The Greek Cup 1989–90 was the 48th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.
Tournament details
Totally 76 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 40 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final.
It was a very interesting competition, that was characterized by undecided confrontations and enough surprises, from which the mainer was the elimination of AEK Athens by neophyte in Alpha Ethniki Ionikos, in Second Round. At the same time, PAOK eliminated Sparta in penalty shootout. PAOK's goalkeeper, Gkitsioudis, warded off all 4 shots of rival players). Iraklis eliminated Ilisiakos after extra time, with away goals rule.
In the Third Round, PAOK was eliminated with the same process by Olympiacos, after two eventful matches, while in quarter-finals there were impressive qualifications of both Panathinaikos, against Iraklis (6–1 at first leg), and OFI, against Athinaikos, that reversed 5–0 the first leg's 0–3. In two very interesting semi-finals, Olympiacos eliminated Panathinaikos after extra time, while OFI qualified against Apollon Athens with a goal in last minutes of the second leg.
In Final, Olympiacos overcame 4–2 OFI and won the Cup after 9 years. For the Cretan team, it was the second and last time until now that accomplished to qualify in a Greek Cup Final. First scorers of the season were Lajos Détári and Dimitris Saravakos, with 8 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 7
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Group 8
| Team |
Pts |
| Charavgiakos |
6 |
| Aris |
6 |
| Kavala |
4 |
| A.F.C. Kyriakio |
2 |
| Anagennisi Neapoli |
2 |
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Group 15
| Team |
Pts |
| OFI |
5 |
| Kerkyra |
3 |
| Odysseas Kordelio |
3 |
| Nigrita |
1 |
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Group 16
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Second round
| Team #1 |
Agg. |
Team #2 |
1st leg |
2nd leg |
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| Panachaiki | 4-2 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 2-0 | 2-2 |
| Panionios | 5-1 | Niki Volos | 3-0 | 2-1 |
| Neoi Epivates | 3-4 | Charavgiakos | 2-4 | 1-0 |
| Veria | 0-1 | Apollon Athens | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Proodeftiki | 1-3 | Olympiacos | 1-1 | 0-2 |
| Levadiakos | 2-3 | Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| Panetolikos | 2-3 | Pierikos | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| Panargiakos | 3-4 | Athinaikos | 1-2 | 2-2 |
| PAOK (2-0 PSO) | 1-1 | Sparti | 1-0 | 0-1 |
| Aris | 5-1 | Edessaikos | 3-0 | 2-1 |
| Ionikos | 2-0 | AEK Athens | 2-0 | 0-0 |
| Apollon Kalamaria | 6-1 | Egaleo | 3-0 | 3-1 |
| Panserraikos | 3-9 | OFI | 2-3 | 1-6 |
| Panathinaikos | 4-1 | EAR Rethymno | 3-0 | 1-1 |
| Iraklis (a.g.) | 1-1 | Ilisiakos | 0-0 | 1-1 (a.e.t.) |
| Larissa | 6-4 | Kerkyra | 3-1 | 3-3 |
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Third round
| Team #1 |
Agg. |
Team #2 |
1st leg |
2nd leg |
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| OFI | 2-1 | Aris | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Athinaikos | 2-1 | Panionios | 2-0 | 0-1 |
| Charavgiakos | 2-3 | Apollon Athens | 2-1 | 0-2 |
| PAOK | 1-1 | Olympiacos (5-3 PSO) | 1-0 | 0-1 |
| Panathinaikos | 7-3 | Pierikos | 4-2 | 3-1 |
| Apollon Kalamaria | 1-3 | Iraklis | 1-1 | 0-2 |
| Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos | 5-1 | Panachaiki | 3-0 | 2-1 |
| Ionikos | 1-1 | Larissa (9-8 PSO) | 1-0 | 0-1 |
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Quarter-finals
First legs were played on February 14, 1990, and second legs on March 7.
| Team #1 |
Agg. |
Team #2 |
1st leg |
2nd leg |
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| Apollon Athens (a.g.) | 3-3 | Larissa | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| Olympiacos | 6-2 | Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos | 5-0 | 1-2 |
| Athinaikos | 3-5 | OFI | 3-0 | 0-5 |
| Panathinaikos | 6-4 | Iraklis | 6-1 | 0-3 |
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Semi-finals
First legs were played on March 23, 1990, while second legs on April 4.
| Team #1 |
Agg. |
Team #2 |
1st leg |
2nd leg |
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| OFI | 1-0 | Apollon Athens | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Olympiacos | 5-4 | Panathinaikos | 2-1 | 3-3 (a.e.t.) |
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Final
The 48th Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".
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| OFI: |
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| | |  Kostas Chaniotakis |
| | | Stefanos Vavoulas |
| | | Nikos Goulis  81' |
| | | Manolis Patemtzis |
| | | Miltos Andreanidis |
| | |  Alejandro Hisis |
| | | Nikos Tsimbos |
| | | Jaime Vera |
| | | Giorgos Vlastos 83' |
| | | Nikos Nioplias |
| | | Dimosthenis Kavouras |
| Substitutes: |
| | | Grigoris Tsinos  81' |
| | | Kostas Batsinilas 83' |
| Manager: |
 Eugène Gerards |
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MATCH OFFICIALS
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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.
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References
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