1981–82 Greek Football Cup

Totally 58 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki and 40 from Beta Ethniki. It was held in 6 rounds, included final.

It was a competition that remained in history for one of the most discussed matches between the eternal enemies, Panathinaikos and Olympiacos. The match was held just in Second Round, in a single match, and overshadowed everything else in the competition. The match became in Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium and was judged in extra time, with Panathinaikos to score 3 times (2 goals with penalty, they lost one more) and to finish with 10 players, and Olympiacos to score 2 goals and to be cancelled one more. Αll these happened in first 12 minutes of rivalry. Both teams had complaints by the referee.

In other matches, PAOK won AEK Athens 6–1 and the qualifications of Panathinaikos, against Iraklis in extra time, while the administration of Panathinaikos had prohibited to entry television cameras in the second leg, and against PAOK in semi-finals with a goal to last minute of the second game.

In the Final, they faced Larissa who qualified for the first time in their history in a Greek Cup Final. Panathinaikos won 1–0,[1] however was not awarded the cup, but a commemorative trophy, since an objection by Olympiacos was pending at their expense, for the affair of outlaw Hellenisation of footballer Juan Ramón Rocha. The handing-over became two months later, after the end of those events.

First legs were played on March 31, 1982. Second legs on April 28.

First legs were played on May 19, 1982. Second legs on June 2.

The 38th Greek Cup Final was played at the Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens.

19 June 1982

Panathinaikos	1 – 0	AE Larissa
Charalambidis  49'

Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 22,560

Referee: Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

Vasilis Konstantinou (c) Ioannis Kyrastas Theofilos Simeoforidis Nikos Kovis Anthimos Kapsis Spiros Livathinos Doru Nicolae Emis Kouropoulos  78' Grigoris Charalambidis  88' Arne Dokken Maik Galakos Substitutes: Pantelis Katsiakos  78' Angelos Anastasiadis  88' Eleftherios Poupakis Manager: Lakis Petropoulos Ştefan Kovács (technical director)

Georgios Plitsis Takis Parafestas (c) Nikos Patsiavouras Giannis Galitsios Nikos Argyroulis Thomas Dramalis  82' Kostas Koutas  82' Giannis Golandas Giannis Valaoras Chistos Andreoudis Kostas Maloumidis Substitutes: Theodoros Voutiritsas  82' Georgios Mitsibonas  82' Theologis Papadopoulos Thanasis Tsitsilis Giannis Gambetas Manager: Antonis Georgiadis

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