2016 Greek Football Cup Final

The 2016 Greek Cup Final was the 72nd final of the Greek Football Cup. It took place on 17 May 2016 at Olympic Stadium, between Olympiacos and AEK Athens.[1] It was Olympiacos' thirty nineth Greek Cup Final and second consecutive, in their 91 years of existence and AEK Athens' twenty first Greek Cup Final of their 92-year history. On 5 April 2016, FIFA Emergency Committee decided to provide the Greek authorities with a deadline to have the cancellation of the competition reversed before 15 April 2016 or the HFF would face an automatic suspension.[2] The Greek authorities announced on deadline day that the Greek Football Cup will be resumed after an agreement reached with FIFA, UEFA and HFF.[3] A new schedule with the remaining match was announced with the final being played on 7 May 2016,[4] but the final was later postponed to 15 May 2016.[5][6] It was again postponed to 17 May 2016.[7]

2016 Greek Cup Final
Event2015–16 Greek Football Cup
Date17 May 2016
VenueOlympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the MatchPetros Mantalos (AEK Athens)
RefereeAnastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
AttendanceBehind closed doors
WeatherFair
18 °C (64 °F)
64% humidity

Venue

The Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the twenty second 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 and 2015 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982 and renovated once in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for AEK Athens and was used for Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and the Greek national football team in various occasions. Its current capacity is 69,618 and hosted 3 UEFA European Cup/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.

Background

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup Final thirty eight times, winning twenty seven of them. The last time that had played in a Final was in 2015, where they had won Skoda Xanthi by 3–1.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup Final twenty times, winning thirteen of them. The last time that had played in a Final was in 2011, where they had won Atromitos by 3–0.

Route to the final

Olympiacos Round AEK Athens
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Platanias 2–2 (H) Matchday 1 Skoda Xanthi 1–0 (A)
Panegialios 4–0 (A) Matchday 2 Panelefsiniakos 6–0 (H)
Apollon Smyrnis 2–1 (A) Matchday 3 AEL 5–0 (A)
Group E winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Olympiacos 3 7
2 Platanias 3 4
3 Apollon Smyrnis 3 3
4 Panegialios 3 3
Source: epo.gr
Final standings Group G winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 AEK Athens 3 9
2 AEL 3 6
3 Skoda Xanthi 3 3
4 Panelefsiniakos 3 0
Source: epo.gr
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Chania 10–1 4–1 (A) 6–0 (H) Round of 16 Levadiakos 3–0 1–0 (A) 2–0 (H)
Asteras Tripolis 6–1 5–0 (A) 1–1 (H) Quarter-finals Iraklis 5–1 4–1 (H) 1–0 (A)
PAOK 6–0 3–0 (w/o) (A) 3–0 (w/o) (H) Semi-finals Atromitos 2–1 1–0 (H) 1–1 (A)

Match

Details

Olympiacos1–2AEK Athens
  • Domínguez 84'
Report
Οlympiacos
AEK Athens
GK16 Roberto
DF30 Leandro Salino
DF 3 Alberto Botía 77'
DF 6 Manuel da Costa
DF26 Arthur Masuaku
MF 5 Luka Milivojević 32'
MF11 Pajtim Kasami 53'
MF19 David Fuster (c) 65'
MF77 Hernâni 53'
MF 7 Kostas Fortounis
FW17 Alan Pulido
Substitutes:
GK48 Dimitrios Katsimitros
DF23 Dimitris Siovas
DF41 Kostas Tsimikas
MF91 Esteban Cambiasso
MF10 Chori Domínguez 65'
FW90 Felipe Pardo 53'
FW99 Brown Ideye 53'
Manager:
Marco Silva
GK22 Giannis Anestis
DF12 Rodrigo Galo
DF 4 César Arzo
DF26 Dimitrios Kolovetsios
DF23 Dídac Vilà 62'
MF 8 André Simões 41'
MF18 Jakob Johansson
MF20 Petros Mantalos (c)  81'
FW 9 Ronald Vargas  58'
FW21 Christos Aravidis 43'  90+1'
FW19 Rafik Djebbour
Substitutes:
GK13 Panagiotis Dounis
DF 5 Vasilis Lampropoulos
DF55 Adam Tzanetopoulos  81'
DF27 Michalis Bakakis 90+5'  58'
MF25 Konstantinos Galanopoulos
FW30 Diego Buonanotte
FW14 Tomáš Pekhart  90+1'
Manager:
Stelios Manolas

Man of the Match:
Petros Mantalos (AEK Athens)


Assistant referees:
Damianos Efthimiadis (Pieria)
Polychronis Kostaras (Aetoloacarnania)
Additional assistant referees:
Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)
Alexandros Aretopoulos (Trikala)
Fourth official:
Tryfon Petropoulos (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

References

  1. ΑΕΚ-Ολυμπιακός 2–1. cnn.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  2. "FIFA Emergency Committee provides Greece a new deadline to resume Cup competition". FIFA. 5 April 2016. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  3. Επανέναρξη του Κυπέλλου Ελλάδας στο ποδόσφαιρο [Reopening of Greek Cup Football] (in Greek). Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  4. Κύπελλο Ελλάδας: Οι ημερομηνίες ημιτελικών-τελικού [Greece Cup: The semi-final dates] (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  5. Ανακοίνωση Ε.Π.Ο. (6/5/2016) [Announcement of the AEC (6/5/2016)] (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  6. Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εκτάκτων Θεμάτων (7/5/2016) [Commission Decisions of Extraordinary Affairs (05.07.2016)] (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  7. "ΕΠΟ: Στις 17 Μαΐου ο τελικός Κυπέλλου με τους ίδιους οργανωτικούς όρους - Press Publica - Δημοσιογραφία για το δημόσιο συμφέρον". presspublica.gr. 11 May 2016.
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