# 1954 Greek Football Cup final

The 1954 Greek Cup final was the 12th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 23 May 1954 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Doxa Drama. It was Olympiacos' fifth Greek Cup final and fourth consecutive in their 29 years of existence and Doxa Drama's first ever Greek Cup final in their 36-year history.

## Venue

This was the eleventh Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 and 1953 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris, the replay match of the 1949 final between AEK Athens and Panathinaikos and the replay match of the 1952 final between Olympiacos and Panionios).
Leoforos Alexandras Stadium was built in 1922. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and Greece. Its current capacity is 30,000.

## Background

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final four times, winning all of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1953, where they had won AEK Athens by 3–2.
Doxa Drama had never competed in a Cup final.
The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.

## Route to the final

| Olympiacos | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | Round | Doxa Drama | Doxa Drama | Doxa Drama | Doxa Drama |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | First round | Doxa Sitargon | 6–0 (H) | 6–0 (H) | 6–0 (H) |
| Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Second round | Megas Alexandros Drama | 5–2 (H) | 5–2 (H) | 5–2 (H) |
| Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Third round | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Fourth round | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Fifth round | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Sixth round | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Seventh round | Filippi Kavala | 2–1 (H) | 2–1 (H) | 2–1 (H) |
| Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Eighth round | Elpida Drama | 7–0 (H) | 7–0 (H) | 7–0 (H) |
| Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Ninth round | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Tenth round | Doxa Alexandroupoli | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Atromitos Piraeus | 2–0 (A) | 2–0 (A) | 2–0 (A) | Round of 16 | PAOK | 3–2 (H) | 3–2 (H) | 3–2 (H) |
| Asteras Athens | 4–0 (A) | 4–0 (A) | 4–0 (A) | Quarter-finals | Aris | 2–1 (A) | 2–1 (A) | 2–1 (A) |
| Apollon Athens | 2–1 | 1–1 (A) | 1–0 (H) | Semi-finals | Iraklis | 2–0 (w/o) (H) | 2–0 (w/o) (H) | 2–0 (w/o) (H) |

## Match
### Details

| GK | Kostas Karapatis |
| DF | Ilias Rosidis (c) |
| DF | Vasilis Xanthopoulos |
| DF | Babis Kotridis |
| DF | Thanasis Kingley |
| MF | Giannis Ioannou |
| MF | Dimitrios Kokkinakis |
| FW | Themis Moustaklis |
| FW | Kostas Karpathakis |
| FW | Georgios Darivas |
| FW | Babis Drosos |
| Manager: ||
| Giannis Chelmis, Vangelis Chelmis ||
| GK | Pavlos Boitaris |
| DF | Giorgos Kotridis |
| DF | Vasilis Similiotis |
| DF | Thanasis Loukanidis |
| MF | Tolios |
| MF | Pistikos |
| MF | Fanis Ignatiou |
| FW | Karalazos |
| FW | Antonis Georgiadis |
| FW | Tokmakidis |
| FW | Vasilis Ioannou |
| Manager: ||
| Panos Markovic ||
| Assistant referees: Stefanidis Dimosthenis Stathatos (Athens) | Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level |