1998–99 Greek Football Cup

The 1998–99 Greek Football Cup was the 57th edition of the Greek Football Cup. Olympiacos defeated Panathinaikos in the final on May 5, 1999.

1998–99 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams60
Defending championsPanionios
ChampionsOlympiacos (20th title)
Runners-upPanathinaikos
Top goal scorer(s)Krzysztof Warzycha (5)

Tournament details

In total, 60 teams participated: 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 24 from Gamma. The competition was held over six rounds, included the final.

The first three rounds were single elimination matches. AEK Athens and PAOK, both of the Alpha Ethniki, were eliminated by lower division teams Poseidon Michaniona and Panserraikos respectively. As is typically seen in this tournament, half of the eight quarter-final teams came from Beta Ethniki. They were Kalamata, Panserraikos, Athinaikos and ILTEX Lykoi.

The final was contested in Athens at Olympic Stadium on May 5, 1999, by the eternal enemies, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. They had last met in the Greek Cup Final in 1992-93. Panathinaikos had earlier eliminated Cup holders Panionios in the first round while Olympiacos had eliminated Ionikos by an impressive 47 score in the third round. Olympiacos won 20,[1] their 20th Cup win. With the victory, Olympiacos achieved the Double for the first time in 18 years. With the Cup final loss, Panathinaikos became the first team to lose the Cup final three times in a row.

First round

The matches were held on November 812, 1998.

Home team Score Away team
Paniliakos 61 Agersani
Apollon Athens 12 Kozani
Marko 62 Apollon Kalamaria
Ethnikos Asteras 12 Aiolikos
EAR 21 Kilkisiakos
Aetos Skydra 05 PAOK
Anagennisi Karditsa 42 Apollon Krya Vrysi
Panachaiki 20 Veria
Karditsa A.C. 40 Levadiakos
ILTEX Lykoi 20 Achaiki
Xanthi 20 Kallithea
Athinaikos 21 Kastoria
Larissa 30 Proodeftiki
Ambelokipoi Thessaloniki 31 Doxa Drama
Iraklis 41 Nafpaktiakos Asteras
Naoussa 02 Aris
Panetolikos 21 Edessaikos
Panargiakos 10 Trikala
Atromitos 01 Kavala
Panelefsiniakos 50 Preveza
Ialysos 10 Keratsini
Olympiacos 42 Egaleo
Doxa Vyronas 13 OFI
Poseidon Michaniona 10 AEK Athens
Panserraikos 21 (a.e.t.) PAS Giannina
Pierikos 01 (a.e.t.) Kalamata
Panionios 12 (a.e.t.) Panathinaikos
Niki Volos 12 (a.e.t.) Ethnikos Piraeus
Agios Nikolaos 00 (1–4 p.) Panegialios
Olympiacos Volos 11 (3–4 p.) Ionikos

Second round

The matches were held on December 16–17, 1998.

Home team Score Away team
Panathinaikos 21 Panelefsiniakos
Kalamata 20 Marko
Kavala 03 Paniliakos
Karditsa A.C. 21 Panetolikos
ILTEX Lykoi 21 EAR
Panargiakos 12 Athinaikos
Aris 13 Olympiacos
Panegialios 13 (a.e.t.) PAOK
Larissa 10 (a.e.t.) Ambelokipoi Thessaloniki
Skoda Xanthi 10 (a.e.t.) Ethnikos Piraeus
OFI 23 (a.e.t.) Ionikos
Aiolikos 00 (5–4 p.) Anagennisi Karditsa
Poseidon Michaniona 11 (8–7 p.) Panachaiki
Ialysos 22 (2–4 p.) Iraklis
Panserraikos bye
Kozani bye

Third round

The matches were held on January 12–13-14th 1999.

Home team Score Away team
Ionikos 47 Olympiacos
Larissa 02 Athinaikos
PAOK 01 Panserraikos
ILTEX Lykoi 51 Kozani
Poseidon Michaniona 12 Iraklis
Skoda Xanthi 20 Karditsa A.C.
Aiolikos 03 Kalamata
Paniliakos 02 Panathinaikos

Quarter-finals

First legs were held on January 27, February 10–11, 1999 and second legs on February 17–18.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
ILTEX Lykoi3–4Iraklis1–32–1
Panserraikos0–5Panathinaikos0–30–2
Olympiacos3–2Skoda Xanthi3–10–1
Athinaikos (a.g.)1–1Kalamata0–01–1

Semi-finals

First legs were held on April 6–7, 1999, while second were held on 13th-14th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panathinaikos8–3Athinaikos6–12–2
Olympiacos5–1Iraklis4–01–1

Final

The 55th Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

Olympiacos2 0Panathinaikos
Mavrogenidis  54'
Ofori-Quaye  90'
Attendance: 57,783
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
Olympiacos
Panathinaikos
GK31 Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
DF14 Dimitris Mavrogenidis
DF3 Kyriakos Karataidis (c)
DF32 Georgios Anatolakis
DF5 Georgios Amanatidis 32'
MF21 Grigoris Georgatos
MF6 Ilias Poursanidis
MF11 Predrag Đorđević
FW9 Siniša Gogić 86'
MF18 Vassilis Karapialis ??' 82'
FW30 Alexis Alexandris 72'
Substitutes:
GK1 Kyriakos Tochouroglou
DF19 Savvas Poursaitidis
DF25 Paraskevas Antzas 82'
MF4 Andreas Niniadis 86'
MF15 Petros Passalis
MF8 Luciano de Souza
FW24 Peter Ofori-Quaye 72'
Manager:
Dušan Bajević
GK20 Antonis Nikopolidis
DF15 Angelos Basinas
DF18 Kostas Konstantinidis
DF8 Giannis Goumas
DF14 Leonidas Vokolos
MF26 Giorgos Karagounis
MF7 Aljoša Asanović 71'
MF11 Andreas Lagonikakis 66'
FW9 Krzysztof Warzycha (c)
MF12 Erik Mykland
FW21 Nikos Liberopoulos 81'
Substitutes:
GK25 Stefanos Kotsolis
DF2 Stratos Apostolakis
DF5 Vladan Milojević
MF23 Kostas Kiassos 66'
MF19 Bledar Kola 81'
FW10 Alexis Alexoudis 71'
FW13 Igor Sypniewski
Manager:
Juan Ramón Rocha

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official: Giorgos Tsagkarakis (Chania)

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References

  1. "Ολυμπιακός-Παναθηναϊκός 2-0". sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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