|Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. This was the eighth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1950 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 once in 1947, where they had won Iraklis 5–0. PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final once in 1939, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 2–1. 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 1950–51 Greek Football Cup OlympiacosRoundPAOKOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legPanionios3–00–0 (H)3–0 (A)Round of 16Elpida Drama4–3 (A)Makedonikos6–2 (H)Quarter-finalsAris4–2 (H)Asteras Athens3–1 (H)Semi-finalsPanathinaikos1–0 (H) Match Details 11 March 1951 17:00 EET Olympiacos 4–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20190715110342/https://inpaok.com/443789/%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%AF-%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%AF-%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BC%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA/ PAOK Mouratis 27 Darivas 66 Drosos 75 80 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Athens 15,000 Sotiris Asprogerakas (Athens) GK GRE old Stelios KourouklatosDF GRE old Ilias RosidisDF GRE old Gerasimos GermenisDF GRE old Andreas MouratisMF GRE old Dionysis Minardos (c)MF GRE old Babis KotridisMF GRE old Nikos VasiliouFW 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 Alexandros LykarisDF GRE old Vasilis PatakasDF GRE old Nikos GolemisDF GRE old Sofoklis ArvanitisMF GRE old Giorgos GogosMF GRE old Giannis PsomasMF GRE old Giannis VasiliadisFW GRE old Giorgos MouratidisFW GRE old Anestis TzinopoulosFW GRE old Lefteris Papadakis (c)FW GRE old Vasilis EmmanouilidisManager: AUT Wilhelm Sevcik Assistant referees: Sotiropoulos VrachasMatch rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level See also 1950–51 Greek Football Cup References 1951 Cup final Cup final 1951 Cup final 1951 Category:Football matches in Athens Category:March 1951 sports events in Europe