The 1988 Greek Super Cup was the 3rd edition of the Greek Super Cup, an association football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Alpha Ethniki and Greek Cup competitions. The match took place on 24 August 1988 at the Athens Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were the 1987–88 Alpha Ethniki champions, AEL and the 1987–88 Greek Cup winners, Panathinaikos. Panathinaikos won the match 3–1.
Venue
This was the second Greek Super Cup held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after 1987.
The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and Greece and was used for AEK Athens in various occasions. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted a European Cup final in 1983 and a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987.
Background AEL had never competed in the Greek Super Cup.
Panathinaikos had never competed in the Greek Super Cup.
The two teams had never met each other in the Super Cup.
Match Details
GK 1 Christos MichailRB 2 Georgios AgorogiannisCB 3 Kostas KolomitrousisCB 5 Lazaros KyrilidisLB 4 Georgios MitsibonasDM 6 Sakis Tsiolis CM 8 Theodoros Voutiritsas (c)AM 10 Vassilis Karapialis RW 7 Giannis Alexoulis LW 11 Giannis Valaoras CF 9 Michalis ZiogasSubstitutes:GK 15 Theodoros KyriakoulisDF Vaios Athanasiou DF Giannis GalitsiosMF Charalampos TsiliakosFW Paul Bannon Manager: Vladimír Táborský GK 1 Giorgos AbadiotakisRB 2 Iakovos ChatziathanasiouCB 6 Kostas Mavridis (c)CB 5 Nikos Kourbanas LB 3 Nikos VamvakoulasDM 8 Louis ChristodoulouCM 4 Chris Kalantzis AM 10 Hristo KolevRW 7 Dimitris SaravakosLW 11 Lysandros GeorgamlisCF 9 Claus NielsenSubstitutes:GK 15 Nikos SarganisDF Christos Vasiliou MF Vangelis Vlachos FW Christos DimopoulosFW Artemis BourasManager: Gunder Bengtsson Assistant referees: Giorgos Ioannidis Stefanos Louloudakis (Dodecanese)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of two substitutions
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