The 1987 Greek Cup final was the 43rd final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 21 June 1987 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Iraklis and OFI. It was Iraklis' fifth Greek Cup final in their 79 years of existence and OFI's first ever Greek Cup final in their 62-year history. Myron Sifakis the third-choice at the time goalkeeper of OFI emerged as the hero of his team, saving two penalties during the penalty shoot-out.

Venue

This was the fifth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos, Olympiacos, AEK Athens and Greece. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted a European Cup final in 1983 and a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987.

Background Iraklis had reached the Greek Cup final four times, winning one of them. The last time that they won the Cup was in 1976 (6–5 on penalties, which came after a 4–4 draw at the end of the extra time against Olympiacos). The last time that they played in a final was in 1980, where they had lost to Kastoria by 5–2.

OFI had never competed in a Cup final.

The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.

Route to the final

IraklisRoundOFIOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKavala1–1 (A)First roundThiva2–0 (H)ByeAdditional roundByePolykastro4–03–0 (H)1–0 (A)Round of 32Edessaikos4–23–0 (H)1–2 (A)Kozani9–25–0 (H)4–2 (A)Round of 16Apollon Athens4–14–0 (H)0–1 (A)AEL2–11–1 (A)1–0 (H)Quarter-finalsKallithea6–02–0 (A)4–0 (H)Panathinaikos3–20–0 (H)3–2 (A)Semi-finalsDiagoras5–12–0 (A)3–1 (H)

Match Details

GK Blanko GeorgievDF Tasos LefkopoulosDF Christos ZifkasDF Pagonis VakalopoulosDF Kostas IliadisMF Savvas Kofidis (c)MF Daniil PapadopoulosMF Sakis AnastasiadisMF Giorgos Karaiskos  MF Vasilis Hatzipanagis  FW Tom SundbySubstitutes:GK Fotis GizelisDF Giorgos Papadopoulos  FW Kostas MaloumidisFW Fanis ToutziarisFW Dimitris Adamou  Manager: Christos Archontidis GK Myron SifakisDF Nikos GoulisDF Christos VasiliouDF Grigoris TsinosDF Giannis Michalitsos DF Alejandro HisisMF Takis Persias (c)MF Grigoris PapavasiliouMF Nikos Nioplias FW Giannis SamarasFW Grigoris CharalampidisSubstitutes:GK Vangelis ChosadasDF Nikos TsimposMF Miltos Andreanidis FW Georgios VlastosFW Christos Kariotis Manager: Eugène Gerards Assistant referees: Dimitris Daoulas (Aetoloacarnania) Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)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 1986–87 Greek Football Cup

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