1988–89 Greek Football Cup

The 1988–89 Greek Football Cup was the 47th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Football Cup.

1988–89 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams52
Defending championsPanathinaikos
ChampionsPanathinaikos (11th title)
Runners-upPanionios
Top goal scorer(s)Dimitris Saravakos (7)

Tournament details

Totally 52 teams participated, 16 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 18 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final.

This season, for first time was established qualifying groups in the First Round, with Alpha Ethniki teams to be placed in the first pot. The groups would be supplemented by teams of lower divisions and the qualification would be gained by the two winners of each group. The inspiration for this process was taken by Coppa Italia and its main objective was the teams to play certain official matches before the beginning of European championships and Cups.

With various forms, the initial round of groups took place globally in 11 editions, until 2001-02 season. The unique Alpha Ethniki team that was eliminated this year by the round was Doxa Drama.

Afterwards, the competition was marked by eventful matches and false note, initially in Second Round and afterwards the elimination of Olympiacos by OFI and AEK Athens by Levadiakos, but mainly in the quarter-finals, when OFI were eliminated by Larissa, while after the end of second match there were clashes in the ground by footballers of both teams. Riots of lower intensity became after the end of match between Panionios and PAOK, in the same round.

Final was contested by Panathinaikos and Panionios. The two clubs were met again in a Greek Cup Final after 32 years. Panathinaikos, after First Round of groups, eliminated Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos, Panachaiki, PAS Giannina and Ethnikos Piraeus, while Panionios Sparti, Aris, PAOK and Larissa. The Greens repeated the success of 1967, overcoming this time 3–1.[1] For a second consecutive year, Dimitris Saravakos was the first scorer of the competition, with 7 goals.

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.

Second round
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
OFI3–1Olympiacos2–01–1
Levadiakos3–2AEK Athens3–10–1
Panathinaikos5–2Olympiacos Volos3–12–1
Ethnikos Piraeus5–3Apollon Kalamaria4–21–1
Apollon Athens (a.g.)2–2Korinthos1–01–2
Larissa5–0Niki Volos4–01–0
PAOK6–1Naoussa3–03–1
Proodeftiki1–3Iraklis0–11–2
Xanthi1–1Aris (a.g.)1–10–0
Diagoras2–1Panarkadikos1–01–1
Panachaiki8–4EAR6–22–2
Panserraikos2–4PAS Giannina1–11–3
Achilleas Farsala2–6Kozani0–32–3
Irodotos2–1Kastoria1–01–1
Anagennisi Arta0–1Kalamata0–00–1
Panionios4–1Sparti4–00–1

Third round
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Irodotos2–4OFI0–12–3
Diagoras2–2Ethnikos Piraeus (a.g.)2–10–1
Larissa2–0Apollon Athens2–00–0
Panionios3–2Aris3–00–2
Panachaiki3–9Panathinaikos2–11–8
PAOK4–2Levadiakos2–22–0
Kozani2–7Iraklis1–21–5
PAS Giannina1–0Kalamata1–00–0

Quarter-finals

First legs were played on February 1, 1989. Second legs were played on 15th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Larissa3–2OFI2–11–1
Ethnikos Piraeus (a.g.)2–2Iraklis0–02–2
PAOK2–3Panionios2–00–3 (a.e.t.)
PAS Giannina1–3Panathinaikos0–31–0

Semi-finals

First legs were played on March 22, 1989, and second on April 12.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panathinaikos4–0Ethnikos Piraeus2–02–0
Panionios2–0Larissa2–00–0

Final

The 45th Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

Panathinaikos3 – 1Panionios
Mavridis  8'
Dimopoulos  44' (pen.)
Saravakos  46'		 Zakkas  35'
Attendance: 54,183
Referee: Alekos Naziris (Thessaloniki)
GK 1 Nikos Sarganis
DF 2 Iakovos Chatziathanasiou
FW 3 Ioannis Samaras
DF 4 Chris Kalantzis
DF 5 Giannis Kalitzakis
DF 6 Kostas Mavridis (c)
MF 7 Dimitris Saravakos
MF 8 Kostas Antoniou
FW 9 Christos Dimopoulos 78'
MF10 Paris Georgakopoulos 71'
MF11 Lysandros Georgamlis
Substitutes:
DF12 Nikos Kourbanas 78'
FW13 Claus Nielsen
MF14 Juan Ramon Rocha 71'
GK15 Giorgos Abadiotakis
MF16 József Fitos
Manager:
Gunder Bengtsson
GK 1 Theologis Papadopoulos
DF 2 Makis Chatzimoisiadis
DF 3 Giannis Papoulidis
DF 4 Christos Koutropoulos (c)
DF 5 Giorgos Toyias
MF 6 Thanasis Kanaras 51'
MF 7 Petros Michos
MF 8 Stelios Aposporis 70'
FW 9 Theodoros Zakkas
MF10 Spiros Marangos
FW11 Thomas Mavros
Substitutes:
MF12 Vassilis Vasilakos 51'
FW13 Luigjm Bersemi 70'
DF14 Giorgos Kapouranis
GK15 Antonis Manikas
MF16 Charis Kopitsis
Manager:
Bo Johansson

MATCH OFFICIALS

MATCH RULES

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

References
  1. "Παναθηναϊκός-Πανιώνιος 3-1". leoforos.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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