The Cup final opposed AEK (Athens) to PAOK (Thesaloniki), a classic Atens vs Thesaloniki clash. A battle of ambitious clubs, wanting very much to come out of shadow of Olympiakos and Panathinaikos. Both teams were lead by foreign coaches- AEK by the former coach of the Austrian national team Helmut Senekowitsch, PAOK by the West German Heinz Hoher. He was representing the leading German school, but only that. PAOK had two seasoned foreigners – Mladen Fortula and Guerino Neto, who played seemingly forever in Greece, plus new West German midfielder, Holger Trimhold, but AEK had stronger squad and won 2-0.
Well done and one more trophy for AEK. May be the foreign players in the squad enjoyed the victory most – the Yugoslav midfielder Radonic and the Bulgarian attacking midfielder Angel Kolev were short of trophies. They played second fiddle in their original countries – now they were winners.