1950 Greek Football Cup final

The 1950 Greek Cup final was the 8th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 28 May 1950 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Aris. It was AEK Athens' fifth Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 26 years of existence and Aris' fourth Greek Cup final in their 36-year history.

1950 Greek Cup final

AEK Athens Cup with the Cup
Event	1949–50 Greek Football Cup
AEK Athens Aris 4 0
Date	28 May 1950
Venue	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee	Sotiris Asprogerakas (Athens)
Attendance	5,500

Venue

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

This was the seventh Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948 and 1949 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris and the replay match of the 1949 final between AEK Athens and Panathinaikos).

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

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final four times, winning three of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1949, where they had won Panathinaikos by 2–1 in a replay match, after the 0–0 of the initial match.

Aris had reached the Greek Cup final three times. The last time that had played in a final was in 1940, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 3–1.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1932 final.

Route to the final

Further information: 1949–50 Greek Football Cup

AEK Athens				Round	Aris
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Niki Ampelokipoi	12–0 (H)			First round	Bye
Sparta	9–1 (H)			Second round
Bye				Third round
				Fourth round
AE Pangrati	2–0 (H)			Fifth round
Bye				Sixth round
Olympiacos	2–0	0–0 (a.e.t.) (A)	2–0 (H)	Round of 16	Elpida Drama	3–1 (A)
Apollon Athens	2–0 (c)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (H)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (A)	Quarter-finals	PAOK	6–4	3–3 (a.e.t.) (H)	3–1 (A)
Panathinaikos	4–2	1–1 (a.e.t.) (H)	3–1 (a.e.t.) (A)	Semi-finals	Ethnikos Piraeus	2–1 (H)

Match

Details

28 May 1950

17:15 EET

AEK Athens	4–0	Aris
Maropoulos 6' Arvanitis 45' Kountouris 63', 67'	Report (page 2)

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Sotiris Asprogerakas (Athens)

GK  1 Michalis Delavinias DF  2 Antonis Parayios DF  3 Youlielmos Arvanitis MF  4 Michalis Papatheodorou MF  5 Tryfon Tzanetis MF  6 Kostas Poulis FW  7 Stathis Lazaridis FW  8 Pavlos Emmanouilidis FW  9 Kleanthis Maropoulos (c) FW 10 Panagiotis Patakas FW 11 Manolis Kountouris Manager: Jack Beby

GK  1 Kostas Velliadis DF  2 Vachak Abrachamian (c) DF  3 Takis Nikolaidis MF  4 Simos Kaftantzis MF  5 Giannis Grigoriadis MF  6 Leonidas Pozanis FW  7 Stelios Papoutsopoulos FW  8 Giannis Liakopoulos FW  9 Dimitris Kazantzis FW 10 Dimitris Kaltekis FW 11 Lefteris Chalyvopoulos Manager: Iakovos Giakoumis

Assistant referees: Tzilos (Piraeus) Diamantopoulos (Athens)

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

See also

• 1949–50 Greek Football Cup