2019 Greek Football Cup final

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2019 Greek Cup final
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Match poster
Event 2018–19 Greek Football Cup
Date11 May 2019
Venue Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the Match Chuba Akpom (PAOK)
Referee Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Attendance1,040
WeatherFair
17 °C (63 °F)
77% humidity
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The 2019 Greek Cup final was the 75th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 11 May 2019 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were PAOK and AEK Athens [1] for a third time in row. It was PAOK's twentieth Greek Cup final and third consecutive, in their 93 years of existence and AEK Athens' twenty fourth Greek Cup final and fourth consecutive, of their 95-year history. For security issues, the match occurred behind closed doors with 1,500 invitations been distributed by both clubs and the HFF. [2] It was the match in Greece to be held with VAR technology. [3] With their conquest of the Cup, PAOK achieved the first double in their history. [4]

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Venue

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Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the twenty fourth 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, 2015, 2016 and 2018 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982 and renovated once in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for AEK Athens, Panathinaikos and Greece and was used for Olympiacos 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. [5]

Background

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final nineteen times, winning six of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 2018, where they had won against AEK Athens by 2–0.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final twenty three times, winning fourteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 2016 (2–1 against Olympiacos). The last time that they had played in a final was in 2018, where they had lost to PAOK by 2–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final five times in the 1939, 1978, 1983, 2017 and 2018 finals. [6]

Route to the final

PAOKRoundAEK Athens
OpponentResult Group stage OpponentResult
Aris 1–1 (H)Matchday 1 Lamia 2–1 (H)
Ergotelis 2–1 (A)Matchday 2 Apollon Larissa 4–0 (A)
Aittitos Spata 6–0 (A)Matchday 3 Volos 3–1 (A)
Group D winners

PosTeamPldPts
1 PAOK 37
2 Ergotelis 34
3 Aris 34
4 Aittitos Spata 31
Source: epo.gr
Final standings Group B winners

PosTeamPldPts
1 AEK Athens 39
2 Lamia 34
3 Volos 34
4 Apollon Larissa 30
Source: epo.gr
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Knockout phase OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Panachaiki 6–21–2 (A)5–0 (H) Round of 16 AO Chania−Kissamikos 6–11–1 (A)5–0 (H)
Panionios 5–41–2 (A)4–2 ( a.e.t. ) (H) Quarter-finals Atromitos 4–01–0 (A)3–0 (H)
Asteras Tripolis 2–02–0 (H)0–0 (A) Semi-finals Lamia 6–02–0 (H)4–0 (A)

Match

Details

PAOK 1–0 AEK Athens
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Olympic Stadium , Marousi
Attendance: 1,040
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
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PAOK
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AEK Athens
GK31 Flag of Greece.svg Alexandros Paschalakis
RB 3 Flag of Brazil.svg Léo Matos
CB15 Flag of Spain.svg José Ángel Crespo
CB 5 Flag of Cape Verde.svg Fernando Varela
LB23 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Giannoulis
DM87 Flag of Spain.svg José Cañas
CM28 Flag of Ukraine.svg Yevhen Shakhov
RM98 Flag of Brazil.svg Léo Jabá Sub off.svg 66'
LM21 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Diego Biseswar Sub off.svg 90+3'
AM10 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Pelkas (c)Sub off.svg 80'
CF47 Flag of England.svg Chuba Akpom Yellow card.svg 38'
Substitutes:
GK60 Flag of Greece.svg Symeon Papadopoulos
DF 4 Flag of Iceland.svg Sverrir Ingi Ingason Sub on.svg 90+3'
DF32 Flag of Greece.svg Lefteris Lyratzis
MF26 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Sérgio Oliveira Sub on.svg 80'
FW18 Flag of Greece.svg Dimitris Limnios Sub on.svg 66'
FW90 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Henrique
FW 9 Flag of Poland.svg Karol Świderski
Manager:
Flag of Romania.svg Răzvan Lucescu
GK 1 Flag of Greece.svg Vasilis Barkas
RB 2 Flag of Greece.svg Michalis Bakakis  Sub off.svg 80'
CB 4 Flag of Greece.svg Marios Oikonomou Yellow card.svg 26'
CB19 Flag of Ukraine.svg Dmytro Chyhrynskyi
LB23 Flag of Sweden.svg Niklas Hult
DM 8 Flag of Portugal (official).svg André Simões
CM 6 Flag of Serbia.svg Nenad Krstičić Yellow card.svg 43' Sub off.svg 76'
RM14 Flag of Greece.svg Anastasios Bakasetas  Sub off.svg 71'
LM20 Flag of Greece.svg Petros Mantalos (c)
SS10 Flag of Croatia.svg Marko Livaja Yellow card.svg 28'
CF22 Flag of Argentina.svg Ezequiel Ponce Yellow card.svg 67'
Substitutes:
GK16 Flag of Greece.svg Panagiotis Tsintotas
DF12 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Galo Yellow card.svg 90+6' Sub on.svg 71'
DF24 Flag of Greece.svg Stratos Svarnas
DF50 Flag of Greece.svg Michalis Bousis
MF25 Flag of Greece.svg Konstantinos Galanopoulos  Sub on.svg 80'
FW77 Flag of Greece.svg Christos Giousis
FW31 Flag of Argentina.svg Lucas Boyé  Sub on.svg 76'
Manager:
Flag of Spain.svg Manolo Jiménez

Man of the Match:
Flag of England.svg Chuba Akpom (PAOK)


Assistant referees:
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Marco Achmüller (Germany)
Fourth official:
Thorsten Schiffner (Germany)
Video assistant referee:
Sascha Stegemann (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Sven Jablonski (Germany)

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: 1-0". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 11 May 2019.
  2. "Ο τελικός του Κυπέλλου Ελλάδας θα πραγματοποιηθεί με 1.500… προσκεκλημένους". protothema.gr (in Greek). 6 May 2019.
  3. "Τελικός Κυπέλλου 2019: VAR και επίσημα στην Ελλάδα". CNN.gr (in Greek). 9 May 2019.
  4. "Νταμπλούχος Ελλάδας 2019 ο ΠΑΟΚ: Νίκησε 1-0 την ΑΕΚ στον τελικό του Κυπέλλου". cnn.gr (in Greek). 11 May 2019.
  5. "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
  6. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .