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1978–79 Greek Football Cup

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1978–79 Greek Cup
Tournament details
Country Greece
Teams58
Defending championsAEK Athens
Final positions
ChampionsPanionios (1st title)
Runner-upAEK Athens

The Greek Cup 1978–79 was the 37th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.

Tournament details

Totally 58 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki and 40 from Beta Ethniki. It was held in 6 rounds, included final. That year was established for first time the two-legged tie on a home and away basis, for the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, according to the model of European cups.

Up to those matches, the most exciting games were on the third round. From the 8 matches, only 2 were decided after 90 minutes. In matches between Aris and Panathinaikos and Olympiacos and PAOK, the home teams qualified on penalty shootout. Aris had earlier eliminated Iraklis in similar fashion.

The final was contested by the champion of that season AEK Athens and Panionios, who qualified for a Greek Cup Final after 12 years. Panionios advanced by eliminating both Aris, in quarter-finals, with a 5–1 home victory after their 5–2 away defeat, and Olympiacos, in semi-finals, with away goals rule. The surprise of the underdog was completed in the final, held at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus on 9 June 1979, where Panionios won 3–1,[1] claiming their first title in history.

First round

Home team Score Away team
Panachaiki 3–0 Veria
Aris 3–2 Makedonikos
Korinthos 1–0 Irodotos
Kallithea 3–1 PAS Giannina
Agrotikos Asteras 1–0 Chania
PAOK 2–1 Panelefsiniakos
Ilisiakos 0–1 Olympiacos
Anagennisi Karditsa 0–2 Rodos
Atromitos 4–1 Apollon Kalamaria
AEK Athens 5–2 Kavala
Panarkadikos 0–1 OFI
Ethnikos Asteras 0–2 Niki Volos
Fostiras 2–0 Ionikos
Panionios 3–1 Olympiakos Loutraki
Egaleo 3–2 Larissa
Trikala 4–3 Makedonikos Siatista
Almopos Aridea 3–0 Olympiacos Volos
Apollon Athens 2–0 Panserraikos
Drapetsona 0–2 Iraklis
Chalkida 2–0 Lamia
Anagennisi Epanomi 1–0 Panetolikos
Naoussa 1–2 Doxa Drama
Panathinaikos 3–1 Pierikos
Proodeftiki 4–1 Kastoria
Karditsa A.C. 1–0 Levadiakos
Ethnikos Piraeus 3–1 (a.e.t.) Olympiacos Liosia
Edessaikos 3–2 (a.e.t.) Anagennisi Giannitsa
Kilkisiakos 2–3 (a.e.t.) Acharnaikos
Xanthi 2–0* Anagennisi Arta
*Without match

Second round

Home team Score Away team
Apollon Athens 2–0 Egaleo
AEK Athens 4–0 Proodeftiki
Trikala 1–0 Atromitos
Kallithea 6–1 Xanthi
OFI 2–3 Panathinaikos
Korinthos 1–2 Doxa Drama
Anagennisi Epanomi 1–0 Niki Volos
Ethnikos Piraeus 0–1 Olympiacos
Almopos Aridea 2–1 Agrotikos Asteras
Karditsa A.C. 1–0 (a.e.t.) Chalkida
Panionios 3–2 (a.e.t.) Edessaikos
Fostiras 2–1 (a.e.t.) Rodos
Iraklis 1–1 (4–5 p.) Aris
PAOK bye
Panachaiki bye
Acharnaikos bye

Third round

Home team Score Away team
AEK Athens 4–0 Acharnaikos
Panionios 1–0 Almopos Aridea
Karditsa A.C. 1–2 (a.e.t.) Panachaiki
Anagennisi Epanomi 1–0 (a.e.t.) Trikala
Kallithea 1–0 (a.e.t.) Apollon Athens
Olympiacos 2–2 (6–5 p.) PAOK
Aris 0–0 (5–4 p.) Panathinaikos
Fostiras 0–0 (3–1 p.) Doxa Drama

Quarter-finals

First legs were played on March 14, 1979, while second on April 18.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fostiras 4–5 Olympiacos 2–2 2–3 (a.e.t.)
Kallithea 2–2 Panachaiki (a.g.) 2–1 0–1
Aris 6–7 Panionios 5–2 1–5
Anagennisi Epanomi 1–3 AEK Athens 1–1 0–2

Semi-finals

First legs were played on May 16, 1979. Second legs on 30th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panionios (a.g.) 4–4 Olympiacos 2–1 2–3
Panachaiki 4–7 AEK Athens 3–2 1–5

Final

The 35th Greek Cup Final was played at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus.

Panionios 3 – 1 AEK Athens
Anastopoulos 51'
Lima 67'
Pathiakakis 84'
Konstantinou 3'
Attendance: 20,299
Referee: Lagogiannis (Piraeus)
PANIONIOS:
Greece Zafiris Kakkaris
Greece Serafim Zacharopoulos
Greece Giannis Gravanis
Greece Nikos Chalkidis
Greece Christos Emvoliadis
Greece Charambos Saipas downward-facing red arrow 46'
Cape Verde Leonildo Lima
Greece Dimitris Mavrikis (c)
Greece Nikos Anastopoulos
Greece Giannis Pathiakakis
Greece Vasilis Vallidis
Substitute:
Greece Vasilis Moraitelis upward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Greece Panos Markovic
AEK ATHENS:
Greece Lakis Sterioudas
Greece Giannis Mousouris
Greece Dionysis Tsamis
Greece Petros Ravousis
Greece Lakis Nikolaou (c)
Greece Christos Ardizoglou downward-facing red arrow 46'
Cyprus Tasos Konstantinou Red card 72'
Greece Takis Nikoloudis
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević
Greece Mimis Domazos
Greece Thomas Mavros
Substitute:
Greece Vasilis Apostolopoulos upward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Greece Andreas Stamatiadis

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • One substitute.

References

  1. ^ "Πανιώνιος-ΑΕΚ 3-1". oldfootball.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.