The 1989 Greek Super Cup was the 4th 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 30 August 1989 at the Athens Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were the 1988–89 Alpha Ethniki champions, AEK Athens and the 1988–89 Greek Cup winners, Panathinaikos. AEK Athens won 6–5 on a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw at the end of extra time.
Venue
This was the third Greek Super Cup held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after 1987 and 1988.
The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and Greece and was used for AEK Athens in various occasions. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted a European Cup final in 1983 and a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987.
Background AEK Athens had never competed in the Greek Super Cup.
Panathinaikos participated in the Greek Super Cup one time in 1988, where they had won AEL by 3–1.
The two teams had never met each other in the Super Cup.
Match Details
GK 1 Spyros IkonomopoulosRB 6 Pavlos Papaioannou (c)CB 4 Stelios ManolasCB 5 Georgios KoutoulasLB 2 Christos VasilopoulosDM 3 Stavros Stamatis CM 7 Jim Patikas CM 8 Toni SavevskiRW 9 Giorgos Savvidis LW 11 Georgios ChristodoulouCF 10 Mirosław OkońskiSubstitutes:GK 15 Antonis MinouDF 12 Takis Karagiozopoulos DF Makis ChatzisDF Giorgos PeppesMF Giorgos FamelisManager: Dušan Bajević GK 1 Giorgos Abadiotakis RB 2 Iakovos Chatziathanasiou CB 6 Kostas Mavridis (c)CB 5 Giannis KalitzakisLB 4 Chris KalantzisDM 11 Lysandros Georgamlis CM 10 Vangelis VlachosRM 8 Kostas AntoniouLM 9 Jason Polak SS 7 Dimitris SaravakosCF 3 Giannis SamarasSubstitutes:GK 15 Nikos Sarganis DF Nikos KourbanasMF Louis ChristodoulouMF 14 Paris Georgakopoulos MF József FitosManager: Gunder Bengtsson 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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