2020 Greek Football Cup final

2020 Greek Cup final

Match poster
Event	2019–20 Greek Football Cup
AEK Athens Olympiacos 0 1
Date	12 September 2020
Venue	Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
Man of the Match	Lazar Ranđelović (Olympiacos)
Referee	Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Attendance	Behind closed doors
Weather	Fair 21 °C (70 °F) 64% humidity
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The 2020 Greek Cup final was the 76th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 12 September 2020 at Panthessaliko Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Olympiacos. ^[1] It was AEK Athens' twenty fifth Greek Cup final and fifth consecutive, of their 96-year history and Olympiacos' fortieth Greek Cup final in their 95 years of existence. The final was originally scheduled for 26 July and was postponed to 30 August because of Olympiacos' pressure in HFF to change the stadium from Georgios Kamaras Stadium to Olympic Stadium and after the refusal of the Hellenic Police in the first stadium. ^[2] The final was rescheduled for 30 August in the Olympic Stadium, but it was postponed again because 2 days before the game Olympiacos' player, Maximiliano Lovera was tested positive for COVID-19. ^[3] The final was rescheduled again for 12 September at Panthessaliko Stadium. Due to the delay of the match, the teams had to compete without the players acquired from the 2020 summer transfer period, by decision of the UEFA. ^[4] With their defeat, AEK Athens achieved negative record of four consecutive lost Cup finals, surpassing that of Panathinaikos that lost three straight Cup finals from 1997 to 1999. ^[5]

Venue

Panthessaliko Stadium.

This was the third Greek Cup final held at Panthessaliko Stadium after the 2007 and 2017 finals.

Panthessaliko Stadium was built in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for Niki Volos and Volos. Its current capacity is 22,189. ^[6]

Background

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final twenty-four 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 2019, where they had lost to PAOK by 1–0.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty-eight times, winning twenty-seven of them. The last time they had won the Cup was in 2015 (3–1 against Skoda Xanthi). The last time that had played in a final was in 2019, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 2–1.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final six times in the 1953, 1956, 2002, 2006, 2009 and 2016 finals. ^[7]

Route to the final

Further information: 2019–20 Greek Football Cup

AEK Athens				Round	Olympiacos
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Asteras Tripolis	3–1	1–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	Round of 16	Kalamata	6–1	2–0 (A)	4–1 (H)
Panetolikos	5–1	1–1 (A)	4–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Lamia	3–2	0–0 (A)	3–2 (H)
Aris	3–2	2–1 (H)	2–2 ( a.e.t. ) (A)	Semi-finals	PAOK	4–3	2–3 (A)	2–0 (H)

Match

Details

12 September 2020

21:00 EEST

AEK Athens	0–1	Olympiacos
	Report	Ranđelović 9'

Panthessaliko Stadium , Volos

Attendance: Behind closed doors

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

AEK Athens

Olympiacos

GK 16 Panagiotis Tsintotas RB  2 Michalis Bakakis  62' CB 24 Stratos Svarnas CB 19 Dmytro Chyhrynskyi LB  3 Hélder Lopes  90+6' DM  8 André Simões  29'  80' CM  6 Nenad Krstičić  90+5' CM 20 Petros Mantalos (c)  65' RW  7 Daniele Verde  62' LW 10 Marko Livaja  83' CF 18 Nélson Oliveira Substitutes: GK 30 Georgios Athanasiadis DF 15 Žiga Laci DF 31 Konstantinos Stamoulis DF 27 Paulinho  62' MF 44 Anel Šabanadžović MF 70 Giannis Fivos Botos FW 14 Christos Albanis  62' FW 53 Theodosis Macheras  80' FW 52 Efthymis Christopoulos Manager: Massimo Carrera

GK 88 Konstantinos Tzolakis RB 18 Bruno CB 66 Pape Abou Cissé CB 24 Ousseynou Ba LB 35 Vasilis Torosidis (c)  55'   79' CM  4 Mady Camara CM  5 Andreas Bouchalakis RM 97 Lazar Ranđelović LM 19 Georgios Masouras  84' AM 28 Mathieu Valbuena   76' CF 11 Youssef El-Arabi   90+1' Substitutes: GK 16 Bobby Allain GK 44 Ilias Karargyris DF  3 Rúben Semedo   79' DF 34 Avraam Papadopoulos MF 26 Cafú  89'   76' MF 90 Vasilios Sourlis ΜF  7 Kostas Fortounis   90+1' FW  2 Hillal Soudani FW 99 Ahmed Hassan Manager: Pedro Martins

Man of the Match: Lazar Ranđelović (Olympiacos) Assistant referees: Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) Fourth official: Rob Dieperink (Netherlands) Video assistant referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands) Assistant video assistant referee: Chrysoula Kourompylia (West Attica)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used at maximum three times, with a sixth allowed in extra time.

References

1. "ΑΕΚ - Ολυμπιακός 0-1". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 12 September 2020.
2. "Τελικός Κυπέλλου: Οριστική αναβολή". sport24.gr (in Greek). 20 July 2020.
3. "Θετικός στον κορονοϊό ο Λοβέρα, "στον αέρα" ο τελικός κυπέλλου". ertnews.gr (in Greek). 28 August 2020.
4. "Οριστικό: Με τα περυσινά ρόστερ ο τελικός Κυπέλλου ΑΕΚ - Ολυμπιακός!". ethnos.gr (in Greek). 4 September 2020.
5. "AEK: Αρνητικό ρεκόρ, τέσσερις σερί χαμένοι τελικοί Κυπέλλου!". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 12 September 2020.
6. "Panthessalian Stadium". stadia.gr.
7. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF .