2016 Greek Football Cup final

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2016 Greek Cup final
Event 2015–16 Greek Football Cup
Date17 May 2016
Venue Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the Match Petros Mantalos (AEK Athens)
Referee Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Attendance Behind closed doors
WeatherFair
18 °C (64 °F)
64% humidity
2015
2017

The 2016 Greek Cup final was the 72nd final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 17 May 2016 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and AEK Athens. [1] It was Olympiacos' thirty ninth Greek Cup final and second consecutive, in their 91 years of existence and AEK Athens' twenty first Greek Cup final of their 92-year history. On 5 April 2016, FIFA Emergency Committee decided to provide the Greek authorities with a deadline to have the cancellation of the competition reversed before 15 April 2016 or the HFF would face an automatic suspension. [2] The Greek authorities announced on deadline day that the Greek Football Cup will be resumed after an agreement reached with FIFA, UEFA and HFF. [3] A new schedule with the remaining match was announced with the final being played on 7 May 2016, [4] but the final was later postponed to 15 May 2016. [5] [6] It was again postponed to 17 May 2016. [7]

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Venue

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Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the twenty second 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, 2014 and 2015 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. [8]

Background

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty eight times, winning twenty seven of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 2015, where they had won against Skoda Xanthi by 3–1.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final twenty times, winning thirteen of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 2011, where they had won against Atromitos by 3–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final five times in the 1953, 1956, 2002, 2006 and 2009 finals. [9]

Route to the final

OlympiacosRoundAEK Athens
OpponentResult Group stage OpponentResult
Platanias 2–2 (H)Matchday 1 Skoda Xanthi 1–0 (A)
Panegialios 4–0 (A)Matchday 2 Panelefsiniakos 6–0 (H)
Apollon Smyrnis 2–1 (A)Matchday 3 AEL 5–0 (A)
Group E winners

PosTeamPldPts
1 Olympiacos 37
2 Platanias 34
3 Apollon Smyrnis 33
4 Panegialios 33
Source: epo.gr
Final standings Group G winners

PosTeamPldPts
1 AEK Athens 39
2 AEL 36
3 Skoda Xanthi 33
4 Panelefsiniakos 30
Source: epo.gr
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Knockout phase OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Chania 10–14–1 (A)6–0 (H) Round of 16 Levadiakos 3–01–0 (A)2–0 (H)
Asteras Tripolis 6–15–0 (A)1–1 (H) Quarter-finals Iraklis 5–14–1 (H)1–0 (A)
PAOK 6–03–0 (w/o) (A)3–0 (w/o) (H) Semi-finals Atromitos 2–11–0 (H)1–1 (A)

Match

Details

Olympiacos 1–2 AEK Athens
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AEK Athens
GK16 Flag of Spain.svg Roberto
RB30 Flag of Brazil.svg Leandro Salino
CB 3 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Botía Yellow card.svg 77'
CB 6 Flag of Morocco.svg Manuel da Costa
LB26 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Arthur Masuaku
DM 5 Flag of Serbia.svg Luka Milivojević Yellow card.svg 32'
CM11 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Pajtim Kasami Sub off.svg 53'
RM19 Flag of Spain.svg David Fuster (c)Sub off.svg 65'
LM77 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Hernâni Sub off.svg 53'
AM 7 Flag of Greece.svg Kostas Fortounis
CF17 Flag of Mexico.svg Alan Pulido
Substitutes:
GK48 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitrios Katsimitros
DF23 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Siovas
DF41 Flag of Greece.svg Kostas Tsimikas
MF91 Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Cambiasso
MF10 Flag of Argentina.svg Chori Domínguez Sub on.svg 65'
FW90 Flag of Colombia.svg Felipe Pardo Sub on.svg 53'
FW99 Flag of Nigeria.svg Brown Ideye Sub on.svg 53'
Manager:
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Marco Silva
GK22 Flag of Greece.svg Giannis Anestis
RB12 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Galo
CB 4 Flag of Spain.svg César Arzo
CB26 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitrios Kolovetsios
LB23 Flag of Spain.svg Dídac Vilà Yellow card.svg 62'
DM 8 Flag of Portugal (official).svg André Simões Yellow card.svg 41'
CM18 Flag of Sweden.svg Jakob Johansson
CM20 Flag of Greece.svg Petros Mantalos (c) Sub off.svg 81'
RW21 Flag of Greece.svg Christos Aravidis Yellow card.svg 43' Sub off.svg 90+1'
LW 9 Flag of Venezuela.svg Ronald Vargas  Sub off.svg 58'
CF19 Flag of Algeria.svg Rafik Djebbour
Substitutes:
GK13 Flag of Greece.svg Panagiotis Dounis
DF 5 Flag of Greece.svg Vasilios Lampropoulos
DF55 Flag of Greece.svg Adam Tzanetopoulos  Sub on.svg 81'
DF27 Flag of Greece.svg Michalis Bakakis Yellow card.svg 90+5' Sub on.svg 58'
MF25 Flag of Greece.svg Konstantinos Galanopoulos
FW30 Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Buonanotte
FW14 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Pekhart  Sub on.svg 90+1'
Manager:
Flag of Greece.svg Stelios Manolas

Man of the Match:
Flag of Greece.svg Petros Mantalos (AEK Athens)


Assistant referees:
Damianos Efthimiadis (Pieria)
Polychronis Kostaras (Aetoloacarnania)
Additional assistant referees:
Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
Alexandros Aretopoulos (Trikala)
Fourth official:
Tryfon Petropoulos (Arcadia)

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. "ΑΕΚ-Ολυμπιακός 2–1". cnn.gr (in Greek). 6 June 2016.
  2. "FIFA Emergency Committee provides Greece a new deadline to resume Cup competition". FIFA. 5 April 2016. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  3. Επανέναρξη του Κυπέλλου Ελλάδας στο ποδόσφαιρο [Reopening of Greek Cup Football]. gga.gov.gr (in Greek). 15 April 2016.
  4. "Κύπελλο Ελλάδας: Οι ημερομηνίες ημιτελικών-τελικού" [Greece Cup: The semi-final dates]. epo.gr (in Greek). 15 April 2016.
  5. "Ανακοίνωση Ε.Π.Ο. (6/5/2016)" [Announcement of the HFF (6/5/2016)]. epo.gr (in Greek). 6 May 2016.
  6. "Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εκτάκτων Θεμάτων (7/5/2016)" [Commission Decisions of Extraordinary Affairs (05.07.2016)]. epo.gr (in Greek). 7 May 2016.
  7. "ΕΠΟ: Στις 17 Μαΐου ο τελικός Κυπέλλου με τους ίδιους οργανωτικούς όρους". presspublica.gr (in Greek). 11 May 2016.
  8. "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
  9. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .