1987 Greek Football Cup final

1987 Greek Cup final
Event1986–87 Greek Football Cup
After extra time
OFI won 3–1 on penalties
Date21 June 1987
VenueOlympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
RefereeMeletis Voutsaras (Athens)
Attendance23,587

The 1987 Greek Cup final was the 43rd final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 21 June 1987 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Iraklis and OFI. It was Iraklis' fifth Greek Cup final in their 79 years of existence and OFI's first ever Greek Cup final in their 62-year history.[1] Myron Sifakis, the third-choice at the time goalkeeper of OFI emerged as the hero of his team, saving two penalties during the penalty shoot-out.[2]

Venue

This was the fifth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos, Olympiacos, AEK Athens and Greece. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted a European Cup final in 1983 and a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987.[3]

Background

Iraklis had reached the Greek Cup final four times, winning one of them. The last time that they won the Cup was in 1976 (6–5 on penalties, which came after a 4–4 draw at the end of the extra time against Olympiacos). The last time that they played in a final was in 1980, where they had lost to Kastoria by 5–2.

OFI had never competed in a Cup final.

The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.[4]

Route to the final

Iraklis Round OFI
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Kavala 1–1 (4–3 p) (A) First round Thiva 2–0 (H)
Bye Additional round Bye
Polykastro 4–0 3–0 (H) 1–0 (A) Round of 32 Edessaikos 4–2 3–0 (H) 1–2 (A)
Kozani 9–2 5–0 (H) 4–2 (A) Round of 16 Apollon Athens 4–1 4–0 (H) 0–1 (A)
AEL 2–1 1–1 (A) 1–0 (H) Quarter-finals Kallithea 6–0 2–0 (A) 4–0 (H)
Panathinaikos 3–2 0–0 (H) 3–2 (A) Semi-finals Diagoras 5–1 2–0 (A) 3–1 (H)

Match

Details

Iraklis1–1 (a.e.t.)OFI
  • Kofidis 30'
Report
Penalties
1–3
Attendance: 23,587
Referee: Meletis Voutsaras (Athens)
Iraklis
OFI
GK Blanko Georgiev
DF Tasos Lefkopoulos
DF Christos Zifkas
DF Pagonis Vakalopoulos
DF Kostas Iliadis
MF Savvas Kofidis (c)
MF Daniil Papadopoulos
MF Sakis Anastasiadis
MF Giorgos Karaiskos   57'
MF Vasilis Hatzipanagis   98'
FW Tom Sundby
Substitutes:
GK Fotis Gizelis
DF Giorgos Papadopoulos   57'
FW Kostas Maloumidis
FW Fanis Toutziaris
FW Dimitris Adamou   98'
Manager:
Christos Archontidis
GK Myron Sifakis
DF Nikos Goulis
DF Christos Vasiliou
DF Grigoris Tsinos
DF Giannis Michalitsos  102'
DF Alejandro Hisis
MF Takis Persias (c)
MF Grigoris Papavasiliou
MF Nikos Nioplias  94'
FW Giannis Samaras
FW Grigoris Charalampidis
Substitutes:
GK Vangelis Chosadas
DF Nikos Tsimpos
MF Miltos Andreanidis  102'
FW Georgios Vlastos
FW Christos Kariotis  94'
Manager:
Eugène Gerards

Assistant referees:
Dimitris Daoulas (Aetoloacarnania)
Giorgos Bikas (Chalkidiki)

Match rules

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kipello1981-1990" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
  2. ^ "Το Κύπελλο του ΟΦΗ στα πέναλτι με τον Ηρακλή". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 21 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
  4. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.