1987–88 Greek Cup

The Greek Cup 1987-88 was the 46th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.

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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. In semi-finals, Olympiacos eliminated cup winners, OFI, and Panathinaikos the champions of the season, Larissa.

The Final between the eternal enemies was an occasion for expiation, as well as both teams realised mediocre course in the championship. The match was nervous, however kept effervescent interesting until the end, since it was judged in the penalty shootout, after a 2–2 draw (3 of totally 4 goals was scored by penalties). Nikos Sarganis was elected "hero", warding off two shots and scoring in one in the process. For Olympiacos it was the third time that they lost the match in penalty shootout, afterwards 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
Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos 3–1 Apollon Athens
Levadiakos 3–0 Lamia
Panserraikos 3–1 Edessaikos
Makedonikos 1–1 Charavgiakos
Charavgiakos won 5-4 on penalties
Doxa Drama 7–1 Athinaikos
Ethnikos Piraeus 3–4 Anagennisi Karditsa
Panathinaikos 2–0 Chalkida
Trikala 2–1 Acharnaikos
Kerkyra 1–0 Panachaiki
Aris Nikea 1–1 Ethnikos Asteras
Ethnikos Asteras won 6-5 on penalties
AEK Athens 3–1 Iraklis
Aiolikos 0–4 Kastoria
Larissa 3–0 Veria
Kavala 2–1 Rodos
Polykastro 1–2 PAS Giannina
Pannafpliakos 1–0 (a.e.t.) Naousa
Panetolikos 4–0 Messiniakos
Anagennisi Neapoli 0–0 Eordaikos
Anagennisi won 5-4 on penalties
Anagennisi Arta 0–1 PAOK
Irodotos 3–1 Ionikos
Egaleo 1–1 Alexandria
Egaleo won 6-5 on penalties
Kallithea 3–1 Kalamata
Olympiacos 4–0 Agrotikos Asteras
Pierikos 3–1 EAR Rethymno
OFI 4–0 Nestos
Panelefsiniakos 1–1 Pandramaikos
Pandramaikos won 5-4 on penalties
Panionios 2–4 Xanthi
Aris 4–0 Ergotelis
Niki Volos 1–3 Diagoras
Kozani 4–1 Olympiakos Chalkida
Atromitos 4–2 Anagennisi Kolindros
Achaiki 1–0 (a.e.t.) Kilkisiakos
Panarkadikos 3–1 Ethnikos Alexandroupoli

Additional Round

Home team Score Away team
Panetolikos 0–2 Diagoras
Pandramaikos 0–0 Atromitos
Pandramaikos won 4-3 on penalties
Panathinaikos 7–1 Kavala

Second round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egaleo 3-1 Ethnikos Asteras 1-1 2-0
Pierikos 3-6 Larissa 2-3 1-3
Xanthi 7-1 Achaiki 4-0 3-1
Apollon Kalamaria 4-2 Anagennisi Karditsa 2-0 2-2
Charavgiakos 0-1 Diagoras 0-0 0-1
Kallithea 3-4 AEK Athens 3-2 0-2
PAS Giannina 3-1 Pandramaikos 1-0 2-1
Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos 0-6 Olympiacos 0-1 0-5
Aris 4-2 Korinthos 1-0 3-2 (a.e.t.)
Kozani 1-3 Doxa Drama 1-2 0-1
Trikala 2-1 Pannafpliakos 2-0 0-1
OFI (a.g.) 2-2 Levadiakos 0-0 2-2
Anagennisi Neapoli 1-2 Irodotos 1-0 0-2
PAOK 3-4 Kastoria 2-1 1-3
Panserraikos 0-2 Panathinaikos 0-0 0-2
Kerkyra 0-1 Panarkadikos 0-0 0-1

Third round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olympiakos 4-2 AEK Athens 1-1 3-1
Aris 2-2 Larissa (a.g.) 2-1 0-1
Doxa Drama 2-3 Apollon Kalamaria 2-1 0-2
Egaleo 0-7 OFI 0-0 0-7
Irodotos 5-4 Diagoras 2-2 3-2
PAS Giannina 3-10 Panathinaikos 1-2 2-8
Trikala 2-1 Panarkadikos 2-0 0-1
Kastoria 4-3 Xanthi 3-2 1-1

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 Kalamaria 1-2 Olympiacos 0-0 1-2
OFI 4-2 Trikala 3-2 1-0
Irodotos 0-6 Panathinaikos 0-4 0-2
Larissa 1-0 Kastoria 1-0 0-0

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
Panathinaikos 4-1 Larissa 1-0 3-1
Olympiacos 3-1 OFI 3-0 0-1

Final

The 46th Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

May 8, 1988
Panathinaikos 2 – 2
(a.e.t.)
Olympiacos Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis"
Attendance: 73,375
Referee: Meletis Voutsaras (Athens)
Saravakos  31' (pen.)
Dimopoulos  102'
Funes  59' (pen.)  98' (pen.)

  Penalties  
Vlachos
Sarganis
Dimopoulos
Georgamlis
4 – 3 Alexiou
Baniotis
Chatzidis
Apostolakis
Funes
PANATHINAIKOS:
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'
Manager:
Gunder Bengtsson
OLYMPIACOS:
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'
Manager:
Pavlos Grigoriadis

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 subtitutes.
  • Maximum of two substitutions.

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