| Event | 1975–76 Greek Football Cup | ||||||
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| Afterextra time Iraklis won 6–5 onpenalties | |||||||
| Date | 9 June 1976 | ||||||
| Venue | AEK Stadium,Nea Filadelfia,Athens | ||||||
| Referee | Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Athens) | ||||||
| Attendance | 24,871 | ||||||
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The1976 Greek Cup final was the 32nd final of theGreek Cup. The match took place on 9 June 1976 atNikos Goumas Stadium. The contesting teams wereIraklis andOlympiacos. It was Iraklis' third Greek Cup final in their 68 years of existence and Olympiacos' twenty-first Greek Cup final and fourth consecutive in their 51-year history.[1] The final has been characterized as one of the most thrilling in the history of the institution. Iraklis took the lead 2 times in regular time and Olympiacos equalized as many times. At the extra time, Iraklis made the 4–2, but again Olympiacos equalized in the last minutes, despite being down to 10 players. Eventually, in an equally dramaticpenalty shoot-out, Iraklis won the first and only Cup in their history.[2]
This was the fourth Greek Cup final held atAEK Stadium, after the 1962, 1967 and 1974 finals.
AEK Stadium was built in 1930. The stadium is used as a venue forAEK Athens and was used forGreece on various occasions. Its current capacity is 32,000.[3]
Iraklis had reached the Greek Cup final two times. The last time that they played in a final was in1957, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 2–0.
Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty times, winning sixteen of them. The last time that they played in a final was in1975, where they had won againstPanathinaikos by 1–0.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1947 and 1957 finals.[4]
| Iraklis | Round | Olympiacos | ||
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| Veria | 2–2(7–6p) (A) | First round | Proodeftiki | 3–0 (H) |
| Pierikos | 1–0 (H) | Second round | Ethnikos Piraeus | 1–0 (H) |
| Trikala | 1–0 (A) | Round of 16 | PAOK | 1–1(6–5p) (H) |
| Panetolikos | 7–1 (A) | Quarter-finals | Panionios | 3–1 (H) |
| Panathinaikos | 3–2 (H) | Semi-finals | AEK Athens | 3–2 (A) |
| Iraklis | 4–4 (a.e.t.) | Olympiacos |
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