1972 Greek Football Cup final

November 2024 1972 Greek Cup final 1971–72 Greek Football Cup PAOK 2 Panathinaikos 1 5 July 1972 Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus Christos Michas (Athens) 34,831 1971 1973 The 1972 Greek Cup final was the 28th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 5 July 1972 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were PAOK and Panathinaikos. It was PAOK's sixth Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 46 years of existence and Panathinaikos' eleventh Greek Cup final in their 64-year history.https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1971-1980.pdf Kipello1971-1980 epo.gr el PAOK won the first title in their history and at the same time they deprived their opponent of the domestic double.https://www.ert.gr/arxeio-afierwmata/o-paok-katakta-to-kypello-elladas-5-iouliou-1972/ Παναθηναϊκός-ΠΑΟΚ 1-2 Τελικός 1972 ert.gr 5 July 2017 el Venue thumb|left|Karaiskakis Stadium. This was the sixth Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1965, 1969 and 1971 finals. (Karaiskakis also hosted the replay match of the 1960 final between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos). Karaiskakis Stadium was built in 1895 and renovated once in 1964. The stadium is used as a venue for Olympiacos and Ethnikos Piraeus and was used for Greece on various occasions. Its current capacity is 42,000 and hosted a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1971 and the first leg of the Intercontinental Cup final in 1971.http://stadia.gr/karaiskaki/karaiskakiold.html Velodrome & Karaiskaki Stadium (1895 - 1964 - 2003) stadia.gr Background PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final five times. The last time that they played in a final was in 1971, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 3–1. Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final ten times, winning five of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1969, where they won Olympiacos on a toss of a coin after a 1–1 draw at the end of the extra time. The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1955 final.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkcuphist.html Greece - List of Cup Winners RSSSF Route to the final 1971–72 Greek Football Cup PAOKRoundPanathinaikosOpponentResultOpponentResultFoinikas Polichni5–1 (H)First roundOrfeas Egaleo9–1 (H)Pierikos3–1 (H)Second roundXanthi3–0 (H)ByeAdditional roundByeAias Salamina2–0 (H)Round of 16Apollon Athens1–0 (A)Aris 2–1 (A)Quarter-finalsTrikala6–2 (A)Lamia2–0 (H)Semi-finalsPanionios2–0 (H) Match Details 5 July 1972 20:30 EET PAOK 2–1 Report (page 1) Panathinaikos Koudas 2 88 Papadimitriou 89 Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus 34,831 Christos Michas (Athens) GK GRE 1970 Savvas ChatzioannouDF GRE 1970 Giannis GounarisDF GRE 1970 Pavlos PapadopoulosDF GRE 1970 Konstantinos IosifidisDF GRE 1970 Aristarchos FountoukidisMF GRE 1970 Christos TerzanidisMF GRE 1970 Michalis BellisMF GRE 1970 Stavros Sarafis 68FW GRE 1970 Koulis ApostolidisFW GRE 1970 Giorgos Koudas (c)FW GRE 1970 Achilleas Aslanidis 76Substitutes:MF GRE 1970 Giannis Mantzourakis 76FW GRE 1970 Vasilis Lazos 68Manager: ENG Les Shannon GK GRE 1970 Takis IkonomopoulosDF GRE 1970 Nikos Karamanlis 57DF GRE 1970 Giorgos GoniosDF GRE 1970 Frangiskos SourpisDF GRE 1970 Mitsos DimitriouDF GRE 1970 Kostas AthanasopoulosMF GRE 1970 Kostas EleftherakisMF GRE 1970 Charis GrammosMF GRE 1970 Mimis Domazos (c)FW GRE 1970 Antonis AntoniadisFW GRE 1970 Takis PapadimitriouSubstitutes:DF GRE 1970 Giorgos Vlachos 57  Manager:HUN Ferenc Puskas Assistant referees: Stathis Papavasiliou (Piraeus) Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of two substitutions See also 1971–72 Greek Football Cup References 1972 Cup final Cup final 1972 Cup final 1972 Category:Football matches in Athens Category:July 1972 sports events in Europe