2014 Greek Football Cup final

2014 Greek Cup final
Event2013–14 Greek Football Cup
Date26 April 2014
VenueOlympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the MatchMarcus Berg (Panathinaikos)
RefereeAnastassios Kakos (Corfu)
Attendance44,356
WeatherMostly Cloudy
17 °C (63 °F)
82% humidity
2013
2015

The 2014 Greek Cup final was the 70th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 26 April 2014 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and PAOK.[1][2] It was Panathinaikos' twenty ninth Greek Cup final in their 106 years of existence and PAOK's seventeenth Greek Cup final of their 88-year history.

Venue

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Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the twenty first 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 and 2013 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 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.[3]

Background

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Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty eight times, winning seventeen of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2010, where they had won Aris by 1–0.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final sixteen times, winning four of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2003, where they had won Aris by 1–0.[4]

Route to the final

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Panathinaikos Round PAOK
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Ergotelis 3–1 2–1 (H) 1–0 (A) Round of 32 Anagennisi Karditsa 4–0 3–0 (H) 1–0 (A)
Iraklis Psachna 4–0 3–0 (H) 1–0 (A) Round of 16 Iraklis 6–1 1–0 (A) 5–1 (H)
Olympiacos Volos 4–1 4–0 (H) 0–1 (A) Quarter-finals Apollon Smyrnis 6–0 3–0 (H) 3–0 (A)
OFI 3–1 0–1 (A) 3–0 (a.e.t.) (H) Semi-finals Olympiacos 2–2 (a) 1–2 (A) 1–0 (H)

Match

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Details

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Panathinaikos4–1PAOK
  • Berg 15', 50', 88'
  • Karelis 54'
Report
Panathinaikos
PAOK
GK 25 Greece Stefanos Kotsolis
RB  5 Greece Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos
CB 23 Croatia Gordon Schildenfeld
CB  4 Greece Giorgos Koutroubis Yellow card 20'
LB 21 Spain Nano
DM  6 Netherlands David Mendes da Silva
CM 10 PortugalGreece Zeca (c) Yellow card 60'
CM 32 Croatia Danijel Pranjić
AM 20 Algeria Mehdi Abeid  downward-facing red arrow 75'
SS 19 Greece Nikos Karelis Yellow card 54'  downward-facing red arrow 71'
CF  9 Sweden Marcus Berg Yellow card 88'  downward-facing red arrow 89'
Substitutes:
GK  1 Greece Stefanos Kapino
DF  3 Greece Diamantis Chouchoumis
MF 18 Greece Christos Donis
MF  8 Greece Anastasios Lagos  upward-facing green arrow 75'
FW 14 Nigeria Abdul Ajagun  upward-facing green arrow 71'
FW  7 BelgiumGreece Victor Klonaridis
FW 33 Croatia Mladen Petrić upward-facing green arrow 89'
Manager:
Greece Yannis Anastasiou
GK 71 Greece Panagiotis Glykos
RB  2 Greece Giannis Skondras downward-facing red arrow 77'
CB 15 Portugal Miguel Vítor
CB 29 Argentina Juan Insaurralde
LB  3 Greece Georgios Tzavellas
DM 26 Albania Ergys Kaçe Yellow card 18'
CM 70 Greece Stelios Kitsiou
CM 25 Romania Costin Lazăr downward-facing red arrow 55'
RW 10 Spain Lucas Pérez downward-facing red arrow 55'
LW 11 Slovakia Miroslav Stoch
CF 14 Greece Dimitris Salpingidis (c)
Substitutes:
GK 50 Greece Asterios Giakoumis
DF 16 Brazil Lino upward-facing green arrow 55'
DF 21 Greece Nikos Spyropoulos
MF 77 Greece Sotiris Ninis
MF  9 Serbia Zvonimir Vukić upward-facing green arrow 55'
FW 20 Netherlands Danny Hoesen
FW 18 Greece Efthymis Koulouris upward-facing green arrow 77'
Manager:
Greece Giorgos Georgiadis

Man of the Match:
Sweden Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos)


Assistant referees:
Michalis Karsiotis (Corinthia)
Damianos Efthimiadis (Pieria)
Additional assistant referees:
Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Andreas Pappas (Athens)
Fourth official:
Stavros Tritsonis (Athens)

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

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  1. ^ "Παναθηναϊκός-ΠΑΟΚ 4–1". contra.gr (in Greek). 6 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Match Report: ΠΑΟΚ - Παναθηναϊκός". epo.gr (in Greek).
  3. ^ "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
  4. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.