# 1994 Greek Football Cup final

The 1994 Greek Cup final was the 50th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 20 April 1994 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and AEK Athens. It was Panathinaikos' twenty first Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 86 years of existence and AEK Athens' thirteenth Greek Cup final in their 70-year history. A remarkable fact was that the 2 finalists were drawn in the same group at the start of the tournament. The match was characterized as the one of the most sensational finals in history of the institution and was compared to the 1976 final. AEK Athens lost the chance to win the double, since they eventually won the championship.

## Venue

This was the tenth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1993 finals.
The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and Greece and was used for Olympiacos and AEK Athens in various occasions. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted a European Cup/UEFA Champions League final in 1983 and will host the 1994 final, a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987 and the 1991 Mediterranean Games.

## Background

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty times, winning thirteen of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1993, where they had won Olympiacos by 1–0.
AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final twelve times, winning seven of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1983, where they had won PAOK by 2–0.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1948 and 1949 finals.

## Route to the final

| Panathinaikos | Panathinaikos | Panathinaikos | Panathinaikos | Round | AEK Athens | AEK Athens | AEK Athens | AEK Athens |
| Opponent | Result | Result | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | Result | Result |
| Niki Volos | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (H) | Matchday 1 | Keratsini | 7–0 (A) | 7–0 (A) | 7–0 (A) |
| Keratsini | 5–0 (H) | 5–0 (H) | 5–0 (H) | Matchday 2 | Niki Volos | 2–0 (A) | 2–0 (A) | 2–0 (A) |
| AEK Athens | 2–2 (A) | 2–2 (A) | 2–2 (A) | Matchday 3 | Panathinaikos | 2–2 (H) | 2–2 (H) | 2–2 (H) |
| Group 14 runners-up Team Pts AEK Athens 7 Panathinaikos 7 Niki Volos 1 Keratsini 1 | Group 14 runners-up Team Pts AEK Athens 7 Panathinaikos 7 Niki Volos 1 Keratsini 1 | Group 14 runners-up Team Pts AEK Athens 7 Panathinaikos 7 Niki Volos 1 Keratsini 1 | Group 14 runners-up Team Pts AEK Athens 7 Panathinaikos 7 Niki Volos 1 Keratsini 1 | Final standings | Group 14 winners Team Pts AEK Athens 7 Panathinaikos 7 Niki Volos 1 Keratsini 1 | Group 14 winners Team Pts AEK Athens 7 Panathinaikos 7 Niki Volos 1 Keratsini 1 | Group 14 winners Team Pts AEK Athens 7 Panathinaikos 7 Niki Volos 1 Keratsini 1 | Group 14 winners Team Pts AEK Athens 7 Panathinaikos 7 Niki Volos 1 Keratsini 1 |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| OFI | 5–3 | 5–1 (H) | 0–2 (A) | Round of 32 | Paniliakos | 6–3 | 0–0 (A) | 6–3 (H) |
| PAOK | 4–3 (5–4 p) | 0–0 (H) | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (A) | Round of 16 | Asteras Ambelokipoi | 16–1 | 4–0 (H) | 7–1 (A) |
| Ionikos | 3–1 | 1–1 (H) | 2–0 (A) | Quarter-finals | AEL | 2–1 | 1–0 (A) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (H) |
| Iraklis | 3–0 | 0–0 (A) | 3–0 (H) | Semi-finals | Aris | 2–1 | 0–0 (A) | 2–1 (H) |

## Match
### Details

| Panathinaikos | ΑΕΚ Athens |
| GK | 1 | Józef Wandzik |
| RB | 2 | Stratos Apostolakis (c) |
| CB | 5 | Giannis Kalitzakis |
| CB | 3 | Marinos Ouzounidis |
| LB | 8 | Thanasis Kolitsidakis |
| DM | 11 | Dimitris Markos |
| CM | 4 | Louis Christodoulou |
| LM | 6 | Nikos Nioplias |
| RM | 10 | Georgios Georgiadis |
| AM | 7 | Juan José Borrelli | 67' |
| CF | 9 | Krzysztof Warzycha | 65' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | | Antonios Nikopolidis |
| MF | 12 | Spyros Marangos | 67' |
| FW | 14 | Georgios Donis | 65' |
| Manager: ||
| Juan Ramón Rocha ||
| GK | 1 | Ilias Atmatsidis |
| RB | 5 | Refik Šabanadžović | 46' |
| CB | 3 | Vaios Karagiannis |
| CB | 4 | Stelios Manolas |
| LB | 2 | Michalis Kasapis |
| DM | 6 | Michalis Vlachos | 60' |
| CM | 10 | Stavros Stamatis |
| CM | 8 | Toni Savevski |
| RW | 9 | Charis Kopitsis |
| LW | 11 | Zoran Slišković |
| CF | 7 | Alexis Alexandris (c) |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 15 | Vasilis Karagiannis |
| DF | 12 | Georgios Agorogiannis |
| MF | 13 | Tasos Mitropoulos |
| MF | 14 | Vasilios Tsiartas | 46' |
| FW | 16 | Vasilis Dimitriadis | 60' |
| Manager: ||
| Dušan Bajević ||
| Assistant referees: Christos Sotiropoulos (Piraeus) Nikos Chaldeos (Piraeus) | Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of two substitutions |