1959 Greek Football Cup final

Football match

1959 Greek Cup final

Event

1958–59 Greek Football Cup

Olympiacos	Doxa Drama

2	1

Date

5 July 1959

Venue

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens

Referee

Dimosthenis Stathatos (Athens)

Attendance

25,000

← 1958 1960 →

The 1959 Greek Cup final was the 17th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 5 July 1959 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Doxa Drama for a second time in row. It was Olympiacos' ninth Greek Cup final and fourth consecutive in their 34 years of existence and Doxa Drama's third Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 41-year history. The Prime Minister, Konstantinos Karamanlis attended the match and also awarded the trophy to the winners. With their conquest of the Cup, Olympiacos became the only team to win the double three seasons in a row.

Venue

This was the fourteenth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1956 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris, the replay match of the 1949 final between AEK Athens and Panathinaikos and the replay match of the 1952 final between Olympiacos and Panionios).

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

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final eight times, winning seven of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1958, where they won Doxa Drama by 5–1.

Doxa Drama had reached the Greek Cup final two times. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1958, where they lost to Olympiacos by 5–1.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1954 and 1958 finals.

Route to the final

Further information: 1958–59 Greek Football Cup

Olympiacos				Round	Doxa Drama
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Diagoras	5–0 (A)			Round of 32	Apollon Serres	5–3 (A)
Ergotelis	2–0 (A)			Round of 16	Megas Alexandros Katerini	1–0 (H)
AEK Athens	5–3	2–2 (a.e.t.) (A)	3–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	PAOK	1–0 (H)
Apollon Athens	3–1	1–1 (a.e.t.) (A)	2–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Panionios	2–1 (H)

Match

Details

5 July 195917:30 EET

Olympiacos	2–1	Doxa Drama
Christoforidis 52' Bebis* 59'	Report	Georgiadis 47'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, AmpelokipoiAttendance: 25,000Referee: Dimosthenis Stathatos (Athens)

Greek FA's official site mention Yfantis as the scorer.


GK		Savvas Theodoridis
DF		Vasilis Xanthopoulos
DF		Thanasis Kingley (c)
DF		Dimitrios Stefanakos
MF		Giannis Ioannou
MF		Kostas Polychroniou
MF		Kostas Papazoglou
FW		Petros Christoforidis
FW		Elias Yfantis
FW		Thanasis Bebis
FW		Stelios Psychos
Manager:
Bruno Vale


GK		Pavlos Boitaris
DF		Giorgos Kotridis
DF		Fanis Ignatiou (c)
DF		Nikos Nikolaidis
MF		Takis Loukanidis
MF		Nikos Tzaferis
FW		Alekos Nalbantis
FW		Pavlos Grigoriadis
FW		Thanasis Loukanidis
FW		Antonis Georgiadis
FW		Vasilis Ioannou
Manager:
Nikos Pangalos

Assistant referees:
Dimitrakopoulos
Nikos Giannopoulos (Athens)

Match rules

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

References

"Kipello1951-1960" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
"ΤΕΛΙΚΟΣ ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟΥ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 1959". eproodos.gr (in Greek). 29 August 2017.
"Leoforos Stadium "Apostolos Nikolaidis"". stadia.gr.
"Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.

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