The 1980 Greek Cup final was the 36th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 25 May 1980 at Nikos Goumas Stadium. The contesting teams were Iraklis and Kastoria. It was Iraklis' fourth Greek Cup final in their 72 years of existence and Kastoria's first ever Greek Cup final in their 17-year history. Iraklis on their way to the final, faced their local rivals PAOK on the semi-finals. Before the second leg, there was an alleged bribe attempt by Iraklis on the footballer of PAOK, Filotas Pellios. Due to those charges, Iraklis were eventually relegated to the second division, despite the prescribed penalty being the exclusion from next year's Cup. The allegations were later proven false, but the relegation decision was not overturned. With their conquest of the Cup, Kastoria became the first club that was not based in neither Attica or Thessaloniki to win the trophy, while at the same time ensured their only participation in the next season's Cup Winners' Cup.
Venue This was the fifth Greek Cup final held at AEK Stadium, after the 1962, 1967, 1974 and 1976 finals.
AEK Stadium was built in 1930 and it has been renovated in 1979. The stadium is used as a venue for AEK Athens and was used for Greece on various occasions. Its current capacity is 35,000.
Background Iraklis had reached the Greek Cup final three times, winning one of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1976, where they had won Olympiacos by 6–5 on penalties, which came after a 4–4 draw at the end of the extra time.
Kastoria had never competed in a Cup final.
The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.
Route to the final
IraklisRoundKastoriaOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legVeria7–0 (H)First roundEthnikos Piraeus1–0 (A)Niki Volos5–0 (A)Second roundKavala2–0 (H)Almopos Aridea2–1 (A)Round of 16Olympiakos Loutraki5–1 (A)Panarkadikos1–01–0 (H)0–0 (A)Quarter-finalsAEL2–11–0 (H)1–1 (A)PAOK2–11–0 (A)1–1 (H)Semi-finalsMakedonikos4–12–0 (H)2–1 (A)
Match Details
GK 1 Tasos PapadopoulosDF 2 Vasilis VoulgarisDF 4 Giannis Mavrodoulakis DF 5 Georgios Michailidis DF 3 Henryk WawrowskiMF 6 Charalampos XanthopoulosMF 10 Tasos KafkenarisMF 8 Ilias Chatzieleftheriou MF 7 Nikos KalabakasMF 11 Vasilis HatzipanagisFW 9 Lakis PapaioannouSubstitutes:MF 14 Vangelis Tsirikas FW 16 Ilias Alexiadis Manager: Kostas Karapatis GK 1 Nikos Sarganis DF 2 Lazaros AlexiadisDF 3 Giannis SiapanidisDF 6 Georgios Paraschos (c)DF 5 Lakis SimeoforidisMF 4 Antonis KopanosMF 10 Grigoris PapavasiliouMF 8 Argyris PapavasiliouFW 7 Giannis Dintsikos FW 9 Andreas VoitsidisFW 11 Dimitris TsironisSubstitutes:GK 15 Thanasis Ermidis FW Georgios Chounouzidis Manager: Savvas Vasiliadis Assistant referees: Kostas Dedes (Messinia) Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki)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 1979–80 Greek Football Cup
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