2002 Greek Football Cup final

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2002 Greek Cup final
Event 2001–02 Greek Football Cup
Date27 April 2002
Venue Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the Match Dionysis Chiotis (AEK Athens)
Referee Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)
Attendance45,258
WeatherFair
15 °C (59 °F)
82% humidity
2001
2003

The 2002 Greek Cup final was the 58th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 27 April 2002 at Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Olympiacos. [1] [2] It was AEK Athens' seventeenth Greek Cup final in their 78 years of existence and Olympiacos' twenty-ninth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 77-year history. For the 5th and last time, the President of the Republic, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, honored the final with his presence, awarding the trophy to the players of the winning team.

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Venue

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Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the fifteenth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2000 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Olympiacos and was used for Panathinaikos, AEK Athens and Greece in various occasions. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted 2 UEFA European Cup/Champions League finals in 1983 and 1994 a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987 and the 1991 Mediterranean Games.

Background

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final sixteen times, winning ten of them. The last time that played in a final was in 2000, where they had won Ionikos by 3–0.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty eight times, winning twenty of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1999 (2–0 against Panathinaikos). The last time that had played in a final was in 2001, where they had lost to PAOK by 4–2. [3]

Route to the final

AEK AthensRoundOlympiacos
OpponentResult Group stage OpponentResult
Panserraikos 5–1 (A)Matchday 1 Kalamata 3–1 (A)
Nafpaktiakos Asteras 6–3 (A)Matchday 2 AEL 1–0 (A)
Egaleo 2–0 (H)Matchday 3 Agios Nikolaos 1–0 (H)
Panserraikos 5–0 (H)Matchday 4 Kalamata 10–0 (H)
Nafpaktiakos Asteras 4–0 (H)Matchday 5 AEL 5–3 (H)
Egaleo 3–3 (A)Matchday 6 Agios Nikolaos 6–1 (A)
Group 1 winners

PosTeamPldPts
1 AEK Athens 616
2 Egaleo 69
3 Panserraikos 68
4 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 60
Source: epo.gr
Final standings Group 6 winners

PosTeamPldPts
1 Olympiacos 618
2 Agios Nikolaos 69
3 AEL 66
4 Kalamata 63
Source: epo.gr
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Knockout phase OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Agios Nikolaos 4–03–0 (H)1–0 (A) Second round Bye
Kilkisiakos 7–01–0 (A)6–0 (H) Round of 16 Egaleo 8–15–1 (H)3–0 (A)
PAOK 6–12–1 (H)4–0 (A) Quarter-finals Kallithea 7–03–0 (H)4–0 (A)
Skoda Xanthi 1–00–0 (A)1–0 ( a.e.t. ) (H) Semi-finals Iraklis 6–23–2 (H)3–0 (A)

Match

Details

AEK Athens 2–1 Olympiacos
Report
Olympic Stadium , Marousi
Attendance: 45,258
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)
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AEK Athens
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Olympiacos
GK22 Flag of Greece.svg Dionysis Chiotis
RB16 Flag of Greece.svg Nikolaos Georgeas
CB 4 Flag of Paraguay.svg Carlos Gamarra
CB32 Flag of Greece.svg Michalis Kapsis
LB17 Flag of Greece.svg Michalis Kasapis  Sub off.svg 29'
DM14 Flag of Greece.svg Akis Zikos  Yellow card.svg 74'
DM 6 Flag of Greece.svg Theodoros Zagorakis (c) Yellow card.svg 88'
RM23 Flag of Greece.svg Vasilios Lakis  Yellow card.svg 89'
LM20 Flag of Greece.svg Sotiris Konstantinidis  Yellow card.svg 60' Sub off.svg 81'
AM10 Flag of Greece.svg Vasilios Tsiartas
CF11 Flag of Greece.svg Demis Nikolaidis  Yellow card.svg 62'
Substitutes:
GK27 Flag of Greece.svg Sotiris Liberopoulos
DF 5 Flag of Greece.svg Nikos Kostenoglou
DF 3 Flag of Brazil.svg Ferrugem
DF12 Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Xenidis  Yellow card.svg 71' Sub on.svg 29'
MF28 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Milen Petkov
FW26 Flag of Portugal.svg António Folha
FW30 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Ilija Ivić  Sub on.svg 81'
Manager:
Flag of Portugal.svg Fernando Santos
GK15 Flag of Greece.svg Angelos Georgiou Yellow card.svg 51'
RB 2 Flag of Greece.svg Christos Patsatzoglou
CB 5 Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Amanatidis  Yellow card.svg 73'
CB19 Flag of Greece.svg Athanasios Kostoulas  Yellow card.svg 84' Sub off.svg 85'
LB33 Flag of Greece.svg Stylianos Venetidis
DM 8 Flag of France.svg Christian Karembeu  Sub off.svg 44'
CM20 Flag of Sweden.svg Pär Zetterberg  Sub off.svg 85'
RM 7 Flag of Greece.svg Stelios Giannakopoulos  Yellow card.svg 26'
LM11 Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Predrag Đorđević
SS10 Flag of Brazil.svg Giovanni  Red card.svg 79'
CF30 Flag of Greece.svg Alexis Alexandris (c)
Substitutes:
GK34 Flag of Greece.svg Kleopas Giannou
DF14 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitrios Mavrogenidis
DF32 Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Anatolakis
MF13 Flag of Brazil.svg Zé Elias  Yellow card.svg 54' Sub on.svg 44'
MF21 Flag of Greece.svg Andreas Niniadis  Sub on.svg 85'
FW17 Flag of Ghana.svg Peter Ofori-Quaye  Sub on.svg 85'
FW99 Flag of Uruguay.svg Gabriel Álvez
Manager:
Flag of Greece.svg Takis Lemonis

Man of the Match:
Flag of Greece.svg Dionysis Chiotis (AEK Athens)


Assistant referees:
Spyros Tomaras (Aetoloacarnania)
Giorgos Tsoukas (Arcadia)

Match rules

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

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