1998 Greek Football Cup final

October 2024 1998 Greek Cup final 1997–98 Greek Football Cup Panionios 1 Panathinaikos 0 29 April 1998 Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia) 21,436 1997 1999 The 1998 Greek Cup final was the 54th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 29 April 1998 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Panionios and Panathinaikos. It was Panionios' sixth Greek Cup final in their 108 years of existence and Panathinaikos' twenty fourth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 90-year history.https://www.gazzetta.gr/stili/h-mixani-tou-xronou/article/1224118/kypello-toy-panionioy-1998 Το Κύπελλο του Πανιώνιου το 1998 gazzetta.gr 29 April 2018 elhttps://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1996-1999.pdf Kipello1996-1999 epo.gr https://web.archive.org/web/20220729071901/https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1996-1999.pdf 29 July 2022 el live For the first time in the history of the institution, the president of Greece, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos graced the final with his presence (something that he would repeat in the 4 following finals), also awarding the trophy to the captain of Panionios, Leonidas Vokolos, who shortly after signed with his opponent in the final, Panathinaikos.https://www.sport-fm.gr/article/otan-o-stefanopoulos-sugkratouse-ton-eksallo-bazexa-ta-gallika-kai-i-sugnwmi-tou-polwnou-video/3243435 Όταν ο Στεφανόπουλος "συγκρατούσε" τον έξαλλο Βαζέχα-Τα "γαλλικά" και η συγνώμη του Πολωνού sport-fm.gr 21 November 2016 el Venue thumb|left|Karaiskakis Stadium. This was the fourteenth Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1960, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1997 finals (Karaiskakis also hosted the replay match of the 1960 final between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos and the second leg of the 1992 two-legged final between PAOK and Olympiacos). Karaiskakis Stadium was built in 1895 and renovated once in 1964. The stadium is used as a venue for Ethnikos Piraeus and was used for Olympiacos and Greece on various occasions. Its current capacity is 42,000 and hosted a UEFA 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 Panionios had reached the Greek Cup final five times, winning one of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1979 (3–1 against AEK Athens). The last time that they had played in a final was in 1989, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 3–1. Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty three times, winning fifteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1995 (1–0 against AEK Athens). The last time that had played in a final was in 1997, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 5–3 on penalties, which came after a 0–0 draw at the end of the extra time. The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1967 and 1989 finals.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkcuphist.html Greece - List of Cup Winners RSSSF Route to the final 1997–98 Greek Football Cup PanioniosRoundPanathinaikosOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legPanelefsiniakos4–31–3 (A)3–0 (H)Round of 32Orestis Orestiada6–02–0 (A)4–0 (H)Orfeas Alexandroupoli1–00–0 (A)1–0 (H)Round of 16Panserraikos10–54–1 (H)6–4 (A)Apollon Kalamarias6–24–2 (H)2–0 (A)Quarter-finalsAris3–11–1 (A)2–0 (H)PAOK2–11–0 (H)1–1 (A)Semi-finalsIraklis4–21–2 (A)3–0 (H) Match Details 29 April 1998 Panionios 1–0 https://www.gazzetta.gr/stili/h-mixani-tou-xronou/article/1224118/kypello-toy-panionioy-1998 Panathinaikos Nalitzis 53 Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus 21,436 Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia) FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 000088 000088 Panionios _adidasstripeswhite _adidasstripeswhite _white_stripes 006600 006600 006600 006600 006600 Panathinaikos GK 12 ALB Foto StrakoshaRB 21 GRE Akis MantziosCB  5GRE Leonidas Vokolos (c)CB 24 GRE Vasilios Ioannidis 1 52 72LB 20 GRE Takis FyssasDM 10 GRE Antonis Sapountzis 77CM  6 GRE Dimitrios Bougas 13CM  8 GRE Anastasios Katsabis 78RW 23 GRE Giannis Kamitsis 2 54 58LW  9 FRY Miodrag Medan 66CF 17 GRE Dimitris Nalitzis 73Substitutes:DF  4NOR Roy Wassberg 73MF 18 GRE Kostas Kafalis 66MF 26 GRE Theofilos Karasavvidis 78Manager:GRE Christos Emvoliadis GK  1POL Józef Wandzik  54RB  2GRE Stratos Apostolakis 65CB  8GRE Giannis GoumasCB 17 GRE Georgios S. Georgiadis  2 28 46CB  6GRE Thanasis KolitsidakisLB 23 GRE Theofilaktos NikolaidisDM 12 NOR Erik Mykland  42 48CM 11 GRE Giorgos Ch. Georgiadis CM 18 GRE Kostas KonstantinidisCF 10 GRE Alexis Alexoudis 54CF  9POL Krzysztof Warzycha (c)Substitutes:MF 15 GRE Angelos Basinas 48FW 13 GRE Nikos Liberopoulos 54FW 28 POL Igor Sypniewski 65Manager:GRE Vasilios Daniil Assistant referees: Kostas Romanos Theodoros Kostidis (Thessaloniki) Fourth official: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions See also 1997–98 Greek Football Cup References 1998 Cup final Cup final 1998 Cup final 1998 Category:Football matches in Athens Category:April 1998 sports events in Europe