1990–91 Greek Cup

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, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma. 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. Athinaikos selected as home of first match Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, instead of their neutral home, Municipal Stadium of Vyronas, while the second match became in the Athens Olympic Stadium. Panathinaikos won both matches and at the same time The Double.

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, 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, 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 7 Apollon Kalamaria 5 Diagoras 5 Aris Nikea 2 Paniliakos 1

Group 2 Team Pts Panionios 8 Ethnikos Asteras 4 Anagennisi Kolindros 3 Lamia 3 Odysseas Kordelio 2

Group 3 Team Pts Charavgiakos 6 Proodeftiki 5 Pierikos 4 Ethnikos Piraeus 4 PAS Giannina 1

Group 4 Team Pts Doxa Vyronas 6 Aris 6 Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos 5 Korinthos 3 Aspida Xanthi 0

Group 5 Team Pts Athinaikos 8 Panargiakos 6 Kastoria 3 Anagennisi Giannitsa 2 Atromitos 1

Group 6 Team Pts Naousa 7 Iraklis 6 Trikala 3 Acharnaikos 2 Niki Volos 2

Group 7 Team Pts Anagennisi Karditsa 5 Ionikos 5 Veria 5 Panetolikos 3 Kallithea 2

Group 8 Team Pts Olympiacos 8 Panelefsiniakos F.C. 4 Kozani 4 Chaidari 3 A.F.C. Kyriakio 1

Group 9 Team Pts AEK Athens 6 Panarkadikos F.C. 3 Mesologgi 2 Preveza 1

Group 10 Team Pts Larissa 5 Eordaikos 4 Asteras Ambelokipi 2 Pontioi Veria F.C. 1

Group 11 Team Pts PAOK 6 OFI 4 Makedonikos 2 Kalamata 0

Group 12 Team Pts Panserraikos 5 Edessaikos F.C. 3 Panachaiki 2 Sparti 2

Group 13 Team Pts Apollon Athens 6 Ilisiakos 4 Neoi Epivates 2 Thriamvos 0

Group 14 Team Pts Xanthi 5 Kilkisiakos F.C. 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 No. 1	Agg.	Team No. 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ilisiakos	3–5	Levadiakos	1–1	2–4
Larissa (a.g.)	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.)	3–3	Panargiakos	2–0	1–3
Panserraikos	3–3	OFI (a.g.)	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 No. 1	Agg.	Team No. 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 No. 1	Agg.	Team No. 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 No. 1	Agg.	Team No. 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, Athens and second leg at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

First leg

Athinaikos v Panathinaikos

May 15, 1991

Athinaikos	0–3	Panathinaikos
		Kourbanas  70' Warzycha  78' Vlachos  89'

Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 12,737 Referee: Kostas Dimitriadis (Piraeus)

ATHINAIKOS: Nikos Sarganis Theodoros Boutzoukas Yiorghos Basagiannis Tasos Chatziangelis Kostas Theodorakos Giannis Chatziraptis  72' Giorgos Zotalis Vasilis Tzalakostas Kristo Kolev  55' Kostas Tsavalias Vangelis Spiliotis Substitutes: Giorgos Anastasiou  55' Miroslav Bong  72' Manager: Gerd Prokop

PANATHINAIKOS: Józef Wandzik Stratos Apostolakis Chris Kalantzis Louis Christodoulou Giannis Kalitzakis Nikos Kourbanas Kostas Frantzeskos  60' Kostas Antoniou (c) Krzysztof Warzycha Paris Georgakopoulos  89' Spiros Marangos Substitutes: Vangelis Vlachos  60' Giorgos Kalpakis  89' Manager: Vasilis Daniil

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Mindiouris Vorgias

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. Two named substitutes. Maximum of two substitutions.

Second leg

Panathinaikos v Athinaikos

May 22, 1991

Panathinaikos	2 – 1 (agg. 5 – 1)	Athinaikos
Saravakos  71' Kourbanas  84'		Zotalis  45' (pen.)

Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" Attendance: 19,375 Referee: Meletis Voutsaras (Athens)

PANATHINAIKOS: Józef Wandzik Stratos Apostolakis Chris Kalantzis Louis Christodoulou Giannis Kalitzakis Nikos Kourbanas Spiros Marangos  60' Kostas Antoniou (c) Krzysztof Warzycha Vangelis Vlachos  46' Lysandros Georgamlis Substitutes: Kostas Frantzeskos  46' Dimitris Saravakos  60' Manager: Vasilis Daniil

ATHINAIKOS: Theodoros Kantas Yiorghos Basagiannis Giannis Tapratzis  46' Tasos Chatziangelis Vangelis Spiliotis Kostas Theodorakos Giannis Chatziraptis Apostolos Vrynios Christos Dimopoulos Giorgos Zotalis  71' Kostas Tsavalias Substitutes: Miroslav Bong  46' Giorgos Anastasiou  71' 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 substitutes. Maximum of two substitutions.

References

• Greek Cup 1990–91 at RSSSF