2011 Greek Football Cup final

2011 Greek Cup final
Event2010–11 Greek Football Cup
Date30 April 2011
VenueOlympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the MatchNikos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens)
RefereeAnastasios Kakos (Corfu)
Attendance50,912
WeatherMostly Cloudy
17 °C (63 °F)
68% humidity

The 2011 Greek Cup final was the 67th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 30 April 2011 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Atromitos and AEK Athens. It was Atromitos' first-ever Greek Cup final in their 88 years of existence and AEK Athens' twentieth Greek Cup final in their 87-year history. The match that was tarnished by serious incidents caused by AEK Athens' fans afterwards.[1]

Venue

This was the eighteenth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium.

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.[2]

Background

Atromitos had never competed in a Cup final.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final nineteen times, winning twelve of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 2002 (2–1 against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 2009, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 15–14 on a penalty shootout, which came after a 4–4 draw at the end of the extra time.

The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.[3]

Route to the final

Atromitos Round AEK Athens
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Anagennisi Giannitsa 3–1 (A) Round of 32 Panthrakikos 5–1 (A)
Kavala 1–0 (H) Round of 16 AEL 4–0 (A)
Diagoras 3–0 2–0 (H) 1–0 (A) Quarter-finals Panathinaikos 4–3 2–0 (A) 2–3 (H)
Olympiakos Volos 2–1 2–1 (H) 0–0 (A) Semi-finals PAOK 1–0 0–0 (H) 1–0 (A)

Match

Details

Atromitos0–3AEK Athens
Report
  • Liberopoulos 28'
  • Baha 78'
  • Kafes 85'
Attendance: 50,912
Atromitos
AEK Athens
GK  1 Charles Itandje
RB 32 Giannis Skondras   25'
CB  4 Marcin Baszczyński
CB 26 Marcelo Oliveira  83'
LB  2 Vangelis Nastos
DM  6 Konstantinos Nebegleras (c)   43'
CM 19 Stelios Sfakianakis
CM 22 Andreas Tatos
RW  7 Henri Camara  89'
LW 20 Marek Saganowski  66'
CF  8 Ilias Anastasakos
Substitutes:
GK 23 Chrysostomos Michailidis
DF  5 Massamba Sambou  89'
DF 31 Filippos Darlas
MF 11 Luiz Brito  66'
MF 17 Marcelo Sarmiento  83'
FW 21 Thanasis Karagounis
FW 40 Giannis Karalis
Manager:
Giorgos Donis
GK 23 Sebastián Saja
RB 31 Nikolaos Georgeas
CB  5 Traianos Dellas
CB  4 Kostas Manolas
LB 15 Nikolaos Karabelas
DM 21 Papa Bouba Diop   63'
CM 14 Grigoris Makos   25'
CM 19 Panagiotis Lagos
AM 33 Nikos Liberopoulos (c)   29'
SS 32 Ignacio Scocco   33'
CF 18 Ismael Blanco   70'
Substitutes:
GK 22 Giannis Arabatzis
DF  6 David Mateos
MF  1 Pantelis Kafes   89'   70'
MF 11 Míchel
MF 90 Savvas Gentsoglou
FW  9 Leonardo
FW 39 Nabil Baha   33'
Manager:
Manolo Jiménez

Man of the Match:
Nikos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens)


Assistant referees:
Christos Baltas (Achaea)
Petros Tryfon (Drama)
Fourth official:
Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Match Observer:
Giannis Tsachilidis

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. ^ "Κυπελλούχος η ΑΕΚ με ευτράπελα, επεισόδια και εισβολή με τη «λήξη»". in.gr (in Greek). 30 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
  3. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.