2003 Greek Football Cup final

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2003 Greek Cup final
Event 2002–03 Greek Football Cup
Date17 May 2003
Venue Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
Man of the Match Giorgos Georgiadis (PAOK)
Referee Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
Attendance18,703
WeatherFair
21 °C (70 °F)
73% humidity
2002
2004

The 2003 Greek Cup final was the 59th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 17 May 2003, at Toumba Stadium. The contesting teams were PAOK and Aris. [1] [2] [3] It was Aris' sixth Greek Cup final in their 89 years of existence and PAOK's sixteenth Greek Cup final in their 77-year history. During the postgame press conference, Aris manager Giorgos Foiros made a complaint that the final should have been a two-legged tie because PAOK had the advantage of playing on home ground. Kaftanzoglio Stadium, a neutral ground and Thessaloniki's largest stadium was under renovation for the 2004 Summer Olympic games. The HFF's regulation for that season's Cup stated that if the final was to be held at Thessaloniki (that would be the case if at least one of the two finalists was a club from Thessaloniki), it would be hosted at the second largest stadium of the city which was Toumba. About a week before the game, Aris demanded [4] from the federation either the final to be played at Kalamaria Stadium or Makedonikos Stadium which were both neutral grounds (with much smaller capacity though) or to be held a draw between Toumba Stadium and Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium (Aris home ground), but both requests were denied [5] due to the tournament's regulation. PAOK manager, Angelos Anastasiadis became the only one in club's history to win the Cup both as a player, in 1974 and as a manager.

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Venue

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Toumba Stadium.

This was the first Greek Cup final held at Toumba Stadium (Toumba also hosted the first leg of the 1992 two-legged final between PAOK and Olympiacos).

Toumba Stadium was built in 1959 and was renovated five times, in 1998, 1962, 1965, 1972 and 2000. The stadium is used as a venue for PAOK and was used for Greece on various occasions. Its current capacity is 28,701. [6]

Background

Aris had reached the Greek Cup final five times, winning one of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1970, where they had won against PAOK by 1–0.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final fifteen times, winning three of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 2001, where they had won against Olympiacos by 4–2.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1970 final. [7]

Route to the final

ArisRoundPAOK
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
AO Chania 6–04–0 (A)2–0 (H) First round Leonidio 1–01–0 (A)0–0 (H)
Patraikos 4–11–0 (A)3–1 (H) Second round Olympiacos Volos 2–02–0 (H)0–0 (A)
PAS Giannina 4–03–0 (H)1–0 (A) Round of 16 OFI 1–1 (a)0–0 (H)1–1 (A)
Ethnikos Asteras 3–23–1 (H)0–1 (A) Quarter-finals Olympiacos 5–23–1 (H)2–1 (A)
Egaleo 1–1 (a)1–1 (A)0–0 (H) Semi-finals AEK Athens 2–11–0 (A)1–1 (H)

Match

Details

Aris 0–1 PAOK
Report (page 24)
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Toumba Stadium , Thessaloniki
Attendance: 18,703
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
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Aris
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PAOK
GK31 Flag of Greece.svg Christos Lambakis
RB29 Flag of South Africa.svg Nasief Morris
CB23 Flag of Greece.svg Giorgos Koltsidas  Yellow card.svg 20'
CB21 Flag of Greece.svg Nikos Papadopoulos (c) Yellow card.svg 44'
LB13 Flag of Greece.svg Panagiotis Katsiaros
DM 8 Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Källander
CM 4 Flag of Greece.svg Mike Panopoulos Sub off.svg 70'
CM 3 Flag of Greece.svg Angelos Digozis Sub off.svg 46'
AM17 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Richard Knopper
SS10 Flag of Cameroon.svg Joël Epalle
CF99 Flag of The Gambia.svg Njogu Demba-Nyrén Sub off.svg 46'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Flag of Greece.svg Alexandros Dellios
DF 5 Flag of Greece.svg Andreas Skentzos
DF 6 Flag of Greece.svg Giannis Mallous
MF 7 Flag of Greece.svg Nikos Kyzeridis
MF20 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Aguinaldo Braga Sub on.svg 46'
FW11 Flag of Greece.svg Leonidas Kampantais Sub on.svg 46'
FW14 Flag of Morocco.svg Salaheddine Bassir Sub on.svg 70'
Manager:
Flag of Greece.svg Giorgos Foiros
GK33 Flag of Greece.svg Kyriakos Tochouroglou
RB30 Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Panayiotis Engomitis
CB14 Flag of Greece.svg Giorgos Koutsis  Sub off.svg 70'
CB19 Flag of Ghana.svg Koffi Amponsah  Sub off.svg 89'
LB 3 Flag of Greece.svg Vangelis Koutsopoulos  Yellow card.svg 33'
DM 5 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Markos
DM77 Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Kukiełka
AM 1 Flag of Greece.svg Pantelis Kafes (c)
RW11 Flag of Greece.svg Giorgos Georgiadis
LW 9 Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Ioannis Okkas
CF18 Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Yiasoumis Yiasoumi  Yellow card.svg 56' Sub off.svg 74'
Substitutes:
GK31 Flag of Greece.svg Ilias Atmatsidis
DF23 Flag of Greece.svg Dionysis Chasiotis  Sub on.svg 70'
DF44 Flag of Greece.svg Loukas Karadimos
DF80 Flag of Greece.svg Vangelis Nastos  Sub on.svg 89'
MF22 Flag of Cameroon.svg Guy Feutchine
FW 8 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Salpingidis
FW20 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Slađan Spasić  Sub on.svg 74'
Manager:
Flag of Greece.svg Angelos Anastasiadis

Man of the Match:
Flag of Greece.svg Giorgos Georgiadis (PAOK)


Assistant referees:
Lykourgos Tsolakidis (Athens)
Dimitris Groutsis (Corinthia)
Fourth official:
Giorgos Borovilos (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

See also

References

  1. "Georgiadis goal enough for PAOK". UEFA . 17 May 2003.
  2. "Πήρε το Κύπελλο στο σπίτι του..." tanea.gr (in Greek). 19 May 2003.
  3. "ΠΑΟΚ–Αρης 1–0 Τελικός 2003". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 17 May 2017.
  4. "Αλλαγή έδρας ζήτησε ο Αρης". in.gr (in Greek). 8 May 2003.
  5. "Ανακοίνωση ΕΠΟ". contra.gr (in Greek). 9 May 2003.
  6. "Toumba Stadium". stadia.gr.
  7. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .