1999 Nova Supersports Cup

The 1999 Nova Supersports Cup was an association football friendly tournament competition hosted by Greek premium sports network Nova Sports in 1999, held in Athens.[1]

1999 Nova Supersports Cup
Tournament details
Host countryGreece
Dates31 July to 1 August
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsGreece AEK Athens (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored15 (3.75 per match)
Attendance33.000 (8 per match)
Top scorer(s)Greece Demis Nikolaidis
Serbia Dragan Ćirić
Greece Theodoros Zagorakis
(2 goals)

The tournament occurred from 31 July to 1 August 1999 with the participation of English Premier League club Leicester City, Hertha Berlin from the Bundesliga, Iraklis from the Alpha Ethniki and AEK Athens from the Alpha Ethniki, which eventually won the tournament.[2][3][4]

Teams

The teams who accepted the invitations are:

Venue
Main article: Nikos Goumas Stadium

All the games were played at the Nikos Goumas Stadium a 27,729 seat multi-use venue, home ground of hosts AEK Athens. The ground has been demolished in June 2003.

Games

Semi-finals
Iraklis Greece0–1Germany Hertha Berlin
Rekdal 30' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Georgios Douros
AEK Athens Greece3–2England Leicester City
Ćirić 18'
Savevski 25'
Maladenis 44'		 Report Zagorakis 6' (pen.), 58'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Georgios Psichomanis

Consolation final
Iraklis Greece0–3England Leicester City
Report Walsh 16'
Heskey 18'
Elliott 26'
Attendance: ?
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis

Final
AEK Athens Greece4–2Germany Hertha Berlin
Bjeković 44'
Nikolaidis 51', 66'
Ćirić 64' (pen.)		 Report Tretschok 15'
Neuendorf 50'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Georgios Fasolis

Results
Year Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place 4th place
1999 NGS, Athens Greece AEK Athens Germany Hertha Berlin England Leicester City Greece Iraklis

Scorers
Name Club Goals
Greece Demis Nikolaidis AEK Athens 2
Serbia Dragan Ćirić AEK Athens 2
Greece Theodoros Zagorakis Leicester City 2
North Macedonia Toni Savevski AEK Athens 1
Greece Christos Maladenis AEK Athens 1
Serbia Nenad Bjeković AEK Athens 1
Germany Andreas Neuendorf Hertha Berlin 1
Germany René Tretschok Hertha Berlin 1
England Steve Walsh Leicester City 1
England Matt Elliott Leicester City 1
England Emile Heskey Leicester City 1
Norway Kjetil Rekdal Hertha Berlin 1
Nova Supersports Cup
1999 Winners
Greece
AEK Athens
First Title

References
  1. Πάρης Αρωνιάδης. "H AEK κέρδισε τη Λέστερ του Ζαγοράκη (vid)". aek-live.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  2. Πάτροκλος Πανανίδης. "Τρεις εκτελεστές". tanea.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. Ηλίας Αναστασιάδης. "ΑΕΚ-ΑΪΚ, 11/8/1999: Η κατάρα του 0-0". contra.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. "AEK-Λέστερ: Από τον Χέσκεϊ στον Βάρντι". stoiximan.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

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