1958 Greek Football Cup final

The 1958 Greek Cup final was the 16th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 30 July 1958 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Doxa Drama. It was Olympiacos' eighth Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 33 years of existence and Doxa Drama's second Greek Cup final in their 40-year history.

1958 Greek Cup final

Event	1957–58 Greek Football Cup
Olympiacos Doxa Drama 5 1
Date	30 July 1958
Venue	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Referee	Zivko Bajić (Yugoslavia)
Attendance	22,000

Venue

Karaiskakis Stadium.

This was the second Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957 final.

Karaiskakis Stadium was built in 1895. The stadium is used as a venue for Olympiacos and Ethnikos Piraeus and was used for Greece in various occasions. Its current capacity is 42,000.

Background

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final seven times, winning six of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1957, where they won Iraklis by 2–0.

Doxa Drama had reached the Greek Cup final one time in 1954, where they lost to Olympiacos by 2–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1954 final.

Route to the final

Further information: 1957–58 Greek Football Cup

Olympiacos				Round	Doxa Drama
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympiacos Chalkida	9–0 (H)			Round of 32	AE Kavala	2–0 (A)
OFI	2–0 (A)			Round of 16	Apollon Kalamarias	1–0 (H)
AEK Athens	2–1 (H)			Quarter-finals	Fostiras	3–1 (H)
Panathinaikos	3–0 (H)			Semi-finals	Iraklis	2–1	1–1 (a.e.t.) (A)	1–0 (H)

Match

Details

30 July 1958

17:15 EET

Olympiacos	5–1	Doxa Drama
Gavezos 22' Bebis 43' Polychroniou 63', 87' Yfantis 89'	Report (page 4)	Nalbantis 52'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Zivko Bajić (Yugoslavia)

GK Savvas Theodoridis DF Nikos Kambolis DF Thanasis Kingley DF Dimitrios Stefanakos MF Filippos Tsantakis MF Babis Kotridis (c) MF Sotiris Gavezos FW Elias Yfantis FW Kostas Polychroniou FW Thanasis Bebis FW Stelios Psychos  88' Manager: Tibor Kemény

GK Samlidis DF Giorgos Kotridis DF Fanis Ignatiou (c) DF Vasilis Similiotis MF Pistikos MF Takis Loukanidis MF Pavlos Grigoriadis FW Alekos Nalbantis FW Antonis Georgiadis FW Thanasis Loukanidis FW Chatzimichail Manager: Nikos Pangalos

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

See also

• 1957–58 Greek Football Cup