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1973 Greek Football Cup final
| Event |
|---|
| Olympiacos |
| PAOK |
1 0 | | 17 June 1973 | | Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus | | Vital Loraux (Belgium) | | 40,070 |
The 1973 Greek Cup final was the 29th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 17 June 1973 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and PAOK. It was Olympiacos' eighteenth Greek Cup final in their 48 years of existence and PAOK's seventh Greek Cup final and fourth consecutive in their 47-year history. With their conquest of the Cup, Olympiacos also achieved the conquest of their seventh domestic double.
Karaiskakis Stadium.
This was the seventh Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1965, 1969, 1971 and 1972 finals. (Karaiskakis also hosted the replay match of the 1960 final between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos).
Karaiskakis Stadium was built in 1895 and renovated once in 1964. The stadium is used as a venue for Olympiacos and Ethnikos Piraeus and was used for Greece on various occasions. Its current capacity is 42,000 and hosted a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1971 and the first leg of the Intercontinental Cup final in 1971.
Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final seventeen times, winning fourteen of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1971, where they had won PAOK by 3–1.
PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final six times, winning one of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1972, where they had won Panathinaikos by 2–1.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1951 and 1971 finals.
| Olympiacos | Round | PAOK | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Result | Opponent | Result | |
| Koropi | 5–0 (H) | First round | Anagennisi Epanomi | 3–0 (A) |
| Rodos | 3–0 (A) | Round of 32 | Olympiacos Volos | 5–1 (H) |
| PAS Giannina | 1–0 (H) | Round of 16 | Fostiras | 2–1 (a.e.t.) (A) |
| Panargiakos | 3–2 (H) | Quarter-finals | Panathinaikos | 2–0 (H) |
| Panionios | 2–1 (H) | Semi-finals | Ethnikos Piraeus | 3–2 (a.e.t.) (H) |
| GK | Panagiotis Kelesidis | ||
| DF | Giannis Gaitatzis | ||
| DF | Thanasis Angelis | ||
| DF | Vasilis Siokos (c) | ||
| DF | Lakis Glezos | ||
| DF | Peter Persidis | ||
| MF | Milton Viera | 90' | |
| MF | Georgios Delikaris | 89' | |
| FW | Romain Argyroudis | ||
| FW | Nikos Gioutsos | ||
| FW | Yves Triantafyllos | ||
| Substitutes: | |||
| DF | Giorgos Vasilopoulos | 90' | |
| FW | Julio Losada | 89' | |
| Manager: | |||
| Lakis Petropoulos | |||
| GK | Ioannis Stefas | ||
| DF | Giannis Gounaris | ||
| DF | Filotas Pellios | ||
| DF | Konstantinos Iosifidis | ||
| DF | Aristarchos Fountoukidis | ||
| MF | Christos Terzanidis | ||
| MF | Stavros Sarafis | ||
| MF | Giorgos Koudas (c) | 81' | |
| MF | Vasilis Lazos | 73' | |
| FW | Dimitris Paridis | ||
| FW | Koulis Apostolidis | ||
| Substitutes: | |||
| FW | Achilleas Aslanidis | 73' | |
| FW | Dimitris Panagis | 81' | |
| Manager: | |||
| Les Shannon |
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Match rules |
90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of two substitutions |
- 1972–73 Greek Football Cup
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