The 1991 Greek Cup final was the 47th final of the Greek Cup. For the first time in the history of the institution, HFF decided in the establishment of a two-legged final, according to the model of Coppa Italia. The contesting teams were Athinaikos and Panathinaikos. It was Athinaikos' first ever Greek Cup final in their 74 years of existence and Panathinaikos' nineteenth Greek Cup final in their 83-year history. The first match took place on 15 May 1991 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium and the second match took place on 22 May 1991 at the Olympic Stadium. Athinaikos selected as their home ground for the final Leoforos Alexandras Stadium that was the original home ground of Panathinaikos, but was vacant at the time, instead their own that was Vyronas Municipal Stadium. Since Panathinaikos won the trophy and achieved the double, Athinaikos participated in the next season's European Cup Winners' Cup, for the first and only time in their history as the runners-up. The goalkeeper of Athinaikos, Nikos Sarganis competed in a Cup final with his fourth club, after Kastoria, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. The second leg of the final was the last match for the referee, Meletis Voutsaras.
Background Athinaikos had never competed in a Cup final.
Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final eighteen times, winning eleven of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1989, where they had won against Panionios by 3–1.
The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.
Route to the final
AthinaikosRoundPanathinaikosOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultPanargiakosUnknownMatchday 1Apollon KalamariasUnknownKastoriaUnknownMatchday 2DiagorasUnknownAnagennisi GiannitsaUnknownMatchday 3Aris NikaiaUnknownAtromitosUnknownMatchday 4PaniliakosUnknownGroup 5 winners TeamPts Athinaikos8 Panargiakos6 Kastoria3 Anagennisi Giannitsa2 Atromitos1Final standingsGroup 1 winners TeamPts Panathinaikos7 Apollon Kalamarias5 Diagoras5 Aris Nikaia2 Paniliakos1OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legAris5–22–1 (H)3–1 (A)Round of 32Proodeftiki7–12–1 (A)5–0 (H)Anagennisi Karditsa5–13–0 (H)2–1 (A)Round of 16Levadiakos2–12–1 (H)0–0 (A)Doxa Drama3–02–0 (H)1–0 (A)Quarter-finalsIonikos6–13–0 (A)3–1 (H)Panionios4–33–0 (H)1–3 (A)Semi-finalsPAOK2–12–0 (H)0–1 (A)
Match First leg
GK Nikos SarganisDF Theodoros BoutzoukasDF Giorgos BasagiannisDF Tasos ChatziangelisDF Kostas TheodorakosMF Giannis Chatziraptis MF Giorgos ZotalisMF Vasilios TzalakostasMF Hristo Kolev FW Kostas TsavaliasFW Vangelis SpiliotisSubstitutes:MF Giorgos Anastasiou FW Mirosław Bąk Manager: Gerd Prokop GK Józef WandzikDF Stratos ApostolakisDF Giannis KalitzakisDF Nikos KourbanasMF Spyros MarangosMF Louis ChristodoulouMF Kostas Antoniou (c)MF Paris Georgakopoulos MF Kostas Frantzeskos MF Chris KalantzisFW Krzysztof WarzychaSubstitutes:DF Giorgos Kalpakis MF Vangelis Vlachos Manager: Vasilios Daniil Assistant referees: Naoum Mintiouris (Serres) Sotiris Vorgias (Athens)Match rules 90 minutes Five named substitutes Maximum of two substitutions.
Second leg
GK Józef WandzikDF Stratos ApostolakisDF Giannis KalitzakisDF Nikos KourbanasDF Lysandros GeorgamlisMF Spyros Marangos MF Vangelis Vlachos MF Louis ChristodoulouMF Kostas Antoniou (c)MF Chris KalantzisFW Krzysztof WarzychaSubstitutes:MF Kostas Frantzeskos FW Dimitris Saravakos Manager: Vasilios Daniil GK Theodoros KantasDF Giorgos BasagiannisDF Giannis Tapratzis DF Tasos ChatziangelisDF Vangelis SpiliotisMF Kostas TheodorakosMF Giannis ChatziraptisMF Apostolos VryniosFW Christos DimopoulosFW Giorgos Zotalis FW Kostas TsavaliasSubstitutes:MF Giorgos Anastasiou FW Mirosław Bąk Manager: Gerd Prokop Assistant referees: Alexandros Naziris (Thessaloniki) Ilias Doutsias (Piraeus)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of two substitutions
See also 1990–91 Greek Football Cup
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