1948 Greek Football Cup final

1948 Greek Cup final

Event	1947–48 Greek Football Cup
Panathinaikos AEK Athens 2 1
Date	20 June 1948
Venue	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee	Kostas Tzitzis (Athens)
Attendance	12,000

The 1948 Greek Cup final was the 6th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 20 June 1948 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and AEK Athens. It was Panathinaikos' second Greek Cup final in their 40 years of existence and AEK Athens' third Greek Cup final in their 24-year history.

Venue

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium.

This was the fifth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940 and 1947 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris).

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium was built in 1922. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and Greece. Its current capacity is 30,000.

Background

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final one time in 1940, where they had won Aris by 3–1.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final two times, winning all of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 1939, where they had won PAOK by 2–1.

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

Route to the final

Further information: 1947–48 Greek Football Cup

Panathinaikos		Round	AEK Athens
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Olympiacos Patras	4–0 (A)	Twelfth round	Bye
Elpida Drama	7–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	Atromitos Piraeus	4–3 (H)
Asteras Athens	3–1 (H)	Semi-finals	Olympiacos	1–0 (H)

Match

Details

20 June 1948

17:30 EET

Panathinaikos	2–1	AEK Athens
Simos 16', 49'	Report (page 1)	Maropoulos 20'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Kostas Tzitzis (Athens)

GK  1 Mathios Vitalis DF  2 Anastasios Kritikos DF  3 Spyros Bogdanos MF  4 Gavrilos Gazis MF  5 Vangelis Nikolopoulos MF  6 Alekos Chionidis FW  7 Babis Fylaktos FW  8 Nikos Simos (c) FW  9 Giannis Petsanas FW 10 Antonis Papantoniou FW 11 Stefanos Dialetis Manager: Antonis Migiakis

GK  1 Michalis Delavinias DF  2 Giorgos Gasparis DF  3 Youlielmos Arvanitis MF  4 Giannis Vlantis MF  5 Tryfon Tzanetis MF  6 Georgios Magiras FW  7 Giannis Papantoniou FW  8 Kleanthis Maropoulos (c) FW  9 Xenofon Markopoulos FW 10 Pavlos Emmanouilidis FW 11 Lelos Adamidis Manager: Kostas Negrepontis

Assistant referees: Manolis Zapardas (Piraeus) Vrachas

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level

See also

• 1947–48 Greek Football Cup