The 1955 Greek Cup final was the 13th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 12 June 1955 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and PAOK. It was Panathinaikos' fourth Greek Cup final in their 47 years of existence and PAOK's third Greek Cup final in their 29-year history.

Venue

This was the twelfth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954 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 Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final three times, winning two of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1948 (2–1 against AEK Athens). The last time that had played in a final was in 1949, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 2–1 in a replay match, after the 0–0 of the initial match.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final two times. The last time that they played in a final was in 1951, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 4–0.

The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.

Route to the final

PanathinaikosRoundPAOKOpponentResultOpponentResultAsteras Athens1–0 (H)Round of 32Makedonikos2–0 (H)OFI2–1 (A)Round of 16Elpida Drama3–2 (H)Aris1–0 (H)Quarter-finalsPanionios4–2 (A)Apollon Athens2–1 (H)Semi-finalsDoxa Drama1–0 (H)

Match Details

GK Markos ChalarisDF Sotiris AngelopoulosDF Giorgos KourtzidisDF Dimitris KazakosDF Kostas Linoxilakis (c)MF Ioannis NembidisMF Filippos AsimakopoulosFW Giorgos FoteinosFW Giorgos ZiemisFW Lakis Petropoulos FW Vangelis PanakisManager: Svetislav Glišović GK Apostolos ProgiosDF Antonis KemanidisDF Vasilis GeroudisDF Dimitris KalogiannisMF Giorgos ChasiotisMF Christos Doukakis MF Notis TsintoglouFW Vangelis KarafoulidisFW Christoforos YientzisFW Lefteris PapadakisFW Kostas KiourtzisManager: Nikos Pangalos Assistant referees: Sotiropoulos Giannis Daskalakis (Piraeus)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level

See also 1954–55 Greek Football Cup

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