The 1993 Greek Super Cup was the 6th 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 18 August 1993 at the Athens Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were the 1992–93 Alpha Ethniki champions, AEK Athens and the 1992–93 Greek Cup winners, Panathinaikos. Panathinaikos won the match 1–0.
Venue
This was the fifth Greek Super Cup held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1992.
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 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 AEK Athens participated in the Greek Super Cup two 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 1992, where they lost to Olympiacos by 3–1.
Panathinaikos participated in the Greek Super Cup two times, winning one of them. The last time that they had won the Super Cup was in 1988 (3–1 against AEL). The last time that they had played in the Super Cup was in 1989, where they lost to AEK Athens by 6–5 on penalties, which came after a 1–1 draw at the end of the extra time.
The two teams had met each other in the Super Cup once in 1989.
Match Details
GK 1 Ilias Atmatsidis CB 4 Stelios Manolas (c)CB 3 Vaios KaragiannisCB 6 Manolis PapadopoulosCM 5 Refik ŠabanadžovićCM 8 Toni SavevskiRM 2 Giorgos AgorogiannisLM 11 Michalis Kasapis RW 7 Alexis Alexandris LW 10 Zoran Slišković CF 9 Vasilis DimitriadisSubstitutes:GK 15 Spyros OikonomopoulosDF 16 Michalis VlachosMF 12 Vasilios Tsiartas MF 13 Tasos Mitropoulos MF 14 Stavros StamatisManager: Dušan Bajević GK 1 Józef WandzikRB 2 Stratos Apostolakis CB 6 Kostas MavridisCB 4 Louis ChristodoulouLB 3 Giorgos KapouranisCM 11 Spyros MarangosCM 8 Kostas AntoniouRM 7 Dimitris Saravakos (c)AM 5 Juan José Borrelli LM 10 Nikos Nioplias CF 9 Krzysztof WarzychaSubstitutes:GK 15 Antonios NikopolidisMF 12 Stergios GiotsasMF 13 Georgios Georgiadis MF 14 Kostas FrantzeskosFW 16 Georgios DonisManager: Ivica Osim 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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