1999 Nova Supersports Cup

The 1999 Nova Supersports Cup was an association football friendly tournament competition hosted by Greek premium sports network Nova Sports in 1999, held in Athens.[1]

1999 Nova Supersports Cup
Tournament details
Host countryGreece
Dates31 July to 1 August
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions AEK Athens (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored15 (3.75 per match)
Attendance33.000 (8 per match)
Top scorer(s) Demis Nikolaidis
Dragan Ćirić
Theodoros Zagorakis
(2 goals)

The tournament occurred from 31 July to 1 August 1999, contested by English Premier League club Leicester City, Hertha Berlin from the Bundesliga, Iraklis from the Alpha Ethniki and AEK Athens from the Alpha Ethniki, who eventually won the tournament.[2][3][4]

Teams

The teams who accepted the invitations are:

Venue
Main article: Nikos Goumas Stadium

All the games were played at the Nikos Goumas Stadium a 27,729 seat multi-use venue, home ground of hosts AEK Athens. The ground has been demolished in June 2003.

Games

Semi-finals
Iraklis 0–1 Hertha Berlin
Rekdal  30' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Georgios Douros
AEK Athens 3–2 Leicester City
Ćirić  18'
Savevski  25'
Maladenis  44'		 Report Zagorakis  6' (pen.),  58'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Georgios Psichomanis

Consolation final
Iraklis 0–3 Leicester City
Report Walsh  16'
Heskey  18'
Elliott  26'
Attendance: ?
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis

Final
AEK Athens 4–2 Hertha Berlin
Bjeković  44'
Nikolaidis  51',  66'
Ćirić  64' (pen.)		 Report Tretschok  15'
Neuendorf  50'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Georgios Fasolis

Results
Year Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place 4th place
1999 NGS, Athens AEK Athens Hertha Berlin Leicester City Iraklis

Scorers
Name Club Goals
Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens 2
Dragan Ćirić AEK Athens 2
Theodoros Zagorakis Leicester City 2
Toni Savevski AEK Athens 1
Christos Maladenis AEK Athens 1
Nenad Bjeković AEK Athens 1
Andreas Neuendorf Hertha Berlin 1
René Tretschok Hertha Berlin 1
Steve Walsh Leicester City 1
Matt Elliott Leicester City 1
Emile Heskey Leicester City 1
Kjetil Rekdal Hertha Berlin 1
Nova Supersports Cup
1999 Winners
AEK Athens
First Title

References
  1. Πάρης Αρωνιάδης. "H AEK κέρδισε τη Λέστερ του Ζαγοράκη (vid)". aek-live.gr (in Greek). Online. Archived from the original on 31 July 1999. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  2. Πάτροκλος Πανανίδης. "Τρεις εκτελεστές". tanea.gr (in Greek). Online. Archived from the original on 2 August 1999. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. Ηλίας Αναστασιάδης. "ΑΕΚ-ΑΪΚ, 11/8/1999: Η κατάρα του 0-0". contra.gr (in Greek). Online. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. "AEK-Λέστερ: Από τον Χέσκεϊ στον Βάρντι". stoiximan.gr (in Greek). Online. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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