1988–89 Greek Cup

The Greek Cup 1988–89 was the 47th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.

Tournament details

Totally 52 teams participated, 16 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 18 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final.

This season, for first time was established qualifying groups in the First Round, with Alpha Ethniki teams to be placed in the first pot. The groups would be supplemented by teams of lower divisions and the qualification would be gained by the two winners of each group. The inspiration for this process was taken by Coppa Italia and its main objective was the teams to play certain official matches before the beginning of European championships and Cups.

With various forms, the initial round of groups took place globally in 11 editions, until 2001-02 season. The unique Alpha Ethniki team that was eliminated this year by the round was Doxa Drama.

Afterwards, the competition was marked by eventful matches and false note, initially in Second Round and afterwards the elimination of Olympiacos by OFI and AEK Athens by Levadiakos, but mainly in the quarter-finals, when OFI were eliminated by Larissa, while after the end of second match there were clashes in the ground by footballers of both teams. Riots of lower intensity became after the end of match between Panionios and PAOK, in the same round.

Final was contested by Panathinaikos and Panionios. The two clubs were met again in a Greek Cup Final after 32 years. Panathinaikos, after First Round of groups, eliminated Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos, Panachaiki, PAS Giannina and Ethnikos Piraeus, while Panionios Sparti, Aris, PAOK and Larissa. The Greens repeated the success of 1967, overcoming this time 3–1. For second possessed year, Dimitris Saravakos was elected as first scorer of competition, with 7 goals.

First round

The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win would gain 2 points, each draw 1 and each loss would not gain any point.

Group 1 Team Pts Achilleas Farsala 4 Apollon Athens 4 Makedonikos 2 Asteras Ambelokipi 2

Group 2 Team Pts Panionios 5 Naousa 3 Charavgiakos 2 Trikala 2

Group 3 Team Pts Apollon Kalamaria 5 Irodotos 4 Atromitos 3 Ionikos 0

Group 4 Team Pts Larissa 5 Niki Volos 3 Kallithea 2 Pierikos 2

Group 5 Team Pts Iraklis 4 Sparti 2 Edessaikos 0

Group 6 Team Pts OFI 2 Kastoria 2 Veria 2

Group 7 Team Pts Olympiacos 4 Xanthi 2 Kavala 0

Group 8 Team Pts PAS Giannina 4 Panachaiki 1 Doxa Drama 1

Group 9 Team Pts Levadiakos 2 Korinthos 2 Anagennisi Karditsa 2

Group 10 Team Pts PAOK 2 Proodeftiki 2 Thriamvos 2

Group 11 Team Pts Panserraikos 2 Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos 2 Kilkisiakos 2

Group 12 Team Pts Ethnikos Piraeus 3 Kalamata 2 Athinaikos 1

Group 13 Team Pts AEK Athens 4 Panarkadikos 2 Egaleo 0

Group 14 Team Pts Aris 4 Anagennisi Arta 2 Chalkida 0

Group 15 Team Pts Panathinaikos 4 Kozani 2 Eordaikos 0

Group 16 Team Pts Diagoras 2 EAR Rethymno 2 Acharnaikos 2

Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
OFI	3-1	Olympiacos	2-0	1-1
Levadiakos	3-2	AEK Athens	3-1	0-1
Panathinaikos	5-2	Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos	3-1	2-1
Ethnikos Piraeus	5-3	Apollon Kalamaria	4-2	1-1
Apollon Athens (a.g.)	2-2	Korinthos	1-0	1-2
Larissa	5-0	Niki Volos	4-0	1-0
PAOK	6-1	Naousa	3-0	3-1
Proodeftiki	1-3	Iraklis	0-1	1-2
Xanthi	1-1	Aris (a.g.)	1-1	0-0
Diagoras	2-1	Panarkadikos	1-0	1-1
Panachaiki	8-4	EAR Rethymno	6-2	2-2
Panserraikos	2-4	PAS Giannina	1-1	1-3
Achilleas Farsala	2-6	Kozani	0-3	2-3
Irodotos	2-1	Kastoria	1-0	1-1
Anagennisi Arta	0-1	Kalamata	0-0	0-1
Panionios	4-1	Sparti	4-0	0-1

Third round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Irodotos	2-4	OFI	0-1	2-3
Diagoras	2-2	Ethnikos Piraeus (a.g.)	2-1	0-1
Larissa	2-0	Apollon Athens	2-0	0-0
Panionios	3-2	Aris	3-0	0-2
Panachaiki	3-9	Panathinaikos	2-1	1-8
PAOK	4-2	Levadiakos	2-2	2-0
Kozani	2-7	Iraklis	1-2	1-5
PAS Giannina	1-0	Kalamata	1-0	0-0

Quarter-finals

First legs were played on February 1, 1989. Second legs were played on 15th.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Larissa	3-2	OFI	2-1	1-1
Ethnikos Piraeus (a.g.)	2-2	Iraklis	0-0	2-2
PAOK	2-3	Panionios	2-0	0-3 (a.e.t.)
PAS Giannina	1-3	Panathinaikos	0-3	1-0

Semi-finals

First legs were played on March 22, 1989 and second on April 12.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panathinaikos	4-0	Ethnikos Piraeus	2-0	2-0
Panionios	2-0	Larissa	2-0	0-0

Final

The 47th Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

PANATHINAIKOS: GK  1 Nikos Sarganis DF  2 Iakovos Chatziathanasiou FW  3 Giannis Samaras DF  4 Chris Kalantzis DF  5 Giannis Kalitzakis DF  6 Kostas Mavridis (c) MF  7 Dimitris Saravakos MF  8 Kostas Antoniou FW  9 Christos Dimopoulos  78' MF 10 Paris Georgakopoulos  71' MF 11 Lysandros Georgamlis Substitutes: DF 12 Nikos Kourbanas  78' FW 13 Klaus Nielsen MF 14 Juan Ramon Rocha  71' GK 15 Giorgos Abadiotakis MF 16 József Fitos Manager: Gunder Bengtsson

PANIONIOS: GK  1 Theologis Papadopoulos DF  2 Makis Chatzimoisiadis DF  3 Giannis Papoulidis DF  4 Christos Koutropoulos (c) DF  5 Giorgos Toyias MF  6 Thanasis Kanaras  51' MF  7 Petros Michos MF  8 Stelios Aposporis  70' FW  9 Theodoros Zakkas MF 10 Spiros Marangos FW 11 Thomas Mavros Substitutes: MF 12 Vassilis Vassilakos  51' FW 13 Luigjm Bersemi  70' DF 14 Periklis Papapanayis GK 15 Antonis Manikas MF 16 Charis Kopitsis Manager: Bo Johansson

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Kefalas (Athens) Filippidis (Patras)

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

References

• Greek Cup 1988-89 at RSSSF

Greek Cup seasons Seasons 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 Finals ...2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

1988–89 in European football (UEFA) « 1987–88 1989–90 » Domestic leagues Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '88 '89 England Estonia '88 '89 Faroe Islands '88 '89 Finland '88 '89 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Latvia '88 '89 Lithuania '88 '89 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89 Spain Sweden '88 '89 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia Domestic cups Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '88 '89 Finland '88 '89 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '88 '89 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '88 '89 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia League cups England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89 UEFA competitions European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup