1990–91 Greek Football Cup

1990–91 Greek Cup

Country	Greece
Teams	72
Defending champions	Olympiacos
Champions	Panathinaikos (12th title)
Runners-up	Athinaikos
Matches played	118
Top goal scorer(s)	Dimitris Saravakos (10)
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 Greek Football Cup was the 49th edition of the Greek Football Cup.

Tournament details[]

Totally 72 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final.

After the Group stage, there were interesting confrontations and many "protagonists" were eliminated by the competition continue. In the Second round, Olympiacos were eliminated by PAOK , Aris by Athinaikos and Iraklis by Xanthi, while in the Third round AEK Athens were eliminated by OFI. In the same round, Edessaikos, a Beta Ethniki team, reversed their loss 4–0 by Ionikos, achieving a draw with the same score in the second leg, in order however to be eliminated in penalty shootout.

The Final^[1] was contested by Panathinaikos, for sixth time in the last 10 years, after the qualify against PAOK in semi-finals, and neophyte in Alpha Ethniki Athinaikos, for first and unique until now time in their history. That year, HFF decided the establishment of a two-legged final match, according to the model of Coppa Italia. Athinaikos selected as home of first match Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, instead of their neutral home, Municipal Stadium of Vyronas, while the second match became in the Athens Olympic Stadium. Panathinaikos won both matches and at the same time The Double.

Athinaikos, as finalist of competition, participated in the next season's European Cup Winners' Cup, for first and unique time in their history. Nikos Sarganis, Athinaikos goalkeeper, that had played in the first match of Final, failed to win the Cup with a fourth team, after Kastoria, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. Also, the second match was the last for referee Meletis Voutsaras. For fourth possessed year, Dimitris Saravakos, with 10 goals, was elected as competition's first scorer.

Calendar[]

Round	Date(s)	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
Group stage	26, 29 August & 2 September 1990	56	72 → 32	72
Round of 32	5, 12 December 1990 & 9 January 1991	32	32 → 16	none
Round of 16	30 January, 20 February 1991	16	16 → 8	none
Quarter-finals	13, 21 March 1991	8	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	4, 24 April 1991	4	4 → 2	none
Final	15, 22 May 1991	2	2 → 1	none

Group stage[]

The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win would gain 2 points, each draw 1 and each loss would not gain any point.

Round of 32[]

First legs were played on December 5 and 12, 1990. Second legs on January 9, 1991.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ilisiakos	3–5	Levadiakos	1–1	2–4
AEL	(a) 1–1	Apollon Athens	0–0	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Proodeftiki	1–7	Panathinaikos	1–2	0–5
Panarkadikos	4–6	Kilkisiakos	4–1	0–5
Edessaikos	2–0	Apollon Kalamaria	1–0	1–0
Charavgiakos	0–5	AEK Athens	0–3	0–2
Olympiacos	2–3	PAOK	2–0	0–3
Ionikos	4–0	Ethnikos Asteras	3–0	1–0
EAR	(a) 3–3	Panargiakos	2–0	1–3
Panserraikos	3–3 (a)	OFI	3–1	0–2
Athinaikos	5–2	Aris	2–1	3–1
Iraklis	0–1	Xanthi	0–0	0–1
Olympiakos Loutraki	2–3	Anagennisi Karditsa	2–0	0–3
Panelefsiniakos	2–8	Panionios	2–3	0–5
Naoussa	3–4	Doxa Drama	2–4	1–0
Doxa Vyronas	0–2	Eordaikos	0–0	0–2

Round of 16[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kilkisiakos	5–6	AEL	3–2	2–4
OFI	4–3	AEK Athens	3–0	1–3
Panathinaikos	2–1	Levadiakos	2–1	0–0
Xanthi	2–3	PAOK	2–1	0–2
Doxa Drama	4–1	Eordaikos	3–0	1–1
Ionikos	4–4 (5–4 p)	Edessaikos	4–0	0–4
Athinaikos	5–1	Anagennisi Karditsa	3–0	2–1
EAR	1–6	Panionios	1–3	0–3

Quarter-finals[]

First legs were played on March 13, 1991, while second legs on 20th.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panionios	2–2 (3–2 p)	OFI	2–0	0–2
Athinaikos	3–0	Doxa Drama	2–0	1–0
PAOK	3–2	AEL	3–0	0–2
Ionikos	1–6	Panathinaikos	0–3	1–3

Semi-finals[]

First legs were played on April 4, 1991, and second on 24th.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panathinaikos	2–1	PAOK	2–0	0–1
Athinaikos	4–3	Panionios	3–0	1–3

Final[]

The 47th Greek Cup Final was double-played this season. First leg was played at the Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, and second leg at the Olympic Stadium".

First leg[]

Nikos Sarganis Theodoros Boutzoukas Yiorghos Basagiannis Tasos Chatziangelis Kostas Theodorakos Giannis Chatziraptis  72' Giorgos Zotalis Vasilis Tzalakostas Hristo Kolev  55' Kostas Tsavalias Vangelis Spiliotis Substitutes: Giorgos Anastasiou  55' Miroslav Bong  72' Manager: Gerd Prokop

GK Józef Wandzik DF Stratos Apostolakis DF Ioannis Kalitzakis DF Nikos Kourbanas MF Spiros Marangos MF Louis Christodoulou MF Kostas Antoniou (c) MF Paris Georgakopoulos  89' MF Kostas Frantzeskos  60' MF Chris Kalantzis FW Krzysztof Warzycha Substitutes: DF Giorgos Kalpakis  89' MF Vangelis Vlachos  60' Manager: Vasilis Daniil

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Mindiouris Vorgias

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. Two named substitutes. Maximum of two substitutions.

Second leg[]

GK Józef Wandzik DF Stratos Apostolakis DF Ioannis Kalitzakis DF Nikos Kourbanas DF Lysandros Georgamlis MF Spiros Marangos  60' MF Vangelis Vlachos  46' MF Louis Christodoulou MF Kostas Antoniou (c) MF Chris Kalantzis FW Krzysztof Warzycha Substitutes: MF Kostas Frantzeskos  46' FW Dimitris Saravakos  60' Manager: Vasilis Daniil

Theodoros Kantas Giorgos Basagiannis Giannis Tapratzis  46' Tasos Chatziangelis Vangelis Spiliotis Kostas Theodorakos Giannis Chatziraptis Apostolos Vrynios Christos Dimopoulos Giorgos Zotalis  71' Kostas Tsavalias Substitutes: Miroslav Bong  46' Giorgos Anastasiou  71' Manager: Gerd Prokop

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Naziris Doutsias

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Two named substitutes. Maximum of two substitutions.

References[]

External links[]

• Greek Cup 1990–91 at RSSSF