2001 Greek Football Cup final

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2001 Greek Cup final
Event 2000–01 Greek Football Cup
Date12 May 2001
Venue Nikos Goumas Stadium, Nea Filadelfia, Athens
Man of the Match Panayiotis Engomitis (PAOK)
Referee Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
Attendance13,300
WeatherMostly Cloudy
14 °C (57 °F)
72% humidity
2000
2002

The 2001 Greek Cup final was the 57th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 12 May 2001 at Nikos Goumas Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and PAOK. [1] It was Olympiacos' twenty-ninth Greek Cup final in their 76 years of existence and PAOK's fifteenth Greek Cup final in their 75-year history. A draw was preceded on 19 April [2] to determine in which stadium/city the final would be hosted: Nikos Goumas Stadium in Athens or Kaftanzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki. Several days before the game, Olympiacos president Sokratis Kokkalis made a memorable statement using a Greek expression that Olympiacos would lose the upcoming final only if "the devil broke his leg", meaning that it was almost impossible for his team to lose. However, PAOK won the match by 4–2 [3] [4] with an impressive performance and earned the trophy 27 years after their last success, in the same stadium and against the same opponent. During the awarding ceremony, former goalkeeper and member of the coaching staff of PAOK, Mladen Furtula whispered to Kokkalis that the devil indeed broke his leg that day and the latter responded with a laugh. The manager of PAOK, Dušan Bajević became the first in history to win the trophy with three different clubs, as he had previously won it in 1996 with AEK Athens and in 1999 with Olympiacos.

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Venue

This was the eighth Greek Cup final held at Nikos Goumas Stadium, after the 1962, 1967, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981 and 1982 finals.

Nikos Goumas Stadium was built in 1930 and it has been renovated twice, in 1979 and 1998. The stadium is used as a venue for AEK Athens and was used for Greece on various occasions. Its current capacity is 28,729. [5]

Background

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty seven times, winning twenty of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1999, where they had won against Panathinaikos by 2–0.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final fourteen times, winning two of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1974 (4–3 on penalties, which came after a 2–2 draw at the end of the extra time against Olympiacos). The last time that they had played in a final was in 1992, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 3–1 on aggregate (1–1 at Toumba Stadium and 2–0 at Karaiskakis Stadium).

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final six times in the 1951, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1981 and 1992 finals. [6]

Route to the final

OlympiacosRoundPAOK
OpponentResult Group stage OpponentResult
Patraikos 4–0 (H)Matchday 1 Atromitos 1–0 (H)
Anagennisi Karditsa 2–0 (A)Matchday 2A.S. Ampelokipoi6–1 (A)
Ethnikos Asteras 4–1 (A)Matchday 3 Kavala 5–1 (A)
Egaleo 4–1 (H)Matchday 4 Panachaiki 2–0 (H)
Trikala 5–3 (A)Matchday 5 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 3–3 (A)
Patraikos 4–1 (A)Matchday 6 Atromitos 2–1 (A)
Anagennisi Karditsa 7–0 (H)Matchday 7A.S. Ampelokipoi6–1 (H)
Ethnikos Asteras 5–0 (H)Matchday 8 Kavala 3–1 (H)
Egaleo 0–3 (A)Matchday 9 Panachaiki 3–2 (A)
Trikala 4–0 (H)Matchday 10 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 4–0 (H)
Group 5 winners

PosTeamPldPts
1 Olympiacos 1027
2 Egaleo 1024
3 Ethnikos Asteras 1018
4 Trikala 1012
5 Patraikos 104
6 Anagennisi Karditsa 104
Source: epo.gr
Final standings Group 4 winners

PosTeamPldPts
1 PAOK 1028
2 Panachaiki 1017
3 Kavala 1014
4 Atromitos 1011
5 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 1010
6A.S. Ampelokipoi104
Source: epo.gr
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Knockout phase OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Bye Additional round Bye
AEK Athens 8–12–0 (w/o) (A)6–1 (H) Round of 16 Aris 3–11–1 (A)2–0 (H)
Panathinaikos 5–21–1 (H)4–1 (A) Quarter-finals Skoda Xanthi 4–12–0 (H)2–1 (A)
Iraklis 6–41–0 (A)5–4 (H) Semi-finals Apollon Athens 5–35–2 (H)0–1 (A)

Match

Details

Olympiacos 2–4 PAOK
Report (page 52)
Nikos Goumas Stadium , Nea Filadelfia
Attendance: 13,300
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
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Olympiacos
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PAOK
GK31 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
RB14 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitrios Mavrogenidis  Sub off.svg 46'
CB19 Flag of Greece.svg Athanasios Kostoulas
CB32 Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Anatolakis Yellow card.svg 36'
LB21 Flag of Greece.svg Grigoris Georgatos Yellow card.svg 69' Sub off.svg 69'
DM13 Flag of Brazil.svg Zé Elias
CM 4 Flag of Greece.svg Andreas Niniadis  Sub off.svg 46'
RM 7 Flag of Greece.svg Stelios Giannakopoulos
LM11 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Predrag Đorđević
SS10 Flag of Brazil.svg Giovanni
CF30 Flag of Greece.svg Alexis Alexandris (c)
Substitutes:
GK 1 Flag of Greece.svg Angelos Georgiou
DF 2 Flag of Greece.svg Christos Patsatzoglou  Sub on.svg 46'
DF 3 Flag of Greece.svg Kyriakos Karataidis
MF 6 Flag of Greece.svg Ilias Poursanidis
MF 8 Flag of Brazil.svg Luciano  Sub on.svg 69'
MF20 Flag of Sweden.svg Pär Zetterberg
FW9 Flag of Greece.svg Lampros Choutos  Sub on.svg 46'
Manager:
Flag of Greece.svg Takis Lemonis
GK16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ante Čović
RB 2 Flag of Greece.svg Vasilios Borbokis
CB19 Flag of Ghana.svg Koffi Amponsah  Sub off.svg 46'
CB 4 Flag of Greece.svg Anastasios Katsabis (c)
CB24 Flag of Nigeria.svg Ifeanyi Udeze Yellow card.svg 88'
LB 3 Flag of Greece.svg Stylianos Venetidis Yellow card.svg 51'
CM28 Flag of Greece.svg Pantelis Kafes
RM30 Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Panayiotis Engomitis Yellow card.svg 29'
LM11 Flag of Greece.svg Pantelis Konstantinidis
CF21 Flag of Greece.svg Giorgos Georgiadis  Sub off.svg 79'
CF22 Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Ioannis Okkas Yellow card.svg 62' Sub off.svg 90'
Substitutes:
GK26 Flag of Greece.svg Apostolos Papadopoulos
DF14 Flag of Greece.svg Loukas Karadimos
DF23 Flag of Greece.svg Dionysis Chasiotis
DF25 Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Koulakiotis  Sub on.svg 46'
MF42 Flag of Cameroon.svg Guy Feutchine
FW 8 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Slađan Spasić  Sub on.svg 90'
FW20 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Nalitzis  Sub on.svg 79'
Manager:
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Dušan Bajević

Man of the Match:
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Panayiotis Engomitis (PAOK)


Assistant referees:
Andreas Zisis (Corinthia)
Apostolos Kourkounas (Chania)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

See also

References

  1. "Η κατάκτηση του κυπέλλου από τον ΠΑΟΚ το 2001". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 8 March 2022.
  2. Κλήρωση έδρας Τελικού. in.gr (in Greek). 19 April 2001.
  3. "Κυρίαρχος ο ΠΑΟΚ νίκησε με 4–2 τον Ολυμπιακό και κατέκτησε το Κύπελλο Ελλάδας". in.gr (in Greek). 12 May 2001.
  4. Ολυμπιακός–ΠΑΟΚ 2–4. gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 12 May 2016.
  5. "Nikos Goumas Stadium". stadia.gr.
  6. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .