2011 Greek Football Cup final

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2011 Greek Cup final
Event 2010–11 Greek Football Cup
Date30 April 2011
Venue Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the Match Nikos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens)
Referee Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)
Attendance50,912
WeatherMostly Cloudy
17 °C (63 °F)
68% humidity
2010
2012

The 2011 Greek Cup final was the 67th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 30 April 2011 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Atromitos and AEK Athens. It was Atromitos' first-ever Greek Cup final in their 88 years of existence and AEK Athens' twentieth Greek Cup final in their 87-year history. The match that was tarnished by serious incidents caused by AEK Athens' fans afterwards. [1]

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Venue

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Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the eighteenth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982 and renovated once in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for AEK Athens and Panathinaikos and was used for Olympiacos and Greece on various occasions. Its current capacity is 69,618 and it hosted three European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals in 1983, 1994 and 2007, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987, the 1991 Mediterranean Games and the 2004 Summer Olympics. [2]

Background

Atromitos had never before competed in a Cup final.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final nineteen times, winning twelve 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 2009, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 15–14 on a penalty shootout, which came after a 4–4 draw at the end of the extra time.

The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final. [3]

Route to the final

AtromitosRoundAEK Athens
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Anagennisi Giannitsa 3–1 (A) Round of 32 Panthrakikos 5–1 (A)
Kavala 1–0 (H) Round of 16 AEL 4–0 (A)
Diagoras 3–02–0 (H)1–0 (A) Quarter-finals Panathinaikos 4–32–0 (A)2–3 (H)
Olympiakos Volos 2–12–1 (H)0–0 (A) Semi-finals PAOK 1–00–0 (H)1–0 (A)

Match

Details

Atromitos 0–3 AEK Athens
Report
Olympic Stadium , Marousi
Attendance: 50,912
Referee: Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)
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Atromitos
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AEK Athens
GK 1 Flag of Cameroon.svg Charles Itandje
RB32 Flag of Greece.svg Giannis Skondras  Yellow card.svg 25'
CB 4 Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Baszczyński
CB26 Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Oliveira Sub off.svg 83'
LB 2 Flag of Greece.svg Vangelis Nastos
DM 6 Flag of Greece.svg Konstantinos Nebegleras (c) Yellow card.svg 43'
CM19 Flag of Greece.svg Stelios Sfakianakis
CM22 Flag of Greece.svg Andreas Tatos
RW 7 Flag of Senegal.svg Henri Camara Sub off.svg 89'
LW20 Flag of Poland.svg Marek Saganowski Sub off.svg 66'
CF 8 Flag of Greece.svg Ilias Anastasakos
Substitutes:
GK23 Flag of Greece.svg Chrysostomos Michailidis
DF 5 Flag of Senegal.svg Massamba Sambou Sub on.svg 89'
DF31 Flag of Greece.svg Filippos Darlas
MF11 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Brito Sub on.svg 66'
MF17 Flag of Argentina.svg Marcelo Sarmiento Sub on.svg 83'
FW21 Flag of Greece.svg Thanasis Karagounis
FW40 Flag of Greece.svg Giannis Karalis
Manager:
Flag of Greece.svg Giorgos Donis
GK23 Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Saja
RB31 Flag of Greece.svg Nikolaos Georgeas
CB 5 Flag of Greece.svg Traianos Dellas
CB 4 Flag of Greece.svg Kostas Manolas
LB15 Flag of Greece.svg Nikolaos Karabelas
DM21 Flag of Senegal.svg Papa Bouba Diop  Yellow card.svg 63'
CM14 Flag of Greece.svg Grigoris Makos  Yellow card.svg 25'
CM19 Flag of Greece.svg Panagiotis Lagos
AM33 Flag of Greece.svg Nikos Liberopoulos (c) Yellow card.svg 29'
SS32 Flag of Argentina.svg Ignacio Scocco  Sub off.svg 33'
CF18 Flag of Argentina.svg Ismael Blanco  Sub off.svg 70'
Substitutes:
GK22 Flag of Greece.svg Giannis Arabatzis
DF 6 Flag of Spain.svg David Mateos
MF 1 Flag of Greece.svg Pantelis Kafes  Yellow card.svg 89' Sub on.svg 70'
MF11 Flag of Spain.svg Míchel
MF90 Flag of Greece.svg Savvas Gentsoglou
FW 9 Flag of Brazil.svg Leonardo
FW39 Flag of Morocco.svg Nabil Baha  Sub on.svg 33'
Manager:
Flag of Spain.svg Manolo Jiménez

Man of the Match:
Flag of Greece.svg Nikos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens)


Assistant referees:
Christos Baltas (Achaea)
Petros Tryfon (Drama)
Fourth official:
Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Match Observer:
Giannis Tsachilidis

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. "Κυπελλούχος η ΑΕΚ με ευτράπελα, επεισόδια και εισβολή με τη «λήξη»". in.gr (in Greek). 30 April 2011.
  2. "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
  3. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .