The 1975 Greek Cup final was the 31st final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 18 June 1975 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. It was Olympiacos' twentieth Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 50 years of existence and Panathinaikos' twelfth Greek Cup final in their 67-year history. Notably, the FIFA president, João Havelange attended the match and also awarded the trophy to the captain of the winners. As a protest for the decision of the HFF to host the final at Karaiskakis Stadium, home ground of Olympiacos, Panathinaikos used with their reserve team in the match. It was the last time of that era that a foreign referee was appointed in a Cup final.

Venue

This was the eighth Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972 and 1973 finals. (Karaiskakis also hosted the replay match of the 1960 final between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos).

Karaiskakis Stadium was built in 1895 and renovated once in 1964. The stadium is used as a venue for Olympiacos and Ethnikos Piraeus and was used for Greece on various occasions. Its current capacity is 42,000 and hosted a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1971 and the first leg of the Intercontinental Cup final in 1971.

Background Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final nineteen times, winning fifteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1973 (1–0 against PAOK). The last time that had played in a final was in 1974, where they had lost to PAOK by 4–3 on penalties, which came after a 2–2 draw at the end of the extra time.

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final eleven times, winning five of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1969 (They won on a toss of a coin after a 1–1 draw at the end of the extra time against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 1972, where they had lost to PAOK by 2–1.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final five times in the 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968 and 1969 finals.

Route to the final

OlympiacosRoundPanathinaikosOpponentResultOpponentResultAnagennisi Arta7–0 (A)Round of 32PAS Giannina2–0 (H)Panachaiki1–0 (H)Round of 16A.O. Karditsa1–0 (A)Pandramaikos4–1 (H)Quarter-finalsRodos2–0 () (A)PAOK4–0 (H)Semi-finalsIraklis2–1 (A)

Match Details

GK Panagiotis KelesidisDF Giannis GaitatzisDF Giannis KyrastasDF Vasilis Siokos (c)DF Lakis Glezos MF Peter Persidis MF Takis Synetopoulos MF Milton VieraFW Michalis KritikopoulosFW Kostas Davourlis FW Ignacio Peña Substitutes:MF Petros Karavitis FW Julio Losada Manager: Georgios Darivas GK Nikos Vallianos  DF Stelios StefanakisDF Giorgos VlachosDF Dimitris KotsosDF Giorgos GoniosMF Charis Grammos (c)MF Spyros LivathinosMF Kostas VrettosMF Totis FilakourisFW Dimitris SeitaridisFW Kostas VallidisSubstitutes:GK Vasilis Konstantinou    Manager: Vangelis Panakis Assistant referees: Artizio (Italy) Marato (Italy)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 1974–75 Greek Football Cup

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