1976 Greek Football Cup final

Football match

1976 Greek Cup final

Event

1975–76 Greek Football Cup

Iraklis	Olympiacos

4	4

After extra time
Iraklis won 6–5 on penalties

Date

9 June 1976

Venue

AEK Stadium, Nea Filadelfia, Athens

Referee

Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Athens)

Attendance

24,871

← 1975 1977 →

The 1976 Greek Cup final was the 32nd final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 9 June 1976 at Nikos Goumas Stadium. The contesting teams were Iraklis and Olympiacos. It was Iraklis' third Greek Cup final in their 68 years of existence and Olympiacos' twenty-first Greek Cup final and fourth consecutive in their 51-year history. The final has been characterized as one of the most thrilling in the history of the institution. Iraklis took the lead 2 times in regular time, Olympiacos equalized as many times, at the extra time, Iraklis made the 4–2, but again Olympiacos equalized in the last minutes, despite being down to 10 players. Eventually, in an equally dramatic penalty shoot-out, Iraklis won the first and only Cup in their history.

Venue

This was the fourth Greek Cup final held at AEK Stadium, after the 1962, 1967 and 1974 finals.

AEK Stadium was built in 1930. The stadium is used as a venue for AEK Athens and was used for Greece in various occasions. Its current capacity is 32,000.

Background

Iraklis had reached the Greek Cup final two times. The last time that they played in a final was in 1957, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 2–0.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty times, winning sixteen of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1975, where they had won Panathinaikos by 1–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1947 and 1957 finals.

Route to the final

Further information: 1975–76 Greek Football Cup

Iraklis		Round	Olympiacos
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Veria	2–2 (7–6 p) (A)	First round	Proodeftiki	3–0 (H)
Pierikos	1–0 (H)	Second round	Ethnikos Piraeus	1–0 (H)
Trikala	1–0 (A)	Round of 16	PAOK	1–1 (6–5 p) (H)
Panetolikos	7–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	Panionios	3–1 (H)
Panathinaikos	3–2 (H)	Semi-finals	AEK Athens	3–2 (A)

Match

Details

9 June 197621:00 EEST

Iraklis	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Olympiacos
Hatzipanagis 25', 102' Kousoulakis 72' Gesios 111'	Report	Siokos 60' Viera 81' Karavitis 115' Glezos 119'
Penalties
Sentelidis Antonijević Christoforidis Pontikis Hatzipanagis Kousoulakis Touboglou	6–5	Kyrastas Karavitis Stavropoulos Vasilopoulos Synetopoulos Glezos Siokos

AEK Stadium, Nea FiladelfiaAttendance: 24,871Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Athens)


GK	Grigoris Fanaras (c)
DF	Manolis Touboglou
DF	Makis Sentelidis
DF	Charalampos Xanthopoulos
DF	Lazaros Kalaitzidis
MF	Zoran Antonijević
MF	Vangelis Kousoulakis
MF	Vasilis Hatzipanagis
FW	Thanasis Christoforidis
FW	Dimitrios Gesios	113'
FW	Nikos Pantazis	80'
Substitutes:
MF	Giorgos Matsoukatidis	80'
FW	Nikos Pontikis	113'
Manager:
Les Shannon


GK	Panagiotis Kelesidis
DF	Giannis Kyrastas
DF	Thanasis Angelis
DF	Vasilis Siokos (c)
DF	Lakis Glezos
MF	Petros Karavitis
MF	Milton Viera		91'
MF	Kostas Davourlis	112'
FW	Michalis Kritikopoulos		46'
FW	Maik Galakos
FW	Charalampos Stavropoulos
Substitutes:
DF	Takis Synetopoulos		46'
DF	Giorgos Vasilopoulos		91'
Manager:
Georgios Darivas

Assistant referees:
Thomas Kaladamis (Athens)
Dimitris Protonotarios (Athens)

Match rules

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra time if necessary
Penalty shootout if scores still level
Five named substitutes
Maximum of two substitutions

References

"Kipello1971-1980" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
"Όταν ο Χατζηπαναγής απογείωνε τον Ηρακλή!". onsports.gr (in Greek). 9 June 2021.
"Nikos Goumas Stadium". stadia.gr.
"Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.

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