# 1992 Greek Football Cup final

The 1992 Greek Cup final was the 48th final of the Greek Cup. The final, was set for the second and last time to be played over two legs in the home ground of the 2 finalists. The contesting teams were PAOK and Olympiacos. It was PAOK's fourteenth Greek Cup final in their 66 years of existence and Olympiacos' twenty-six Greek Cup final in their 67-year history. The first match took place on 20 May 1992 at Toumba Stadium and the second match took place on 27 May 1992 at Karaiskakis Stadium. It was the first time that a private channel ANT1, was covering a cup final, since all the finals were until then covered by ERT.

## Background

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final thirteen 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 1985, where they had lost to AEL by 4–1.
Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty five times, winning nineteen of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1990, where they had won OFI by 4–1.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final five times in the 1951, 1971, 1973, 1974 and 1981 finals.

## Route to the final

| PAOK | PAOK | PAOK | PAOK | Round | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | Olympiacos |
| Opponent | Result | Result | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | Result | Result |
| Poseidon Michaniona | 2–3 (A) | 2–3 (A) | 2–3 (A) | Matchday 1 | Panionios | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Poseidon Heraklion | 5–0 (H) | 5–0 (H) | 5–0 (H) | Matchday 2 | Ilisiakos | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Olympiacos Volos | 1–1 (A) | 1–1 (A) | 1–1 (A) | Matchday 3 | Naoussa | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| AE Mesolongi | 4–1 (H) | 4–1 (H) | 4–1 (H) | Matchday 4 | Preveza | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Group 4 runners-up Team Pts Poseidon Michaniona 6 PAOK 5 Olympiacos Volos 4 AE Mesolongi 4 Poseidon Heraklion 1 | Group 4 runners-up Team Pts Poseidon Michaniona 6 PAOK 5 Olympiacos Volos 4 AE Mesolongi 4 Poseidon Heraklion 1 | Group 4 runners-up Team Pts Poseidon Michaniona 6 PAOK 5 Olympiacos Volos 4 AE Mesolongi 4 Poseidon Heraklion 1 | Group 4 runners-up Team Pts Poseidon Michaniona 6 PAOK 5 Olympiacos Volos 4 AE Mesolongi 4 Poseidon Heraklion 1 | Final standings | Group 5 winners Team Pts Olympiacos 6 Panionios 5 Ilisiakos 4 Naoussa 3 Preveza 2 | Group 5 winners Team Pts Olympiacos 6 Panionios 5 Ilisiakos 4 Naoussa 3 Preveza 2 | Group 5 winners Team Pts Olympiacos 6 Panionios 5 Ilisiakos 4 Naoussa 3 Preveza 2 | Group 5 winners Team Pts Olympiacos 6 Panionios 5 Ilisiakos 4 Naoussa 3 Preveza 2 |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| A.F.C. Patra | 4–1 | 1–0 (A) | 3–1 (H) | Round of 32 | Kastoria | 7–0 | 3–1 (A) | 4–0 (H) |
| Korinthos | 4–1 | 4–1 (H) | 0–0 (A) | Round of 16 | Skoda Xanthi | 5–4 | 1–2 (A) | 4–2 (H) |
| Doxa Drama | 4–2 | 0–2 (A) | 4–0 (H) | Quarter-finals | Panathinaikos | 1–1 (a) | 0–0 (H) | 1–1 (A) |
| AEK Athens | 3–2 | 0–2 (A) | 3–0 (a.e.t.) (H) | Semi-finals | Atromitos | 8–2 | 4–1 (A) | 4–1 (H) |

## Match
### First leg

| PAOK | Olympiacos |
| GK | Tonči Gabrić |
| DF | Nikos Plitsis |
| DF | Michalis Leontiadis |
| DF | Alexandros Alexiou |
| DF | Georgios Mitsibonas |
| MF | Kostas Oikonomidis | 63' |
| MF | Kostas Lagonidis |
| MF | Stefanos Borbokis |
| MF | Georgios Skartados (c) |
| MF | Georgios Toursounidis |
| FW | Milan Đurđević | 59' |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | John Anastasiadis | 59' |
| FW | Thanasis Basbanas | 63' |
| Manager: ||
| Giannis Gounaris ||
| GK | 1 | Ilias Talikriadis |
| DF | 2 | Theodoros Pahatouridis |
| DF | 3 | Kyriakos Karataidis |
| DF | 4 | Michalis Vlachos |
| DF | 5 | Nikos Nentidis | 55' |
| MF | 6 | Panagiotis Tsalouchidis (c) |
| MF | 7 | Hennadiy Lytovchenko |
| MF | 8 | Nikos Tsiantakis |
| FW | 9 | Yuri Savichev |
| FW | 10 | Oleh Protasov |
| FW | 11 | Panagiotis Sofianopoulos | 77' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | | Minas Hantzidis | 55' |
| FW | | Georgios Vaitsis | 77' |
| Manager: ||
| Oleg Blokhin ||
| Assistant referees: Rentzis (Piraeus) Panagiotis Perlorentzos (Piraeus) | Match rules 90 minutes Five named substitutes Maximum of two substitutions. |

### Second leg

| Olympiacos | PAOK |
| GK | 1 | Ilias Talikriadis |
| DF | 2 | Theodoros Pahatouridis |
| DF | 3 | Kyriakos Karataidis |
| DF | 4 | Michalis Vlachos |
| DF | 5 | Nikos Nentidis | | 54' |
| MF | 6 | Panagiotis Tsalouchidis (c) |
| MF | 7 | Hennadiy Lytovchenko |
| MF | 8 | Nikos Tsiantakis | 54' |
| FW | 9 | Yuri Savichev | 69' |
| FW | 10 | Oleh Protasov |
| FW | 11 | Panagiotis Sofianopoulos | | 64' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | | Minas Hantzidis | | 54' |
| MF | | Vassilis Karapialis | | 64' |
| Manager: ||
| Oleg Blokhin ||
| GK | 1 | Tonči Gabrić |
| DF | 8 | Kostas Malioufas | | 73' |
| DF | 3 | Alexandros Alexiou | 52' |
| DF | 4 | Georgios Mitsibonas |
| MF | 2 | Kostas Oikonomidis |
| MF | 6 | Kostas Lagonidis |
| MF | 7 | Stefanos Borbokis |
| MF | 5 | Georgios Skartados (c) |
| MF | 10 | Georgios Toursounidis |
| FW | 11 | John Anastasiadis |
| FW | 9 | Milan Đurđević | | 46' |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | | Dimitrios Mitoglou | 80' | 73' |
| MF | | Vangelis Kalogeropoulos | 68' | 46' |
| Manager: ||
| Giannis Gounaris ||
| Assistant referees: Tsinaslanidis (Thessaloniki) Filippos Bakas (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 |