# 1978 Greek Football Cup final

The 1978 Greek Cup final was the 34th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 4 June 1978 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and PAOK. It was AEK Athens' tenth Greek Cup final in their 54 years of existence and PAOK's tenth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 52-year history. With their conquest of the Cup, AEK Athens achieved the first double after 39 years and the second in their history.

## Venue

This was the tenth Greek Cup final held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after the 1957, 1958, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 and 1977 finals. (Karaiskakis also hosted the replay match of the 1960 final between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos).
Karaiskakis Stadium was built in 1895 and renovated once in 1964. The stadium is used as a venue for Olympiacos and Ethnikos Piraeus and was used for Greece in various occasions. Its current capacity is 42,000 and hosted a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1971 and the first leg of the Intercontinental Cup final in 1971.

## Background

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final nine times, winning five of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1956, where they had won Olympiacos by 2–1.
PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final nine times, winning two of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1974 (4–3 on penalties, which came after a 2–2 draw at the end of the extra time against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 1977, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 2–1.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1939 final.

## Route to the final

| AEK Athens | AEK Athens | Round | PAOK | PAOK |
| Opponent | Result | | Opponent | Result |
| AO Chania | 6–1 (H) | First round | Levadiakos | 6–1 (H) |
| Panathinaikos | 1–0 (A) | Second round | Olympiacos Volos | 4–1 (H) |
| Panionios | 3–0 (H) | Round of 16 | Iraklis | 1–0 (A) |
| Panelefsiniakos | 4–2 (A) | Quarter-finals | Veria | 5–0 (H) |
| Olympiacos | 6–1 (H) | Semi-finals | Aris | 1–0 (a.e.t.) (A) |

## Match
### Details

| AEK Athens | PAOK |
| GK | 1 | Nikos Christidis |
| DF | 2 | Giannis Mousouris |
| DF | 5 | Lakis Nikolaou |
| DF | 4 | Petros Ravousis |
| DF | 3 | Babis Intzoglou |
| MF | 6 | Milton Viera | 26' |
| MF | 7 | Tasos Konstantinou | | 79' |
| MF | 8 | Takis Nikoloudis |
| MF | 10 | Mimis Papaioannou (c) | | 65' |
| FW | 9 | Dušan Bajević |
| FW | 11 | Thomas Mavros |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | | Apostolos Toskas | | 65' |
| MF | | Lazaros Papadopoulos | | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Zlatko Čajkovski ||
| GK | 1 | Mladen Furtula |
| DF | 2 | Giannis Gounaris | 72' |
| DF | 3 | Konstantinos Iosifidis |
| DF | 5 | Koulis Apostolidis (c) |
| MF | 4 | Angelos Anastasiadis |
| MF | 10 | Giorgos Koudas |
| MF | 7 | Panagiotis Kermanidis |
| MF | 8 | Stavros Sarafis |
| FW | 11 | Neto Guerino |
| FW | 6 | Kostas Orfanos |
| FW | 9 | Georgios Kostikos | 79' |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | | Nikos Alavantas | 79' |
| MF | | Ioannis Damanakis | 72' |
| Manager: ||
| Lakis Petropoulos ||
| Assistant referees: Panagiotis Tsolakidis (Thessaloniki) G. Moschopoulos (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 |