The 1965 Greek Cup final was the 22nd final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 14 July 1965 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. It was Olympiacos' fourteenth Greek Cup final in their 40 years of existence and Panathinaikos' seventh Greek Cup final in their 57-year history.

Venue

This was the third Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957 and 1958 finals. (Karaiskakis also hosted the replay match of the 1960 final between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos).

Karaiskakis Stadium was built in 1895 and renovated once in 1964. The stadium is used as a venue for Olympiacos and Ethnikos Piraeus and was used for Greece on various occasions. Its current capacity is 42,000.

Background Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirteen times, winning eleven of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1963, where they won Pierikos 3–0.

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final six times, winning three of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1955 (1–0 against PAOK). The last time that had played in a final was in 1962, against Olympiacos, where the match was abandoned at the extra time.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1960 and 1962 finals.

Route to the final

OlympiacosRoundPanathinaikosOpponentResultOpponentResultOlympiacos Volos7–1 (H)Round of 32Lamia5–1 (H)Vyzas Megara3–0 (H)Round of 16Apollon Kalamarias3–0 (A)AEK Athens3–1 (H)Quarter-finalsApollon Athens1–1 (c) (A)Niki Volos4–0 (H)Semi-finalsProodeftiki1–0 (A)

Match Details

GK Paraschos AvgitidisDF Giannis GaitatzisDF Dimitrios StefanakosDF Giannis MilisisDF Kostas Polychroniou (c)MF Orestis PavlidisMF Pavlos VasiliouFW Giorgos SiderisFW Nikos GioutsosFW Aris PapazoglouFW Vasilis BotinosManager: Márton Bukovi GK Takis IkonomopoulosDF Georgios GiannakopoulosDF Takis PapoulidisDF Aristidis KamarasDF Frangiskos SourpisMF Takis LoukanidisMF Giannis KomnianidisMF Stelios PanagiotidisMF Giorgos RokidisMF Mimis Domazos(c)FW Andreas PapaemmanouilManager: Stjepan Bobek Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Coin toss if scores still level

See also 1964–65 Greek Football Cup

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