# 1986 Greek Football Cup final

The 1986 Greek Cup final was the 42nd final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 28 May 1986 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and Olympiacos. It was Panathinaikos' sixteenth Greek Cup final in their 78 years of existence and Olympiacos' twenty-third Greek Cup final in their 61-year history.

## Venue

This was the fourth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984 and 1985 finals.
The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos, Olympiacos, AEK Athens and Greece. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted a European Cup final in 1983.

## Background

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final fifteen times, winning eight of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1984, where they had won AEL by 2–0.
Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty two times, winning seventeen of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1981, where they had won PAOK by 3–1.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final six times in the 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1969 and 1975 finals.

## Route to the final

| Panathinaikos | Panathinaikos | Panathinaikos | Panathinaikos | Round | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | Olympiacos |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Poseidon Michaniona | 5–0 (H) | 5–0 (H) | 5–0 (H) | First round | Pierikos | 3–1 (H) | 3–1 (H) | 3–1 (H) |
| Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Additional round | PAOK | 0–0 (4–3 p) (H) | 0–0 (4–3 p) (H) | 0–0 (4–3 p) (H) |
| Makedonikos | 4–2 | 2–0 (A) | 2–2 (H) | Round of 32 | Lamia | 3–1 | 2–1 (H) | 1–0 (A) |
| Aiolikos | 6–0 | 5–0 (H) | 1–0 (A) | Round of 16 | Iraklis | 3–2 | 3–1 (H) | 0–1 (A) |
| Ergotelis | 10–3 | 3–2 (A) | 7–1 (H) | Quarter-finals | Ethnikos Piraeus | 4–1 | 3–1 (H) | 1–0 (A) |
| AEK Athens | 4–3 | 2–2 (A) | 2–1 (H) | Semi-finals | Aris | 3–2 | 1–1 (A) | 2–1 (H) |

## Match
### Details

| Panathinaikos | Olympiacos |
| GK | 1 | Antonis Minou |
| DF | 2 | Kostas Tarasis |
| DF | 3 | Nikos Patsiavouras |
| DF | 4 | Giannis Kyrastas (c) |
| DF | 6 | Kostas Mavridis |
| MF | 5 | Velimir Zajec |
| MF | 10 | Vangelis Vlachos |
| MF | 8 | Michalis Gerothodoros | 61' |
| MF | 9 | Kostas Batsinilas |
| FW | 7 | Dimitris Saravakos |
| FW | 11 | Christos Dimopoulos | 84' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 15 | Ilias Missas |
| MF | 12 | Juan Ramón Rocha | 61' |
| MF | 14 | Kostas Antoniou | 84' |
| MF | 16 | Lysandros Georgamlis |
| FW | 13 | Thanasis Dimopoulos |
| Manager: ||
| Petr Packert ||
| GK | 1 | Christos Arvanitis |
| DF | 2 | Petros Xanthopoulos |
| DF | 3 | Giorgos Kokolakis |
| DF | 4 | Giorgos Togias |
| DF | 5 | Petros Michos (c) |
| MF | 6 | Giorgos Semertzidis |
| MF | 7 | Miloš Šestić |
| MF | 8 | Vasilis Papachristou |
| MF | 10 | Tasos Mitropoulos | 90+1' |
| FW | 11 | Georgios Vaitsis | | 46' |
| FW | 9 | Nikos Anastopoulos |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 15 | Giannis Papamichail |
| DF | 16 | Makis Angelinas |
| MF | 12 | Vasilis Papangelis | | 46' |
| MF | 14 | Michalis Georgoudakis |
| FW | 13 | Takis Lemonis |
| Manager: ||
| Antonis Georgiadis ||
| Assistant referees: Giorgos Koukoulakis (Heraklion) Nikos Chrysanis (Imathia) | Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of two substitutions |