The 1983 Greek Cup final was the 39th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 29 June 1983 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and PAOK. It was AEK Athens' twelfth Greek Cup final in their 59 years of existence and PAOK's twelfth Greek Cup final in their 57-year history. The match was marked by terrible incidents, caused by PAOK fans before, during and after the match causing a lot of damage on and off the stadium. The director of the stadium, Vangelis Savramis, tried to cancel the match, something that was not possible and at the board was written that PAOK is charged with ₯100,000,000. The General Secretary of Sports, Kimonas Koulouris asked for the income to be blocked in order to cover the damages, which reached ₯5,000,000, while he stated that the stadium would never be given for any Greek club.
Venue
This was the first Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium.
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 AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final eleven times, winning six of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1978 (2–0 against PAOK). The last time that had played in a final was in 1979, where they had lost to Panionios by 3–1.
PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final eleven times, winning two of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1974 (4–3 on penalties, which came after a 2–2 draw at the end of the extra time against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 1981, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 3–1.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1939 and 1978 finals.
Route to the final
AEK AthensRoundPAOKOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKilkisiakos2–1 (A)First roundAnagennisi Karditsa7–0 (H)ByeAdditional roundAlmopos Aridea3–0 (A)Panserraikos4–2 (H)Round of 32Vyzas Megara3–1 (A)Irodotos9–13–1 (H)6–0 (A)Round of 16Ethnikos Alexandroupoli6–02–0 (A)4–0 (H)Olympiacos3–12–1 (H)1–0 (A)Quarter-finalsPanargiakos3–01–0 (A)2–0 () (H)Iraklis3–3 (a)1–3 (A)2–0 (H)Semi-finalsRodos3–02–0 (H)1–0 (A)
Match Details
GK 1 Christos ArvanitisRB 2 Lysandros Georgamlis CB 5 Takis Karagiozopoulos CB 4 Stelios ManolasLB 3 Vangelis ParaprastanitisDM 7 Dinos Ballis CM 6 Christos ArdizoglouCM 10 Vangelis Vlachos (c)RW 9 Manolis KottisLW 8 Giannis Dintsikos CF 11 Thomas MavrosSubstitutes:DF 16 Michalis Tzirakis DF Stavros LetsasFW 14 Mojaš Radonjić Manager: Helmut Senekowitsch GK 1 Mladen FurtulaRB 2 Georgios SkartadosCB 3 Nikos AlavantasCB 5 Thomas SingasLB 4 Giannis Psarras DM 6 Ioannis Damanakis CM 7 Holger TrimholdCM 10 Giorgos Koudas (c)RW 8 Neto GuerinoLW 11 Georgios KostikosCF 9 Christos DimopoulosSubstitutes: MF 13 Stathis Triantafyllidis Manager: Heinz Höher Assistant referees: Makis Germanakos (Athens) Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)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 1982–83 Greek Football Cup
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