# 1995 Greek Football Cup final

The 1995 Greek Cup final was the 51st final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 19 April 1995 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and AEK Athens for a second time in row. It was Panathinaikos' twenty second Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 87 years of existence and AEK Athens' fourtheenth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 71-year history. In contrast to the sensational last season's final of the two teams, this year's match was marked by incidents on and off the pitch, by the moment that the referee, Filippos Bakas awarded a penalty in favour of Panathinaikos a few minutes before the end of extra time. This event caused protests, expulsions and riots between fans of both teams with a total of 21 arrests by the police. Furthermore, certain footballers of AEK Athens denied to attend the title ceremony. Bakas managed to escape from the players of the yellow-blacks with a torn sleeve but a few days later a group of strangers attacked him in a street near to the airport of Elliniko. A couple of days after the final, the president of AEK, Dimitris Melissanidis had a phone call with Bakas live on the TV, with the referee implying the invomvent of Melissanidis in his beating with president of AEK responding that the only thing he knows is that the referee is showing his "red underwear" all over Greece.

## Venue

This was the eleventh Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993 and 1994 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 two European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals in 1983 and 1994, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987 and the 1991 Mediterranean Games.

## Background

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty one times, winning fourteen of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1994, where they had won AEK Athens by 4–2 on penalties, which came after a 0–0 draw at the end of the extra time.
AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final thirteen times, winning eight of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1983 (2–0 against PAOK). The last time that had played in a final was in 1994, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 4–2 on penalties, which came after a 0–0 draw at the end of the extra time.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final three times in the 1948, 1949 and 1994 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 |
| Anagennisi Giannitsa | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Matchday 1 | Ethnikos Asteras | 2–0 (A) | 2–0 (A) | 2–0 (A) |
| Aiolikos | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Matchday 2 | Panargiakos | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (H) |
| Sparti | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Matchday 3 | Atromitos | 4–0 (H) | 4–0 (H) | 4–0 (H) |
| Acharnaikos | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Matchday 4 | Kastoria | 1–0 (A) | 1–0 (A) | 1–0 (A) |
| Group 5 winners Team Pts Panathinaikos 12 Anagennisi Giannitsa 9 Aiolikos 6 Sparti 3 Acharnaikos 0 | Group 5 winners Team Pts Panathinaikos 12 Anagennisi Giannitsa 9 Aiolikos 6 Sparti 3 Acharnaikos 0 | Group 5 winners Team Pts Panathinaikos 12 Anagennisi Giannitsa 9 Aiolikos 6 Sparti 3 Acharnaikos 0 | Group 5 winners Team Pts Panathinaikos 12 Anagennisi Giannitsa 9 Aiolikos 6 Sparti 3 Acharnaikos 0 | Final standings | Group 1 winners Team Pts AEK Athens 12 Panargiakos 7 Atromitos 6 Kastoria 2 Ethnikos Asteras 1 | Group 1 winners Team Pts AEK Athens 12 Panargiakos 7 Atromitos 6 Kastoria 2 Ethnikos Asteras 1 | Group 1 winners Team Pts AEK Athens 12 Panargiakos 7 Atromitos 6 Kastoria 2 Ethnikos Asteras 1 | Group 1 winners Team Pts AEK Athens 12 Panargiakos 7 Atromitos 6 Kastoria 2 Ethnikos Asteras 1 |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Apollon Athens | 4–2 | 1–2 (H) | 3–0 (A) | Round of 32 | Doxa Vyronas | 5–2 | 3–1 (A) | 2–1 (H) |
| Skoda Xanthi | 4–3 | 1–0 (H) | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (A) | Round of 16 | Panetolikos | 9–1 | 4–1 (H) | 5–0 (A) |
| Olympiacos | 4–4 (a) | 1–2 (H) | 3–2 (A) | Quarter-finals | Ethnikos Piraeus | 3–1 | 1–0 (A) | 2–1 (H) |
| Kavala | 4–2 | 1–0 (A) | 5–0 (H) | Semi-finals | Athinaikos | 2–0 | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (A) |

## Match
### Details

| Panathinaikos | ΑΕΚ Athens |
| GK | 1 | Józef Wandzik |
| RB | 2 | Stratos Apostolakis |
| CB | 6 | Marinos Ouzounidis | 64' |
| CB | 3 | Giannis Kalitzakis (c) |
| LB | 4 | Giorgos Kapouranis |
| DM | 5 | Dimitris Markos |
| CM | 7 | Georgios Georgiadis |
| LM | 10 | Nikos Nioplias |
| AM | 8 | Juan José Borrelli |
| RM | 11 | Georgios Donis | 73' |
| CF | 9 | Krzysztof Warzycha |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | 13 | Thanasis Kolitsidakis | 64' |
| FW | 16 | Alexis Alexoudis | 73' |
| Manager: ||
| Juan Ramón Rocha ||
| GK | 1 | Ilias Atmatsidis |
| CB | 4 | Stelios Manolas (c) | 115' |
| CB | 3 | Manolis Papadopoulos |
| CB | 6 | Michalis Vlachos | 115' |
| CM | 5 | Refik Šabanadžović | | 117' |
| CM | 8 | Toni Savevski |
| RM | 2 | Georgios Agorogiannis | | 73' |
| AM | 10 | Vasilios Tsiartas |
| LM | 11 | Michalis Kasapis |
| SS | 7 | Dimitris Saravakos |
| CF | 9 | Vasilis Dimitriadis |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 15 | Vasilis Karagiannis |
| DF | 14 | Georgios Koutoulas |
| DF | 13 | Vaios Karagiannis |
| DF | 16 | Vasilios Borbokis | | 117' |
| MF | 12 | Charis Kopitsis | | 73' |
| Manager: ||
| Dušan Bajević ||
| Assistant referees: Grigoris Kechagias (Thessaloniki) Platonas Bozatzidis (Thessaloniki) | Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of two substitutions |