1956 Greek Football Cup final

Football match

1956 Greek Cup final

Event

1955–56 Greek Football Cup

AEK Athens	Olympiacos

2	1

Date

24 June 1956

Venue

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens

Referee

Gino Rigato (Italy)

Attendance

25,000

← 1955 1957 →

The 1956 Greek Cup final was the 14th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 24 June 1956 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Olympiacos. It was AEK Athens' seventh Greek Cup final in their 32 years of existence and Olympiacos' sixth Greek Cup final in their 31-year history.

Venue

This was the thirteenth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955 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

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final six times, winning four of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1950 (4–0 against Aris). The last time that had played in a final was in 1953, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 3–2.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final five times, winning all of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1954, where they had won Doxa Drama by 2–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1953 final.

Route to the final

Further information: 1955–56 Greek Football Cup

AEK Athens		Round	Olympiacos
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Achilleas Korinthos	8–2 (A)	Round of 32	Fostiras	1–0 (A)
Averoff Ioannina	4–1 (H)	Round of 16	Pallevadiaki	7–0 (H)
Panionios	2–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	Niki Volos	4–0 (H)
Panathinaikos	2–1 (H)	Semi-finals	Aris	3–0 (A)

Match

Details

24 June 1956

AEK Athens	2–1	Olympiacos
Chaniotis 22' Kanakis 67'	Report	Darivas 26'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, AmpelokipoiAttendance: 25,000Referee: Gino Rigato (Italy)


GK	1	Stelios Serafidis
DF	2	Antonis Parayios
DF	3	Antonis Karakatsanis
DF	4	Thanasis Tsangaris
MF	5	Kostas Poulis
MF	6	Kostas Zografos
FW	7	Pavlos Emmanouilidis
FW	8	Andreas Stamatiadis
FW	9	Giannis Chaniotis
FW	10	Giannis Kanakis (c)
FW	11	Panagiotis Kourtidis
Manager:
Kostas Negrepontis


GK	1	Savvas Theodoridis
DF	2	Ilias Rosidis (c)
DF	3	Thanasis Kingley
MF	4	Vasilis Xanthopoulos
MF	5	Thanasis Bebis
MF	6	Babis Kotridis
FW	7	Themis Moustaklis
FW	8	Giannis Ioannou
FW	9	Elias Yfantis
FW	10	Kostas Polychroniou
FW	11	Georgios Darivas
Manager:
Giannis Chelmis, Vangelis Chelmis

Match rules

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

References

"Kipello1951-1960" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
"Κυπελλούχος με γκολάρα του Κανάκη". oldfootball.gr (in Greek). 28 November 2018.
"Leoforos Stadium "Apostolos Nikolaidis"". stadia.gr.
"Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.

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Greek Cup finals	1931 1939 1948 1949 1950 1953 1956 1964 1966 1978 1979 1983 1994 1995 1996 1997 2000 2002 2006 2009 2011 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2023
Greek Super Cups	1989 1992 1993 1994 1996
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Greek Super Cup finals	1980 1987 1992 2007
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UEFA Europa Conference League final	2024
Balkans Cup final	1963

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