2002 Greek Football Cup Final

The 2001 Greek Cup Final was the 58th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 27 April 2002 at Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Olympiacos.[1][2] It was AEK Athens' seventeenth Greek Cup Final in their 78-year history and Olympiacos' twenty nineth Greek Cup Final and second consecutive in their 77 years of existence. For the 5th and last time, the President of the Republic, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, honored the final with his presence, awarding the trophy to the players of the winning team.

2002 Greek Cup Final
Event2001–02 Greek Football Cup
AEK Athens Olympiacos
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Date27 April 2002
VenueOlympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the MatchDionisis Chiotis (AEK Athens)
RefereeThanasis Briakos (Epirus)
Attendance45,258
WeatherFair
15 °C (59 °F)
82% humidity

Venue
The Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the fifteenth Greek Cup Final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2000 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Olympiacos and was used for Panathinaikos, AEK Athens and the Greek national football team in various occasions. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted 3 UEFA European Cup/Champions League Finals in 1983, 1994 and 2007, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final in 1987 and the 1991 Mediterranean Games.

Background

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup Final sixteen times, winning ten of them. The last time that played in a Final was in 2000, where they had won Ionikos by 3–0.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup Final twenty eight times, winning twenty of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1999 (2–0 against Panathinaikos). The last time that had played in a Final was in 2001, where they had lost to PAOK by 4–2.

Route to the final
Further information: 2001–02 Greek Football Cup
AEK Athens Round Olympiacos
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Panserraikos 5–1 (A) Matchday 1 Kalamata 3–1 (A)
Nafpaktiakos Asteras 6–3 (A) Matchday 2 AEL 1–0 (A)
Egaleo 2–0 (H) Matchday 3 Agios Nikolaos 1–0 (H)
Panserraikos 5–0 (H) Matchday 4 Kalamata 10–0 (H)
Nafpaktiakos Asteras 4–0 (H) Matchday 5 AEL 5–3 (H)
Egaleo 3–3 (A) Matchday 6 Agios Nikolaos 6–1 (A)
Group 1 winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 AEK Athens 6 16
2 Egaleo 6 9
3 Panserraikos 6 8
4 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 6 0
Source: epo.gr
 Final standings Group 6 winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Olympiacos 6 18
2 Agios Nikolaos 6 9
3 AEL 6 6
4 Kalamata 6 3
Source: epo.gr
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Agios Nikolaos 4–0 3–0 (H) 1–0 (A) Second round Bye
Kilkisiakos 7–0 1–0 (A) 6–0 (H) Round of 16 Egaleo 8–1 5–1 (H) 3–0 (A)
PAOK 6–1 2–1 (H) 4–0 (A) Quarter-finals Kallithea 7–0 3–0 (H) 4–0 (A)
Skoda Xanthi 1–0 0–0 (A) 1–0 (a.e.t.) (H) Semi-finals Iraklis 6–2 3–2 (H) 3–0 (A)

Match

Details
AEK Athens2–1Olympiacos
  • Konstantinidis 52'
  • Ivić 82'
 Report
Attendance: 45,258
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)
AEK Athens
Olympiacos
GK22 Dionisis Chiotis
DF16 Nikolaos Georgeas
DF 4 Carlos Gamarra
DF32 Michalis Kapsis
DF17 Michalis Kasapis  29'
MF 6 Theodoros Zagorakis (c)  88'
MF23 Vassilis Lakis  89'
MF14 Akis Zikos  74'
FW20 Sotiris Konstantinidis  60'  81'
MF10 Vasilios Tsiartas
FW11 Demis Nikolaidis  62'
Substitutes:
GK27 Sotiris Liberopoulos
DF 5 Nikos Kostenoglou
DF 3 Ferrugem
DF12 Georgios Xenidis  71'  29'
MF28 Milen Petkov
FW26 António Folha
FW30 Ilija Ivić  81'
Manager:
Fernando Santos
GK15 Angelos Georgiou 51'
DF 2 Christos Patsatzoglou
DF 5 Georgios Amanatidis  73'
DF19 Athanasios Kostoulas  84'  85'
DF33 Stylianos Venetidis
MF 7 Stelios Giannakopoulos  26'
MF 8 Christian Karembeu  44'
MF20 Pär Zetterberg  85'
MF11 Predrag Đorđević
FW10 Giovanni  79'
FW30 Alexis Alexandris (c)
Substitutes:
GK34 Kleopas Giannou
DF14 Dimitris Mavrogenidis
DF32 Georgios Anatolakis
MF13 Zé Elias  54'  44'
MF21 Andreas Niniadis  85'
FW17 Peter Ofori-Quaye  85'
FW99 Gabriel Álvez
Manager:
Takis Lemonis

Man of the Match:
Dionisis Chiotis (AEK Athens)


Assistant referees:
Spyros Tomaras (Aetoloacarnania)
Giorgos Tsoukas (Arcadia)

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. "27/4/2002: Το κύπελλο της ΑΕΚ επί του Ολυμπιακού με υπογραφή Ίβιτς". sportime.gr. April 27, 2020.
  2. "ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟ 2001-2002 (page 42)" (PDF). epo.gr.
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