1968 Greek Football Cup final

The 1968 Greek Cup final was the 24th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 21 July 1968 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and Olympiacos. It was Panathinaikos' ninth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 60 years of existence and Olympiacos' fifteenth Greek Cup final in their 43-year history.

1968 Greek Cup final

Event	1967–68 Greek Football Cup
Panathinaikos Olympiacos 0 1
Date	21 July 1968
Venue	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee	Aurel Bentu (Romania)
Attendance	22,318

Venue

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

This was the eighteenth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1963 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris, the replay match of the 1949 final between AEK Athens and Panathinaikos and the replay match of the 1952 final between Olympiacos and Panionios).

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

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final eight times, winning four of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1967, where they won Panionios by 1–0.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final fourteen times, winning twelve of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1965 (1–0 against Panathinaikos). The last time that had played in a final was in 1966, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 2–0 without a match.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final three times in the 1960, 1962 and 1965 finals.

Route to the final

Further information: 1967–68 Greek Football Cup

Panathinaikos		Round	Olympiacos
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Lamia	2–1 (a.e.t.) (A)	Round of 32	Anagennisi Karditsa	2–0 (A)
Chalkida	2–1 (H)	Round of 16	Olympiakos Nicosia	4–2 (H)
PAOK	2–1 (a.e.t.) (A)	Quarter-finals	Panachaiki	8–3 (A)
Ethnikos Piraeus	2–0 (H)	Semi-finals	AEK Athens	2–1 (H)

Match

Details

21 July 1968

17:30 EET

Panathinaikos	0–1	Olympiacos
	Report (pages 4,5)	Vasiliou 75'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi

Attendance: 22,318

Referee: Aurel Bentu (Romania)

GK Takis Ikonomopoulos DF Aristidis Kamaras DF Kostas Athanasopoulos DF Mitsos Dimitriou DF Frangiskos Sourpis MF Michalis Bellis MF Zacharias Pytichoutis MF Giorgos Rokidis MF Mimis Domazos (c) FW Stratos Sakellaridis FW Totis Filakouris Manager: Gavriilos Gazis, Odysseas Tsoutsos

GK Takis Xarchakos DF Giannis Gaitatzis DF Orestis Pavlidis DF Christos Zanteroglou MF Nikos Sideris MF Pavlos Vasiliou MF Giorgos Stolingas FW Grigoris Aganyan FW Giorgos Sideris (c) FW Nikos Gioutsos FW Vasilios Botinos Manager: Thanasis Kingley

Assistant referees: Popović (Romania) Koussou (Romania)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Coin toss if scores still level

See also

• 1967–68 Greek Football Cup