1980–81 Greek Football Cup

Totally 58 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki and 40 from Beta Ethniki. It was held in six rounds, included the final. Concerning the two previous years, two-legged tie would be extended in third round too.

Even if many Alpha Ethniki teams eliminated from the first round, afterwards there were very interesting matches. AEK Athens had the most difficult draws, after they eliminated Panathinaikos and Aris, in order to be eliminated by PAOK with two losses in the semi-finals (second leg became in Chalcis due to punishment).

Olympiacos had to win Panionios during the extra time of second leg in Third Round in order to qualify, while the surprise of season were Panegialios, which qualify to semi-finals, after qualifies against OFI and Doxa Drama, both teams of Alpha Ethniki. They achieved good results in away second legs.

The final was contested by Olympiacos and PAOK, after 7 years and in the same stadium (Nikos Goumas). Olympiacos won 3–1,[1] clinching The Double after winning also the Alpha Ethniki championship of the season. They would achieve this again in 1999. The match was marked by riots between fans of both teams, one of the first expressions of hooliganism that was imported in Greece in the beginning of 1980 decade.

It is still characteristic that the footballers of both teams played wearing black brassards, Olympiacos players mourning the victims of tragedy of gate 7, and PAOK players in memory of their coach Gyula Lóránt, who had died at the bench on May 31, 1981.

First legs were played on May 13, 1981, while second legs on 27th.

First legs were played on June 3, 1981. Second legs on the 10th.

The 37th Greek Cup Final was played at the Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens.

21 June 1981

Olympiacos	3 – 1	PAOK
Damanakis  18' (o.g.) Orfanos  61' Kousoulakis  92'		Damanakis  63'

Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 30,512

Referee: Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)

Nikos Sarganis Ioannis Kyrastas Nikos Vamvakoulas Stavros Papadopoulos (c) Martin Novoselac Vangelis Kousoulakis Kostas Orfanos  80' Takis Nikoloudis  69' Takis Lemonis Maik Galakos Takis Persias Substitutes: Petros Michos  69' Thomas Ahlström  80' Manager: Kazimierz Górski

Mladen Furtula Ioannis Gounaris Konstantinos Iosifidis József Salamon Thomas Siggas Ioannis Damanakis Panagiotis Kermanidis  68' Vasilis Georgopoulos Neto Guerino Giorgos Koudas (c)  75' Georgios Kostikos Substitutes: Stathis Triantafyllidis  68' Vassilis Vasilakos  75' Manager: Aristarchos Fountoukidis

• Greek Cup 1980-81 at RSSSF