The 1993 Greek Cup final was the 49th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 12 May 1993 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and Olympiacos. It was Panathinaikos' nineteenth Greek Cup final in their 85 years of existence and Olympiacos' twenty-seventh Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 68-year history.[1] Before the match, the manager of Olympiacos Nikos Alefantos had a peculiar idea. He made all his football players to get a haircut as he thought it would work as a charm. Additionally at that time, short hair was not that fashionable and most footballers had long hairstyle. In the end, Olympiacos saw his trick with the haircuts not succeeding, with the only thing that they achieved was for the match to be remembered as the "final of the shaved heads".[2]
Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final eighteen times, winning twelve of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1991, where they had won Athinaikos by 5–1 on aggregate (3–0 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium and 2–1 at the Olympic Stadium).
Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty six times, winning nineteen of them. The last time that they played in a final was in 1992, where they had won PAOK by 3–1 on aggregate (1–1 at Toumba Stadium and 2–0 at Karaiskakis Stadium).[3]
