2001 Greek Football Cup final

2001 Greek Cup final
Event2000–01 Greek Football Cup
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
2000
2002

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 Stadium in Athens or Kaftanzoglio Stadium in 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 broke his leg", meaning that it was almost impossible for his team to lose. However, PAOK won the match by 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 and member of the coaching staff of PAOK, Mladen Furtula whispered to Kokkalis that the devil indeed broke his leg that day and the latter responded with a laugh. The manager of PAOK, Dušan Bajević became the first in history to win the trophy with three different clubs, as he had previously won it in 1996 with AEK Athens and in 1999 with Olympiacos.

Venue

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

Nikos Goumas Stadium was built in 1930 and it has been renovated twice, in 1979 and 1998. The stadium is used as a venue for AEK Athens and was used for Greece in various occasions. Its current capacity is 28,729.[5]

Background

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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, which came after a 2–2 draw at the end of the extra time 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).[6]

Route to the final

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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 5 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
Bye Additional round Bye
AEK Athens 8–1 2–0 (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

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Details

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Olympiacos2–4PAOK
Report (page 52)
Attendance: 13,300
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
Olympiacos
PAOK
GK 31 Greece Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
RB 14 Greece Dimitrios Mavrogenidis  downward-facing red arrow 46'
CB 19 Greece Athanasios Kostoulas
CB 32 Greece Georgios Anatolakis Yellow card 36'
LB 21 Greece Grigoris Georgatos Yellow card 69'  downward-facing red arrow 69'
DM 13 Brazil Zé Elias
CM  4 Greece Andreas Niniadis  downward-facing red arrow 46'
RM  7 Greece Stelios Giannakopoulos
LM 11 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Predrag Đorđević
SS 10 Brazil Giovanni
CF 30 Greece Alexis Alexandris (c)
Substitutes:
GK  1 Greece Angelos Georgiou
DF  2 Greece Christos Patsatzoglou  upward-facing green arrow 46'
DF  3 Greece Kyriakos Karataidis
MF  6 Greece Ilias Poursanidis
MF  8 Brazil Luciano  upward-facing green arrow 69'
MF 20 Sweden Pär Zetterberg
FW 9 Greece Lampros Choutos  upward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Greece Takis Lemonis
GK 16 Australia Ante Čović
RB  2 Greece Vasilios Borbokis
CB 19 Ghana Koffi Amponsah  downward-facing red arrow 46'
CB  4 Greece Anastasios Katsabis (c)
CB 24 Nigeria Ifeanyi Udeze Yellow card 88'
LB  3 Greece Stylianos Venetidis Yellow card 51'
CM 28 Greece Pantelis Kafes
RM 30 Cyprus Panayiotis Engomitis Yellow card 29'
LM 11 Greece Pantelis Konstantinidis
CF 21 Greece Giorgos Georgiadis  downward-facing red arrow 79'
CF 22 Cyprus Ioannis Okkas Yellow card 62'  downward-facing red arrow 90'
Substitutes:
GK 26 Greece Apostolos Papadopoulos
DF 14 Greece Loukas Karadimos
DF 23 Greece Dionysis Chasiotis
DF 25 Greece Georgios Koulakiotis  upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 42 Cameroon Guy Feutchine
FW  8 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slađan Spasić  upward-facing green arrow 90'
FW 20 Greece Dimitris Nalitzis  upward-facing green arrow 79'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Bajević

Man of the Match:
Cyprus 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Η κατάκτηση του κυπέλλου από τον ΠΑΟΚ το 2001". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 8 March 2022.
  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.
  5. ^ "Nikos Goumas Stadium". stadia.gr.
  6. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.