The 1996 Greek Super Cup was the 8th edition of the Greek Super Cup, an association football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Alpha Ethniki and Greek Cup competitions. The match took place on 11 August 1996 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were the 1995âÂÂ96 Alpha Ethniki champions, Panathinaikos and the 1995âÂÂ96 Greek Cup winners, AEK Athens. AEK Athens won 9âÂÂ8 on a penalty shoot-out after a 1âÂÂ1 draw at the end of extra time.
This was the second Greek Super Cup held at Karaiskakis Stadium, after 1980.
Karaiskakis Stadium was built in 1895 and renovated once in 1964. The stadium is used as a venue for Olympiacos and Ethnikos Piraeus and was used for Greece in various occasions. Its current capacity is 42,000 and hosted a European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1971 and will host the fist leg of the 1971 Intercontinental Cup final.
Panathinaikos participated in the Greek Super Cup four times, winning three of them. The last time that they had played in the Super Cup was in 1994, where they had won against AEK Athens by 3âÂÂ0.
AEK Athens participated in the Greek Super Cup four times, winning one of them. The last time that they had won the Super Cup was in 1989 (6âÂÂ5 on penalties, which came after a 1âÂÂ1 draw at the end of the extra time against Panathinaikos). The last time that they had played in the Super Cup was in 1994, where they lost to Panathinaikos by 3âÂÂ0.
The two teams had met each other in the Super Cup three times in 1989, 1993 and 1994.
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