1978–79 Greek Football Cup

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1978–79 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams58
Defending championsAEK Athens
ChampionsPanionios (1st title)
Runners-upAEK Athens
Matches played62

The 1978–79 Greek Football Cup was the 37th edition of the Greek Football Cup.

Tournament details[]

Totally 58 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki and 40 from Beta Ethniki. It was held in 6 rounds, included final. That year was established for first time the two-legged tie on a home and away basis, for the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, according to the model of European cups.

Up to those matches, the most exciting games were on the third round. From the 8 matches, only 2 were decided after 90 minutes. In matches between Aris and Panathinaikos and Olympiacos and PAOK, the home teams qualified on penalty shootout. Aris had earlier eliminated Iraklis in similar fashion.

The final was contested by the champion of that season AEK Athens and Panionios, who qualified for a Greek Cup Final after 12 years. Panionios advanced by eliminating both Aris, in quarter-finals, with a 5–1 home victory after their 5–2 away defeat, and Olympiacos, in semi-finals, with away goals rule. The surprise of the underdog was completed in the final, held at Karaiskakis Stadium, on 9 June 1979, where Panionios won 3–1,[1] claiming their first title in history.[2]

Calendar[]

Round Date(s) Fixtures Clubs New entries
First Round 8, 9, 16 November 1978 28 58 → 29 58
Second Round 31 January & 1 February 1979 13 29 → 16 none
Round of 16 21, 22 February 1979 8 16 → 8 none
Quarter-finals 14 March, 18 April 1979 8 8 → 4 none
Semi-finals 16, 30 May 1979 4 4 → 2 none
Final 9 June 1979 1 2 → 1 none

First round[]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Panachaiki 3–0 Veria
Aris 3–2 Makedonikos
Korinthos 1–0 Irodotos
Kallithea 3–1 PAS Giannina
Agrotikos Asteras 1–0 Chania
Xanthi 2–0 (w/o) Anagennisi Arta
PAOK 2–1 Panelefsiniakos
Ilisiakos 0–1 Olympiacos
Anagennisi Karditsa 0–2 Rodos
Atromitos 4–1 Apollon Kalamaria
Ethnikos Piraeus 3–1 (a.e.t.) Olympiacos Liosia
AEK Athens 5–2 Kavala
Panarkadikos 0–1 OFI
Ethnikos Asteras 0–2 Niki Volos
Fostiras 2–0 Ionikos
Panionios 3–1 Olympiakos Loutraki
Egaleo 3–2 AEL
Trikala 4–3 Makedonikos Siatista
Edessaikos 3–2 (a.e.t.) Anagennisi Giannitsa
Almopos Aridea 3–0 Olympiacos Volos
Apollon Athens 2–0 Panserraikos
Drapetsona 0–2 Iraklis
Chalkida 2–0 Lamia
Kilkisiakos 2–3 (a.e.t.) Acharnaikos
Anagennisi Epanomi 1–0 Panetolikos
Naoussa 1–2 Doxa Drama
Panathinaikos 3–1 Pierikos
Proodeftiki 4–1 Kastoria
Karditsa A.C. 1–0 Levadiakos

Second round[]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Apollon Athens 2–0 Egaleo
Panionios 3–2 (a.e.t.) Edessaikos
AEK Athens 4–0 Proodeftiki
Trikala 1–0 Atromitos
Kallithea 6–1 Xanthi
OFI 2–3 Panathinaikos
Karditsa A.C. 1–0 (a.e.t.) Chalkida
Korinthos 1–2 Doxa Drama
Iraklis 1–1 (4–5 p) Aris
Anagennisi Epanomi 1–0 Niki Volos
Ethnikos Piraeus 0–1 Olympiacos
Almopos Aridea 2–1 Agrotikos Asteras
Fostiras 2–1 (a.e.t.) Rodos
PAOK bye
Panachaiki bye
Acharnaikos bye

Round of 16[]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Aris 0–0 (5–4 p) Panathinaikos
Karditsa A.C. 1–2 (a.e.t.) Panachaiki
Anagennisi Epanomi 1–0 (a.e.t.) Trikala
AEK Athens 4–0 Acharnaikos
Olympiacos 2–2 (6–5 p) PAOK
Kallithea 1–0 (a.e.t.) Apollon Athens
Panionios 1–0 Almopos Aridea
Fostiras 0–0 (3–1 p) Doxa Drama

Quarter-finals[]

First legs were played on March 14, 1979, while second on April 18.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fostiras 4–5 Olympiacos 2–2 2–3 (a.e.t.)
Anagennisi Epanomi 1–3 AEK Athens 1–1 0–2
Kallithea 2–2 (a) Panachaiki 2–1 0–1
Aris 6–7 Panionios 5–2 1–5

Semi-finals[]

First legs were played on May 16, 1979. Second legs on 30th.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panachaiki 4–7 AEK Athens 3–2 1–5
Panionios (a) 4–4 Olympiacos 2–1 2–3

Final[]

The 35th Greek Cup Final was played at the Karaiskakis Stadium.

Panionios3–1AEK Athens
 Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 20,299
Referee: Nikos Lagogiannis (Piraeus)
GK Greece Zafiris Kakkaris
DF Greece Serafim Zacharopoulos
DF Greece Giannis Gravanis
DF Greece Nikos Chalkidis
MF Greece Christos Emvoliadis
MF Greece Charambos Saipas downward-facing red arrow 46'
MF Cape Verde Noni Lima
FW Greece Dimitris Mavrikis (c) Yellow card 62'
FW Greece Nikos Anastopoulos
FW Greece Giannis Pathiakakis
FW Greece Vasilis Vallidis
Substitute:
MF Greece Vasilis Moraitelis upward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Greece Panos Markovic
GK Greece Lakis Stergioudas
DF Greece Giannis Mousouris
DF Greece Dionysis Tsamis
DF Greece Petros Ravousis
DF Greece Lakis Nikolaou (c) Yellow card 50'
MF Cyprus Tasos Konstantinou Red card 72'
MF Greece Christos Ardizoglou downward-facing red arrow 46'
MF Greece Takis Nikoloudis
MF Greece Mimis Domazos
FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević
FW Greece Thomas Mavros
Substitute:
MF Greece Vasilis Apostolopoulos upward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Greece Andreas Stamatiadis

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Zlatanos
    • G. Latsios

'MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • One substitute.

References[]

  1. ^ "Πανιώνιος-ΑΕΚ 3-1". oldfootball.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  2. ^ https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1971-1980.pdf

External links[]

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