1961 Greek Football Cup final

November 2024 1961 Greek Cup final 1960–61 Greek Football Cup Olympiacos 3 Panionios 0 2 July 1961 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi, Athens Cezare Jonni (Italy) 25,000 1960 1962 The 1961 Greek Cup final was the 19th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 2 July 1961 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Panionios. It was Olympiacos' eleventh Greek Cup final and sixth consecutive in their 36 years of existence and Panionios' second Greek Cup final in their 71-year history.https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1961-1970.pdf Kipello1961-1970 epo.gr el With the conquest of the Cup, Olympiacos became the only team to win the trophy five times in a row.http://www.sportdog.gr/sports/podosfairo/article/36684/to-apiasto-rekor-toy-thryloy-me-arwma-lewforoy Το άπιαστο ρεκόρ του Θρύλου, με άρωμα ...Λεωφόρου! sportdog.gr 2 July 2014 el Venue thumb|left|Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. This was the sixteenth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959 and 1960 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 ten times, winning nine of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1960, where they won Panathinaikos by 3–0 in a replay match, after the 1–1 of the initial match. Panionios had reached the Greek Cup final one time in 1952, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 2–0 in a replay match, after the 2–2 of the initial match. The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1952 final.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkcuphist.html Greece - List of Cup Winners RSSSF Route to the final 1960–61 Greek Football Cup OlympiacosRoundPanioniosOpponentResultOpponentResultPanachaiki4–2 (H)Round of 32Atlantida Chania2–0 (A)Aris3–2 (H)Round of 16Iraklis Kavala3–0 (H)Apollon Athens2–1 (A)Quarter-finalsPanathinaikos2–1 (H)Doxa Drama3–0 (H)Semi-finalsIraklis1–0 (H) Match Details 2 July 1961 17:00 EET Olympiacos 3–0 https://www.sportdog.gr/sports/podosfairo/article/36684/to-apiasto-rekor-toy-thryloy-me-arwma-lewforoy Panionios Papazoglou 34 Sideris 69 88 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium Ampelokipoi 25,000 Cezare Jonni (Italy) GK GRE old Stathis TsanaktsisDF GRE old Ilias Rosidis (c)DF GRE old Dimitrios StefanakosDF GRE old Giangos SimantirisMF GRE old Kostas PolychroniouMF GRE old Takis SpetserisFW GRE old Sotiris GavezosFW GRE old Kostas PapazoglouFW GRE old Tasos SourounisFW GRE old Giorgos SiderisFW GRE old Antonis PoseidonManager: YUG Kiril Simonovski GK GRE old Stelios SochosDF GRE old Grigoris KapsisDF GRE old Takis PapoulidisDF GRE old Thanasis ChristouMF GRE old Stathis MavridisMF GRE old Georgios GiannakopoulosFW GRE old Stathis Chaitas (c)FW GRE old Achileas AthanasoulasFW GRE old Thanasis SaravakosFW GRE old Giannis GiannakopoulosFW GRE old Adam ChronopoulosManager: GRE old Ioannis Skordilis Assistant referees: Anosia (Italy) Tomenico (Italy)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level See also 1960–61 Greek Football Cup References 1961 Cup final Cup final 1961 Cup final 1961 Category:Football matches in Athens Category:July 1961 sports events in Europe