The 1961 Greek Cup final was the 19th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 2 July 1961 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Panionios. It was Olympiacos' eleventh Greek Cup final and sixth consecutive in their 36 years of existence and Panionios' second Greek Cup final in their 71-year history. With the conquest of the Cup, Olympiacos became the only team to win the trophy five times in a row.

Venue

This was the sixteenth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959 and 1960 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris, the replay match of the 1949 final between AEK Athens and Panathinaikos and the replay match of the 1952 final between Olympiacos and Panionios).

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium was built in 1922. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and Greece. Its current capacity is 30,000.

Background Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final ten times, winning nine of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1960, where they won Panathinaikos by 3–0 in a replay match, after the 1–1 of the initial match.

Panionios had reached the Greek Cup final one time in 1952, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 2–0 in a replay match, after the 2–2 of the initial match.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1952 final.

Route to the final

OlympiacosRoundPanioniosOpponentResultOpponentResultPanachaiki4–2 (H)Round of 32Atlantida Chania2–0 (A)Aris3–2 (H)Round of 16Iraklis Kavala3–0 (H)Apollon Athens2–1 (A)Quarter-finalsPanathinaikos2–1 (H)Doxa Drama3–0 (H)Semi-finalsIraklis1–0 (H)

Match Details

GK Stathis TsanaktsisDF Ilias Rosidis (c)DF Dimitrios StefanakosDF Giangos SimantirisMF Kostas PolychroniouMF Takis SpetserisFW Sotiris GavezosFW Kostas PapazoglouFW Tasos SourounisFW Giorgos SiderisFW Antonis PoseidonManager: Kiril Simonovski GK Stelios SochosDF Grigoris KapsisDF Takis PapoulidisDF Thanasis ChristouMF Stathis MavridisMF Georgios GiannakopoulosFW Stathis Chaitas (c)FW Achileas AthanasoulasFW Thanasis SaravakosFW Giannis GiannakopoulosFW Adam ChronopoulosManager: Ioannis Skordilis Assistant referees: Anosia (Italy) Tomenico (Italy)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level

See also 1960–61 Greek Football Cup

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