Pre-Mediterranean Cup

Προμεσογειακό Κύπελλο
Pre-Mediterranean Cup
Founded1991
Abolished1991
RegionGreece
Number of teams16
Last championsAEK Athens (1st title)
Most successful club(s)AEK Athens (1 title)

The Pre-Mediterranean Cup (Greek: Προμεσογειακό Κύπελλο) was an association football tournament hosted by the HFF. It was a friendly tournament that was held for financial purposes. Its name occurred from the fact that it took place before the start of the 1991 Mediterranean Games. The competition was conducted once, in 1991 and the winners were AEK Athens.[1][2]

In June 1991, the Pre-Mediterranean Cup was held in order to financially support mainly the clubs that competed in the Alpha Ethniki. The clubs that declared their participation had expectations from the ticket sales and would receive a 32.5% of the revenues from PRO-PO, as well.[3] It was conducted with the participation of the 1990–91 Alpha Ethniki clubs, plus the 1990–91 Beta Ethniki champion, Ethnikos Piraeus.[4] Nevertheless, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and PAOK did not participate, due to the fatigue of their footballers from the constant league games.[5] The tournament had duration of two matchdays that took place within a week. The club with the most points would win the Cup. In case of a tie, the goal difference criterion was applied.[3] The end of tournament found AEK Athens, Levadiakos and Doxa Drama tied at the top with 4 points each, having won both of their matches. According to the regulation, AEK Athens, who had the best goal difference (6–2), emerged as the winners.[6]

The point system was: Win: 2 points - Draw: 1 point - Loss: 0 points.

Fixtures

1st

Ethnikos Piraeus2–1Panachaiki
  • Mellas 20'
  • Xanthis 50'
 [7]
Attendance: 704
Referee: Kostas Vrailas (Athens)
Iraklis0–2Aris
[8]
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Dimitris Naoum (Thessaloniki)
Apollon Athens0–1Athinaikos
[9]
Attendance: 220
Referee: Sotiris Vorgias (Athens)
Levadiakos2–1AEL
  • Loukas 31'
  • Kavalieris 33'
 [10]
  • Tsapatoris 43' (pen.)
Attendance: 300
Referee: Nikos Vournelis (Thessaloniki)
Ionikos2–2Xanthi
 [11]
Attendance: 152
Referee: Ilias Doutsias (Piraeus)
PAS Giannina1–2Panionios
  • Tsiavos 45'
 [12]
Referee: Dimitris Bentas (Trikala)
AEK Athens5–2OFI
 [13]
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Giannis Iatropoulos (Piraeus)
Doxa Drama3–2Panserraikos
 [14]
  • Karabelas 66'
  • Gekas 82' (pen.)
Doxa Drama Stadium, Drama
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Kostas Kortsaris (Thessaloniki)

2nd

Xanthi0–1Doxa Drama
[15]
Referee: Naoum Mintiouris (Serres)
Panachaiki1–3Levadiakos
  • Mirtsos 53'
 [16]
Attendance: 114
Referee: Periklis Vasilakis (Athens)
Panionios1–3Ionikos
 [17]
Attendance: 340
Referee: Theodoros Kefalas (Athens)
OFI0–0Apollon Athens
[18]
Referee: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
Aris2–2AEL
  • Moustakidis 69'
  • Samolis 85'
 [19]
  • Konstantinidis 57'
  • Germa 62'
Referee: Periklis Vasilakis (Athens)
Panserraikos2–5Iraklis
 [20]
  • Athanasiadis 17' (o.g.)
  • Facincani 53'
  • Tachtsidis 57'
  • Tsamfiloglou 85', 87'
Referee: Giorgos Plevritis (Thessaloniki)
Ethnikos Piraeus0–1PAS Giannina
[21]
Attendance: 260
Referee: Kostas Adamopoulos (Athens)
Athinaikos0–1AEK Athens
[22]
  • Milopoulos 11'
Ilioupoli Municipal Stadium, Ilioupoli
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kostas Dimitriadis (Piraeus)

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 AEK Athens (C) 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 4
2 Levadiakos 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 4
3 Doxa Drama 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 4
4 Ionikos 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 3
5 Aris 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 3
6 Iraklis 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 2
7 Ethnikos Piraeus 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2
8 PAS Giannina 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 2
9 Athinaikos 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
10 Panionios 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 2
11 AEL 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1
12 Xanthi 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
13 Apollon Athens 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
14 OFI 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
15 Panachaiki 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
16 Panserraikos 2 0 0 2 4 8 −4 0
Source: newspapers: Athletic Echo, Free Press, Apogevmatini
(C) Champions

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Dimitrios Spanos Ionikos 4
2 Giannis Milopoulos AEK Athens 3
3 Andreas Lagonikakis Panionios 2
Stelios Tsamfiloglou Iraklis
Michalis Gekas Panserraikos

References

  1. ^ "Γιορτάζει η ΑΕΚ". novasports.gr (in Greek). 12 April 2012. Μεσογειακά Κύπελλα (1): 1991
  2. ^ Παππάς, Δημήτρης (13 April 2022). "Η ΑΕΚ κλείνει 98 χρόνια ιστορίας". katerinisport.gr (in Greek). Προ-Μεσογειακό Κύπελλο (1): 1991
  3. ^ a b "Αρχίζει αύριο το Προμεσογειακό Κύπελλο". Free Press (in Greek). 8 June 1991. p. 41.
  4. ^ Γ. Νίκ. (8 June 1991). "Προμεσογειακή μπάλλα...". Apogevmatini (in Greek). p. 51.
  5. ^ Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (31 January 2008). "Greece 1990/91". RSSSF. Online.
  6. ^ "Η πρωτιά στην ΑΕΚ". Free Press (in Greek). 17 June 1991. p. 35.
  7. ^ newspaper Athletic Echo 10/6/1991 page 3
  8. ^ newspaper Athletic Echo 10/6/1991 page 3
  9. ^ newspaper Athletic Echo 10/6/1991 page 3
  10. ^ newspaper Athletic Echo 10/6/1991 page 3
  11. ^ newspaper Athletic Echo 10/6/1991 page 3
  12. ^ newspaper Athletic Echo 10/6/1991 page 6
  13. ^ newspaper Athletic Echo 10/6/1991 page 8
  14. ^ newspaper Free Press 11/6/1991 page 39
  15. ^ newspaper Athletic Echo 17/6/1991 page 3
  16. ^ newspaper Free Press 17/6/1991 page 35
  17. ^ newspaper Athletic Echo 17/6/1991 page 8
  18. ^ newspaper Athletic Echo 17/6/1991 page 8
  19. ^ newspaper Athletic Echo 17/6/1991 page 3
  20. ^ newspaper Athletic Echo 17/6/1991 page 6
  21. ^ newspaper Athletic Echo 17/6/1991 page 6
  22. ^ newspaper Athletic Echo 17/6/1991 page 6

Bibliography

  • Αλεξανδρής, Γ.Χ. (1996). Η Ιστορία της ΑΕΚ (in Greek). Αθήνα, Ελλάδα: Ιδιωτική Έκδοση Γ.Χ. Αλεξανδρής.
  • Συλλογικό έργο (2014). 90 ΧΡΟΝΙΑ, Η ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΕΚ (in Greek). Αθήνα, Ελλάδα: Εκδοτικός Οίκος Α. Α. Λιβάνη. ISBN 978-960-14-2802-4.
  • Παναγιωτακόπουλος, Παναγιώτης (2022). 1979-2003 ΤΟ ΤΑΞΙΔΙ ΣΥΝΕΧΙΖΕΤΑΙ...Νο2 (in Greek). Αθήνα, Ελλάδα: ISBN 978-618-00-3993-1.
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