1963 Greek Football Cup final

November 2024 1963 Greek Cup final 1962–63 Greek Football Cup Olympiacos 3 Pierikos 0 18 July 1963 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi, Athens Otmar Humber (Switzerland) 25,000 1962 1965 The 1963 Greek Cup final was the 21st final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 18 July 1963 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Pierikos. It was Olympiacos' thirteenth Greek Cup final and eighth consecutive in their 38 years of existence and Pierikos' first ever Greek Cup final in their 2-year history.https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1961-1970.pdf Kipello1961-1970 epo.gr el A remarkable fact was that Pierikos reached their first and only Cup final, only two years after their foundation with the merger of Megas Alexandros Katerinis and Olympos Katerinis. It was also the first time in the history of the institution, that a Cup final took place at night and was held under floodlights.http://www.site.pierikos.info/index.php/%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF-%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%8E%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BD/%CE%B7-%CF%80%CF%81%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B7-%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B1/1962-63/133-1963-07-18-%CE%BA%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%BF-%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%82-%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82-%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82-%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%8E%CF%82-%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82-3-0 1963-07-18 Κύπελλο Ελλάδος τελικός Ολυμπιακός Πειραιώς Πιερικός 3–0 site.pierikos.info 28 November 2018 el 11 November 2024 28 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181128164707/http://www.site.pierikos.info/index.php/%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF-%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%8E%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BD/%CE%B7-%CF%80%CF%81%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B7-%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B1/1962-63/133-1963-07-18-%CE%BA%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%BF-%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%82-%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82-%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82-%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%8E%CF%82-%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82-3-0 dead Venue thumb|left|Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. This was the seventeenth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960 and 1961 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 Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twelve times, winning ten of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1961 (3–0 against Panionios). The last time that had played in a final was in 1962, against Panathinaikos, where the match was abandoned at the extra time. Pierikos 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 1962–63 Greek Football Cup OlympiacosRoundPierikosOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legPagchaniakos6–1 (A)Round of 32Anagennisi Giannitsa2–0 (A)Panionios2–1 (H)Round of 16Ethnikos Piraeus2–1 (H)Panathinaikos5–3 (H)Quarter-finalsNiki Volos3–20–0 (A)3–2 (H)Aris6–31–1 (A)5–2 (H)Semi-finalsProodeftiki4–0 (H) Match Details 18 July 1963 Olympiacos 3–0 http://www.site.pierikos.info/index.php/%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF-%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%8E%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BD/%CE%B7-%CF%80%CF%81%CF%89%CF%84%CE%B7-%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B1/1962-63/133-1963-07-18-%CE%BA%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%BF-%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%82-%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82-%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82-%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%8E%CF%82-%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82-3-0 Pierikos Polychroniou 30 Papazoglou 39 Sideris 65 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi 25,000 Otmar Humber (Switzerland) _white_stripes _olympiakos5859h _white_stripes _olympiakos61h FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF 000000 Olympiacos FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Pierikos GK GRE old Stathis TsanaktsisDF GRE old Giangos SimantirisDF GRE old Dimitrios StefanakosDF GRE old Thanasis LoukanidisMF GRE old Kostas Polychroniou (c)MF GRE old Sotiris GavezosMF GRE old Nikos SiderisMF GRE old Thanasis BebisFW GRE old Giorgos SiderisFW GRE old Aris PapazoglouFW GRE old Stelios PsychosManager:GRE old Giannis Chelmis GK GRE old Vangelis DrandakisDF GRE old Giorgos KefalidisDF GRE old Paraskevas PortokalidisDF GRE old Giannis MystakidisDF GRE old Alexandros TaxidisMF GRE old Theodoros SidiropoulosMF GRE old Michalis AmanatidisMF GRE old Polychronis Fourlidis (c)MF GRE old Theodoros KyziroglouFW GRE old Kostas OrfanidisFW GRE old Giannis ChristoforidisManager:YUG Alexi Petrović Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level See also 1962–63 Greek Football Cup References 1963 Cup final Cup final 1963 Cup final 1963 Category:Football matches in Athens Category:July 1963 sports events in Europe