1957 Greek Football Cup final

Football match

1957 Greek Cup final

Event

1956–57 Greek Football Cup

Olympiacos	Iraklis

2	0

Date

29 July 1957

Venue

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Referee

Leo Horn (Netherlands)

← 1956 1958 →

The 1957 Greek Cup final was the 15th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 29 July 1957 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Iraklis. It was Olympiacos' seventh Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 32 years of existence and Iraklis' second Greek Cup final in their 49-year history.

Venue

This was the first Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium.

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 six times, winning five of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1954 (2–0 against Doxa Drama). The last time that had played in a final was in 1956, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 2–1.

Iraklis had reached the Greek Cup final one time in 1947, where they lost to Olympiacos by 5–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1947 final.

Route to the final

Further information: 1956–57 Greek Football Cup

Olympiacos		Round	Iraklis
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Panargiakos	7–1 (A)	Round of 32	Ethnikos Piraeus	2–0 (w/o) (H)
Panionios	3–1 (H)	Round of 16	Doxa Drama	5–2 (H)
AEK Athens	1–0 (A)	Quarter-finals	Aspida Xanthi	3–0 (H)
Panathinaikos	2–1 (H)	Semi-finals	Apollon Athens	2–1 (H)

Match

Details

29 July 1957

Olympiacos	2–0	Iraklis
Kotridis 38' Yfantis 73'	Report (page 3)

Karaiskakis Stadium, PiraeusReferee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

*According to the Greek FA's official site, the match was played on 30 July.


GK		Savvas Theodoridis
DF		Ilias Rosidis (c)
DF		Thanasis Kingley
DF		Vasilis Xanthopoulos
MF		Thanasis Bebis
MF		Babis Kotridis
MF		Antonis Poseidon
FW		Themis Moustaklis
FW		Elias Yfantis
FW		Kostas Polychroniou
FW		Sotiris Gavezos
Manager:
Prvoslav Dragićević


GK		Ptolemaios
DF		Lemonis
DF		Peredimas
DF		Liaros
MF		Papadopoulos
MF		Rammos
MF		Pitsoudis
FW		Chatzigiannidis
FW		Stathis Chasekidis
FW		Toumbelis
FW		Lelos Chasekidis
Manager:

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).
"Velodrome & Karaiskaki Stadium (1895 - 1964 - 2003)". stadia.gr.
"Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.

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League competitions	Panhellenic Championship
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Greek Cup finals	1947 1951 1952 1953 1954 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 ~~1962~~ 1963 1965 1966 1968 1969 1971 1973 1974 1975 1976 1981 1986 1988 1990 1992 1993 1999 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2012 2013 2015 2016 2020 2021
Greek Super Cup finals	1980 1987 1992 2007
Other matches	Greek League Cup

Continental

UEFA Europa Conference League final	2024
Balkans Cup final	1963

v t e Iraklis F.C. matches
Greek Cup finals	1947 1957 1976 1980 1987
Balkans Cup finals	1985

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