The 1958 Greek Cup final was the 16th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 30 July 1958 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Doxa Drama. It was Olympiacos' eighth Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 33 years of existence and Doxa Drama's second Greek Cup final in their 40-year history.
Venue
This was the second Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957 final.
Karaiskakis Stadium was built in 1895. 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 Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final seven times, winning six of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1957, where they won Iraklis by 2–0.
Doxa Drama had reached the Greek Cup final one time in 1954, where they lost to Olympiacos by 2–0.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1954 final.
Route to the final
OlympiacosRoundDoxa DramaOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOlympiacos Chalkida9–0 (H)Round of 32AE Kavala2–0 (A)OFI2–0 (A)Round of 16Apollon Kalamarias1–0 (H)AEK Athens2–1 (H)Quarter-finalsFostiras3–1 (H)Panathinaikos3–0 (H)Semi-finalsIraklis2–11–1 (A)1–0 (H)
Match Details
GK Savvas TheodoridisDF Nikos KambolisDF Thanasis KingleyDF Dimitrios StefanakosMF Filippos TsantakisMF Babis Kotridis (c)MF Sotiris GavezosFW Elias YfantisFW Kostas PolychroniouFW Thanasis BebisFW Stelios Psychos Manager: Tibor Kemény GK SamlidisDF Giorgos KotridisDF Fanis Ignatiou (c)DF Vasilis SimiliotisMF PistikosMF Takis LoukanidisMF Pavlos GrigoriadisFW Alekos NalbantisFW Antonis GeorgiadisFW Thanasis LoukanidisFW ChatzimichailManager: Nikos Pangalos Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level
See also 1957–58 Greek Football Cup
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