2023 Greek Football Cup final

2023 Greek Cup final

Match poster
Event	2022–23 Greek Football Cup
AEK Athens PAOK 2 0
Date	24 May 2023
Venue	Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
Man of the Match	Harold Moukoudi (AEK Athens)
Referee	Felix Brych (Germany)
Attendance	Behind closed doors
Weather	Fair 21 °C (70 °F) 68% humidity
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The 2023 Greek Cup final was the 79th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 24 May 2023 at Panthessaliko Stadium. ^[1] The contesting teams were AEK Athens and PAOK. It was AEK Athens' twenty-seventh Greek Cup final in their 99 years of existence and PAOK's twenty third Greek Cup final and third consecutive, of their 97-year history. After the continuous refusals of the mayor of Volos, Achilleas Beos to grant Panthessaliko Stadium to host the match, ^[2] as the proclamation dictated, ^[3] a series of consultations occurred about the venue of the match throughout the season. The HFF, examined many proposals which included stadiums in the United States, England, Germany, ^[4] Poland, Romania, ^[5] Serbia, Cuprus, Albania ^[6] and stadiums all over Greece. ^{[7] [8] [9]} Eventually, Beos accepted and it was decided at 12 May that the match would take place at Panthessaliko Stadium. ^{[10] [11]}

Venue

Panthessaliko Stadium.

This was the fourth Greek Cup final held at Panthessaliko Stadium after the 2007, 2017 and 2020 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. ^[12]

Background

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final twenty-six times, winning fifteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 2016 (2–1 against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 2020, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 1–0.

PAOK qualified for the Greek Cup final twenty-two times, winning eight of them. The last time they had won the Cup was in 2021 (2–1 against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 2022, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 1–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final six times in the 1939, 1978, 1983, 2017, 2018 and 2019 finals. ^[13]

Route to the final

Further information: 2022–23 Greek Football Cup

AEK Athens				Round	PAOK
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
PAS Giannina	2–0 (H)			Fifth round	Bye
A.E. Kifisia	5–0	2–0 (A)	3–0 (H)	Round of 16	Kalamata	4–0	2–0 (A)	2–0 (H)
Panserraikos	6–1	3–0 (H)	3–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	Panathinaikos	3–1	2–0 (H)	1–1 (A)
Olympiacos	4–2	3–0 (H)	1–2 (A)	Semi-finals	Lamia	6–2	5–1 (A)	1–1 (H)

Match

Details

24 May 2023

20:30 EEST

AEK Athens	2–0	PAOK
Moukoudi 26' Fernandes 90+2'	Report

Panthessaliko Stadium , Volos

Attendance: Behind closed doors

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

AEK Athens

PAOK

GK  1 Cican Stanković RB 12 Lazaros Rota   6' CB 19 Domagoj Vida CB  2 Harold Moukoudi LB 28 Ehsan Hajsafi DM  4 Damian Szymański (c)   35'   61' RM 19 Niclas Eliasson   82' LM  8 Mijat Gaćinović   86' AM 13 Orbelín Pineda   62' SS 10 Steven Zuber CF  7 Levi García   62' Substitutes: GK 99 Georgios Theocharis DF 24 Gerasimos Mitoglou DF 29 Djibril Sidibé   62' MF  6 Jens Jønsson   61' ΜF 20 Petros Mantalos   82' MF 22 Paolo Fernandes   86' FW  5 Nordin Amrabat   90+2'   62' FW  9 Tom van Weert FW 99 Zini Manager: Matías Almeyda

GK 40 Dominik Kotarski RB 23 Joan Sastre   62' CB  4 Sverrir Ingi Ingason (c) CB 59 Konstantinos Koulierakis   86' LB 55 Rafa Soares   62' CM 33 Douglas Augusto   40' CM 22 Stefan Schwab   49'   78' RM 11 Taison LM 14 Andrija Živković AM 65 Giannis Konstantelias   85' CF 71 Brandon Thomas Substitutes: GK 18 Živko Živković DF 16 Tomasz Kędziora   86' DF 20 Vieirinha   62' MF 26 Tiago Dantas MF  7 Omar El Kaddouri   78' MF 50 Filipe Soares MF 10 Thomas Murg MF 21 Diego Biseswar   62' FW 95 Stefanos Tzimas   85' Manager: Răzvan Lucescu

Man of the Match: Harold Moukoudi (AEK Athens) Assistant referees: Mark Borsch (Germany) Stefan Lupp (Germany) Fourth official: Angelos Evangelou (Athens) Video assistant referee: Gunter Perl (Germany) Assistant video assistant referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out 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.

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