1989–90 Greek Football Cup


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

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 on 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 on penalties by Olympiacos, after two eventful matches, while in quarter-finals there were impressive qualifications of both Panathinaikos, against Iraklis, 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 present that they achieved to qualify for 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

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Group 10

Group 11

Group 12

Group 13

Group 14

Group 15

Group 16

Second round

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Panachaiki4–2Ethnikos Piraeus2–02–2
Panionios5–1Niki Volos3–02–1
Neoi Epivates3–4Charavgiakos2–41–0
Veria0–1Apollon Athens0–10–0
Proodeftiki1–3Olympiacos1–10–2
Levadiakos2–3Olympiacos Volos2–20–1
Panetolikos2–3Pierikos1–11–2
Panargiakos3–4Athinaikos1–22–2
PAOK 1–1Sparti1–00–1
Aris5–1Edessaikos3–02–1
Ionikos2–0AEK Athens2–00–0
Apollon Kalamaria6–1Egaleo3–03–1
Panserraikos3–9OFI2–31–6
Panathinaikos4–1EAR3–01–1
Iraklis 1–1Ilisiakos0–01–1
Larissa6–4Kerkyra3–13–3

Third round

Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
OFI2–1Aris1–11–0
Athinaikos2–1Panionios2–00–1
Charavgiakos2–3Apollon Athens2–10–2
PAOK1–1Olympiacos 1–00–1
Panathinaikos7–3Pierikos4–23–1
Apollon Kalamaria1–3Iraklis1–10–2
Olympiacos Volos5–1Panachaiki3–02–1
Ionikos1–1Larissa 1–00–1

Quarter-finals

First legs were played on February 14, 1990, and second legs on March 7.
Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Apollon Athens 3–3Larissa1–12–2
Olympiacos6–2Olympiacos Volos5–01–2
Athinaikos3–5OFI3–00–5
Panathinaikos6–4Iraklis6–10–3

Semi-finals

First legs were played on March 23, 1990, while second legs on April 4.
Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
OFI1–0Apollon Athens0–01–0
Olympiacos5–4Panathinaikos2–13–3

Final

The 46th Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".