1953 Greek Football Cup final

November 2024 1953 Greek Cup final Olympiacos Cup 1953.webp frameless Olympiacos after the final 1952–53 Greek Football Cup Olympiacos 3 AEK Athens 2 17 May 1953 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi, Athens Manolis Zapardas (Piraeus) 25,000 1952 1954 The 1953 Greek Cup final was the 11th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 17 May 1953 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and AEK Athens. It was Olympiacos' fourth Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 28 years of existence and AEK Athens' sixth Greek Cup final in their 29-year history.https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1951-1960.pdf Kipello1951-1960 epo.gr elhttp://www.oldfootball.gr/sansimera/item/198-η-ελλάδα-του-πρώτου-τελικού-ολυμπιακού-–-αεκ.html Η Ελλάδα του πρώτου τελικού Ολυμπιακού - ΑΕΚ oldfootball.gr 17 May 2018 el Venue thumb|left|Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. This was the tenth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1952 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 three times, winning all of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1952, where they had won Panionios by 2–0 in a replay match, after the 2–2 of the initial match. AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final five times, winning four of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1950, where they had won Aris by 4–0. 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 1952–53 Greek Football Cup OlympiacosRoundAEK AthensOpponentResultOpponentResultAE Chalandri4–1 (H)Round of 16Panelefsiniakos4–1 (H)Fostiras3–1 (A)Quarter-finalsAris1–0 (A)Panathinaikos2–1 (A)Semi-finalsPanionios2–1 (A) Match Details 17 May 1953 17:00 EET Olympiacos 3–2 https://www.aektoday.com/maios/17-maiou/17-5-1953-olympiakos-aek-3-2 AEK Athens Kansos 21 37 Darivas 79 Serafidis 83 Kanakis 88 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi 25,000 Manolis Zapardas (Piraeus) GK  1GRE old Kostas KarapatisDF  2GRE old Ilias RosidisDF  3GRE old Thanasis KingleyDF  4GRE old Andreas Mouratis (c)MF  5GRE old Vasilis XanthopoulosMF  6GRE old Thanasis BebisFW  7GRE old Giorgos KansosFW  8GRE old Dimitrios KokkinakisFW  9GRE old Giorgos KopanidisFW 10 GRE old Georgios DarivasFW 11 GRE old Babis DrososManager: GRE old Giannis Chelmis,GRE old Vangelis Chelmis GK  1GRE old Michalis DelaviniasDF  2GRE old Antonis ParayiosDF  3GRE old Youlielmos Arvanitis (c)DF  4GRE old Christos DarakisMF  5GRE old ManesisMF  6GRE old Michalis PapatheodorouFW  7GRE old Pavlos EmmanouilidisFW  8GRE old Giannis KanakisFW  9GRE old Ilias PapageorgiouFW 10 GRE old Andreas StamatiadisFW 11 GRE old Lambis SerafidisManager: ITA Mario Magnozzi Assistant referees: Vangelis Damalitis (Piraeus) AnagnostopoulosMatch rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level See also 1952–53 Greek Football Cup References 1953 Cup final Cup final 1953 Cup final 1953 Category:Football matches in Athens Category:May 1953 sports events in Europe