2001 Greek Football Cup Final

The 2001 Greek Cup Final was the 57th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 12 May 2001 at Nikos Goumas Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and PAOK.[1] It was Olympiacos' twenty-ninth Greek Cup Final in their 76 years of existence and PAOK's fifteenth Greek Cup Final in their 75-year history. A draw was preceded on 19 April[2] to determine in which stadium/city the final would be hosted (Nikos Goumas/Athens or Lysandros Kaftanzoglou/Thessaloniki). Several days before the game, Olympiacos president Sokratis Kokkalis made a memorable statement using a Greek expression that Olympiacos would lose the upcoming final only if the devil would break his leg, meaning that it was almost impossible for his team to lose. However, PAOK won the match 4–2[3][4] with an impressive performance and earned the trophy 27 years after their last success, in the same stadium against the same opponent. During the awarding ceremony, former goalkeeper of PAOK Mladen Furtula (member of the coaching staff then) whispered to Kokkalis that the devil did break his leg that day and Kokkalis responded with a laugh. PAOK manager Dušan Bajević, became the first in history to win the trophy with three different teams. He also won it with AEK Athens in 1996 and Olympiacos in 1999.

2001 Greek Cup Final
Event2000–01 Greek Football Cup
Olympiacos PAOK
2 4
Date12 May 2001
VenueNikos Goumas Stadium, Nea Filadelfia, Athens
Man of the MatchPanayiotis Engomitis (PAOK)
RefereeGiorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
Attendance13,300
WeatherMostly Cloudy
14 °C (57 °F)
72% humidity

Venue

This was the eighth Greek Cup Final held at the Nikos Goumas Stadium, after the 1962, 1967, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, and 1982 finals.

The Nikos Goumas Stadium was built in 1930 and it has been renovated twice, in 1979 and 1998. The stadium was used as a venue for the Greek national football team in various occasions. Its current capacity is 28,729.

Background

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup Final twenty seven times, winning twenty of them. The last time that had played in a Final was in 1999, where they had won Panathinaikos by 2–0.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup Final fourteen times, winning two of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1974 (4–3 on penalties against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a Final was in 1992, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 3–1 on aggregate (1–1 at Toumba Stadium and 2–0 at Karaiskakis Stadium).

Route to the final
Further information: 2000–01 Greek Football Cup
Olympiacos Round PAOK
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Patraikos 4–0 (H) Matchday 1 Atromitos 1–0 (H)
Anagennisi Karditsa 2–0 (A) Matchday 2 A.S. Ampelokipoi 6–1 (A)
Ethnikos Asteras 4–1 (A) Matchday 3 Kavala 5–1 (A)
Egaleo 4–1 (H) Matchday 4 Panachaiki 2–0 (H)
Trikala 5–3 (A) Matchday 5 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 3–3 (A)
Patraikos 4–1 (A) Matchday 6 Atromitos 2–1 (A)
Anagennisi Karditsa 7–0 (H) Matchday 7 A.S. Ampelokipoi 6–1 (H)
Ethnikos Asteras 5–0 (H) Matchday 8 Kavala 3–1 (H)
Egaleo 0–3 (A) Matchday 9 Panachaiki 3–2 (A)
Trikala 4–0 (H) Matchday 10 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 4–0 (H)
Group 1 winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Olympiacos 10 27
2 Egaleo 10 24
3 Ethnikos Asteras 10 18
4 Trikala 10 12
5 Patraikos 10 4
6 Anagennisi Karditsa 10 4
Source: epo.gr
 Final standings Group 4 winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 PAOK 10 28
2 Panachaiki 10 17
3 Kavala 10 14
4 Atromitos 10 11
5 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 10 10
6 A.S. Ampelokipoi 10 4
Source: epo.gr
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens 8–1 0–2 (w/o) (A) 6–1 (H) Round of 16 Aris 3–1 1–1 (A) 2–0 (H)
Panathinaikos 5–2 1–1 (H) 4–1 (A) Quarter-finals Skoda Xanthi 4–1 2–0 (H) 2–1 (A)
Iraklis 6–4 1–0 (A) 5–4 (H) Semi-finals Apollon Athens 5–3 5–2 (H) 0–1 (A)

Match

Details
Olympiacos2–4PAOK
 Report (page 52)
Attendance: 13,300
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
Olympiacos
PAOK
GK31 Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
DF14 Dimitris Mavrogenidis  46'
DF19 Athanasios Kostoulas
DF32 Giorgos Anatolakis 35'
DF21 Grigoris Georgatos 67'  67'
MF 7 Stelios Giannakopoulos
MF13 Zé Elias
MF 4 Andreas Niniadis  46'
MF11 Predrag Đorđević
FW10 Giovanni
FW30 Alexis Alexandris (c)
Substitutes:
GK 1 Angelos Georgiou
DF 2 Christos Patsatzoglou  46'
DF 3 Kiriakos Karataidis
MF 6 Ilias Poursanidis
MF20 Pär Zetterberg
MF 8 Luciano  67'
FW9 Lampros Choutos  46'
Manager:
Takis Lemonis
GK16 Ante Čović
DF 2 Vassilis Borbokis
DF 4 Anastasios Katsabis (c)
DF19 Koffi Amponsah  46'
DF24 Ifeanyi Udeze 84'
DF 3 Stylianos Venetidis 50'
MF21 Giorgos Georgiadis  77'
MF30 Panayiotis Engomitis 28'
MF28 Pantelis Kafes
MF11 Pantelis Konstantinidis
FW22 Ioannis Okkas 61'  86'
Substitutes:
GK26 Apostolos Papadopoulos
DF14 Loukas Karadimos
DF23 Dionysis Chasiotis
DF25 Georgios Koulakiotis  46'
MF 8 Slađan Spasić  86'
FW18 Nikolaos Frousos
FW20 Dimitris Nalitzis  77'
Manager:
Dušan Bajević

Man of the Match:
Panayiotis Engomitis (PAOK)


Assistant referees:
Andreas Zisis (Corinthia)
Apostolos Kourkounas (Chania)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

See also

References
  1. "Η κατάκτηση του κυπέλλου από τον ΠΑΟΚ το 2001". Gazzetta. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  2. Κλήρωση έδρας Τελικού. in.gr (in Greek). 19 April 2001.
  3. "Κυρίαρχος ο ΠΑΟΚ νίκησε με 4–2 τον Ολυμπιακό και κατέκτησε το Κύπελλο Ελλάδας". in.gr (in Greek). 12 May 2001.
  4. Ολυμπιακός–ΠΑΟΚ 2–4. gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 12 May 2016.
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