1939 Greek Football Cup final

The 1939 Greek Cup final was the 3rd final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 28 May 1939 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and PAOK. It was AEK Athens' second Greek Cup final in their 15 years of existence and PAOK's first ever Greek Cup final in their 13-year history. It was the first Cup final to be held after 6 years. With the conquest of the Cup, AEK Athens became the first ever Greek club to achieve the domestic double.

1939 Greek Cup final

AEK Athens with the Cup
Event	1938–39 Greek Football Cup
AEK Athens PAOK 2 1
Date	28 May 1939
Venue	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee	Stavros Chatzopoulos

Venue

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

This was the second Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932 final. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris).

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium was built in 1922. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and Greece. Its current capacity is 30,000.

Background

Players of AEK Athens and PAOK before the final

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final once in 1932, where they had won Aris by 5–3.

PAOK had never competed in a Cup final.

The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.

Route to the final

Further information: 1938–39 Greek Football Cup

AEK Athens		Round	PAOK
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Aris Piraeus	7–0 (H)	Round of 16	Hellas Florina	6–1 (A)
Apollon Athens	3–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	Iraklis	3–2 (H)
Olympiacos	2–0 (w/o) (A)	Semi-finals	Ethnikos Piraeus	4–0 (H)

Match

Details

28 May 1939

17:00 EET

AEK Athens	2–1	PAOK
Chatzistavridis 41' Manettas 73'	Report	Ioannidis 33'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

Referee: Stavros Chatzopoulos

AEK Athens

PAOK

GK Christos Ribas (c) DF Giorgos Gasparis DF Mimis Seltsikas MF Dionysis Kapantais MF Spyros Kontoulis MF Georgios Magiras FW Kostas Vasiliou FW Alekos Chatzistavridis FW Tryfon Tzanetis FW Kleanthis Maropoulos FW Vasilios Manettas Manager: Kostas Negrepontis

GK Nikos Sotiriadis DF Giorgos Vatikis DF Youlielmos Arvanitis MF Apostolos Kontopoulos MF Kyriakos Bostantzoglou MF Thrasyvoulos Panidis (c) FW Glaros FW Kostas Kritas FW Aristidis Ioannidis FW Kostas Kalogiannis FW Kontoulias Manager:

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level

See also

• 1938–39 Greek Football Cup