2015 Greek Football Cup final

2015 Greek Cup final

Event	2014–15 Greek Football Cup
Olympiacos Skoda Xanthi 3 1
Date	23 May 2015
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the Match	Chori Domínguez (Olympiacos)
Referee	Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
Attendance	26,300
Weather	Fair 20 °C (68 °F) 73% humidity
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The 2015 Greek Cup final was the 71st final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 23 May 2015 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Skoda Xanthi. ^{[1] [2]} It was Olympiacos' 38th Greek Cup final in their 90 years of existence and Skoda Xanthi's first-ever Greek Cup final of their 48-year history.

Venue

Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the 22nd 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, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982 and renovated once in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for AEK Athens and was used for Olympiacos, Panathinaikos 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. ^[3]

Background

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty seven times, winning twenty six of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 2013, where they had won against Asteras Tripolis by 3–1 after extra time.

Skoda Xanthi never reached a previous Cup final.

The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final. ^[4]

Route to the final

Further information: 2014–15 Greek Football Cup

Olympiacos				Round	Skoda Xanthi
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Panachaiki	1–0 (A)			Matchday 1	Niki Volos	1–0 (H)
Panionios	1–1 (H)			Matchday 2	OFI	0–1 (A)
Fostiras	2–0 (A)			Matchday 3	Zakynthos	3–1 (H)
Group A winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Olympiacos 3 7 2 Panionios 3 5 3 Panachaiki 3 3 4 Fostiras 3 1 Source: epo.gr				Final standings	Group C runners-up Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 OFI 3 7 2 Skoda Xanthi 3 6 3 Zakynthos 3 4 4 Niki Volos 3 0 Source: epo.gr
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Tyrnavos	11–0	3–0 (A)	8–0 (H)	Round of 16	Panathinaikos	2–1	1–1 (H)	1–0 (A)
AEK Athens	4–1	1–1 (H)	3–0 (w/o) (A)	Quarter-finals	OFI	4–1	1–1 (A)	3–0 (H)
Apollon Smyrnis	4–1	3–0 (A)	1–1 (H)	Semi-finals	Iraklis	2–1	1–0 (A)	1–1 (H)

Match

Details

23 May 2015

20:30 EEST

Olympiacos	3–1	Skoda Xanthi
Jara 45+1' Domínguez 63' Fortounis 80'	Report	Kapetanos 87'

Olympic Stadium , Marousi

Attendance: 26,300

Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

Οlympiacos

Skoda Xanthi

GK 16 Roberto  69' RB 30 Leandro Salino  90+2' CB  3 Alberto Botía  69'  90+1' CB 23 Dimitris Siovas  84' LB 26 Arthur Masuaku DM  5 Luka Milivojević DM  8 Delvin N'Dinga RM 19 David Fuster (c)  65' LM 77 Mathieu Dossevi AM 10 Chori Domínguez  79' CF 12 Franco Jara  72' Substitutes: GK 33 Lefteris Choutesiotis DF 29 Praxitelis Vouros MF  9 Jimmy Durmaz MF 11 Pajtim Kasami  84' MF 25 Kostas Fortounis  65' FW  7 Kostas Mitroglou  79' FW 27 Jorge Benítez Manager: Vítor Pereira

GK 82 Dimitris Kyriakidis RB  4 Manolis Bertos   78' CB 28 Dimitrios Goutas CB 55 Christos Karipidis LB  8 Wallace DM 15 Christian Obodo   79' DM 17 Manolis Papasterianos   66' RM  9 Karim Soltani LM 11 Adrián Lucero AM 16 Theodoros Vasilakakis (c) CF 20 Cleyton  32' Substitutes: GK 79 Nikolaos Anastasopoulos DF  5 Dimos Baxevanidis   78' DF 31 Christos Lisgaras MF 14 Fernández Walter   79' MF 21 Kostas Fliskas MF 24 Petros Orfanidis FW 30 Pantelis Kapetanos  69'   66' Manager: Răzvan Lucescu

Man of the Match: Chori Domínguez (Olympiacos) Assistant referees: Christos Akrivos (Athens) Ilias Alexeas (Messinia) Additional assistant referees: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus) Andreas Pappas (Athens) Assistant video assistant referee: Lazaros Dimitriadis (Macedonia)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions

References

1. "Ολυμπιακός-Ξάνθη 3-1". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 6 June 2016.
2. "Match Report Ολυμπιακός Ξάνθη". epo.gr (in Greek). 6 June 2016.
3. "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
4. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .