1989–90 Greek Football Cup

The 1989–90 Greek Football Cup was the 48th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Football Cup.

1989–90 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams76
Defending championsPanathinaikos
ChampionsOlympiacos (18th title)
Runners-upOFI
Top goal scorer(s)Dimitris Saravakos (8)
Lajos Detari (8)

Tournament details

Totally 76 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 40 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final.

It was a very interesting competition, that was characterized by undecided confrontations and enough surprises, from which the mainer was the elimination of AEK Athens by neophyte in Alpha Ethniki Ionikos, in Second Round. At the same time, PAOK eliminated Sparta on penalty shootout. PAOK's goalkeeper, Gkitsioudis, warded off all 4 shots of rival players). Iraklis eliminated Ilisiakos after extra time, with away goals rule.

In the Third Round, PAOK was eliminated on penalties by Olympiacos, after two eventful matches, while in quarter-finals there were impressive qualifications of both Panathinaikos, against Iraklis (6–1 at first leg), and OFI, against Athinaikos, that reversed 5–0 the first leg's 0–3. In two very interesting semi-finals, Olympiacos eliminated Panathinaikos after extra time, while OFI qualified against Apollon Athens with a goal in last minutes of the second leg.

In Final, Olympiacos overcame 4–2[1] OFI and won the Cup after 9 years. For the Cretan team, it was the second and last time until present that they achieved to qualify for a Greek Cup Final. First scorers of the season were Lajos Détári and Dimitris Saravakos, with 8 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
Panachaiki4–2Ethnikos Piraeus2–02–2
Panionios5–1Niki Volos3–02–1
Neoi Epivates3–4Charavgiakos2–41–0
Veria0–1Apollon Athens0–10–0
Proodeftiki1–3Olympiacos1–10–2
Levadiakos2–3Olympiacos Volos2–20–1
Panetolikos2–3Pierikos1–11–2
Panargiakos3–4Athinaikos1–22–2
PAOK (2–0 p.)1–1Sparti1–00–1
Aris5–1Edessaikos3–02–1
Ionikos2–0AEK Athens2–00–0
Apollon Kalamaria6–1Egaleo3–03–1
Panserraikos3–9OFI2–31–6
Panathinaikos4–1EAR3–01–1
Iraklis (a.g.)1–1Ilisiakos0–01–1 (a.e.t.)
Larissa6–4Kerkyra3–13–3

Third round
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
OFI2–1Aris1–11–0
Athinaikos2–1Panionios2–00–1
Charavgiakos2–3Apollon Athens2–10–2
PAOK1–1Olympiacos (5–3 p.)1–00–1
Panathinaikos7–3Pierikos4–23–1
Apollon Kalamaria1–3Iraklis1–10–2
Olympiacos Volos5–1Panachaiki3–02–1
Ionikos1–1Larissa (9–8 p.)1–00–1

Quarter-finals

First legs were played on February 14, 1990, and second legs on March 7.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Apollon Athens (a.g.)3–3Larissa1–12–2
Olympiacos6–2Olympiacos Volos5–01–2
Athinaikos3–5OFI3–00–5
Panathinaikos6–4Iraklis6–10–3

Semi-finals

First legs were played on March 23, 1990, while second legs on April 4.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
OFI1–0Apollon Athens0–01–0
Olympiacos5–4Panathinaikos2–13–3 (a.e.t.)

Final

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

Olympiacos4 – 2OFI
Tsalouchidis  12'  69'
Détári  29' (pen.)  89'		 Vlastos  48'
Tsimbos  53'
Attendance: 47,627
Referee: Stavros Zakestidis (Thessaloniki)
Ilias Talikriadis
Stratos Apostolakis
Kyriakos Karataidis
Theodoros Pahatouridis
Alexis Alexiou
Yiotis Tsalouchidis
Sotiris Mavrommatis  76'
Savvas Kofidis  91'
Nikos Anastopoulos
Lajos Détári
Tasos Mitropoulos (c)
Substitutes:
Nikos Tsiantakis  76'
Apostolos Drakopoulos  91'
Manager:
Imre Komora
Kostas Chaniotakis
Stefanos Vavoulas
Nikos Goulis  81'
Manolis Patemtzis
Miltos Andreanidis
Alejandro Hisis
Nikos Tsimbos
Jaime Vera
Giorgos Vlastos  83'
Nikos Nioplias (c)
Dimosthenis Kavouras
Substitutes:
Grigoris Tsinos  81'
Kostas Batsinilas  83'
Manager:
Eugène Gerards

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Kannos
    • Filippidis

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
  1. "Ολυμπιακός-ΟΦΗ 4-2". oficrete.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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