Greek League Cup

The EPAE Cup, known as the Greek League Cup, a now defunct football competition, took place only once, in the year 1989–90 season. AEK Athens is the only winner of the League Cup, beating Panionios (3–3 and 3–1 on penalties), Aris (5–2), Levadiakos (0–0 and 1–0) and Olympiacos (3–2 in the final at the Athens Olympic Stadium, on 2 June 1990).

Road to Final

In the 1989-90 EPAE Cup, the participants were the 18 teams of the 1989-90 1st Division, while the qualifying matches and the final were single matches, except for the semi-finals, which were double. The event began in January and ended in June of 1990.

MatchesScore
First Round
Olympiacos - Ionikos 3–0
Ethnikos - Levadiakos 2–2 (aet, 6–7 pen.)
Apollon Athinon - Doxa Dramas 1–1 (aet, 4–2 pen.)
Olympiacos Volou - Panserraikos 2–0
OFI - Apollon Kalamarias 3–0
Aris - Larisa 2–0
Iraklis - Xanthi 2–1
PAOK - Panathinaikos 0–2
Panionios - AEK 3–3 (aet, 1–3 pen.)
Extra Round
Aris - OFI 3–1 (aet)
Quarter Finals
AEK - Aris 5–2
Olympiacos - Iraklis 1–0
Panathinaikos - Apollon Athinon 5–3
Levadiakos - Olympiacos Volou 2–1
Semi Finals
Olympiacos - Panathinaikos 1–1, 2–2
Levadiakos - AEK 0–0, 0–1

Final
Season Winner Score Runner-up Venue
1989–90 AEK
3–2
 Olympiacos
Olympic Stadium of Athens, Athens
ΑΕΚ3–2Olympiacos
  • Olympic Stadium of Athens, Saturday 2 June 1990, 20:30
  • Half time: 2–1
  • Scorers: G. Savvidis (8',15'), Savevski (53') – Kalogeropoulos (44'), I. Savvidis (76')
  • Lost penalty: 36' Kofidis
  • Referee: Makis Germanakos (Athens)
  • Tickets: 22.289
AEK
 1. Fanis Kofinas
 2. Christos Vasilopoulos
 3. Giorgos Savvidis
 4. Stelios Manolas
 5. Takis Karagiozopoulos
 6. Pavlos Papaioannou
 7. Jim Patikas
 8. Toni Savevski
 9. Daniel Batista Lima 62'
10. Miroslav Okonski
11. Giorgos Christodoulou 82'
Reserves
12. Giorgos Peppes
13. Giorgos Famelis 82'
14. Lambros Georgiadis 62'
15. Antonis Minou
16. Panagiotis Pagratis
Coach
Dušan Bajević
Olympiacos
 1. Ilias Talikriadis
 2. Stratos Apostolakis
 3. Kyriakos Karataidis
 4. Thodoros Pahatouridis
 5. Alexis Alexiou
 6. Panagiotis Tsalouchidis
 7. Nikos Tsiantakis
 8. Savvas Kofidis
 9. Vangelis Kalogeropoulos  64'
10. Sotiris Mavrommatis
11. Apostolos Drakopoulos
Reserves
12. Nikos Nentidis
13. Minas Hantzidis
14. Ilias Savvidis 64'
15. Alekos Rantos
16. Matthaios Gotzias
Coach
Kostas Polychroniou
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