Event | 1977–78 Greek Football Cup | ||||||
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Date | 4 June 1978 | ||||||
Venue | Karaiskakis Stadium,Piraeus | ||||||
Referee | Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki) | ||||||
Attendance | 23,483 | ||||||
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The1978 Greek Cup final was the 34th final of theGreek Cup. The match took place on 4 June 1978 atKaraiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams wereAEK Athens andPAOK. It was AEK Athens' tenth Greek Cup final in their 54 years of existence and PAOK's tenth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 52-year history.[1] With their conquest of the Cup, AEK Athens achieved the firstdouble after 39 years and the second in their history.[2]
This was the tenth Greek Cup final held atKaraiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 and 1977 finals. (Karaiskakis also hosted the replay match of the 1960 final betweenPanathinaikos andOlympiacos).
Karaiskakis Stadium was built in 1895 and renovated once in 1964. The stadium is used as a venue forOlympiacos andEthnikos Piraeus and was used forGreece in various occasions. Its current capacity is 42,000 and hosted aEuropean Cup Winners' Cup final in1971 and the first leg of theIntercontinental Cup final in1971.[3]
AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final nine times, winning five of them. The last time that they played in a final was in1956, where they had wonOlympiacos by 2–1.
PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final nine times, winning two of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in1974 (4–3 onpenalties, which came after a 2–2 draw at the end of the extra time againstOlympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in1977, where they had lost toPanathinaikos by 2–1.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1939 final.[4]
AEK Athens | Round | PAOK | ||
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Opponent | Result | Opponent | Result | |
AO Chania | 6–1 (H) | First round | Levadiakos | 6–1 (H) |
Panathinaikos | 1–0 (A) | Second round | Olympiacos Volos | 4–1 (H) |
Panionios | 3–0 (H) | Round of 16 | Iraklis | 1–0 (A) |
Panelefsiniakos | 4–2 (A) | Quarter-finals | Veria | 5–0 (H) |
Olympiacos | 6–1 (H) | Semi-finals | Aris | 1–0 (a.e.t.) (A) |
AEK Athens | 2–0 | PAOK |
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Report (pages 4,5) |
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