The 2009 Greek Cup final was the 65th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 2 May 2009 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Olympiacos.[1] It was AEK Athens' nineteenth Greek Cup final in their 85-year history and Olympiacos' thirty fourth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 84 years of existence. With 8 goals, including 2 turnarounds and a penalty shoot-out of 29 penalties in total, the match was widely considered as the most entertaining final in the tournament.[2][3] It was the last match for the captain of Olympiacos, Predrag Đorđević as a footballer, having spent 13 years of his 17 years playing for the club.[4]
This was the sixteenth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000 and 2002 finals.
AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final eighteen times, winning eleven of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 2002, (2–1 against Olympiacos). The last time that they had played in a final was in 2006, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 3–0.
Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty three times, winning twenty three of them. The last time that they had played in a Final was in 2008, where they had won against Aris by 2–0.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final four times in the 1953, 1956, 2002 and 2006 finals.[6]
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