| Event | 1962–63 Greek Football Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 18 July 1963 | ||||||
| Venue | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium,Ampelokipoi,Athens | ||||||
| Referee | Otmar Humber (Switzerland) | ||||||
| Attendance | 25,000 | ||||||
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The1963 Greek Cup final was the 21st final of theGreek Cup. The match took place on 18 July 1963 atKaraiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams wereOlympiacos andPierikos. It was Olympiacos' thirteenth Greek Cup final and eighth consecutive in their 38 years of existence and Pierikos' first ever Greek Cup final in their 2-year history.[1] A remarkable fact was that Pierikos reached their first and only Cup final, only two years after their foundation with the merger of Megas Alexandros Katerinis and Olympos Katerinis. It was also the first time in the history of the institution, that a Cup final took place at night and was held under floodlights.[2]
This was the seventeenth Greek Cup final held atLeoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960 and 1961 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 twelve times, winning ten of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in1961 (3–0 againstPanionios). The last time that had played in a final was in1962, against Panathinaikos, where the match was abandoned at the extra time.
Pierikos had never competed in a Cup final.
The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.[4]
| Olympiacos | Round | Pierikos | ||||||
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| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
| Pagchaniakos | 6–1 (A) | Round of 32 | Anagennisi Giannitsa | 2–0 (A) | ||||
| Panionios | 2–1 (H) | Round of 16 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 2–1 (H) | ||||
| Panathinaikos | 5–3 (H) | Quarter-finals | Niki Volos | 3–2 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (A) | 3–2 (H) | ||
| Aris | 6–3 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (A) | 5–2 (H) | Semi-finals | Proodeftiki | 4–0 (H) | ||
| Olympiacos | 3–0 | Pierikos |
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