1953 Greek Football Cup final

1953 Greek Cup final

Olympiacos after the final
Event	1952–53 Greek Football Cup
Olympiacos AEK Athens 3 2
Date	17 May 1953
Venue	Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi, Athens
Referee	Manolis Zapardas (Piraeus)
Attendance	25,000
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The 1953 Greek Cup final was the 11th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 17 May 1953 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and AEK Athens. It was Olympiacos' fourth Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 28 years of existence and AEK Athens' sixth Greek Cup final in their 29-year history.^[1][2]

This was the tenth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1952 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris, the replay match of the 1949 final between AEK Athens and Panathinaikos and the replay match of the 1952 final between Olympiacos and Panionios).

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium was built in 1922. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and Greece. Its current capacity is 30,000.^[3]

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final three times, winning all of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1952, where they had won Panionios by 2–0 in a replay match, after the 2–2 of the initial match.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final five times, winning four of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1950, where they had won Aris by 4–0.

The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.^[4]

GK  1 Kostas Karapatis DF  2 Ilias Rosidis DF  3 Thanasis Kingley DF  4 Andreas Mouratis (c) MF  5 Vasilis Xanthopoulos MF  6 Thanasis Bebis FW  7 Giorgos Kansos FW  8 Dimitrios Kokkinakis FW  9 Giorgos Kopanidis FW 10 Georgios Darivas FW 11 Babis Drosos Manager: Giannis Chelmis, Vangelis Chelmis

GK  1 Michalis Delavinias DF  2 Antonis Parayios DF  3 Youlielmos Arvanitis (c) DF  4 Christos Darakis MF  5 Manesis MF  6 Michalis Papatheodorou FW  7 Pavlos Emmanouilidis FW  8 Giannis Kanakis FW  9 Ilias Papageorgiou FW 10 Andreas Stamatiadis FW 11 Lambis Serafidis Manager: Mario Magnozzi

• 1952–53 Greek Football Cup