2008 Greek Football Cup final

2008 Greek Cup final

Event	2007–08 Greek Football Cup
Olympiacos Aris 2 0
Date	17 May 2008
Venue	Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Man of the Match	Luciano Galletti (Olympiacos)
Referee	Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
Attendance	19,199
Weather	Partly Cloudy 22 °C (72 °F) 46% humidity
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The 2008 Greek Cup final was the 64th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 17 May 2008 at Kaftanzoglio Stadium. ^{[1] [2]} The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Aris. It was Olympiacos' thirty-third Greek Cup final in their 83 years of existence and Aris' eighth Greek Cup final in their 94-year history. It was the last match of the referee, Giorgos Kasnaferis before his retirement, as he whistled in 4 of the last 8 cup finals. ^[3]

Venue

Kaftanzoglio Stadium.

This was the second Greek Cup final held at Kaftanzoglio Stadium, after the 1970 final.

Kaftanzoglio Stadium was built in 1960 and renovated once in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for Iraklis and was used for Greece in 1969. Its current capacity is 27,770 and hosted a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1973. ^[4]

Background

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty=two times, winning twenty-two of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 2006, where they had won against AEK Athens by 3–0.

Aris had reached the Greek Cup final seven times, winning one of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1970 (1–0 against PAOK). The last time that they had played in a final was in 2005, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 3–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 2005 final. ^[5]

Route to the final

Further information: 2007–08 Greek Football Cup

Olympiacos				Round	Aris
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Diagoras	2–1 (A)			Round of 32	Agios Dimitrios	1–0 ( a.e.t. ) (A)
Panathinaikos	4–0 (H)			Round of 16	Ethnikos Katerini	3–0 (A)
Iraklis	4–2	2–0 (H)	2–2 (A)	Quarter-finals	Skoda Xanthi	1–0	0–0 (A)	1–0 (H)
Thrasyvoulos	6–3	3–2 (A)	3–1 (H)	Semi-finals	Atromitos	3–1	1–0 (H)	2–1 (A)

Match

Details

17 May 2008

19:00 EEST

Olympiacos	2–0	Aris
Kovačević 33' Żewłakow 53'	Report

Kaftanzoglio Stadium , Thessaloniki

Attendance: 19,199

Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)

Olympiacos

Aris

GK 71 Antonis Nikopolidis RB 35 Vasilis Torosidis CB 18 Paraskevas Antzas CB 14 Michał Żewłakow LB 15 Raúl Bravo  21' DM  6 Ieroklis Stoltidis DM  2 Christos Patsatzoglou RM  7 Luciano Galletti   85' LM 11 Predrag Đorđević (c)  87' CF  9 Darko Kovačević  84'   90+1' CF 22 Kostas Mitroglou   82' Substitutes: GK 87 Michalis Sifakis DF 30 Anastasios Pantos   82' DF 92 Kyriakos Papadopoulos MF 77 Mirnes Šišić   85' MF 28 Cristian Ledesma MF 25 Fernando Belluschi FW 23 Michalis Konstantinou   90+1' Manager: José Segura

GK 12 Marian Kelemen RB  2 Darcy Neto CB  5 Ronaldo Guiaro  80' CB  4 Avraam Papadopoulos LB 15 Nikolaos Karabellas  61' DM 26 Sanel Jahić DM  6 Konstantinos Nebegleras (c) RM 20 Javito  63' LM 11 Diogo Siston AM 18 Vladimir Ivić CF 10 Sergio Koke Substitutes: GK  1 Kostas Chalkias DF 22 Marco Aurélio MF 28 Athanasios Prittas MF 24 Thiago Gentil  80' MF  7 Toni Calvo  63' FW 14 Felipe Sanchón  61' FW 19 Thanasis Papazoglou Manager: Dušan Bajević

Man of the Match: Luciano Galletti (Olympiacos) Assistant referees: Dimitris Saraidaris (Thessaloniki) Chtistos Kalaitzidis (Athens)

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

• 2007–08 Greek Football Cup

References

1. "Αρης-Ολυμπιακός 0-2". sport24.gr (in Greek). 27 November 2018. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018.
2. "Olympiacos seal double after cup win". UEFA . Archived from the original on 10 November 2012.
3. "Οι 11 διαιτητές που έγιναν "παράγοντες"". sport24.gr (in Greek).
4. "Kaftanzoglio Stadium". stadia.gr.
5. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .