1940 Greek Football Cup final

The 1940 Greek Cup final was the 4th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 2 June 1940 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and Aris. It was Panathinaikos' first ever Greek Cup final in their 32 years of existence and Aris' third Greek Cup final in their 26-year history.

1940 Greek Cup final

Τhe awarding of the Cup to Panathinaikos
Event	1939–40 Greek Football Cup
Panathinaikos Aris 3 1
Date	2 June 1940
Venue	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee	Vasilis Diamantopoulos (Athens)

Venue

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

This was the third Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932 and 1939 finals. (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

A highlight of the match

Panathinaikos had never competed in a Cup final.

Aris had reached the Greek Cup final two times. The last time that had played in a final was in 1933, where they had lost to Ethnikos Piraeus by 2–1 in a replay match, after the 2–2 of the initial match.

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

Route to the final

Further information: 1939–40 Greek Football Cup

Panathinaikos				Round	Aris
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Iraklis Serres	6–1 (H)			Round of 16	Doxa Drama	5–3	1–1 (a.e.t.) (A)	4–2 (H)
Apollon Athens	5–2	1–1 (a.e.t.) (H)	4–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	PAOK	3–2	1–1 (a.e.t.) (A)	2–1 (H)
Ethnikos Piraeus	1–0 (H)			Semi-finals	AEK Athens	5–2	2–2 (a.e.t.) (H)	3–0 (H)

Match

Details

2 June 1940

17:00 EET

Panathinaikos	3–1	Aris
Baltasis 9' (pen.) Triantafyllis 10' Migiakis 13'	Report	Chatzinikolaou 61'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

Referee: Vasilis Diamantopoulos (Athens)

GK Vasilis Chantzos DF Spyros Syrkos DF Anastasios Kritikos MF Takis Strouboulis MF Vasilis Kaberos MF Vasilis Svolopoulos FW Antonis Migiakis (c) FW Dimitris Baltasis FW Grigoris Symeonidis FW Takis Triantafyllis FW Olysseas Tsoutsos Manager: Dimitris Dimitriadis

GK Kostas Gotsis DF Achileas Magras DF Vahakn Abrahamyan MF Dimitris Stavrakbeis MF Alekos Siotis MF Kostas Nikolaidis FW Dimosthenis Chatzinikolaou FW Miltiadis Sidiropoulos FW Kleanthis Vikelidis FW Nikos Rammos FW Michalis Koloniaris Manager: Kostas Vikelidis

Assistant referees: Sakoulas Vasilis Dimopoulos

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

See also

• 1939–40 Greek Football Cup