# 1985 Greek Football Cup final

The 1985 Greek Cup final was the 41st final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 22 June 1985 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were AEL and PAOK. It was AEL's third Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 21 years of existence and PAOK's thirteenth Greek Cup final in their 59-year history.

## Venue

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

## Background

AEL had reached the Greek Cup final two times. The last time that had played in a final was in 1984, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 2–0.
PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final twelve 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 1983, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 2–0.
The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.

## Route to the final

| AEL | AEL | AEL | AEL | Round | PAOK | PAOK | PAOK | PAOK |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Panegialios | 8–0 (H) | 8–0 (H) | 8–0 (H) | First round | Iraklis | 3–1 (H) | 3–1 (H) | 3–1 (H) |
| Apollon Kalamarias | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (H) | Additional round | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| Neapoli Piraeus | 8–1 | 7–0 (H) | 1–1 (A) | Round of 32 | Aris | 3–3 (a) | 2–0 (H) | 1–3 (A) |
| Makedonikos | 6–3 | 2–0 (A) | 4–3 (H) | Round of 16 | Lamia | 15–1 | 6–0 (H) | 9–1 (A) |
| Korinthos | 7–3 | 6–1 (H) | 1–2 (A) | Quarter-finals | Olympiacos Volos | 6–1 | 4–1 (A) | 2–0 (H) |
| Levadiakos | 7–0 | 2–0 (A) | 5–0 (H) | Semi-finals | Panathinaikos | 4–2 | 0–2 (A) | 4–0 (H) |

## Match
### Details

| AEL | PAOK |
| GK | 1 | Georgios Plitsis |
| DF | 2 | Takis Parafestas (c) |
| DF | 5 | Giannis Galitsios |
| DF | 4 | Georgios Mitsibonas |
| DF | 3 | Kostas Kolomitrousis |
| MF | 6 | Theodoros Voutiritsas |
| MF | 8 | Christos Andreoudis | 87' |
| MF | 9 | Krzysztof Adamczyk |
| FW | 7 | Michalis Ziogas |
| FW | 10 | Kazimierz Kmiecik |
| FW | 11 | Giannis Valaoras |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 15 | Christos Michail |
| DF | 13 | Babis Dossas |
| MF | 12 | Sakis Tsiolis | 87' |
| MF | 14 | Giannis Alexoulis |
| MF | 16 | Lazaros Kyrilidis |
| Manager: ||
| Andrzej Strejlau ||
| GK | 1 | Lakis Stergioudas |
| DF | 2 | Apostolos Tsourelas |
| DF | 5 | Charis Baniotis | | 21' |
| DF | 4 | Ivan Jurišić |
| DF | 3 | Nikos Alavantas (c) |
| MF | 6 | Georgios Skartados |
| MF | 7 | Kyriakos Alexandridis |
| MF | 8 | Vasilios Vasilakos | 20' |
| MF | 9 | Thomas Singas |
| FW | 10 | Rade Paprica |
| FW | 11 | Georgios Kostikos | | 63' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 15 | Takis Pantelis |
| DF | 12 | Konstantinos Iosifidis |
| DF | 13 | Konstantinos Malioufas |
| MF | 14 | Ioannis Damanakis | | 63' |
| FW | 16 | Aris Karasavvidis | | 21' |
| Manager: ||
| Walter Skocik ||
| Assistant referees: Giannis Triantafyllou (Dodecanese) Kostas Adamopoulos (Athens) | Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of two substitutions |