The 1969 Greek Cup final was the 25th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 9 July 1969 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and Olympiacos for a second time in a row. It was Panathinaikos' tenth Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 61 years of existence and Olympiacos' sixteenth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 44-year history. It was the only Cup final to be judged on coin toss, as at the center of the pitch with the presence of the referees and the captains of both teams, Mimis Domazos, captain of Panathinaikos chose correctly and his team was awarded the trophy. By winning the Cup, Panathinaikos also achieved the first domestic double in their history. It was the last time a coin toss was used to determine the winner, as from the following year the procedure of penalties was established.

Venue

This was the fourth Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, and 1965 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.

Background Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final nine times, winning four of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1967 (1–0 against Panionios). The last time that had played in a final was in 1968, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 1–0.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final fifteen times, winning thirteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1968, where they won Panathinaikos by 1–0.

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

Route to the final

PanathinaikosRoundOlympiacosOpponentResultOpponentResultAsteras Zografou3–0 (H)Round of 32Fostiras4–1 (H)Panelefsiniakos4–2 (H)Round of 16Iraklis3–2 (A)Panachaiki5–1 (H)Quarter-finalsOFI4–1 (H)Panionios1–0 (H)Semi-finalsEthnikos Piraeus4–3 (H)

Match Details

Panathinaikos won on a toss of a coin.

GK Takis IkonomopoulosDF Victor Mitropoulos DF Aristidis KamarasDF Frangiskos SourpisDF Kostas AthanasopoulosDF Mitsos DimitriouMF Kostas EleftherakisMF Giorgos Rokidis MF Mimis Domazos (c)FW Charis Grammos FW Totis FilakourisSubstitutes:DF Giorgos Gonios FW Giannis Frantzis Manager: Lakis Petropoulos GK Vangelis Liadelis DF Giannis GaitatzisDF Christos ZanteroglouDF Orestis PavlidisMF Nikos SiderisMF Giorgos Stolingas MF Pavlos VasiliouMF Miltos KoumariasFW Grigoris AganyanFW Giorgos Sideris (c)FW Vasilios Botinos Substitutes:GK Takis Xarchakos MF Panagiotis Michas Manager: Thanasis Bebis Assistant referees: Giorgos Abatzoglou (Athens) Nikos Fakis (Athens)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Coin toss if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of two substitutions

See also 1968–69 Greek Football Cup

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