1999 Nova Supersports Cup

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1999 Nova Supersports Cup
Nova Supersports Cup 1999.jpg
Tournament details
Host countryGreece
Dates31 July to 1 August
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsGreece AEK Athens (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored15 (3.75 per match)
Attendance33.000 (8 per match)
Top scorer(s)Greece Demis Nikolaidis
Serbia Dragan Ćirić
Greece Theodoros Zagorakis
(2 goals)
2000 →

The 1999 Nova Supersports Cup was an association football friendly tournament competition hosted by Greek premium sports network Nova Sports in 1999, held in Athens.[1]

The tournament occurred from 31 July to 1 August 1999, contested by English Premier League club Leicester City, Hertha Berlin from the Bundesliga, Iraklis from the Alpha Ethniki and AEK Athens from the Alpha Ethniki, who eventually won the tournament.[2][3][4]

Teams[]

The teams who accepted the invitations are:

Venue[]

Main article: Nikos Goumas Stadium

All the games were played at the Nikos Goumas Stadium a 27,729 seat multi-use venue, home ground of hosts AEK Athens. The ground has been demolished in June 2003.

Games[]

Semi-finals[]

Iraklis Greece0–1Germany Hertha Berlin
Rekdal Goal 30' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Georgios Douros
AEK Athens Greece3–2England Leicester City
Ćirić Goal 18'
Savevski Goal 25'
Maladenis Goal 44'		 Report Zagorakis Goal 6' (pen.), Goal 58'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Georgios Psichomanis

Consolation final[]

Iraklis Greece0–3England Leicester City
Report Walsh Goal 16'
Heskey Goal 18'
Elliott Goal 26'
Attendance: ?
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis

Final[]

AEK Athens Greece4–2Germany Hertha Berlin
Bjeković Goal 44'
Nikolaidis Goal 51', Goal 66'
Ćirić Goal 64' (pen.)		 Report Tretschok Goal 15'
Neuendorf Goal 50'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Georgios Fasolis

Results[]

Year Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place 4th place
1999 NGS, Athens Greece AEK Athens Germany Hertha Berlin England Leicester City Greece Iraklis

Scorers[]

Name Club Goals
Greece Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens 2
Serbia Dragan Ćirić AEK Athens 2
Greece Theodoros Zagorakis Leicester City 2
North Macedonia Toni Savevski AEK Athens 1
Greece Christos Maladenis AEK Athens 1
Serbia Nenad Bjeković AEK Athens 1
Germany Andreas Neuendorf Hertha Berlin 1
Germany René Tretschok Hertha Berlin 1
England Steve Walsh Leicester City 1
England Matt Elliott Leicester City 1
England Emile Heskey Leicester City 1
Norway Kjetil Rekdal Hertha Berlin 1
Nova Supersports Cup
1999 Winners
Greece
AEK Athens
First Title

References[]

  1. ^ Πάρης Αρωνιάδης. "H AEK κέρδισε τη Λέστερ του Ζαγοράκη (vid)". aek-live.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  2. ^ Πάτροκλος Πανανίδης. "Τρεις εκτελεστές". tanea.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. ^ Ηλίας Αναστασιάδης. "ΑΕΚ-ΑΪΚ, 11/8/1999: Η κατάρα του 0-0". contra.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. ^ "AEK-Λέστερ: Από τον Χέσκεϊ στον Βάρντι". stoiximan.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

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