1975 Greek Football Cup final

November 2024 1975 Greek Cup final 1974–75 Greek Football Cup Olympiacos 1 Panathinaikos 0 18 June 1975 Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus Gianfranco Menegalli (Italy) 34,430 1974 1976 The 1975 Greek Cup final was the 31st final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 18 June 1975 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. It was Olympiacos' twentieth Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 50 years of existence and Panathinaikos' twelfth Greek Cup final in their 67-year history.https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1971-1980.pdf Kipello1971-1980 epo.gr el Notably, the FIFA president, João Havelange attended the match and also awarded the trophy to the captain of the winners. As a protest for the decision of the HFF to host the final at Karaiskakis Stadium, home ground of Olympiacos, Panathinaikos used with their reserve team in the match. It was the last time of that era that a foreign referee was appointed in a Cup final.http://www.oldfootball.gr/sansimera/item/248-αποθέωσαν-τον-ηττημένο.html Αποθέωσαν τον ηττημένο oldfootball.gr 27 November 2018 Online el Venue thumb|left|Karaiskakis Stadium. This was the eighth Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972 and 1973 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 Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final nineteen times, winning fifteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1973 (1–0 against PAOK). The last time that had played in a final was in 1974, where they had lost to PAOK by 4–3 on penalties, which came after a 2–2 draw at the end of the extra time. Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final eleven times, winning five of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1969 (They won on a toss of a coin after a 1–1 draw at the end of the extra time against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 1972, where they had lost to PAOK by 2–1. The two teams had met each other in a Cup final five times in the 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968 and 1969 finals.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkcuphist.html Greece - List of Cup Winners RSSSF Route to the final 1974–75 Greek Football Cup OlympiacosRoundPanathinaikosOpponentResultOpponentResultAnagennisi Arta7–0 (A)Round of 32PAS Giannina2–0 (H)Panachaiki1–0 (H)Round of 16A.O. Karditsa1–0 (A)Pandramaikos4–1 (H)Quarter-finalsRodos2–0 () (A)PAOK4–0 (H)Semi-finalsIraklis2–1 (A) Match Details 18 June 1975 Olympiacos 1–0 http://www.oldfootball.gr/sansimera/item/248-%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B8%CE%AD%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%BD-%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD-%CE%B7%CF%84%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%BF.html Panathinaikos Davourlis 35 Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus 34,430 Gianfranco Menegalli (Italy) GK GRE 1970 Panagiotis KelesidisDF GRE 1970 Giannis GaitatzisDF GRE 1970 Giannis KyrastasDF GRE 1970 Vasilis Siokos (c)DF GRE 1970 Lakis Glezos MF AUT Peter Persidis MF GRE 1970 Takis Synetopoulos MF URU Milton VieraFW GRE 1970 Michalis KritikopoulosFW GRE 1970 Kostas Davourlis 80FW URU Ignacio Peña 60Substitutes:MF GRE 1970 Petros Karavitis 80FW URU Julio Losada 60Manager: GRE 1970 Georgios Darivas GK GRE 1970 Nikos Vallianos  5DF GRE 1970 Stelios StefanakisDF GRE 1970 Giorgos VlachosDF GRE 1970 Dimitris KotsosDF GRE 1970 Giorgos GoniosMF GRE 1970 Charis Grammos (c)MF GRE 1970 Spyros LivathinosMF GRE 1970 Kostas VrettosMF GRE 1970 Totis FilakourisFW GRE 1970 Dimitris SeitaridisFW GRE 1970 Kostas VallidisSubstitutes:GK GRE 1970 Vasilis Konstantinou  5  Manager:GRE 1970 Vangelis Panakis Assistant referees: Artizio (Italy) Marato (Italy)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 1974–75 Greek Football Cup References 1975 Cup final Cup final 1975 Cup final 1975 Category:Football matches in Athens Category:June 1975 sports events in Europe