1987–88 Greek Football Cup

The 1987–88 Greek Football Cup was the 46th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Football Cup.

1987–88 Greek Cup

Country	Greece
Teams	70
Defending champions	OFI
Champions	Panathinaikos (10th title)
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Top goal scorer(s)	Dimitris Saravakos (9)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Tournament details

Totally 70 teams participated, 16 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma. It was held in 7 rounds, included final. An Additional Round was held between First and Second, with 3 matches, in order that the teams would continue to be 32.

It was an enough eventful year, that was marked by hard confrontations in the cases of "strong" pairs. In Third Round, Olympiacos eliminated AEK Athens with 1–1 draw at home and 3–1 win away, in a much debated match(there were allegations for some of AEK 's players being bribed to have low performance).In semi-finals, Olympiacos eliminated cup winners, OFI, and Panathinaikos the champions of the season, Larissa.

The Final between the eternal enemies was an opportunity for a good season ending with a title, as both teams were struggling in the championship. The match was nervous, however kept effervescent interesting until the end, since it was judged on the penalty shootout, after a 2–2[1] draw (3 out of 4 goals was scored by penalties). Nikos Sarganis was the man of the match, warding off two shots and scoring one in the process. For Olympiacos it was the third time that they lost a cup final on penalty shootout (the other two in 1974 and 1976).Dimitris Saravakos with 10 goals was elected as first scorer.

First round

Home team	Score	Away team
Apollon Kalamaria	2–0	Panargiakos
Korinthos	3–0	Proodeftiki
Olympiacos Volos	3–1	Apollon Athens
Levadiakos	3–0	Lamia
Panserraikos	3–1	Edessaikos
Doxa Drama	7–1	Athinaikos
Ethnikos Piraeus	3–4	Anagennisi Karditsa
Panathinaikos	2–0	Chalkida
Trikala	2–1	Acharnaikos
Kerkyra	1–0	Panachaiki
AEK Athens	3–1	Iraklis
Aiolikos	0–4	Kastoria
Larissa	3–0	Veria
Kavala	2–1	Rodos
Polykastro	1–2	PAS Giannina
Panetolikos	4–0	Messiniakos
Anagennisi Arta	0–1	PAOK
Irodotos	3–1	Ionikos
Kallithea	3–1	Kalamata
Olympiacos	4–0	Agrotikos Asteras
Pierikos	3–1	EAR
OFI	4–0	Nestos Chrysoupoli
Panionios	2–4	Xanthi
Aris	4–0	Ergotelis
Niki Volos	1–3	Diagoras
Kozani	4–1	Olympiakos Chalkida
Atromitos	4–2	Anagennisi Kolindros
Panarkadikos	3–1	Ethnikos Alexandroupoli
Pannafpliakos	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Naoussa
Achaiki	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Kilkisiakos
Aris Nikaia	1–1 (5–6 p.)	Ethnikos Asteras
Anagennisi Neapoli	0–0 (5–4 p.)	Eordaikos
Egaleo	1–1 (6–5 p.)	Alexandreia
Panelefsiniakos	1–1 (4–5 p.)	Pandramaikos
Makedonikos	1–1 (4–5 p.)	Charavgiakos

Additional Round

Home team	Score	Away team
Panetolikos	0–2	Diagoras
Panathinaikos	7–1	Kavala
Pandramaikos	0–0 (4–3 p.)	Atromitos

Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Egaleo	3–1	Ethnikos Asteras	1–1	2–0
Pierikos	3–6	Larissa	2–3	1–3
Xanthi	7–1	Achaiki	4–0	3–1
Apollon Kalamaria	4–2	Anagennisi Karditsa	2–0	2–2
Charavgiakos	0–1	Diagoras	0–0	0–1
Kallithea	3–4	AEK Athens	3–2	0–2
PAS Giannina	3–1	Pandramaikos	1–0	2–1
Olympiacos Volos	0–6	Olympiacos	0–1	0–5
Aris	4–2	Korinthos	1–0	3–2 (a.e.t.)
Kozani	1–3	Doxa Drama	1–2	0–1
Trikala	2–1	Pannafpliakos	2–0	0–1
OFI (a.g.)	2–2	Levadiakos	0–0	2–2
Anagennisi Neapoli	1–2	Irodotos	1–0	0–2
PAOK	3–4	Kastoria	2–1	1–3
Panserraikos	0–2	Panathinaikos	0–0	0–2
Kerkyra	0–1	Panarkadikos	0–0	0–1

Third round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olympiakos	4–2	AEK Athens	1–1	3–1
Aris	2–2	Larissa (a.g.)	2–1	0–1
Doxa Drama	2–3	Apollon Kalamaria	2–1	0–2
Egaleo	0–7	OFI	0–0	0–7
Irodotos	5–4	Diagoras	2–2	3–2
PAS Giannina	3–10	Panathinaikos	1–2	2–8
Trikala	2–1	Panarkadikos	2–0	0–1
Kastoria	4–3	Xanthi	3–2	1–1

Quarter-finals

First legs were played on February 24, 1988, and second on March 9.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Apollon Kalamaria	1–2	Olympiacos	0–0	1–2
OFI	4–2	Trikala	3–2	1–0
Irodotos	0–6	Panathinaikos	0–4	0–2
Larissa	1–0	Kastoria	1–0	0–0

Semi-finals

First legs were played on March 30, 1988. Second legs were played on April 20.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panathinaikos	4–1	Larissa	1–0	3–1
Olympiacos	3–1	OFI	3–0	0–1

Final

The 44th Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

8 May 1988

Panathinaikos	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Olympiacos
Saravakos  31' (pen.) Dimopoulos  102'		Funes  59' (pen.)  98' (pen.)
Penalties
Vlachos Sarganis Dimopoulos Georgamlis	4 – 3	Alexiou Baniotis Chatzidis Apostolakis Funes

Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis"

Attendance: 73,375

Referee: Meletis Voutsaras (Athens)

Nikos Sarganis Iakovos Chatziathanasiou Nikos Vamvakoulas Giannis Kalitzakis Velimir Zajec (c)  75' Kostas Mavridis Dimitris Saravakos Louis Christodoulou  46' Christos Dimopoulos Juan Ramon Rocha Lysandros Georgamlis Substitutes: Kostas Batsinilas  46'  79' Vaggelis Vlachos  75' Chris Kalantzis Antonis Minou Nikos Patsiavouras Manager: Gunder Bengtsson

Ilias Talikriadis Stratos Apostolakis Minas Chatzidis Alexis Alexiou Charis Baniotis Yiotis Tsalouchidis Andreas Bonovas  46' Petros Xanthopoulos (c) Juan Gilberto Funes Tasos Mitropoulos Nikos Tsiantakis Substitutes: Sakis Moustakidis  46' Theodoros Pahatouridis Georgios Plitsis Giorgos Kapouranis Panagiotis Sofianopoulos Manager: Pavlos Grigoriadis Ioannis Gounaris

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Nikakis Dimitriadis

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

1. "Παναθηναϊκός-Ολυμπιακός 1-1 (2-2 παράταση,4-3 πεν.)". contra.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.

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