Greek Cup 1990-91
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The Greek Cup 1990-91 was the 49th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.

Tournament details

Totally 72 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki
Super League Greece
The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...

, 18 from Beta
Beta Ethniki
Football League, former Beta Ethniki, is the second highest professional football league in Greece.-History:In its first years, the system of conduct was very intriguing. It began in 1954 as regional championship, separated in two groups, North and South. Then, the participating teams were the...

, and 36 from Gamma
Gamma Ethniki
Football League 2, formerly known as Gamma Ethniki, is the third highest professional football league in Greece.-History:It began in 1965 as an amateur championship, while in 1983 it was changed to professional...

. It was held in 6 rounds, included final.

After the phase of groups (First Round), there were interesting confrontations and many "protagonists" were eliminated by the competition continue. In the Second Round, Olympiacos were eliminated by PAOK, Aris by Athinaikos and Iraklis by Xanthi, while in the Third Round AEK were eliminated by OFI. In the same round, Edessaikos, a Beta Ethniki team then, reversed their loss 4–0 by Ionikos, achieving a draw with the same score in the second leg, in order however to be eliminated in penalty shootout.

The Final was contested by Panathinaikos, for sixth time in the last 10 years, after the qualify against PAOK in semi-finals, and neophyte in Alpha Ethniki Athinaikos, for first and unique until now time in their history. That year, Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) decided the establishment of double-match final, according to the model of Coppa Italia
Coppa Italia
The Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...

. Athinaikos selected as home of first match Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
Apostolos Nikolaidis stadium
Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium is a football stadium in Athens, Greece. The stadium, has been the home of Panathinaikos FC and has played for most of the years of its existence, since its foundation back in 1908....

, instead of their neutral home, Municipal Stadium of Vyronas
Vyronas
Vyronas is a suburb in the northeastern part of Athens, Greece. The city is named after George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, the famous English poet and writer, who is a national hero of Greece...

, while the second match became in the Athens Olympic Stadium. Panathinaikos won both matches and at the same time The Double
The Double
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...

.

Athinaikos, as finalist of competition, participated in the next season's European Cup Winners' Cup, for first and unique time in their history. Nikos Sarganis
Nikos Sarganis
Nikos Sarganis is a legendary Greek retired football goalkeeper.Born on 15 January 1954, in Rafina, Attica, Sarganis started his football career as a fullback at Ilisiakos...

, Athinaikos goalkeeper, that had played in the first match of Final, failed to win the Cup with a fourth team, after Kastoria, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. Also, the second match was the last for referee Meletis Voutsaras. For fourth possessed year, Dimitris Saravakos
Dimitris Saravakos
Dimitrios "Dimitris" Saravakos , nicknamed O Μικρός is a Greek former football player, considered to be one of the best Greek football players of all time. He started his career in Panionios and later he moved on to Panathinaikos FC, where Saravakos gained fame and matured as a footballer,...

, with 10 goals, was elected as competition's first scorer.

First round

The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win would gain 2 points, each draw 1 and each loss would not gain any point.

Group 1

Team Pts
Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos FC
Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...

7
Apollon Kalamaria 5
Diagoras
Diagoras F.C.
Diagoras FC is a football club based in Rhodes, Greece. It was founded in 1905. Diagoras is named after the island's famous hero Diagoras. The team first played under Ottoman Rule until the short lived independence of the Dodecanese in 1912...

5
Aris Nikea 2
Paniliakos 1


Group 2

Team Pts
Panionios 8
Ethnikos Asteras
Ethnikos Asteras F.C.
Ethnikos Asteras F.C. , the National Star, is a professional football club based in Kaisariani, Athens, Greece, currently competing in Beta Ethniki, the Greek second division....

4
Anagennisi Kolindros 3
Lamia
Lamia F.C.
AS Lamia is a football club based in Lamia, Greece. It was founded in 1964.-Current squad 2008/09:Coach: Konstantinos Stamatiou...

3
Odysseas Kordelio 2


Group 3

Team Pts
Charavgiakos 6
Proodeftiki 5
Pierikos
Pierikos F.C.
Pierikos or P.S.F.K. is a football club based in Katerini, Greece.- The foundation :The club was founded on the 11th of April, 1961 from the merger between Megas Alexandros Katerinis and Olympos Katerinis...

4
Ethnikos Piraeus 4
PAS Giannina 1


Group 4

Team Pts
Doxa Vyronas
Doxa Vyronas
Doxa Vyronas is a football club based in Vyronas, an eastern suburb of Athens. The club, established in 1945, and currently competes in Delta Ethniki Regional Championship. Doxa currently use Municipal Stadium of Vyronas as the venue for their home matches.-History:Doxa Vyronas was founded in 1945...

6
Aris
Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
Aris Football Club , also known as God of war and the Yellows, is a Greek football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia. Formed in 1914, the club was a founding member of Macedonian Football Clubs Association as well as the Hellenic Football Federation, they currently compete in...

6
Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos
Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos F.C.
Olympiakos Volou Football Club , is a Greek football club based in the city of Volos. It is currently inactive and does not compete in any professional league, due to the 2011 match fixing scandal that caused the teams complete elimination.-History:...

5
Korinthos
Korinthos F.C.
Korinthos F.C. or Korinthos P.A.S. is a Greek professional football club based in Corinth, currently participating in Gamma Ethniki.-History:...

3
Aspida Xanthi 0


Group 5

Team Pts
Athinaikos 8
Panargiakos
Panargiakos F.C.
Panargiakos Football Club is a Greek football club, based in Argos, Greece. The association was founded in 1926. The club is a founder member of the Argolida Football Clubs Association....

6
Kastoria
Kastoria F.C.
Kastoria FC, or AGS Kastoria , the Athletic and Gymnastic Association of Kastoria, is a Greek association football club based in the city of Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece.-History:...

3
Anagennisi Giannitsa
Anagennisi Giannitsa F.C.
Anagennisi Giannitsa is a Greek football club, based in Giannitsa.-Current squad:...

2
Atromitos 1


Group 6

Team Pts
Naousa 7
Iraklis 6
Trikala
Trikala F.C.
Trikala F.C., or Athlitikos Omilos Trikalon , are a professional football club based in the city of Trikala, in central Greece.-History:The club was formed in 1963 from the merger of two rival Trikala football clubs, Achilleas of Trikala and Α.Ε.Τ...

3
Acharnaikos
Acharnaikos F.C.
A.O. Acharnaikos is a football club based in Acharnes , Athens, Greece. It was created in 1938 and was founded in 1953. Its logo is the clover with two alphas in the left and top and an omicron at the right. It currently plays in the fourth division and plays in its stadium with a 5,000 seating...

2
Niki Volos
Niki Volos F.C.
Niki Volou is a Greek football club based in the city of Nea Ionia, in the region of Magnesia.The club currently competes in the Football League 2, the third tier of Greek football.-Colours and Crest:...

2


Group 7

Team Pts
Anagennisi Karditsa 5
Ionikos 5
Veria
Veria F.C.
Veria FC is a football club based in Veroia, Imathia, Greece. Veria FC was founded in 1960 when two local teams merged. Their nicknames are "Queen of the North" and "Rossoblu". They played in Alpha Ethniki at last for the 2007-2008 season and relegated twice in two seasons and found in Gamma Ethniki...

5
Panetolikos
Panetolikos F.C.
Panetolikos is a football club based in Agrinio, Greece. It was founded in 1926 and is considered one of the historic clubs in Greece, having participated so far in the Greek First Division in the seasons 1975-1976,1976-1977 and 2011-2012 . Panetolikos is the reigning Football League Champion...

3
Kallithea 2


Group 8

Team Pts
Olympiacos 8
Panelefsiniakos 4
Kozani 4
Chaidari
Chaidari F.C.
Haidari FC is a Greek football club, based in Haidari, Athens. It currently plays in Delta Ethniki, the fourth level of Greek football.- Squad 2007/08 :...

3
A.F.C. Kyriakio 1


Group 9

Team Pts
AEK Athens 6
Panarkadikos 3
Mesologgi 2
Preveza
Preveza F.C.
P.A.S. Preveza , Football Athletic Club of Preveza, is a football club based in Preveza in South-West Epirus Prefecture, Greece....

1


Group 10

Team Pts
Larissa 5
Eordaikos
Eordaikos 2007 F.C.
Eordaikos 2007 is a football club based in Ptolemaida, Greece.-History:The club named Eordaikos 2007 is following the history of Eordaikos which is one of the better known football clubs in Western Macedonia...

4
Asteras Ambelokipi 2
Pontioi Veria 1


Group 11

Team Pts
PAOK 6
OFI
OFI Crete
OFI , the Sportfriends Association Heraklion, is a Greek association football club based in Heraklion, on the island of Crete. Outside Greece, the club is generally known as OFI Crete F.C., however, the name Crete is not actually part of the club's official title.OFI is the club with most...

4
Makedonikos
Makedonikos F.C.
Makedonikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club, based in Neapoli, Thessaloniki.-History:The association was founded in 1928 and the name means 'Macedonian'. In 2008, they were promoted to Football League 2 after a fourteen year absence from the National Leagues...

2
Kalamata 0


Group 12

Team Pts
Panserraikos
Panserraikos F.C.
Panserraikos F.C. , the All-Serran Football Club, is the football club of Serres in Macedonia, Greece. Panserraikos was formed in 1964 when two local clubs, Iraklis and Apollon, merged. Their current home ground is Serres Municipal Stadium, built in 1926...

5
Edessaikos 3
Panachaiki 2
Sparti 2


Group 13

Team Pts
Apollon Athens 6
Ilisiakos
Ilisiakos F.C.
Ilisiakos is an Ilisia-based football club that was founded in 1927 by Michalis Xydis, Lambropoulos, Evgenopoulos, Nikolaos Plessas, et al.. Ilisiakos spent the majority of its later history in the Greek second division however the footballing arm of the club merged with Egaleo F.C...

4
Neoi Epivates
Neoi Epivates F.C.
PAONE , is a football club based in Neoi Epivates , Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. It was founded in 1928....

2
Thriamvos 0


Group 14

Team Pts
Xanthi 5
Kilkisiakos 4
Egaleo 2
Nigrita 1


Group 15

Team Pts
EAR Rethymno 4
Doxa Drama 3
Kavala 3
Chalkidon Near-East 2


Group 16

Team Pts
Levadiakos 4
Olympiakos Loutraki 4
Irodotos 3
Anagennisi Neapoli 1

Second round

First legs were played on December 5 and 12 1990. Second legs on January 9, 1991.
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ilisiakos 3-5 Levadiakos 1-1 2-4
Larissa (a.g.
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...

)
1-1 Apollon Athens 0-0 1-1 (a.e.t.)
Proodeftiki 1-7 Panathinaikos 1-2 0-5
Panarkadikos 4-6 Kilkisiakos 4-1 0-5
Edessaikos 2-0 Apollon Kalamaria 1-0 1-0
Charavgiakos 0-5 AEK Athens 0-3 0-2
Olympiacos 2-3 PAOK 2-0 0-3
Ionikos 4-0 Ethnikos Asteras 3-0 1-0
EAR Rethymno (a.g.
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...

)
3-3 Panargiakos 2-0 1-3
Panserraikos 3-3 OFI (a.g.
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...

)
3-1 0-2
Athinaikos 5-2 Aris 2-1 3-1
Iraklis 0-1 Xanthi 0-0 0-1
Olympiakos Loutraki 2-3 Anagennisi Karditsa 2-0 0-3
Panelefsiniakos 2-8 Panionios 2-3 0-5
Naousa 3-4 Doxa Drama 2-4 1-0
Doxa Vyronas 0-2 Eordaikos 0-0 0-2

Third round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kilkisiakos 5-6 Larissa 3-2 2-4
OFI 4-3 AEK Athens 3-0 1-3
Panathinaikos 2-1 Levadiakos 2-1 0-0
Xanthi 2-3 PAOK 2-1 0-2
Doxa Drama 4-1 Eordaikos 3-0 1-1
Ionikos (5-4 PSO) 4-4 Edessaikos 4-0 0-4
Athinaikos 5-1 Anagennisi Karditsa 3-0 2-1
EAR Rethymno 1-6 Larissa 1-3 0-3

Quarter-finals

First legs were played on March 13, 1991, while second legs on 20th.
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panionios (3-2 PSO) 2-2 OFI 2-0 0-2
Athinaikos 3-0 Doxa Drama 2-0 1-0
PAOK 3-2 Larissa 3-0 0-2
Ionikos 1-6 Panathinaikos 0-3 1-3

Semi-finals

First legs were played on April 4, 1991 and second on 24th.
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panathinaikos 2-1 PAOK 2-0 0-1
Athinaikos 4-3 Panionios 3-0 1-3

Final

The 49th Greek Cup Final was double-played this season. First leg was played at the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
Apostolos Nikolaidis stadium
Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium is a football stadium in Athens, Greece. The stadium, has been the home of Panathinaikos FC and has played for most of the years of its existence, since its foundation back in 1908....

, Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

 and second leg at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis"
Olympic Stadium (Athens)
The Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" , is part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. It is named after the first modern Olympic marathon race winner in 1896, Spiros Louis.-History:...

.

First leg

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> ATHINAIKOS:
  Nikos Sarganis
Nikos Sarganis
Nikos Sarganis is a legendary Greek retired football goalkeeper.Born on 15 January 1954, in Rafina, Attica, Sarganis started his football career as a fullback at Ilisiakos...

  Theodoros Boutzoukas
  Yiorghos Basagiannis
  Tasos Chatziangelis
  Kostas Theodorakos
  Giannis Chatziraptis
  Giorgos Zotalis
  Vasilis Tzalakostas
  Kristo Kolev
  Kostas Tsavalias
  Vangelis Spiliotis
Substitutes:
  Giorgos Anastasiou
  Miroslav Bong
Manager:
  Gerd Prokop
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> PANATHINAIKOS: |   Józef Wandzik
Józef Wandzik
Józef Wandzik is a former Polish association football player, in the goalkeeper position. He was born in Tarnowskie Góry....

  Stratos Apostolakis
Stratos Apostolakis
Efstratios "Stratos" Apostolakis , nicknamed The Turbo, was a Greek footballer.The former Defender was no stranger to controversy as a player, his switch from Olympiacos to Panathinaikos in 1990 led to the cancellation of the Greek Super Cup as the authorities feared riots.As a footballer though...

   Chris Kalantzis
Chris Kalantzis
Chris Kalantzis is an Australian association football player. He began his career with Sydney Olympic, First Grade, at the age of 15. He was then signed by the Greek team Panathinaikos, where he played for five years. During these years he represented the Australian Socceroos in many games....

   Louis Christodoulou   Giannis Kalitzakis
Ioannis Kalitzakis
Ioannis "Giannis" Kalitzakis is a retired Greek football defender.He started his career in Panelefsiniakos F.C., where he played three and a half season before eventually joining Panathinaikos FC. Panathinaikos's fans nicknamed him "ninja" as he made a name of his hard tackles and very strong...

  Nikos Kourbanas   Kostas Frantzeskos
Kostas Frantzeskos
Kostas Frantzeskos is a Greek former footballer, best known for his deadly free-kick accuracy. He was regarded as one of the best free-kick specialists in Europe, scoring numerous times from set-pieces during his career....

    Kostas Antoniou (c)   Krzysztof Warzycha
Krzysztof Warzycha
Krzysztof "Kristof" Warzycha is a former Polish professional footballer. For the majority of his career he played for Greek club Panathinaikos FC.- KS Ruch Chorzów :...

  Paris Georgakopoulos
Paris Georgakopoulos
Paris Georgakopoulos is a Greek former international footballer who played professionally as a midfielder.-Club career:Georgakopoulos began his career with Panachaiki GE in 1982, before moving to Panathinaikos in 1986. Georgakopoulos represented Panathinaikos in the 1989 Greek Super Cup...

    Spiros Marangos
Spiros Marangos
Spyridon "Spiros" Marangos is a former Greek football player. He played for Panionios, Panathinaikos, PAOK FC, AC Omonia and APOEL FC at the club level. He also made 26 appearances for the Greece national football team, and participated at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. From 2010, he coaches Enosi...

Substitutes:   Vangelis Vlachos
Vangelis Vlachos
Vangelis Vlachos is a former Greek football player and current coach.Vlachos played for Panathinaikos in the Alpha Ethniki from 1985 to 1991.-Honours:AEK Athens*Greek Cup: 1983Panathinaikos...

    Giorgos Kalpakis Manager:   Vasilis Daniil

MATCH OFFICIALS
  • Assistant referees:
    • Mindiouris
    • Vorgias

MATCH RULES
  • 90 minutes.
  • Two named subtitutes.
  • Maximum of two substitutions.

Second leg

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> PANATHINAIKOS:
  Józef Wandzik
Józef Wandzik
Józef Wandzik is a former Polish association football player, in the goalkeeper position. He was born in Tarnowskie Góry....

  Stratos Apostolakis
Stratos Apostolakis
Efstratios "Stratos" Apostolakis , nicknamed The Turbo, was a Greek footballer.The former Defender was no stranger to controversy as a player, his switch from Olympiacos to Panathinaikos in 1990 led to the cancellation of the Greek Super Cup as the authorities feared riots.As a footballer though...

   Chris Kalantzis
Chris Kalantzis
Chris Kalantzis is an Australian association football player. He began his career with Sydney Olympic, First Grade, at the age of 15. He was then signed by the Greek team Panathinaikos, where he played for five years. During these years he represented the Australian Socceroos in many games....

   Louis Christodoulou
  Giannis Kalitzakis
Ioannis Kalitzakis
Ioannis "Giannis" Kalitzakis is a retired Greek football defender.He started his career in Panelefsiniakos F.C., where he played three and a half season before eventually joining Panathinaikos FC. Panathinaikos's fans nicknamed him "ninja" as he made a name of his hard tackles and very strong...

  Nikos Kourbanas
  Spiros Marangos
Spiros Marangos
Spyridon "Spiros" Marangos is a former Greek football player. He played for Panionios, Panathinaikos, PAOK FC, AC Omonia and APOEL FC at the club level. He also made 26 appearances for the Greece national football team, and participated at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. From 2010, he coaches Enosi...

 
  Kostas Antoniou (c)
  Krzysztof Warzycha
Krzysztof Warzycha
Krzysztof "Kristof" Warzycha is a former Polish professional footballer. For the majority of his career he played for Greek club Panathinaikos FC.- KS Ruch Chorzów :...

  Vangelis Vlachos
Vangelis Vlachos
Vangelis Vlachos is a former Greek football player and current coach.Vlachos played for Panathinaikos in the Alpha Ethniki from 1985 to 1991.-Honours:AEK Athens*Greek Cup: 1983Panathinaikos...

 
  Lysandros Georgamlis
Lysandros Georgamlis
Lysandros Georgamlis is a former international Greek footballer and current assistant manager at AC Omonia.-Playing career:...

Substitutes:
  Kostas Frantzeskos
Kostas Frantzeskos
Kostas Frantzeskos is a Greek former footballer, best known for his deadly free-kick accuracy. He was regarded as one of the best free-kick specialists in Europe, scoring numerous times from set-pieces during his career....

 
  Dimitris Saravakos
Dimitris Saravakos
Dimitrios "Dimitris" Saravakos , nicknamed O Μικρός is a Greek former football player, considered to be one of the best Greek football players of all time. He started his career in Panionios and later he moved on to Panathinaikos FC, where Saravakos gained fame and matured as a footballer,...

 
Manager:
  Vasilis Daniil
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> ATHINAIKOS: |   Theodoros Kantas   Yiorghos Basagiannis   Giannis Tapratzis   Tasos Chatziangelis   Vangelis Spiliotis   Kostas Theodorakos   Giannis Chatziraptis   Apostolos Vrynios   Christos Dimopoulos
Christos Dimopoulos
Christos Dimopoulos is a retired Greek footballer who played for PAOK and Panathinaikos. His nickname was "Fonias" of Greek football....

  Giorgos Zotalis   Kostas Tsavalias Substitutes:   Miroslav Bong   Giorgos Anastasiou Manager:   Gerd Prokop

MATCH OFFICIALS
  • Assistant referees:
    • Naziris
    • Doutsias

MATCH RULES
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Two named subtitutes.
  • Maximum of two substitutions.
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