1965 Greek Football Cup final

1965 Greek Cup final

Event	1964–65 Greek Football Cup
Olympiacos Panathinaikos 1 0
Date	14 July 1965
Venue	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Referee	Fulvio Pieroni (Italy)
Attendance	45,000

The 1965 Greek Cup final was the 22nd final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 14 July 1965 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. It was Olympiacos' fourteenth Greek Cup final in their 40 years of existence and Panathinaikos' seventh Greek Cup final in their 57-year history.

Venue

Karaiskakis Stadium.

This was the third Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957 and 1958 finals. (Karaiskakis also hosted the replay match of the 1960 final between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos).

Karaiskakis Stadium was built in 1895 and renovated once in 1964. The stadium is used as a venue for Olympiacos and Ethnikos Piraeus and was used for Greece in various occasions. Its current capacity is 42,000.

Background

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirteen times, winning eleven of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1963, where they won Pierikos by 3–0.

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final six times, winning three of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1955 (1–0 against PAOK). The last time that had played in a final was in 1962, against Olympiacos, where the match was abandoned at the extra time.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1960 and 1962 finals.

Route to the final

Further information: 1964–65 Greek Football Cup

Olympiacos		Round	Panathinaikos
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Olympiacos Volos	7–1 (H)	Round of 32	Lamia	5–1 (a.e.t.) (H)
Vyzas Megara	3–0 (H)	Round of 16	Apollon Kalamarias	3–0 (A)
AEK Athens	3–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	Apollon Athens	1–1 (a.e.t.) (c) (A)
Niki Volos	4–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Proodeftiki	1–0 (A)

Match

Details

14 July 1965

Olympiacos	1–0	Panathinaikos
Sideris 5'	Report (page 3)

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Fulvio Pieroni (Italy)

GK Paraschos Avgitidis DF Giannis Gaitatzis DF Dimitrios Stefanakos DF Giannis Milisis DF Kostas Polychroniou (c) MF Orestis Pavlidis MF Pavlos Vasiliou FW Giorgos Sideris FW Nikos Gioutsos FW Aris Papazoglou FW Vasilis Botinos Manager: Márton Bukovi

GK Takis Ikonomopoulos DF Georgios Giannakopoulos DF Takis Papoulidis DF Aristidis Kamaras DF Frangiskos Sourpis MF Takis Loukanidis MF Giannis Komnianidis MF Stelios Panagiotidis MF Giorgos Rokidis MF Mimis Domazos(c) FW Andreas Papaemmanouil Manager: Stjepan Bobek

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Coin toss if scores still level

See also

• 1964–65 Greek Football Cup