The 1999 Greek Cup final was the 55th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 5 May 1999 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and Olympiacos. It was Panathinaikos' twenty fifth Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 91 years of existence and Olympiacos' twenty-eighth Greek Cup final in their 74-year history. With their victory Olympiacos won the double after 18 years, while Panathinaikos became the first team to lose in a Greek Cup final three times in a row.
Venue
This was the thirteenth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 finals.
The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and Greece and was used for AEK Athens on various occasions. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted two European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals in 1983 and 1994, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987 and the 1991 Mediterranean Games.
Background Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty four times, winning fifteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1995 (1–0 against AEK Athens). The last time that they had played in a final was in 1998, where they had lost to Panionios by 1–0.
Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty six times, winning nineteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1992 (3–1 against PAOK). The last time that they had played in a final was in 1993, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 1–0.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final nine times in the 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1986, 1988 and 1993 finals.
Route to the final
PanathinaikosRoundOlympiacosOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legPanionios 2–1 (A)First roundEgaleo 4–2 (H)Panelefsiniakos 2–1 (H)Second roundAris 3–1 (A)Paniliakos 2–0 (A)Round of 16Ionikos 7–4 (A)Panserraikos5–03–0 (A)2–0 (H)Quarter-finalsSkoda Xanthi3–23–1 (H)0–1 (A)Athinaikos8–36–1 (H)2–2 (A)Semi-finalsIraklis5–14–0 (H)1–1 (A)
Match Details
GK 20 Antonis NikopolidisRB 18 Kostas KonstantinidisCB 8 Giannis GoumasCB 14 Leonidas VokolosLB 15 Angelos BasinasDM 12 Erik Mykland CM 7 Aljoša Asanović RM 26 Giorgos KaragounisLM 11 Andreas Lagonikakis SS 21 Nikos Liberopoulos CF 9 Krzysztof Warzycha (c)Substitutes:GK 25 Stefanos Kotsolis DF 2 Stratos Apostolakis DF 5 Vladan Milojević MF 23 Kostas Kiassos MF 19 Bledar Kola FW 10 Alexis Alexoudis FW 13 Igor SypniewskiManager: Juan Ramón Rocha GK 31 Dimitrios EleftheropoulosRB 5 Georgios Amanatidis CB 3 Kyriakos Karataidis (c)CB 32 Georgios AnatolakisLB 14 Dimitrios MavrogenidisDM 6 Ilias PoursanidisCM 18 Vassilis Karapialis RM 11 Predrag ĐorđevićLM 21 Grigoris GeorgatosCF 9 Siniša Gogić CF 30 Alexis Alexandris Substitutes:GK 1 Kyriakos TochouroglouDF 19 Savvas PoursaitidisDF 25 Paraskevas Antzas MF 4 Andreas Niniadis MF 15 Petros PassalisMF 8 Luciano de SouzaFW 24 Peter Ofori-Quaye Manager: Dušan Bajević Assistant referees: Panagiotis Milionis (Arcadia) Panagiotis Nikolaidis (Thessaloniki) Fourth official: Giorgos Tsagarakis (Chania)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions
See also 1998–99 Greek Football Cup
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