1989–90 Greek Cup

The Greek Cup 1989–90 was the 48th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.

Tournament details

Totally 76 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 40 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final.

It was a very interesting competition, that was characterized by undecided confrontations and enough surprises, from which the mainer was the elimination of AEK Athens by neophyte in Alpha Ethniki Ionikos, in Second Round. At the same time, PAOK eliminated Sparta in penalty shootout. PAOK's goalkeeper, Gkitsioudis, warded off all 4 shots of rival players). Iraklis eliminated Ilisiakos after extra time, with away goals rule.

In the Third Round, PAOK was eliminated with the same process by Olympiacos, after two eventful matches, while in quarter-finals there were impressive qualifications of both Panathinaikos, against Iraklis (6–1 at first leg), and OFI, against Athinaikos, that reversed 5–0 the first leg's 0–3. In two very interesting semi-finals, Olympiacos eliminated Panathinaikos after extra time, while OFI qualified against Apollon Athens with a goal in last minutes of the second leg.

In Final, Olympiacos overcame 4–2 OFI and won the Cup after 9 years. For the Cretan team, it was the second and last time until now that accomplished to qualify in a Greek Cup Final. First scorers of the season were Lajos Détári and Dimitris Saravakos, with 8 goals.

First round

The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win would gain 2 points, each draw 1 and each loss would not gain any point.

Group 1

Team	Pts
Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos	8
Athinaikos	6
Kalamata	3
Thriamvos	2
Preveza	1

Group 2

Team	Pts
Olympiacos	6
Sparti	5
Korinthos	4
Kallithea	4
Irodotos	1

Group 3

Team	Pts
Panachaiki	6
Edessaikos	6
Xanthi	5
Agrotikos Asteras	2
Chalkida	1

Group 4

Team	Pts
PAOK	6
Egaleo	5
Anagennisi Giannitsa	4
Panelefsiniakos	3
Kozani	2

Group 5

Team	Pts
AEK Athens	7
Panargiakos	5
Alexandria	5
Anagennisi Karditsa	2
Anagennisi Arta	1

Group 6

Team	Pts
Panathinaikos	8
Apollon Athens	4
Doxa Vyronas	4
Makedonikos	3
Achaiki	1

Group 7

Team	Pts
Panionios	6
Panetolikos	6
Atromitos	4
Eordaikos	3
Pontioi Veria	1

Group 8

Team	Pts
Charavgiakos	6
Aris	6
Kavala	4
A.F.C. Kyriakio	2
Anagennisi Neapoli	2

Group 9

Team	Pts
Larissa	7
Pierikos	6
PAS Giannina	5
Aiginiakos	2
Panarkadikos	0

Group 10

Team	Pts
Levadiakos	7
Proodeftiki	6
Diagoras	5
Acharnaikos	2
Apollon Larissa	0

Group 11

Team	Pts
Ionikos	7
Niki Volos	4
Kilkisiakos	4
Naoussa	4
Ethnikos Asteras	1

Group 12

Team	Pts
Iraklis	6
EAR Rethymno	6
Mesologgi	3
Achilleas Farsala	3
Anagennisi Kolindros	2

Group 13

Team	Pts
Panserraikos	5
Veria	5
Olympiakos Loutraki	2
Asteras Ambelokipi	0

Group 14

Team	Pts
Ethnikos Piraeus	5
Neoi Epivates	4
Doxa Drama	2
Rodos	1

Group 15

Team	Pts
OFI	5
Kerkyra	3
Odysseas Kordelio	3
Nigrita	1

Group 16

Team	Pts
Apollon Kalamaria	5
Ilisiakos	3
Trikala	2
Kastoria	2

Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panachaiki	4-2	Ethnikos Piraeus	2-0	2-2
Panionios	5-1	Niki Volos	3-0	2-1
Neoi Epivates	3-4	Charavgiakos	2-4	1-0
Veria	0-1	Apollon Athens	0-1	0-0
Proodeftiki	1-3	Olympiacos	1-1	0-2
Levadiakos	2-3	Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos	2-2	0-1
Panetolikos	2-3	Pierikos	1-1	1-2
Panargiakos	3-4	Athinaikos	1-2	2-2
PAOK (2-0 PSO)	1-1	Sparti	1-0	0-1
Aris	5-1	Edessaikos	3-0	2-1
Ionikos	2-0	AEK Athens	2-0	0-0
Apollon Kalamaria	6-1	Egaleo	3-0	3-1
Panserraikos	3-9	OFI	2-3	1-6
Panathinaikos	4-1	EAR Rethymno	3-0	1-1
Iraklis (a.g.)	1-1	Ilisiakos	0-0	1-1 (a.e.t.)
Larissa	6-4	Kerkyra	3-1	3-3

Third round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
OFI	2-1	Aris	1-1	1-0
Athinaikos	2-1	Panionios	2-0	0-1
Charavgiakos	2-3	Apollon Athens	2-1	0-2
PAOK	1-1	Olympiacos (5-3 PSO)	1-0	0-1
Panathinaikos	7-3	Pierikos	4-2	3-1
Apollon Kalamaria	1-3	Iraklis	1-1	0-2
Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos	5-1	Panachaiki	3-0	2-1
Ionikos	1-1	Larissa (9-8 PSO)	1-0	0-1

Quarter-finals

First legs were played on February 14, 1990 and second legs on March 7.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Apollon Athens (a.g.)	3-3	Larissa	1-1	2-2
Olympiacos	6-2	Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos	5-0	1-2
Athinaikos	3-5	OFI	3-0	0-5
Panathinaikos	6-4	Iraklis	6-1	0-3

Semi-finals

First legs were played on March 23, 1990, while second legs on April 4.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
OFI	1-0	Apollon Athens	0-0	1-0
Olympiacos	5-4	Panathinaikos	2-1	3-3 (a.e.t.)

Final

The 48th Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

Olympiacos v OFI

May 17, 1990

Olympiacos	4 – 2	OFI
Tsalouchidis  12'  69' Détári  29' (pen.)  89'		Vlastos  48' Tsimbos  53'

Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" Attendance: 47,627 Referee: Stavros Zakestidis (Thessaloniki)

OLYMPIACOS: Ilias Talikriadis Stratos Apostolakis Kyriakos Karataidis Theodoros Pachatouridis Alexis Alexiou Yiotis Tsalouchidis Sotiris Mavrommatis  76' Savvas Kofidis  91' Nikos Anastopoulos Lajos Détári Tasos Mitropoulos (c) Substitutes: Nikos Tsiantakis  76' Apostolos Drakopoulos  91' Manager: Imre Komora

OFI: Kostas Chaniotakis Stefanos Vavoulas Nikos Goulis  81' Manolis Patemtzis Miltos Andreanidis Alejandro Hisis Nikos Tsimbos Jaime Vera Giorgos Vlastos  83' Nikos Nioplias Dimosthenis Kavouras Substitutes: Grigoris Tsinos  81' Kostas Batsinilas  83' Manager: Eigen Gerard

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Kannos Filippidis

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Two named substitutes. Maximum of two substitutions.

References

• Greek Cup 1989-90 at RSSSF