1980–81 Greek Cup

The Greek Cup 198081 was the 39th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.

Tournament details

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 took the title 31, while won The Double after both winning of 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 phenomena of hooliganism that were 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 round

Home team Score Away team
Veria 21 Apollon Athens
Aris 30 Pelopas Kiato
Kavala 10 PAS Giannina
Chalkida 13 Olympiacos
Apollon Kalamaria 22 Pandramaikos
Pandramaikos won 5-3 on penalties
Panetolikos 01 Atromitos
Agrotikos Asteras 20 Ilisiakos
Acharnaikos 51 Proodeftiki
Makedonikos 11 Kastoria
Kastoria won 5-3 on penalties
Elassona 41 Patras A.F.C.
Korinthos 11 Iraklis
Korinthos won 6-5 on penalties
Kallithea 10 Naousa
AEK Athens 62 Egaleo
Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos 31 Vyzas
Panserraikos 10 (a.e.t.) Larissa
Irodotos 31 Panelefsiniakos
Panegialios 20 Almopos Aridea
Niki Volos 11 PAOK
PAOK won 5-3 on penalties
Diagoras 12 (a.e.t.) OFI
Panarkadikos 20 Xanthi
Eordaikos 10 (a.e.t.) Panachaiki
Olympiakos Liosia 01 Doxa Drama
Panionios 50 Panthrakikos
Anagennisi Epanomi 01 Trikala
Fostiras 40 Olympiakos Loutraki
Ethnikos Piraeus 00 Anagennisi Giannitsa
Anagennisi won 4-3 on penalties
Pierikos 10 (a.e.t.) Edessaikos
Ethnikos Asteras 21 Odysseas Mavrodendri
Rodos 12 Panathinaikos

Second round

Home team Score Away team
Korinthos 31 Panarkadikos
Ethnikos Asteras 21 Kallithea
Olympiacos 50 Pierikos
OFI 30 Agrotikos Asteras
Elassona 24 Doxa Drama
Eordaikos 11 Trikala
Eordaikos won 6-5 on penalties
Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos 20 Anagennisi Giannitsa
Panathinaikos 30 Panserraikos
Veria 02 PAOK
AEK Athens 20 Kastoria
Fostiras 01 Pandramaikos
Irodotos 00 Panegialios
Panegialios won 4-2 on penalties
Aris 51 Acharnaikos
Kavala bye
Panionios bye
Atromitos bye

Third round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
PAOK 4-2 Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos 2-1 2-1
Aris 2-0 Atromitos 1-0 1-0
Korinthos 2-2 Kavala (3-1 PSO) 2-0 0-2
Pandramaikos 1-2 Doxa Drama 1-2 0-0
Eordaikos 2-4 Ethnikos Asteras 2-2 0-2
Panathinaikos 3-3 AEK Athens (a.g.) 3-2 0-1
Olympiacos 2-0 Panionios 0-0 2-0 (a.e.t.)
Panegialios (a.g.) 1-1 OFI 0-0 1-1

Quarter-finals

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

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens 3-2 Aris 2-2 1-0
Kavala 0-2 Olympiacos 0-0 0-2
PAOK 8-2 Ethnikos Asteras 5-0 3-2
Panegialios 3-2 Doxa Drama 0-1 3-1

Semi-finals

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

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panegialios 1-6 Olympiacos 0-3 1-3
PAOK 3-0 AEK Athens 1-0 2-0

Final

The 39th Greek Cup Final was played at the Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens.

June 21, 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)
OLYMPIACOS:
Greece Sarganis
Greece Kyrastas
Greece Vamvakoulas
Cyprus Papadopoulos (c)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Novoselac
Greece Kousoulakis
Greece Orfanos  80'
Greece Nikoloudis  69'
Greece Lemonis
GreeceGermany Galakos
Greece Persias
Substitutes:
Greece Michos  69'
Sweden Ahlström  80'
Manager:
Poland Kazimierz Górski
PAOK:
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Furtula
Greece Gounaris
Greece Iosifidis
Shalamon
Greece Siggas
Greece Damanakis
Greece Kermanidis  68'
Greece Georgopoulos
Brazil Guerino
Greece Koudas (c)  75'
Greece Kostikos
Substitutes:
Greece Triantafyllidis  68'
Greece Vasilakos  75'
Manager:
Greece Aristos Fountoukidis

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

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