2017 Greek Football Cup final

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2017 Greek Cup final
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Match poster
Event 2016–17 Greek Football Cup
Date6 May 2017
Venue Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
Man of the Match Diego Biseswar (PAOK)
Referee Giorgos Kominis (Thesprotia)
Attendance19,236
WeatherFair
17 °C (63 °F)
43% humidity
2016
2018

The 2017 Greek Cup final was the 73rd final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 6 May 2017 at Panthessaliko Stadium. The contesting teams were PAOK and AEK Athens. [1] It was PAOK's eighteenth Greek Cup final in their 91 years of existence and AEK Athens' twenty second Greek Cup final and second consecutive, of their 93-year history. The HFF announcement for the 2016–17 Greek Cup mentioned the Olympic Stadium as the host for the final, but PAOK had clarified that they did not want to play at AEK Athens' home stadium, suggesting the Pankritio Stadium, however, the Federation chose the Panthessaliko Stadium. It was a stadium that until the completion of the semi-finals, did not actually exist on the table. The people of Thessaly Football Clubs Association quickly made the decision to submit a file after the qualification of PAOK to the final. In fact, within two hours, they tilted the plate in favor of conducting the game in their area, submitting a complete file. So it was decided that the final would take place at Volos with fans of both clubs and special constructions for the security in the conduction of the match. [2] However, the match was marked by incidents between the fans of both clubs in the streets, inside and outside the stadium, [3] where also was an invasion on the pitch by PAOK fans before the beginning of the match which resulted in punishment on both clubs for the next season. [4]

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Venue

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Panthessaliko Stadium.

This was the second Greek Cup final held at Panthessaliko Stadium after the 2007 final.

Panthessaliko Stadium was built in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for Niki Volos and Volos. Its current capacity is 22,189. [5]

Background

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final seventeen times, winning four of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 2003 (1–0 against Aris). The last time that had played in a final was in 2014, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 4–1.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final twenty one times, winning fourteen of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 2016, where they had won against Olympiacos by 2–1.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final three times in the 1939, 1978 and 1983 finals. [6]

Route to the final

PAOKRoundAEK Athens
OpponentResult Group stage OpponentResult
AEL 2–0 (H)Matchday 1 Kerkyra 4–0 (H)
Trikala 0–0 (A)Matchday 2 Anagennisi Karditsa 2–2 (H)
Panelefsiniakos 7–0 (A)Matchday 3 Lamia 0–0 (A)
Group A winners

PosTeamPldPts
1 PAOK 37
2 Trikala 37
3 AEL 33
4 Panelefsiniakos 30
Source: epo.gr
Final standings Group F winners

PosTeamPldPts
1 AEK Athens 35
2 Lamia 35
3 Kerkyra 34
4 Anagennisi Karditsa 31
Source: epo.gr
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Knockout phase OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Panetolikos 6–12–0 (A)4–1 (H) Round of 16 Levadiakos 7–01–0 (A)6–0 (H)
Xanthi 2–2 (a)2–1 (A)0–1 (H) Quarter-finals Platanias 3–00–0 (A)3–0 (H)
Panathinaikos 4–20–2 (A)4–0 (H) Semi-finals Olympiacos 2–2 (a)2–1 (A)0–1 (H)

Match

Details

PAOK 2–1 AEK Athens
Report
Panthessaliko Stadium , Volos
Attendance: 19,236
Referee: Giorgos Kominis (Thesprotia)
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AEK Athens
GK71 Flag of Greece.svg Panagiotis Glykos (c)Yellow card.svg 90+4'
RB 3 Flag of Brazil.svg Léo Matos Yellow card.svg 70'
CB15 Flag of Spain.svg José Ángel Crespo Yellow card.svg 14'
CB43 Flag of Cape Verde.svg Fernando Varela
LB 4 Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Leovac
DM87 Flag of Spain.svg José Cañas
CM28 Flag of Ukraine.svg Yevhen Shakhov
CM16 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Gojko Cimirot Sub off.svg 86'
RW10 Flag of Angola.svg Djalma Campos Sub off.svg 73'
LW21 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Diego Biseswar Sub off.svg 90'
CF 9 Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Prijović
Substitutes:
GK99 Flag of Greece.svg Marios Siampanis
DF70 Flag of Greece.svg Stelios Kitsiou Sub on.svg 90'
DF13 Flag of Greece.svg Stelios Malezas Sub on.svg 86'
MF77 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Pelkas
FW11 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Henrique Yellow card.svg 88'Sub on.svg 73'
FW40 Flag of Cyprus.svg Nikolas Mattheou
FW33 Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Athanasiadis
Manager:
Flag of Serbia.svg Vladimir Ivić
GK22 Flag of Greece.svg Giannis Anestis
RB12 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Galo
CB 4 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Ognjen Vranješ
CB19 Flag of Ukraine.svg Dmytro Chyhrynskyi
LB23 Flag of Spain.svg Dídac Vilà
DM18 Flag of Sweden.svg Jakob Johansson
DM 8 Flag of Portugal (official).svg André Simões Yellow card.svg 80' Sub off.svg 83'
RM 7 Flag of Greece.svg Lazaros Christodoulopoulos  Sub off.svg 86'
LM29 Flag of Argentina.svg Patito Rodríguez Yellow card.svg 16' Sub off.svg 68'
AM20 Flag of Greece.svg Petros Mantalos (c)
CF11 Flag of Argentina.svg Sergio Araujo
Substitutes:
GK 1 Flag of Greece.svg Vasilis Barkas
DF26 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitrios Kolovetsios
MF25 Flag of Greece.svg Konstantinos Galanopoulos  Sub on.svg 68'
MF30 Flag of Greece.svg Ilias Tselios
FW10 Flag of Venezuela.svg Ronald Vargas  Sub on.svg 86'
FW28 Flag of Greece.svg Anastasios Bakasetas
FW 9 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Hugo Almeida  Sub on.svg 83'
Manager:
Flag of Spain.svg Manolo Jiménez

Man of the Match:
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Diego Biseswar (PAOK)


Assistant referees:
Christos Baltas (Achaea)
Giorgos Kalfoglou (Thesprotia)
Additional assistant referees:
Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Dimitris Thanos (Grevena)
Fourth official:
Charalambos Kalogeropoulos (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

References

  1. "ΠΑΟΚ-ΑΕΚ 2-1". sport24.gr (in Greek). 27 November 2018.
  2. "Στο Πανθεσσαλικό ο τελικός Κυπέλλου ΠΑΟΚ - ΑΕΚ". protothema.gr (in Greek). 28 April 2017.
  3. "Τελικός Κυπέλλου 2017: Τραμπούκοι εναντίον χούλιγκανς, σημειώσατε ντροπιαστικό Χ!". newsit.gr (in Greek). 7 May 2017.
  4. "Ανησυχία σε ΠΑΟΚ και ΑΕΚ για την έκθεση του παρατηρητή". huffingtonpost.gr (in Greek). 8 May 2017.
  5. "Panthessalian Stadium". stadia.gr.
  6. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .