2009 Greek Football Cup final

2009 Greek Cup Final
Event2008–09 Greek Football Cup
After extra time
Olympiacos won 15–14 on penalties
Date2 May 2009
VenueOlympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the MatchMatt Derbyshire (Olympiacos)
RefereeAnastasios Kakos (Corfu)
Attendance48,594
WeatherFair
13 °C (55 °F)
82% humidity
2008
2010

The 2009 Greek Cup final was the 65th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 2 May 2009 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Olympiacos.[1] It was AEK Athens' nineteenth Greek Cup final in their 85-year history and Olympiacos' thirty fourth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 84 years of existence. With 8 goals, including 2 turnarounds and a penalty shoot-out of 29 penalties in total, the match was widely considered as the most entertaining final in the tournament.[2][3] It was the last match for the captain of Olympiacos, Predrag Đorđević as a footballer, having spent 13 years of his 17 years playing for the club.[4]

Venue

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Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the sixteenth 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 and 2002 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 Panathinaikos and was used for Olympiacos and Greece in various occasions. Its current capacity is 69,618 and it hosted three European Cup/UEFA 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.[5]

Background

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AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final eighteen times, winning eleven of them. The last time that had won the Cup was in 2002, (2–1 against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 2006, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 3–0.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty three times, winning twenty three of them. The last time that had played in a Final was in 2008, where they had won Aris by 2–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final four times in the 1953, 1956, 2002 and 2006 finals.[6]

Route to the final

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AEK Athens Round Olympiacos
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Ilisiakos 2–1 (A) Round of 32 Diagoras 3–2 (A)
Kerkyra 1–0 (H) Round of 16 OFI 2–0 (A)
Skoda Xanthi 2–2 (a) 1–2 (A) 1–0 (H) Quarter-finals PAOK 2–1 0–1 (A) 2–0 (a.e.t.) (H)
Panserraikos 3–1 3–1 (H) 0–0 (A) Semi-finals Asteras Tripolis 4–3 2–2 (A) 2–1 (H)

Match

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Details

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AEK Athens4–4 (a.e.t.)Olympiacos
  • Blanco 4', 8'
  • Scocco 90', 107'
Report
Penalties
14–15
Attendance: 48,594
AEK Athens
Olympiacos
GK 23 Argentina Sebastián Saja
RB 31 Greece Nikolaos Georgeas
CB 25 Greece Sotirios Kyrgiakos (c) Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card 90' downward-facing red arrow 62'
CB 5 Sweden Daniel Majstorović
LB 4 Portugal Geraldo Alves Yellow card 74'
DM 8 Canada Tamandani Nsaliwa Yellow card 43'
CM 1 Greece Pantelis Kafes Yellow card 28'
RM 11 Brazil Gustavo Manduca downward-facing red arrow 68'
LM 32 Argentina Ignacio Scocco
SS 10 Algeria Rafik Djebbour downward-facing red arrow 77'
CF 18 Argentina Ismael Blanco
Substitutes:
GK 77 Austria Jürgen Macho
DF 6 Greece Georgios Alexopoulos upward-facing green arrow 62'
MF 16 Greece Vasilios Pliatsikas
MF 24 Argentina Agustín Pelletieri upward-facing green arrow 68'
MF 56 Finland Perparim Hetemaj
FW 83 Greece Michalis Pavlis
FW 9 Portugal Edinho Yellow card 111' upward-facing green arrow 77'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Bajević
GK 71 Greece Antonios Nikopolidis (c)
RB 35 Greece Vasilis Torosidis
CB 21 Greece Avraam Papadopoulos Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card 107'
CB 18 Greece Paraskevas Antzas
LB 3 France Didier Domi
DM 2 Greece Christos Patsatzoglou downward-facing red arrow 46'
CM 20 Brazil Dudu
RM 7 Argentina Luciano Galletti Yellow card 68' Yellow-red card 102'
LM 23 Argentina Sebastián Leto downward-facing red arrow 62'
AM 25 Argentina Fernando Belluschi
CF 10 Brazil Diogo
Substitutes:
GK 1 Greece Leonidas Panagopoulos
DF 30 Greece Anastasios Pantos
DF 14 Poland Michał Żewłakow
MF 33 Greece Giannis Papadopoulos
MF 11 Serbia Predrag Đorđević upward-facing green arrow 62'
MF 8 Spain Óscar upward-facing green arrow 97'
FW 27 England Matt Derbyshire upward-facing green arrow 46' downward-facing red arrow 97'
Manager:
Spain Ernesto Valverde

Man of the Match:
England Matt Derbyshire (Olympiacos)


Assistant referees:
Thanasis Thanasakoudis (Macedonia)
Dimitris Bozatzidis (Macedonia)
Fourth official:
Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

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. ^ "ΑΕΚ-Ολυμπιακός 3-3 (4-4 παράταση,14-15 πεν.)". sport24.gr (in Greek). 21 May 2016.
  2. ^ ΑΕΚ-Ολυμπιακός 3-3 (4-4 παράταση,14-15 πεν.). sport24.gr (in Greek). 21 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Olympiakos Beat AEK Athens In Historic Greek Cup Final". goal.com.
  4. ^ "Θυμήθηκε τον τελευταίο αγώνα της καριέρας του ο Τζόρτζεβιτς". onsports.gr (in Greek). 2 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
  6. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.