The 1996 Greek Super Cup was the 8th edition of the Greek Super Cup, an association football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Alpha Ethniki and Greek Cup competitions. The match took place on 11 August 1996 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were the 1995–96 Alpha Ethniki champions, Panathinaikos and the 1995–96 Greek Cup winners, AEK Athens. AEK Athens won 9–8 on a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw at the end of extra time.
Venue
This was the second Greek Super Cup held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after 1980.
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 in various occasions. Its current capacity is 42,000 and hosted a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1971 and will host the fist leg of the 1971 Intercontinental Cup final.
Background Panathinaikos participated in the Greek Super Cup four times, winning three of them. The last time that they had played in the Super Cup was in 1994, where they had won against AEK Athens by 3–0.
AEK Athens participated in the Greek Super Cup four times, winning one of them. The last time that they had won the Super Cup was in 1989 (6–5 on penalties, which came after a 1–1 draw at the end of the extra time against Panathinaikos). The last time that they had played in the Super Cup was in 1994, where they lost to Panathinaikos by 3–0.
The two teams had met each other in the Super Cup three times in 1989, 1993 and 1994.
Match Details
GK 1 Antonios Nikopolidis (c)RB 2 Angelos Basinas CB 3 Theofilaktos Nikolaidis CB 4 Thanasis KolitsidakisLB 5 Dimitris MarkosDM 6 Louis Christodoulou CM 10 Spyros MarangosRM 8 Nikos LiberopoulosLM 11 Bledar Kola CF 7 Georgios NasiopoulosCF 9 Alexis Alexoudis Substitutes:GK 15 Józef Wandzik DF 16 Giorgos Kapouranis MF 13 Andreas Lagonikakis FW 14 Georgios Ch. Georgiadis Manager: Juan Ramón Rocha GK 1 Ilias AtmatsidisRB 2 Vasilios Borbokis CB 4 Michalis Vlachos CB 5 Anton DoboșLB 3 Michalis Kasapis (c)DM 6 Christos MaladenisCM 7 Temur KetsbaiaCM 8 Toni Savevski AM 10 Christos KostisCF 9 Daniel Batista CF 11 Demis Nikolaidis Substitutes:GK 15 Vasilis KaragiannisDF 12 Triantafyllos MachairidisDF 13 Charis Kopitsis DF 16 Stelios Manolas FW 14 Marcelo Veridiano Manager: Petros Ravousis Assistant referees: Giannis Abelakias (Thessaly)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions
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