1954 Greek Football Cup final

1954 Greek Cup final
Olympiacos after the final
Event1953–54 Greek Football Cup
Date23 May 1954
VenueLeoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens
RefereeKostas Tzitzis (Athens)
1953
1955

The 1954 Greek Cup final was the 12th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 23 May 1954 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Doxa Drama. It was Olympiacos' fifth Greek Cup final and fourth consecutive in their 29 years of existence and Doxa Drama's first ever Greek Cup final in their 36-year history.

Venue

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

This was the eleventh Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 and 1953 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.

Background

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final four times, winning all of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1953, where they had won AEK Athens by 3–2.

Doxa Drama had never competed in a Cup final.

The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.

Route to the final

Olympiacos Round Doxa Drama
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye First round Doxa Sitargon 6–0 (H)
Second round Megas Alexandros Drama 5–2 (H)
Third round Unknown
Fourth round
Fifth round
Sixth round
Seventh round Filippi Kavala 2–1 (H)
Eighth round Elpida Drama 7–0 (H)
Ninth round Unknown
Tenth round Doxa Alexandroupoli Unknown
Atromitos Piraeus 2–0 (A) Round of 16 PAOK 3–2 (H)
Asteras Athens 4–0 (A) Quarter-finals Aris 2–1 (A)
Apollon Athens 2–1 1–1 (A) 1–0 (H) Semi-finals Iraklis 2–0 (w/o) (H)

Match

Details

Olympiacos2–0Doxa Drama
Report
GK Kostas Karapatis
DF Ilias Rosidis (c)
DF Vasilis Xanthopoulos
DF Babis Kotridis
DF Thanasis Kingley
MF Giannis Ioannou
MF Dimitrios Kokkinakis
FW Themis Moustaklis
FW Kostas Karpathakis
FW Georgios Darivas
FW Babis Drosos
Manager:
Giannis Chelmis,
Vangelis Chelmis
GK Pavlos Boitaris
DF Giorgos Kotridis
DF Vasilis Similiotis
DF Thanasis Loukanidis
MF Tolios
MF Pistikos
MF Fanis Ignatiou
FW Karalazos
FW Antonis Georgiadis
FW Tokmakidis
FW Vasilis Ioannou
Manager:
Panos Markovic

Assistant referees:
Stefanidis
Dimosthenis Stathatos (Athens)

Match rules

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kipello1951-1960" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
  2. ^ "Το τέταρτο σερί ερυθρόλευκο Κύπελλο!". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 23 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Leoforos Stadium "Apostolos Nikolaidis"". stadia.gr.
  4. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.