The 1994 Greek Super Cup was the 7th 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 17 August 1994 at the Athens Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were the 1993–94 Alpha Ethniki champions, AEK Athens and the 1993–94 Greek Cup winners, Panathinaikos. Panathinaikos won the match 3–0.
Venue
This was the sixth Greek Super Cup held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992 and 1993.
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 in various occasions. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted two European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals in 1983 and 1994, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987 and the 1991 Mediterranean Games.
Background AEK Athens participated in the Greek Super Cup three 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 1993, where they lost to Panathinaikos by 1–0.
Panathinaikos participated in the Greek Super Cup three times, winning two of them. The last time that they had played in the Super Cup was in 1993, where they had won AEK Athens by 1–0.
The two teams had met each other in the Super Cup two times in 1989 and 1993.
Match Details
GK 1 Ilias AtmatsidisCB 3 Nikos KostenoglouCB 4 Georgios Koutoulas CB 6 Michalis Vlachos (c)CM 5 Refik ŠabanadžovićCM 8 Toni Savevski RM 2 Vasilios Borbokis LM 11 Michalis Kasapis AM 10 Vasilios Tsiartas SS 7 Christos KostisCF 9 Vasilis DimitriadisSubstitutes: DF 14 Charis Kopitsis MF 12 Stavros Stamatis FW Nikos MirtsekisManager: Dušan Bajević GK 1 Józef WandzikRB 2 Stratos Apostolakis CB 4 Marinos OuzounidisCB 5 Giannis Kalitzakis (c)LB 6 Thanasis KolitsidakisDM 8 Louis ChristodoulouCM 11 Dimitris MarkosRM 10 Spyros MarangosLM 3 Georgios Ch. GeorgiadisAM 7 Juan José Borrelli CF 9 Krzysztof Warzycha Substitutes:GK 15 Antonios NikopolidisMF 16 Andreas Lagonikakis MF Georgios Savvas GeorgiadisFW 14 Georgios Donis Manager: Juan Ramón Rocha Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of two substitutions
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