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| Event | 1953–54 Greek Football Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 23 May 1954 | ||||||
| Venue | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium,Ampelokipoi,Athens | ||||||
| Referee | Kostas Tzitzis (Athens) | ||||||
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The1954 Greek Cup final was the 12th final of theGreek Cup. The match took place on 23 May 1954 atLeoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams wereOlympiacos andDoxa Drama. It was Olympiacos' fifth Greek Cup final and fourth consecutive in their 29 years of existence and Doxa Drama's first ever Greek Cup final in their 36-year history.[1][2]
This was the eleventh Greek Cup final held atLeoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 and 1953 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.[3]
Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final four times, winning all of them. The last time that they played in a final was in1953, where they had wonAEK Athens by 3–2.
Doxa Drama had never competed in a Cup final.
The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.[4]
| Olympiacos | Round | Doxa Drama | ||||||
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| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
| Bye | First round | Doxa Sitargon | 6–0 (H) | |||||
| Second round | Megas Alexandros Drama | 5–2 (H) | ||||||
| Third round | Unknown | |||||||
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| Seventh round | Filippi Kavala | 2–1 (H) | ||||||
| Eighth round | Elpida Drama | 7–0 (H) | ||||||
| Ninth round | Unknown | |||||||
| Tenth round | Doxa Alexandroupoli | Unknown | ||||||
| Atromitos Piraeus | 2–0 (A) | Round of 16 | PAOK | 3–2 (H) | ||||
| Asteras Athens | 4–0 (A) | Quarter-finals | Aris | 2–1 (A) | ||||
| Apollon Athens | 2–1 | 1–1 (A) | 1–0 (H) | Semi-finals | Iraklis | 2–0 (w/o) (H) | ||
| Olympiacos | 2–0 | Doxa Drama |
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