The 1994 Greek Cup final was the 50th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 20 April 1994 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and AEK Athens. It was Panathinaikos' twenty first Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 86 years of existence and AEK Athens' thirteenth Greek Cup final in their 70-year history. A remarkable fact was that the 2 finalists were drawn in the same group at the start of the tournament. The match was characterized as one of the most sensational finals in history of the institution and was compared to the 1976 final. AEK Athens lost the chance to win the double, since they eventually won the championship.
Venue
This was the tenth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1993 finals.
The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and Greece and was used for Olympiacos and AEK Athens on various occasions. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted a European Cup/UEFA Champions League final in 1983 and will host the 1994 final, a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987 and the 1991 Mediterranean Games.
Background Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty times, winning thirteen of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1993, where they had won against Olympiacos by 1–0.
AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final twelve times, winning seven of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1983, where they had won against PAOK by 2–0.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1948 and 1949 finals.
Route to the final
PanathinaikosRoundAEK AthensOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultNiki Volos1–0 (H)Matchday 1Keratsini7–0 (A)Keratsini5–0 (H)Matchday 2Niki Volos2–0 (A)AEK Athens2–2 (A)Matchday 3Panathinaikos2–2 (H)Group 14 runners-up TeamPts AEK Athens7 Panathinaikos7 Niki Volos1 Keratsini1Final standingsGroup 14 winners TeamPts AEK Athens7 Panathinaikos7 Niki Volos1 Keratsini1OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOFI5–35–1 (H)0–2 (A)Round of 32Paniliakos6–30–0 (A)6–3 (H)PAOK4–3 0–0 (H)0–0 (A)Round of 16Asteras Ambelokipoi16–14–0 (H)7–1 (A)Ionikos3–11–1 (H)2–0 (A)Quarter-finalsAEL2–11–0 (A)1–1 (H)Iraklis3–00–0 (A)3–0 (H)Semi-finalsAris2–10–0 (A)2–1 (H)
Match Details
GK 1 Józef WandzikRB 2 Stratos Apostolakis (c)CB 5 Giannis KalitzakisCB 3 Marinos OuzounidisLB 8 Thanasis KolitsidakisDM 11 Dimitris MarkosCM 4 Louis ChristodoulouLM 6 Nikos NiopliasRM 10 Georgios GeorgiadisAM 7 Juan José Borrelli CF 9 Krzysztof Warzycha Substitutes:GK Antonios NikopolidisMF 12 Spyros Marangos FW 14 Georgios Donis Manager: Juan Ramón Rocha GK 1 Ilias AtmatsidisRB 5 Refik Šabanadžović CB 3 Vaios KaragiannisCB 4 Stelios Manolas LB 2 Michalis KasapisDM 6 Michalis Vlachos CM 10 Stavros StamatisCM 8 Toni SavevskiRW 9 Charis KopitsisLW 11 Zoran SliškovićCF 7 Alexis Alexandris (c)Substitutes:GK 15 Vasilis KaragiannisDF 12 Georgios AgorogiannisMF 13 Tasos MitropoulosMF 14 Vasilios Tsiartas FW 16 Vasilis Dimitriadis Manager: Dušan Bajević Assistant referees: Christos Sotiropoulos (Piraeus) Nikos Chaldeos (Piraeus)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of two substitutions
See also 1993–94 Greek Football Cup
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