1990 Greek Football Cup final

The 1990 Greek Cup final was the 46th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 17 May 1990 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were OFI and Olympiacos. It was OFI's second Greek Cup final in their 65 years of existence and Olympiacos' twenty-fifth Greek Cup final in their 65-year history.

1990 Greek Cup final

Event	1989–90 Greek Football Cup
OFI Olympiacos 2 4
Date	17 May 1990
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Referee	Stavros Zakestidis (Thessaloniki)
Attendance	47,627

Venue

Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the eighth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and Greece and was used for Olympiacos and AEK Athens in various occasions. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted a European Cup final in 1983 and a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987.

Background

OFI had reached the Greek Cup one time, in 1987, where they had won Iraklis by 3–1 on penalties, which came after a 1–1 draw at the end of the extra time.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty four times, winning seventeen of them. The last time that they won the Cup was in 1981 (3–1 against PAOK). The last time that they played in a final was in 1988, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 4–3 on penalties, which came after a 2–2 draw at the end of the extra time.

Route to the final

Further information: 1989–90 Greek Football Cup

OFI				Round	Olympiacos
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Kerkyra	Unknown			Matchday 1	Sparta	Unknown
Odysseas Kordelio	Unknown			Matchday 2	Korinthos	Unknown
Nigrita	Unknown			Matchday 3	Kallithea	Unknown
Not played				Matchday 4	Irodotos	Unknown
Group 15 winners Team Pts OFI 5 Kerkyra 3 Odysseas Kordelio 3 Nigrita 1				Final standings	Group 2 winners Team Pts Olympiacos 6 Sparta 5 Korinthos 4 Kallithea 4 Irodotos 1
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Panserraikos	9–3	3–2 (A)	6–1 (H)	Round of 32	Proodeftiki	3–1	1–1 (A)	2–0 (H)
Aris	2–1	1–1 (H)	1–0 (A)	Round of 16	PAOK	1–1 (5–3 p)	0–1 (A)	1–0 (a.e.t.) (H)
Athinaikos	5–3	0–3 (A)	5–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Olympiacos Volos	6–2	5–0 (H)	1–2 (A)
Apollon Athens	1–0	0–0 (H)	1–0 (A)	Semi-finals	Panathinaikos	5–4	2–1 (H)	3–3 (a.e.t.) (A)

Match

Details

17 May 1990

OFI	2–4	Olympiacos
Vlastos 48' Tsimbos 53'	Report	Tsalouchidis 12', 69' Détári 29' (pen.), 89'

Olympic Stadium, Marousi

Attendance: 47,627

Referee: Stavros Zakestidis (Thessaloniki)

OFI	Olympiacos

GK Kostas Chaniotakis DF Nikos Goulis  81' DF Stefanos Vavoulas  76' DF Manolis Patemtzis DF Nikos Tsimpos DF Alejandro Hisis MF Miltos Andreanidis MF Jaime Vera MF Nikos Nioplias (c) FW Georgios Vlastos  83' FW Dimosthenis Kavouras Substitutes: MF Grigoris Tsinos  81' MF Kostas Batsinilas  83' Manager: Eugène Gerards

GK Ilias Talikriadis DF Stratos Apostolakis DF Theodoros Pahatouridis DF Alexis Alexiou DF Kiriakos Karataidids MF Yiotis Tsalouchidis MF Sotiris Mavrommatis  76' MF Savvas Kofidis  90+1' MF Tasos Mitropoulos (c) MF Lajos Détári FW Nikos Anastopoulos Substitutes: MF Nikos Tsiantakis  76' FW Apostolos Drakopoulos  90+1' Manager: Imre Komora

Assistant referees: Stratos Kannos (Athens) Lefteris Filippidis (Patras)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of two substitutions

See also

• 1989–90 Greek Football Cup