1959 Greek Football Cup final

November 2024 1959 Greek Cup final 1958–59 Greek Football Cup Olympiacos 2 Doxa Drama 1 5 July 1959 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi, Athens Dimosthenis Stathatos (Athens) 25,000 1958 1960 The 1959 Greek Cup final was the 17th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 5 July 1959 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Doxa Drama for a second time in row. It was Olympiacos' ninth Greek Cup final and fourth consecutive in their 34 years of existence and Doxa Drama's third Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 41-year history.https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1951-1960.pdf Kipello1951-1960 epo.gr el The Prime Minister, Konstantinos Karamanlis attended the match and also awarded the trophy to the winners. With their conquest of the Cup, Olympiacos became the only team to win the double three seasons in a row.http://www.eproodos.gr/post/telikos-kypelloy-ellados-1959 ΤΕΛΙΚΟΣ ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟΥ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 1959 eproodos.gr 29 August 2017 el Venue thumb|left|Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. This was the fourteenth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1956 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 eight times, winning seven of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1958, where they won Doxa Drama by 5–1. Doxa Drama had reached the Greek Cup final two times. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1958, where they lost to Olympiacos by 5–1. The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1954 and 1958 finals.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkcuphist.html Greece - List of Cup Winners RSSSF Route to the final 1958–59 Greek Football Cup OlympiacosRoundDoxa DramaOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legDiagoras5–0 (A)Round of 32Apollon Serres5–3 (A)Ergotelis2–0 (A)Round of 16Megas Alexandros Katerini1–0 (H)AEK Athens5–32–2 (A)3–1 (A)Quarter-finalsPAOK1–0 (H)Apollon Athens3–11–1 (A)2–0 (H)Semi-finalsPanionios2–1 (H) Match Details 5 July 1959 17:30 EET Olympiacos 2–1 http://www.eproodos.gr/post/telikos-kypelloy-ellados-1959 Doxa Drama Christoforidis 52 Bebis* 59 Georgiadis 47 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi 25,000 Dimosthenis Stathatos (Athens) *Greek FA's official site mention Yfantis as the scorer. GK GRE old Savvas TheodoridisDF GRE old Vasilis XanthopoulosDF GRE old Thanasis Kingley (c)DF GRE old Dimitrios StefanakosMF GRE old Giannis IoannouMF GRE old Kostas PolychroniouMF GRE old Kostas PapazoglouFW GRE old Petros ChristoforidisFW GRE old Elias YfantisFW GRE old Thanasis BebisFW GRE old Stelios PsychosManager: ITA Bruno Vale GK GRE old Pavlos BoitarisDF GRE old Giorgos KotridisDF GRE old Fanis Ignatiou (c)DF GRE old Nikos NikolaidisMF GRE old Takis LoukanidisMF GRE old Nikos TzaferisFW GRE old Alekos NalbantisFW GRE old Pavlos GrigoriadisFW GRE old Thanasis LoukanidisFW GRE old Antonis GeorgiadisFW GRE old Vasilis IoannouManager: GRE old Nikos Pangalos Assistant referees: Dimitrakopoulos Nikos Giannopoulos (Athens)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level See also 1958–59 Greek Football Cup References 1959 Cup final Cup final 1959 Cup final 1959 Category:Football matches in Athens Category:July 1959 sports events in Europe