1982–83 Greek Football Cup

1982–83 Greek Cup

Tournament details
Country	Greece
Teams	74
Defending champions	Panathinaikos
Final positions
Champions	AEK Athens (9th title)
Runner-up	PAOK

The Greek Cup 1982–83 was the 41st edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.

Tournament details

Totally 74 teams participated, each with their own favorite brand names, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 40 from Beta, and 16 from Gamma. It was held in 7 rounds, included final. An Additional Round was held between First and Second, with 5 matches, in order that the teams would continue to be 32. For first time participated teams from Gamma Ethniki, while that year the particular division was established.

The Final was contested by AEK Athens and PAOK. The two teams not only met themselves for a fourth consecutive year in the competition (PAOK had qualified the three previous times), but also 5 years afterwards AEK's win in 1978 Final. In their advance to the Final, AEK eliminated Olympiacos with two wins in quarter-finals, and Iraklis, with difficulty, with the Away goals rule in semi-finals. On the other hand, PAOK eliminated only one Alpha Ethniki team, relegated that year Rodos, in semi-finals. Earlier, Olympiacos had eliminated Panathinaikos, with an impressive appearance at the extra time.

The Final was held in the packed Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis". It was the first match between Greek clubs that was held in the new stadium, which had already hosted matches for European Cup and of Greece national team. AEK won 2–0. They would wait for 13 years to win the title again. First scorer of the tournament was Mavros, who scored 12 goals.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Aiolikos	2–0	Ilisiakos
Iraklis	3–0	PAS Giannina
Panionios	4–0	Florina
Eordaikos	1–0	Agrotikos Asteras
Toxotis Volos	1–2	Chania
Diagoras	1–0	Olympiakos Loutraki
Atromitos	3–0	Preveza
OFI	6–0	Levadiakos
Korinthos	0–1	Kavala
Aris	5–0	Niki Volos
Kastoria	7–4	Chalkida
Doxa Drama	2–1	Makedonikos
A.F.U. Lagkada	1–2	Panathinaikos
Vyzas Megara	1–0	Atromitos Piraeus
Egaleo	2–1	Ethnikos Asteras
Kilkisiakos	1–2	AEK Athens
Athinaikos	0–1	Proodeftiki
Panachaiki	2–0	Apollon Athens
Lamia	2–0	Panelefsiniakos
Veria	2–1	Anagennisi Giannitsa
Olympiacos	2–0	Achaiki
Panegialios	0–2	Panserraikos
Panargiakos	2–1	Edessaikos
Ethnikos Alexandroupoli	1–0	Panthrakikos
PAOK	7–0	Anagennisi Karditsa
Olympiacos Volos	3–1	Kallithea
Kozani	3–2	Ionikos
Rodos	3–0	Xanthi
Odysseas Kordelio	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Thiva
Fostiras	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Alexandroupoli
Apollon Kalamaria	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Pierikos
Almopos Aridea	0–0 (6–5 p.)	Panetolikos
Paniliakos	1–1 (3–0 p.)	Larissa
A.U. Nikea	1–1 (1–3 p.)	Irodotos
Anagennisi Epanomi	1–1 (2–4 p.)	Naoussa
Trikala	1–1 (6–5 p.)	Acharnaikos
Panarkadikos	1–1 (3–5 p.)	Ethnikos Piraeus

Additional Round

Home team	Score	Away team
Panachaiki	3–0	Olympiacos Volos
Almopos Aridea	0–3	PAOK
Paniliakos	1–2	Naoussa
Vyzas Megara	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Ethnikos Piraeus
Odysseas Kordelio	0–0 (4–1 p.)	Kavala

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Ethnikos Alexandroupoli	2–0	Atromitos
Odysseas Kordelio	2–1	Apollon Kalamaria
Vyzas Megara	1–3	PAOK
Olympiacos	7–2	Chania
Iraklis	2–1	Aris
Panargiakos	2–0	Eordaikos
Proodeftiki	4–0	Diagoras
Naoussa	1–4	Doxa Drama
Panachaiki	3–0	Fostiras
Kastoria	6–1	Aiolikos
OFI	0–1	Panathinaikos
Rodos	3–2	Trikala
AEK Athens	4–2	Panserraikos
Egaleo	3–1	Lamia
Irodotos	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Veria
Kozani	1–1 (5–3 p.)	Panionios

Third round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panargiakos (a.g.)	2–2	Odysseas Kordelio	1–0	1–2
Kozani	1–5	Panachaiki	0–2	1–3
Iraklis	4–2	Kastoria	1–0	3–2
Ethnikos Alexandroupoli	0–6	PAOK	0–2	0–4
Panathinaikos	1–4	Olympiacos	1–0	0–4 (a.e.t.)
Egaleo	0–2	Rodos	0–0	0–2
Doxa Drama	3–4	Proodeftiki	2–1	1–3 (a.e.t.)
AEK Athens	9–1	Irodotos	3–1	6–0

Quarter-finals

First legs were played on May 18, 1983. Second legs on June 1.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK Athens	3–1	Olympiacos	2–1	1–0
Panargiakos	0–3	PAOK	0–1	0–2*
Panachaiki	2–10	Iraklis	0–3	2–7
Rodos (4–1 p.)	2–2	Proodeftiki	1–1	1–1

^*Without match.

Semi-finals

First legs were played on June 15, 1983, and the second on June 22.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Iraklis	3–3	AEK Athens (a.g.)	3–1	0–2
PAOK	3–0	Rodos	2–0	1–0

Final

The 39th Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

29 June 1983

AEK Athens	2 – 0	PAOK
Mavros 27' Vlachos 80'

Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis"

Attendance: 72,240

Referee: Ant. Vassaras (Thessaloniki)

AEK ATHENS: Christos Arvanitis Lysandros Georgamlis Vaggelis Paraprastanitis Stelios Manolas Christakis Karagiozopoulos  65' Kostas Balis Giannis Dintsikos  78' Christos Ardizoglou Manolis Kottis Vangelis Vlachos (c) Thomas Mavros Substitutes: Michalis Tzirakis  65' Miodrag Radonić  78' Manager: Helmut Senekowitsch

PAOK: Mladen Furtula Nikos Alavantas Giannis Psarras Thomas Siggas Giorgos Skartados Ioannis Damanakis  75' Holger Trimhold Neto Guerino Christos Dimopoulos Giorgos Koudas (c) Georgios Kostikos Substitutes: Stathis Triantafyllidis  75' Manager: Heinz Höher

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Two named substitutes. Maximum of two substitutions.

References

• Greek Cup 1982-83 at RSSSF