| Event | 1967–68 Greek Football Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 21 July 1968 | ||||||
| Venue | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium,Ampelokipoi,Athens | ||||||
| Referee | Aurel Bentu (Romania) | ||||||
| Attendance | 22,669 | ||||||
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The1968 Greek Cup final was the 24th final of theGreek Cup. The match took place on 21 July 1968 atLeoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams werePanathinaikos andOlympiacos. It was Panathinaikos' ninth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 60 years of existence and Olympiacos' fifteenth Greek Cup final in their 43-year history.[1]
This was the eighteenth Greek Cup final held atLeoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1963 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final betweenEthnikos Piraeus andAris, the replay match of the 1949 final betweenAEK Athens andPanathinaikos and the replay match of the 1952 final betweenOlympiacos andPanionios).
Leoforos Alexandras Stadium was built in 1922. The stadium is used as a venue forPanathinaikos andGreece. Its current capacity is 30,000.[2]
Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final eight times, winning four of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in1967, where they wonPanionios 1–0.
Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final fourteen times, winning twelve of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in1965 (1–0 against Panathinaikos). The last time that had played in a final was in1966, where they had lost toAEK Athens by 2–0without a match.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final three times in the 1960, 1962 and 1965 finals.[3]
| Panathinaikos | Round | Olympiacos | ||
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| Lamia | 2–1 (a.e.t.) (A) | Round of 32 | Anagennisi Karditsa | 2–0 (A) |
| Chalkida | 2–1 (H) | Round of 16 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 4–2 (H) |
| PAOK | 2–1 (a.e.t.) (A) | Quarter-finals | Panachaiki | 8–3 (A) |
| Ethnikos Piraeus | 2–0 (H) | Semi-finals | AEK Athens | 2–1 (H) |
| Panathinaikos | 0–1 | Olympiacos |
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