Pre-Mediterranean Cup

Pre-Mediterranean Cup
Tournament details
Host countryGreece
DatesJune 1991
Teams8
Venue(s)Rizoupoli Stadium (in Athens host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsGreece AEK Athens
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Goals scored8 (2.67 per match)
International football competition

The Pre-Mediterranean Cup was an association football tournament hosted by the Hellenic Football Federation in Athens. The competition was conducted once, in 1991, and the winner was AEK Athens.[1][2]

In June 1991, the only Pre-Mediterranean cup was conducted in Rizoupoli Stadium, the home ground of Apollon Athens, with the participation of the best-eight football clubs of the 1990–91 Alpha Ethniki. Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, PAOK and Iraklis forfeited the competition due to their players being tired from constant league games. In the semi-finals, AEK Athens played against Apollon Athens and won with 4–2, and OFI played against Athinaikos and won by 1–0. In the final game of the competition, AEK Athens secured a 1–0 victory against OFI and obtained the title, with the only goal of the game being scored by Takis Karagiozopoulos from the penalty spot.[3]

Fixtures

Quarter-finals

Apollon Athens2–0
(Awarded)
Olympiacos
Iraklis0–2
(Awarded)
OFI
Athinaikos2–0
(Awarded)
Panathinaikos
AEK Athens2–0
(Awarded)
PAOK

Semi-finals

OFI1–0Athinaikos

Final

AEK Athens1–0[3]OFI


Pre-Mediterranean Cup
1991 Winners
Greece
AEK Athens
First Title

Last updated: 21 October 2023.
Source: The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

References

  1. ^ "Γιορτάζει η ΑΕΚ". novasports.gr (in Greek). 12 April 2012. Μεσογειακά Κύπελλα (1): 1991
  2. ^ Παππάς, Δημήτρης (13 April 2022). "Η ΑΕΚ κλείνει 98 χρόνια ιστορίας". katerinisport.gr (in Greek). Προ-Μεσογειακό Κύπελλο (1): 1991
  3. ^ a b c Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (31 January 2008). "Greece 1990/91". rsssf.org. Online: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 December 2023. Mediterranean Cup 1991 NB: post-season tournament (June 1991) between top-level clubs (so a sort of league cup), except that Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and PAOK did not enter. Semifinals: AEK 4-2 Apollon, OFI bt [?], Final: AEK 1-0 OFI [Takis Karagiozopoulos].

Bibliography

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