2004 Greek Football Cup final

2004 Greek Cup final

Event	2003–04 Greek Football Cup
Panathinaikos Olympiacos 3 1
Date	8 May 2004
Venue	Nea Smyrni Stadium, Nea Smyrni
Man of the Match	Michalis Konstantinou (Panathinaikos)
Referee	Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
Attendance	7,500
Weather	Mostly Cloudy 19 °C (66 °F) 56% humidity
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The 2004 Greek Cup final was the 60th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 8 May 2004 at Nea Smyrni Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and Olympiacos. ^[1] It was Panathinaikos' twenty sixth Greek Cup final in their 96 years of existence and Olympiacos' thirtieth Greek Cup final in their 79-year history. The final was originally scheduled to take place at the Pampeloponnisiako Stadium in Patras, but at the last minute the approval for its performance was not given after the refusal of the Achaia Police Department, for fear of provoking incidents by the fans of both teams and even a few months before the Olympic Games, and Patras was among the Olympic cities. Finally, following recommendations from the Minister of Public Order, Giorgos Voulgarakis, that the final should be held within the Attica Basin for the best possible policing, it was decided to take place at the Nea Smyrni Stadium, as the Olympic Stadium, due to upcoming games, was in the final phase of its reconstruction. Initially, the mayor of Nea Smyrni and president of the amateur Panionios, George Koutelakis, expressed his opposition and refusal to concede the stadium and for security reasons the number of tickets available for sale was limited. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Venue

Nea Smyrni Stadium.

This was the first Greek Cup final held at Nea Smyrni Stadium.

Nea Smyrni Stadium was built in 1939 and was renovated twice, in 2001 and 2003. The stadium is used as a venue for Panionios. Its current capacity is 11,342. ^[5]

Background

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty five times, winning fifteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1995 (1–0 against AEK Athens). The last time that had played in a final was in 1999, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 2–0.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty nine 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 2002, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 2–1.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final ten times in the 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1986, 1988, 1993 and 1999 finals. ^[6]

Route to the final

Further information: 2003–04 Greek Football Cup

Panathinaikos				Round	Olympiacos
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Niki Volos	3–1	2–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	First round	Vyzas Megara	6–1	2–0 (H)	4–1 (A)
Bye				Second round	Ergotelis	6–3	3–2 (H)	3–1 (A)
OFI	2–1	1–0 (H)	1–1 (A)	Round of 16	Skoda Xanthi	3–0	1–0 (H)	2–0 (A)
Patraikos	3–1	1–0 (A)	2–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	Panionios	1–0	1–0 (H)	0–0 (A)
AEK Athens	3–2	2–2 (H)	1–0 (A)	Semi-finals	Kastoria	4–1	3–0 (A)	1–1 (H)

Match

Details

8 May 2004

21:00 EEST

Panathinaikos	3–1	Olympiacos
Papadopoulos 3' Konstantinou 68', 80'	Report (pages 18-19)	Giovanni 65'

Nea Smyrni Stadium , Nea Smyrni

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Argolida)

Panathinaikos

Olympiacos

GK 12 Kostas Chalkias RB  5 Giourkas Seitaridis CB  8 Giannis Goumas CB  2 René Henriksen CB  3 Nasief Morris LB  6 Markus Münch DM 20 Angelos Basinas (c) DM 35 Jan Michaelsen   78' AM 40 Ezequiel González   90' CF 11 Dimitrios Papadopoulos   70' CF 19 Michalis Konstantinou Substitutes: GK 33 Stefanos Kotsolis DF 24 Loukas Vyntra   90' MF 14 Raimondas Žutautas   78' MF 27 Pantelis Konstantinidis MF 22 Miltiadis Sapanis   70' MF 18 Lucian Sânmărtean FW  7 Goran Vlaović Manager: Itzhak Shum

GK 34 Kleopas Giannou RB 30 Anastasios Pantos CB 25 Spyros Vallas   22' CB 32 Georgios Anatolakis LB  3 Stylianos Venetidis DM  6 Ieroklis Stoltidis DM  5 Christian Karembeu RM 71 Grigoris Georgatos   15' LM 11 Predrag Đorđević (c) SS 10 Giovanni CF  7 Nery Castillo Substitutes: GK 22 Fanis Katergiannakis DF 19 Athanasios Kostoulas DF 14 Dimitrios Mavrogenidis   22' MF  1 Pantelis Kafes MF 31 Georgios Georgiadis FW  9 Lambros Choutos   15'   53' FW 21 Marcin Kuźba   53' Manager: Nikos Alefantos

Man of the Match: Michalis Konstantinou (Panathinaikos) Assistant referees: Giorgos Papadopoulos (Thessaloniki) Dimitris Tsortanidis (Achaea)

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

• 2003–04 Greek Football Cup

References

1. "Τροπαιούχος μετά από 9 χρόνια ο Παναθηναϊκός, 3-1 τον Ολυμπιακό, πάει για το νταμπλ". in.gr. 8 May 2004. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022.
2. "Στη Νέα Σμύρνη ο τελικός του Κυπέλλου Ελλάδας". in.gr (in Greek). 29 April 2004. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021.
3. "Tελικώς... Nέα Σμύρνη". tanea.gr (in Greek). 30 April 2004. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021.
4. "Με φόντο τα δρακόντεια μέτρα ασφαλείας, Παναθηναϊκός-Ολυμπιακός για το Κύπελλο". in.gr (in Greek). 6 May 2004. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021.
5. "Nea Smyrni Stadium". stadia.gr.
6. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .