The 1971 Greek Cup final was the 27th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 9 June 1971 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and PAOK. It was Olympiacos' seventeenth Greek Cup final in their 46 years of existence and PAOK's fifth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 45-year history.

Venue

This was the fifth Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1965 and 1969 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 will host the first leg of the 1971 Intercontinental Cup final.

Background Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final sixteen times, winning thirteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1968 (1–0 against Panathinaikos). The last time that had played in a final was in 1969, where they had lost to Panathinaikos on a toss of a coin after a 1–1 draw at the end of the extra time.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final four times. The last time that they played in a final was in 1970, where they had lost to Aris by 1–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1951 final.

Route to the final

OlympiacosRoundPAOKOpponentResultOpponentResultPandramaikos2–1 (A)Round of 32Kallithea2–0 (A)Chalkida4–0 (H)Round of 16Trikala6–1 (H)Atromitos4–1 (A)Quarter-finalsPanathinaikos3–2 (H)Iraklis2–1 (A)Semi-finalsAEK Athens3–2 (H)

Match Details

GK Michalis MylonasDF Giannis Gaitatzis (c)DF Thanasis AngelisDF Vasilis SiokosDF Kyriakos KoureasMF Soulis PappasMF Petros Karavitis MF Takis SynetopoulosFW Nikos GioutsosFW Pamboullis PapadopoulosFW Georgios DelikarisSubstitutes:MF Miltos Koumarias  Manager: Georgios Darivas GK Savvas ChatzioannouDF Giannis GounarisDF Pavlos PapadopoulosDF Giannis ChatziantoniouDF Aristarchos FountoukidisMF Christos Terzanidis MF Giannis Matzourakis MF Stavros SarafisMF Giorgos Koudas (c) FW Dimitris ParidisFW Achilleas AslanidisSubstitutes:DF Michalis Bellis FW Dimitris Stavridis Manager: Les Shannon Assistant referees: Timoleon Latsios (Larissa) Christos Kougias (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 1970–71 Greek Football Cup

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