1987–88 Greek Football Cup

The 1987–88 Greek Football Cup was the 46th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Football Cup.

1987–88 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams70
Defending championsOFI
ChampionsPanathinaikos (10th title)
Runners-upOlympiacos
Top goal scorer(s)Dimitris Saravakos (9)

Tournament details

Totally 70 teams participated, 16 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma. It was held in 7 rounds, included final. An Additional Round was held between First and Second, with 3 matches, in order that the teams would continue to be 32.

It was an enough eventful year, that was marked by hard confrontations in the cases of "strong" pairs. In Third Round, Olympiacos eliminated AEK Athens with 1–1 draw at home and 3–1 win away, in a much debated match(there were allegations for some of AEK 's players being bribed to have low performance).In semi-finals, Olympiacos eliminated cup winners, OFI, and Panathinaikos the champions of the season, Larissa.

The Final between the eternal enemies was an opportunity for a good season ending with a title, as both teams were struggling in the championship. The match was nervous, however kept effervescent interesting until the end, since it was judged on the penalty shootout, after a 2–2[1] draw (3 out of 4 goals was scored by penalties). Nikos Sarganis was the man of the match, warding off two shots and scoring one in the process. For Olympiacos it was the third time that they lost a cup final on penalty shootout (the other two in 1974 and 1976).Dimitris Saravakos with 10 goals was elected as first scorer.

First round
Home team Score Away team
Apollon Kalamaria 2–0 Panargiakos
Korinthos 3–0 Proodeftiki
Olympiacos Volos 3–1 Apollon Athens
Levadiakos 3–0 Lamia
Panserraikos 3–1 Edessaikos
Doxa Drama 7–1 Athinaikos
Ethnikos Piraeus 3–4 Anagennisi Karditsa
Panathinaikos 2–0 Chalkida
Trikala 2–1 Acharnaikos
Kerkyra 1–0 Panachaiki
AEK Athens 3–1 Iraklis
Aiolikos 0–4 Kastoria
Larissa 3–0 Veria
Kavala 2–1 Rodos
Polykastro 1–2 PAS Giannina
Panetolikos 4–0 Messiniakos
Anagennisi Arta 0–1 PAOK
Irodotos 3–1 Ionikos
Kallithea 3–1 Kalamata
Olympiacos 4–0 Agrotikos Asteras
Pierikos 3–1 EAR
OFI 4–0 Nestos Chrysoupoli
Panionios 2–4 Xanthi
Aris 4–0 Ergotelis
Niki Volos 1–3 Diagoras
Kozani 4–1 Olympiakos Chalkida
Atromitos 4–2 Anagennisi Kolindros
Panarkadikos 3–1 Ethnikos Alexandroupoli
Pannafpliakos 1–0 (a.e.t.) Naoussa
Achaiki 1–0 (a.e.t.) Kilkisiakos
Aris Nikaia 1–1 (5–6 p.) Ethnikos Asteras
Anagennisi Neapoli 0–0 (5–4 p.) Eordaikos
Egaleo 1–1 (6–5 p.) Alexandreia
Panelefsiniakos 1–1 (4–5 p.) Pandramaikos
Makedonikos 1–1 (4–5 p.) Charavgiakos

Additional Round
Home team Score Away team
Panetolikos 0–2 Diagoras
Panathinaikos 7–1 Kavala
Pandramaikos 0–0 (4–3 p.) Atromitos

Second round
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egaleo3–1Ethnikos Asteras1–12–0
Pierikos3–6Larissa2–31–3
Xanthi7–1Achaiki4–03–1
Apollon Kalamaria4–2Anagennisi Karditsa2–02–2
Charavgiakos0–1Diagoras0–00–1
Kallithea3–4AEK Athens3–20–2
PAS Giannina3–1Pandramaikos1–02–1
Olympiacos Volos0–6Olympiacos0–10–5
Aris4–2Korinthos1–03–2 (a.e.t.)
Kozani1–3Doxa Drama1–20–1
Trikala2–1Pannafpliakos2–00–1
OFI (a.g.)2–2Levadiakos0–02–2
Anagennisi Neapoli1–2Irodotos1–00–2
PAOK3–4Kastoria2–11–3
Panserraikos0–2Panathinaikos0–00–2
Kerkyra0–1Panarkadikos0–00–1

Third round
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olympiakos4–2AEK Athens1–13–1
Aris2–2Larissa (a.g.)2–10–1
Doxa Drama2–3Apollon Kalamaria2–10–2
Egaleo0–7OFI0–00–7
Irodotos5–4Diagoras2–23–2
PAS Giannina3–10Panathinaikos1–22–8
Trikala2–1Panarkadikos2–00–1
Kastoria4–3Xanthi3–21–1

Quarter-finals

First legs were played on February 24, 1988, and second on March 9.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Apollon Kalamaria1–2Olympiacos0–01–2
OFI4–2Trikala3–21–0
Irodotos0–6Panathinaikos0–40–2
Larissa1–0Kastoria1–00–0

Semi-finals

First legs were played on March 30, 1988. Second legs were played on April 20.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panathinaikos4–1Larissa1–03–1
Olympiacos3–1OFI3–00–1

Final

The 44th Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

Panathinaikos2 – 2
(a.e.t.)		Olympiacos
Saravakos  31' (pen.)
Dimopoulos  102'		 Funes  59' (pen.)  98' (pen.)
Penalties
Vlachos
Sarganis
Dimopoulos
Georgamlis 		4 – 3 Alexiou
Baniotis
Chatzidis
Apostolakis
Funes
Attendance: 73,375
Referee: Meletis Voutsaras (Athens)
Nikos Sarganis
Iakovos Chatziathanasiou
Nikos Vamvakoulas
Giannis Kalitzakis
Velimir Zajec (c)  75'
Kostas Mavridis
Dimitris Saravakos
Louis Christodoulou  46'
Christos Dimopoulos
Juan Ramon Rocha
Lysandros Georgamlis
Substitutes:
Kostas Batsinilas  46'  79'
Vaggelis Vlachos  75'
Chris Kalantzis
Antonis Minou
Nikos Patsiavouras
Manager:
Gunder Bengtsson
Ilias Talikriadis
Stratos Apostolakis
Minas Chatzidis
Alexis Alexiou
Charis Baniotis
Yiotis Tsalouchidis
Andreas Bonovas  46'
Petros Xanthopoulos (c)
Juan Gilberto Funes
Tasos Mitropoulos
Nikos Tsiantakis
Substitutes:
Sakis Moustakidis  46'
Theodoros Pahatouridis
Georgios Plitsis
Giorgos Kapouranis
Panagiotis Sofianopoulos
Manager:
Pavlos Grigoriadis
Ioannis Gounaris

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Nikakis
    • Dimitriadis

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Two named substitutes.
  • Maximum of two substitutions.

References
  1. "Παναθηναϊκός-Ολυμπιακός 1-1 (2-2 παράταση,4-3 πεν.)". contra.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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