| Event | 1981–82 Greek Football Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 19 June 1982 | ||||||
| Venue | AEK Stadium,Nea Filadelfia,Athens | ||||||
| Referee | Antonis Vassaras (Thessaloniki) | ||||||
| Attendance | 22,560 | ||||||
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The1982 Greek Cup final was the 38th final of theGreek Cup. The match took place on 19 June 1982 atNikos Goumas Stadium. The contesting teams werePanathinaikos andAEL. It was Panathinaikos' fourteenth Greek Cup final in their 74 years of existence and AEL's first ever Greek Cup final in their 18-year history.[1] Despite Panathinaikos winning the match, they were not awarded the Cup, but a commemorative trophy instead, since the objection ofOlympiacos against them for the case of illegal Hellenisation ofJuan Ramón Rocha was still pending. The normal ceremony took place 2 months later, while the case had been finalized.[2][3]
This was the seventh Greek Cup final held atAEK Stadium, after the 1962, 1967, 1974, 1976, 1980 and 1981 finals.
AEK Stadium was built in 1930 and it has been renovated in 1979. The stadium is used as a venue forAEK Athens and was used forGreece on various occasions. Its current capacity is 35,000.[4]
Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final thirteen times, winning six of them. The last time that they played in a final was in1977, where they had won againstPAOK by 2–1.
AEL had never competed in a Cup final.
The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.[5]
| Panathinaikos | Round | AEL | ||||||
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| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
| Ilisiakos | 2–0 (A) | First round | Olympiacos Volos | 2–0 (H) | ||||
| Olympiacos | 3–2 (a.e.t.) (H) | Second round | Xanthi | 1–0 (H) | ||||
| Iraklis | 3–2 | 0–1 (A) | 3–1 (a.e.t.) (H) | Round of 16 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 1–0 | 1–0 (A) | 0–0 (H) |
| Kastoria | 3–1 | 0–1 (A) | 3–0 (H) | Quarter-finals | Diagoras | 1–0 | 1–0 (H) | 0–0 (A) |
| PAOK | 2–1 | 0–1 (A) | 2–0 (H) | Semi-finals | Korinthos | 3–2 | 0–1 (A) | 3–1 (H) |
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