1987–88 Greek Cup

The Greek Cup 198788 was the 46th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.

Tournament details

Totally 70 teams participated, 16 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma. It was held in 7 rounds, included final. An Additional Round was held between First and Second, with 3 matches, in order that the teams would continue to be 32.

It was an enough eventful year, that was marked by hard confrontations in the cases of "strong" pairs. In Third Round, Olympiacos eliminated AEK Athens with 11 draw at home and 31 win away, in a much debated match. In semi-finals, Olympiacos eliminated cup winners, OFI, and Panathinaikos the champions of the season, Larissa.

The Final between the eternal enemies was an occasion for expiation, as well as both teams realised mediocre course in the championship. The match was nervous, however kept effervescent interesting until the end, since it was judged in the penalty shootout, after a 22 draw (3 of totally 4 goals was scored by penalties). Nikos Sarganis was elected "hero", warding off two shots and scoring in one in the process. For Olympiacos it was the third time that they lost the match in penalty shootout, afterwards 1974 and 1976. Dimitris Saravakos with 10 goals was elected as first scorer.

First round

Home team Score Away team
Apollon Kalamaria 20 Panargiakos
Korinthos 30 Proodeftiki
Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos 31 Apollon Athens
Levadiakos 30 Lamia
Panserraikos 31 Edessaikos
Makedonikos 11 Charavgiakos
Charavgiakos won 5-4 on penalties
Doxa Drama 71 Athinaikos
Ethnikos Piraeus 34 Anagennisi Karditsa
Panathinaikos 20 Chalkida
Trikala 21 Acharnaikos
Kerkyra 10 Panachaiki
Aris Nikea 11 Ethnikos Asteras
Ethnikos Asteras won 6-5 on penalties
AEK Athens 31 Iraklis
Aiolikos 04 Kastoria
Larissa 30 Veria
Kavala 21 Rodos
Polykastro 12 PAS Giannina
Pannafpliakos 10 (a.e.t.) Naousa
Panetolikos 40 Messiniakos
Anagennisi Neapoli 00 Eordaikos
Anagennisi won 5-4 on penalties
Anagennisi Arta 01 PAOK
Irodotos 31 Ionikos
Egaleo 11 Alexandria
Egaleo won 6-5 on penalties
Kallithea 31 Kalamata
Olympiacos 40 Agrotikos Asteras
Pierikos 31 EAR Rethymno
OFI 40 Nestos
Panelefsiniakos 11 Pandramaikos
Pandramaikos won 5-4 on penalties
Panionios 24 Xanthi
Aris 40 Ergotelis
Niki Volos 13 Diagoras
Kozani 41 Olympiakos Chalkida
Atromitos 42 Anagennisi Kolindros
Achaiki 10 (a.e.t.) Kilkisiakos
Panarkadikos 31 Ethnikos Alexandroupoli

Additional Round

Home team Score Away team
Panetolikos 02 Diagoras
Pandramaikos 00 Atromitos
Pandramaikos won 4-3 on penalties
Panathinaikos 71 Kavala

Second round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egaleo 3-1 Ethnikos Asteras 1-1 2-0
Pierikos 3-6 Larissa 2-3 1-3
Xanthi 7-1 Achaiki 4-0 3-1
Apollon Kalamaria 4-2 Anagennisi Karditsa 2-0 2-2
Charavgiakos 0-1 Diagoras 0-0 0-1
Kallithea 3-4 AEK Athens 3-2 0-2
PAS Giannina 3-1 Pandramaikos 1-0 2-1
Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos 0-6 Olympiacos 0-1 0-5
Aris 4-2 Korinthos 1-0 3-2 (a.e.t.)
Kozani 1-3 Doxa Drama 1-2 0-1
Trikala 2-1 Pannafpliakos 2-0 0-1
OFI (a.g.) 2-2 Levadiakos 0-0 2-2
Anagennisi Neapoli 1-2 Irodotos 1-0 0-2
PAOK 3-4 Kastoria 2-1 1-3
Panserraikos 0-2 Panathinaikos 0-0 0-2
Kerkyra 0-1 Panarkadikos 0-0 0-1

Third round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olympiakos 4-2 AEK Athens 1-1 3-1
Aris 2-2 Larissa (a.g.) 2-1 0-1
Doxa Drama 2-3 Apollon Kalamaria 2-1 0-2
Egaleo 0-7 OFI 0-0 0-7
Irodotos 5-4 Diagoras 2-2 3-2
PAS Giannina 3-10 Panathinaikos 1-2 2-8
Trikala 2-1 Panarkadikos 2-0 0-1
Kastoria 4-3 Xanthi 3-2 1-1

Quarter-finals

First legs were played on February 24, 1988 and second on March 9.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Apollon Kalamaria 1-2 Olympiacos 0-0 1-2
OFI 4-2 Trikala 3-2 1-0
Irodotos 0-6 Panathinaikos 0-4 0-2
Larissa 1-0 Kastoria 1-0 0-0

Semi-finals

First legs were played on March 30, 1988. Second legs were played on April 20.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panathinaikos 4-1 Larissa 1-0 3-1
Olympiacos 3-1 OFI 3-0 0-1

Final

The 46th Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

May 8, 1988
Panathinaikos 2 2
(a.e.t.)
Olympiacos
Saravakos  31' (pen.)
Dimopoulos  102'
Funes  59' (pen.)  98' (pen.)
  Penalties  
Vlachos
Sarganis
Dimopoulos
Georgamlis
4 3 Alexiou
Baniotis
Chatzidis
Apostolakis
Funes
Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis"
Attendance: 73,375
Referee: Meletis Voutsaras (Athens)
PANATHINAIKOS:
Greece Nikos Sarganis
Greece Iakovos Chatziathanasiou
Greece Nikos Vamvakoulas
Greece Giannis Kalitzakis
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Velimir Zajec (c)  75'
Greece Kostas Mavridis
Greece Dimitris Saravakos
GreeceAustralia Louis Christodoulou  46'
Greece Christos Dimopoulos
ArgentinaGreece Juan Ramon Rocha
Greece Lysandros Georgamlis
Substitutes:
Greece Kostas Batsinilas  46' Red card 79'
Greece Vaggelis Vlachos  75'
Manager:
Sweden Gunder Bengtsson
OLYMPIACOS:
Greece Ilias Talikriadis
Greece Stratos Apostolakis
GreeceGermany Minas Chatzidis
Greece Alexis Alexiou
Greece Charis Baniotis
Greece Yiotis Tsalouchidis
Greece Andreas Bonovas  46'
Greece Petros Xanthopoulos (c)
Argentina Juan Gilberto Funes
Greece Tasos Mitropoulos
Greece Nikos Tsiantakis
Substitutes:
Greece Sakis Moustakidis  46'
Manager:
Greece Pavlos Grigoriadis

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Nikakis
    • Dimitriadis

MATCH RULES

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

References

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