The 1984 Greek Cup final was the 40th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 6 June 1984 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and AEL. It was Panathinaikos' fifteenth Greek Cup final in their 76 years of existence and AEL's second Greek Cup final in their 20-year history. With a record attendance of 73,829 spectators, Panathinaikos won the Cup and achieved the domestic double, biding their farewell to their captain, Anthimos Kapsis, with the best possible way.

Venue

This was the second Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983 final.

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

Background Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final fourteen times, winning seven of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1982, where they had won against AEL by 1–0.

AEL had reached the Greek Cup final one time, in 1982, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 1–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1982 final.

Route to the final

PanathinaikosRoundAELOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legAlmopos Aridea5–0 (H)First roundKozani2–0 (H)Thiva2–0 (H)Additional roundByePaniliakos6–05–0 (A)1–0 (H)Round of 32Achaiki10–110–0 (H)0–1 (A)Kallithea1–01–0 (A)0–0 (H)Round of 16AEK Athens2–11–0 (A)1–1 (H)Ethnikos Piraeus4–02–0 (A)2–0 (H)Quarter-finalsKavala3–03–0 (A)0–0 (H)Egaleo7–03–0 (A)4–0 (H)Semi-finalsIraklis1–01–0 (H)0–0 (A)

Match Details

GK Tomas LafchisDF Konstantinos TarasisDF Nikos KarouliasDF Anthimos Kapsis (c)DF Kostas MavridisMF Giannis KyrastasMF Grigoris PapavasileiouMF Kostas AntoniouMF Juan Ramón RochaFW Thanasis Dimopoulos FW Grigoris Charalampidis Substitutes:MF Michalis Gerothodoros MF Kostas Tassopoulos Manager: Jacek Gmoch GK Georgios PlitsisDF Takis Parafestas (c)DF Nikos PatsiavourasDF Giannis GalitsiosDF Georgios MitsibonasMF Theodoros VoutiritsasMF Lazaros Kyrilidis MF Christos AndreoudisFW Kazimierz Kmiecik FW Kostas MaloumidisFW Michalis ZiogasSubstitutes:MF Sakis Tsiolis MF Giannis Gampetas Manager: Walter Skocik Assistant referees: Christos Kolokythas (Athens) Stelios Landrakis (Athens)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 1983–84 Greek Football Cup

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