1996 Greek Football Cup final

Football match

1996 Greek Cup final

Event

1995–96 Greek Football Cup

Apollon Athens	AEK Athens

1	7

Date

16 April 1997

Venue

Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens

Referee

Christos Sotiropoulos (Piraeus)

Attendance

31,563

← 1995 1997 →

The 1996 Greek Cup final was the 52nd final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 15 May 1996 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Apollon Athens and AEK Athens. It was Apollon Athens' first-ever Greek Cup final in their 105 years of existence and AEK Athens' fourtheenth Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 72-year history. Demis Nikolaidis played his last match as footballer of Apollon Athens, a few days before his transfer to AEK Athens. With their 7–1 win over Apollon Athens, AEK Athens achieved a record victory in the history of the Greek Cup finals. Furthermore, it was his only Cup title, as well as his last trophy won by Dušan Bajević as the coach of AEK Athens.

Venue

This was the twelfth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994 and 1995 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and Greece and was used for Olympiacos and AEK Athens in various occasions. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted two European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals in 1983 and 1994, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987 and the 1991 Mediterranean Games.

Background

Apollon Athens had never competed in a Cup final.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final thirteen times, winning eight of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1983 (2–0 against PAOK). The last time that had played in a final was in 1995, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 1–0 after the extra time.

The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.

Route to the final

Further information: 1995–96 Greek Football Cup

Apollon Athens

Round

AEK Athens

Opponent

Result

Group stage

Opponent

Result

Panelfsiniakos

Unknown

Matchday 1

Almopos Aridea

6–2 (H)

Atromitos

Unknown

Matchday 2

Olympiacos Volos

2–0 (A)

Kalamata

Unknown

Matchday 3

Panegialios

4–1 (H)

Ambelokipoi Thessaloniki

Unknown

Matchday 4

Panathinaikos

1–3 (A)

Group 3 winners

Team	Pts
Apollon Athens	12
Panelfsiniakos	5
Atromitos	4
Kalamata	4
Ambelokipoi Thessaloniki	2

Final standings

Group 1 runners-up

Team	Pts
Panathinaikos	12
AEK Athens	9
Panegialios	6
Olympiacos Volos	1
Almopos Aridea	1

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Knockout phase

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Paniliakos

5–4

2–1 (H)

3–3 (A)

Round of 32

Iraklis

3–0

1–0 (H)

2–0 (A)

Panetolikos

4–3

2–1 (A)

2–2 (H)

Round of 16

Olympiacos

4–1

3–1 (A)

1–1 (H)

Skoda Xanthi

5–2

4–0 (H)

1–2 (A)

Quarter-finals

Panathinaikos

5–4

3–1 (H)

2–2 (A)

PAOK

4–2

1–1 (H)

3–1 (A)

Semi-finals

Athinaikos

6–0

5–0 (H)

1–0 (A)

Match

Details

15 May 199617:30 EEST

Apollon Athens	1–7	AEK Athens
Barnjak 78'	Report (page 5)	Batista 11', 34' Tsiartas 22', 48' (pen.), 76' Ketsbaia 60' Kostis 89'

Olympic Stadium, MarousiAttendance: 31,563Referee: Christos Sotiropoulos (Piraeus)

Apollon Athens

ΑΕΚ Athens


GK	1	Dimitris Raptis
RB	7	Predrag Erak	25'
CB	3	Kostas Mavridis		55'
CB	4	Andreas Theodoropoulos		35'
LB	5	Giannis Apostolou		46'
DM	2	Kostas Ioannou
CM	10	Bledar Kola
RM	6	Giannis Tatsis
LM	8	Lefteris Velentzas (c)
CF	9	Bernard Barnjak
CF	11	Demis Nikolaidis
Substitutes:
DF	12	Panagiotis Lachanas		55'
DF	13	Vangelis Kefalas	76'	46'
MF	14	Theodoros Alexis		35'
Manager:
Giannis Pathiakakis


GK	1	Ilias Atmatsidis
CB	3	Nikos Kostenoglou
CB	4	Stelios Manolas (c)	29'
CB	6	Michalis Vlachos	1'	66'
DM	5	Refik Šabanadžović
CM	8	Toni Savevski
RM	2	Vasilios Borbokis	8'	66'
AM	10	Vasilios Tsiartas		82'
LM	11	Michalis Kasapis	2'
SS	7	Temur Ketsbaia
CF	9	Daniel Batista	52'
Substitutes:
GK	15	Vasilis Karagiannis
DF	13	Vaios Karagiannis		82'
DF	16	Charis Kopitsis
MF	14	Christos Maladenis		66'
FW	12	Christos Kostis		66'
Manager:
Dušan Bajević

Assistant referees:
Antonis Togias (Piraeus)
Nikos Vergis (Thessaloniki)
Fourth official:
Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

Match rules

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

References

"Kipello1996-1999" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022.
""Ενέργειες που γίνονται με κομπιούτερ": Η ιστορική επτάρα της ΑΕΚ στον Απόλλωνα στον τελικό του '96". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). 15 May 2018.
"Η "επτάρα" της ΑΕΚ στο τελικό κυπέλλου με τον Απόλλωνα". sport-retro.gr (in Greek). 27 November 2018.
"Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
"Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.

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