The 1952 Greek Cup final was the 10th final of the Greek Cup. The initial match took place on 1 June 1952 and the replay match took place on 15 June 1952 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Panionios. It was Olympiacos' third Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 27 years of existence and Panionios' first ever Greek Cup final in their 62-year history.

Venue

This was the ninth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1951 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris and the replay match of the 1949 final between AEK Athens and Panathinaikos).

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 two times, winning all of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1951, where they had won PAOK by 2–0.

Panionios had never competed in a Cup final.

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

Route to the final

OlympiacosRoundPanioniosOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legApollon Kalamata7–0 (A)Round of 16Apollon Athens2–1 (A)Pagasatikos Volos3–1 (A)Quarter-finalsEthnikos Piraeus5–42–2 (A)3–2 (H)AEK Athens2–0 (A)Semi-finalsDoxa Drama4–32–2 (A)2–1 (H)

Match Details

GK Stelios KourouklatosDF Ilias RosidisDF Andreas Mouratis (c)MF Vasilis XanthopoulosMF Thanasis BebisMF Babis KotridisFW Giorgos KansosFW Georgios DarivasFW Giorgos KopanidisFW Stelios ChristopoulosFW Babis DrososManager: Giannis Chelmis, Vangelis Chelmis GK Nikos PentzaropoulosDF Nontas KasapoglouDF Giannis KerdemelidisDF Iakovos ZarkadisMF PavlidisMF Vasilis StaikosFW Ioannis SkordilisFW Kostas NestoridisFW Fotis TsoliasFW Nikos ZarkadisFW Kostas SotiriadisManager: Kostas Negrepontis Assistant referees: Giannis Daskalakis (Piraeus) KoskinasMatch rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level

Replay Details

GK Stelios KourouklatosDF Ilias RosidisDF Makis GermenisMF Vasilis XanthopoulosMF Babis KotridisMF Andreas Mouratis (c)FW Giorgos KansosFW Georgios DarivasFW Stelios ChristopoulosFW Thanasis BebisFW Babis DrososManager: Giannis Chelmis, Vangelis Chelmis GK Nikos PentzaropoulosDF Nontas KasapoglouDF Giannis KerdemelidisDF Iakovos ZarkadisMF PavlidisMF Vasilis StaikosFW Ioannis SkordilisFW Kostas NestoridisFW Fotis TsoliasFW Nikos ZarkadisFW Kostas SotiriadisManager: Kostas Negrepontis Assistant referees: Tsabasis (Piraeus) KoutsomichosMatch rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Coin toss if scores still level

See also 1951–52 Greek Football Cup

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