The 1954 Greek Cup final was the 12th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 23 May 1954 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Doxa Drama. It was Olympiacos' fifth Greek Cup final and fourth consecutive in their 29 years of existence and Doxa Drama's first ever Greek Cup final in their 36-year history.

Venue

This was the eleventh Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 and 1953 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 four times, winning all of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1953, where they had won AEK Athens by 3–2.

Doxa Drama had never competed in a Cup final.

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

Route to the final

OlympiacosRoundDoxa DramaOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legByeFirst roundDoxa Sitargon6–0 (H)Second roundMegas Alexandros Drama5–2 (H)Third roundUnknownFourth roundFifth roundSixth roundSeventh roundFilippi Kavala2–1 (H)Eighth roundElpida Drama7–0 (H)Ninth roundUnknownTenth roundDoxa AlexandroupoliUnknownAtromitos Piraeus2–0 (A)Round of 16PAOK3–2 (H)Asteras Athens4–0 (A)Quarter-finalsAris2–1 (A)Apollon Athens2–11–1 (A)1–0 (H)Semi-finalsIraklis2–0 () (H)

Match Details

GK Kostas KarapatisDF Ilias Rosidis (c)DF Vasilis XanthopoulosDF Babis KotridisDF Thanasis KingleyMF Giannis IoannouMF Dimitrios KokkinakisFW Themis MoustaklisFW Kostas KarpathakisFW Georgios DarivasFW Babis DrososManager: Giannis Chelmis, Vangelis Chelmis GK Pavlos BoitarisDF Giorgos KotridisDF Vasilis SimiliotisDF Thanasis LoukanidisMF ToliosMF PistikosMF Fanis IgnatiouFW KaralazosFW Antonis GeorgiadisFW TokmakidisFW Vasilis IoannouManager: Panos Markovic Assistant referees: Stefanidis Dimosthenis Stathatos (Athens)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level

See also 1953–54 Greek Football Cup

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