The 1950 Greek Cup final was the 8th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 28 May 1950 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Aris. It was AEK Athens' fifth Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 26 years of existence and Aris' fourth Greek Cup final in their 36-year history.

Venue

This was the seventh Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948 and 1949 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 AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final four times, winning three of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1949, where they had won Panathinaikos by 2–1 in a replay match, after the 0–0 of the initial match.

Aris had reached the Greek Cup final three times. The last time that had played in a final was in 1940, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 3–1.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1932 final.

Route to the final

AEK AthensRoundArisOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legNiki Ampelokipoi12–0 (H)First roundByeSparta9–1 (H)Second roundByeThird roundFourth roundAE Pangrati2–0 (H)Fifth roundByeSixth roundOlympiacos2–00–0 (A)2–0 (H)Round of 16Elpida Drama3–1 (A)Apollon Athens2–0 (c)2–2 (H)0–0 (A)Quarter-finalsPAOK6–43–3 (H)3–1 (A)Panathinaikos4–21–1 (H)3–1 (A)Semi-finalsEthnikos Piraeus2–1 (H)

Match Details

GK  1 Michalis DelaviniasDF  2 Antonis ParayiosDF  3 Youlielmos ArvanitisMF  4 Michalis PapatheodorouMF  5 Tryfon TzanetisMF  6 Kostas PoulisFW  7 Stathis LazaridisFW  8 Pavlos EmmanouilidisFW  9 Kleanthis Maropoulos (c)FW 10 Panagiotis PatakasFW 11 Manolis KountourisManager: Jack Beby GK  1 Kostas VelliadisDF  2 Vachak Abrachamian (c)DF  3 Takis NikolaidisMF  4 Simos KaftantzisMF  5 Giannis GrigoriadisMF  6 Leonidas PozanisFW  7 Stelios PapoutsopoulosFW  8 Giannis LiakopoulosFW  9 Dimitris KazantzisFW 10 Dimitris KaltekisFW 11 Lefteris ChalyvopoulosManager: Iakovos Giakoumis Assistant referees: Tzilos (Piraeus) Diamantopoulos (Athens)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level

See also 1949–50 Greek Football Cup

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