1978 Greek Football Cup final

November 2024 1978 Greek Cup final 1977–78 Greek Football Cup AEK Athens 2 PAOK 0 4 June 1978 Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki) 23,483 1977 1979 The 1978 Greek Cup final was the 34th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 4 June 1978 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and PAOK. It was AEK Athens' tenth Greek Cup final in their 54 years of existence and PAOK's tenth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 52-year history.https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1971-1980.pdf Kipello1971-1980 epo.gr el With their conquest of the Cup, AEK Athens achieved the first domestic double after 39 years and the second in their history.http://www.ertopen.com/news/ellada/athlitika/item/21515-san-shmera-to-1978-h-aek-katakta-to-ntampl-epeita-apo-39-chronia Σαν σήμερα το 1978 η ΑΕΚ κατακτά το ντάμπλ έπειτα από 39 χρόνια ertopen.com 4 June 2018 el Venue thumb|left|Karaiskakis Stadium. This was the tenth Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 and 1977 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 AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final nine times, winning five of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1956, where they had won Olympiacos 2–1. PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final nine times, winning two of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1974 (4–3 on penalties, which came after a 2–2 draw at the end of the extra time against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 1977, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 2–1. The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1939 final.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkcuphist.html Greece - List of Cup Winners RSSSF Route to the final 1977–78 Greek Football Cup AEK AthensRoundPAOKOpponentResultOpponentResultAO Chania6–1 (H)First roundLevadiakos6–1 (H)Panathinaikos1–0 (A)Second roundOlympiacos Volos4–1 (H)Panionios3–0 (H)Round of 16Iraklis1–0 (A)Panelefsiniakos4–2 (A)Quarter-finalsVeria5–0 (H)Olympiacos6–1 (H)Semi-finalsAris1–0 (A) Match Details 4 June 1978 21:00 EEST AEK Athens 2–0 Report (pages 4,5) PAOK Bajević 50 Mavros 80 Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus 23,483 Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki) _blackline_border _3_stripes_neck_black _blackline_border _gold_stripes_adidas FFD700 FFD700 FFD700 000000 FFD700 AEK Athens _black_stripes _blackstripes _black_stripes FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF PAOK GK  1 GRE old Nikos ChristidisRB  2 GRE old Giannis MousourisCB  5 GRE old Lakis Nikolaou CB  4 GRE old Petros RavousisLB  3 GRE old Babis IntzoglouDM  6 URU Milton Viera 26RM  7 CYP 1960 Tasos Konstantinou 79LM  8 GRE old Takis NikoloudisAM 10 GRE old Mimis Papaioannou (c) 65CF  9 YUG Dušan BajevićCF 11 GRE old Thomas MavrosSubstitutes:GK 15 GRE old Lakis StergioudasDF GRE old Theodoros ApostolopoulosDF GRE old Apostolos Toskas 65MF GRE old Dionysis TsamisMF GRE old Lazaros Papadopoulos 79MF GRE old Christos ArdizoglouManager: YUG Zlatko Čajkovski GK  1YUG Mladen FurtulaRB  2GRE old Giannis Gounaris 72CB  4GRE old Angelos AnastasiadisCB  5GRE old Koulis Apostolidis (c)LB  3GRE old Konstantinos IosifidisDM  8GRE old Stavros SarafisRM  7GRE old Panagiotis KermanidisLM  6GRE old Kostas OrfanosAM 10 GRE old Giorgos KoudasCF  9GRE old Georgios Kostikos 79CF 11 BRA Neto GuerinoSubstitutes:  DF GRE old Nikos Alavantas 79MF GRE old Ioannis Damanakis 72      Manager:GRE old Lakis Petropoulos Assistant referees: Panagiotis Tsolakidis (Thessaloniki) Giorgos Moschopoulos (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 1977–78 Greek Football Cup References 1978 Cup final Cup final 1978 Cup final 1978 Category:Football matches in Athens Category:June 1978 sports events in Europe