| Event | 1968–69 Greek Football Cup | ||||||
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| Afterextra time Panathinaikos won on a toss of a coin | |||||||
| Date | 9 July 1969 | ||||||
| Venue | Karaiskakis Stadium,Piraeus | ||||||
| Referee | Christos Michas (Athens) | ||||||
| Attendance | 39,000 | ||||||
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The1969 Greek Cup final was the 25th final of theGreek Cup. The match took place on 9 July 1969 atKaraiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams werePanathinaikos andOlympiacos for a second time in a row. It was Panathinaikos' tenth Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 61 years of existence and Olympiacos' sixteenth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 44-year history.[1] It was the only Cup final to be judged oncoin toss, as at the center of the pitch with the presence of the referees and the captains of both teams,Mimis Domazos, captain of Panathinaikos chose correctly and his team was awarded the trophy. By winning the Cup, Panathinaikos also achieved the firstdomestic double in their history. It was the last time a coin toss was used to determine the winner, as from the following year the procedure ofpenalties was established.[2]

This was the fourth Greek Cup final held atKaraiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, and 1965 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 on various occasions. Its current capacity is 42,000.[3]
Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final nine times, winning four of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in1967 (1–0 againstPanionios). The last time that had played in a final was in1968, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 1–0.
Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final fifteen times, winning thirteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in1968, where they won Panathinaikos by 1–0.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final four times in the 1960, 1962, 1965 and 1968 finals.[4]
| Panathinaikos | Round | Olympiacos | ||
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| Asteras Zografou | 3–0 (H) | Round of 32 | Fostiras | 4–1 (H) |
| Panelefsiniakos | 4–2 (H) | Round of 16 | Iraklis | 3–2 (A) |
| Panachaiki | 5–1 (H) | Quarter-finals | OFI | 4–1 (H) |
| Panionios | 1–0 (H) | Semi-finals | Ethnikos Piraeus | 4–3 (a.e.t.) (H) |
| Panathinaikos | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Olympiacos |
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Panathinaikos won on a toss of a coin.
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