1948 Greek Football Cup final

November 2024 1948 Greek Cup final 1947–48 Greek Football Cup Panathinaikos 2 AEK Athens 1 20 June 1948 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi, Athens Kostas Tzitzis (Athens) 12,000 1947 1949 The 1948 Greek Cup final was the 6th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 20 June 1948 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and AEK Athens. It was Panathinaikos' second Greek Cup final in their 40 years of existence and AEK Athens' third Greek Cup final in their 24-year history.https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1941-1950.pdf Kipello1941-1950 epo.gr el Venue thumb|left|Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. This was the fifth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940 and 1947 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris). 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 Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final one time in 1940, where they had won Aris by 3–1. AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final two times, winning all of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 1939, where they had won PAOK 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 1947–48 Greek Football Cup PanathinaikosRoundAEK AthensOpponentResultOpponentResultOlympiacos Patras4–0 (A)Twelfth roundByeElpida Drama7–1 (H)Quarter-finalsAtromitos Piraeus4–3 (H)Asteras Athens3–1 (H)Semi-finalsOlympiacos1–0 (H) Match Details 20 June 1948 17:30 EET Panathinaikos 2–1 Report (page 1) AEK Athens Simos 16 49 Maropoulos 20 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Athens 12,000 Kostas Tzitzis (Athens) GK  1GRE old Mathios VitalisDF  2GRE old Anastasios KritikosDF  3GRE old Spyros BogdanosMF  4GRE old Gavrilos GazisMF  5GRE old Vangelis NikolopoulosMF  6GRE old Alekos ChionidisFW  7GRE old Babis FylaktosFW  8GRE old Nikos Simos (c)FW  9GRE old Giannis PetsanasFW 10 GRE old Antonis PapantoniouFW 11 GRE old Stefanos DialetisManager: GRE old Antonis Migiakis GK  1GRE old Michalis DelaviniasDF  2GRE old Giorgos GasparisDF  3GRE old Youlielmos ArvanitisMF  4GRE old Giannis VlantisMF  5GRE old Tryfon TzanetisMF  6GRE old Georgios MagirasFW  7GRE old Giannis PapantoniouFW  8GRE old Kleanthis Maropoulos (c)FW  9GRE old Xenofon MarkopoulosFW 10 GRE old Pavlos EmmanouilidisFW 11 GRE old Lelos AdamidisManager: GRE old Kostas Negrepontis Assistant referees: Manolis Zapardas (Piraeus) VrachasMatch rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level See also 1947–48 Greek Football Cup References 1948 Cup final Cup final 1948 Cup final 1948 Category:Football matches in Athens Category:June 1948 sports events in Europe