The 1972 Greek Cup final was the 28th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 5 July 1972 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were PAOK and Panathinaikos. It was PAOK's sixth Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 46 years of existence and Panathinaikos' eleventh Greek Cup final in their 64-year history. PAOK won the first title in their history and at the same time they deprived their opponent of the domestic double.

Venue

This was the sixth Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1965, 1969 and 1971 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 PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final five times. The last time that they played in a final was in 1971, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 3–1.

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final ten times, winning five of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1969, where they won Olympiacos on a toss of a coin after a 1–1 draw at the end of the extra time.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1955 final.

Route to the final

PAOKRoundPanathinaikosOpponentResultOpponentResultFoinikas Polichni5–1 (H)First roundOrfeas Egaleo9–1 (H)Pierikos3–1 (H)Second roundXanthi3–0 (H)ByeAdditional roundByeAias Salamina2–0 (H)Round of 16Apollon Athens1–0 (A)Aris 2–1 (A)Quarter-finalsTrikala6–2 (A)Lamia2–0 (H)Semi-finalsPanionios2–0 (H)

Match Details

GK Savvas ChatzioannouDF Giannis GounarisDF Pavlos PapadopoulosDF Konstantinos IosifidisDF Aristarchos FountoukidisMF Christos TerzanidisMF Michalis BellisMF Stavros Sarafis FW Koulis ApostolidisFW Giorgos Koudas (c)FW Achilleas Aslanidis Substitutes:MF Giannis Mantzourakis FW Vasilis Lazos Manager: Les Shannon GK Takis IkonomopoulosDF Nikos Karamanlis DF Giorgos GoniosDF Frangiskos SourpisDF Mitsos DimitriouDF Kostas AthanasopoulosMF Kostas EleftherakisMF Charis GrammosMF Mimis Domazos (c)FW Antonis AntoniadisFW Takis PapadimitriouSubstitutes:DF Giorgos Vlachos  Manager: Ferenc Puskas Assistant referees: Stathis Papavasiliou (Piraeus) Nikos Zlatanos (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 1971–72 Greek Football Cup

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