2012 Greek Football Cup final

2012 Greek Cup final
Event2011–12 Greek Football Cup
After extra time
Date28 April 2012
VenueOlympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the MatchRafik Djebbour (Olympiacos)
RefereeIlias Spathas (Piraeus)[1]
Attendance41,500
WeatherPartly Cloudy
15 °C (59 °F)
82% humidity

The 2012 Greek Cup final was the 68th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 28 April 2012 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Atromitos and Olympiacos.[2] It was the second consecutive Greek Cup final for Atromitos in their 89 years of existence and Olympiacos' thirty sixth Greek Cup final of their 87-year history.

Venue

This was the nineteenth 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.[3]

Background

Atromitos had reached the Greek Cup final one time, in 2011, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 3–0.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty five times, winning twenty four of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2009, where they had won AEK Athens 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.[4]

Route to the final

Atromitos Round Olympiacos
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Annagenisi Epanomi 3–2 (A) Round of 32 Pierikos 3–1 (A)
Aris 2–1 (H) Round of 16 Thrasyvoulos 3–0 (H)
PAOK 2–1 (a.e.t.) (A) Quarter-finals Panionios 4–0 (H)
Asteras Tripolis 2–2 (a) 0–0 (H) 2–2 (A) Semi-finals OFI 1–0 1–0 (H) 0–0 (A)

Match

Details

Atromitos1–2 (a.e.t.)Olympiacos
  • Iglesias 76'
Report
Attendance: 41,500
Atromitos
Olympiacos
GK  1 Charles Itandje
RB  2 Giannis Skondras (c)   102'
CB  5 Wayne Thomas   112'
CB  6 Sokratis Fytanidis   36'
LB  3 Vangelis Ikonomou   15'
DM 17 Matías Iglesias   63'  98'
CM  9 Luiz Brito  77'
RM 21 Elini Dimoutsos
LM  8 Denis Epstein
AM  7 Andreas Tatos  63'
CF 23 Kostas Mitroglou
Substitutes:
GK 30 Velimir Radman
DF 13 Vangelis Nastos
DF 24 Francisco Zuela  98'
MF 16 Panagiotis Ballas
MF 19 Stelios Sfakianakis  77'
FW 10 Thanasis Karagounis
FW 20 Anastasios Karamanos  63'
Manager:
Giorgos Donis
GK  1 Roy Carroll
RB 35 Vasilis Torosidis (c)
CB  4 Olof Mellberg
CB 21 Avraam Papadopoulos
LB 20 José Holebas  44'
DM 31 Pablo Orbaiz  68'
CM  2 Giannis Maniatis  103'
CM 77 Jean Makoun  83'
RW 93 Djamel Abdoun  72'
LW 14 Kevin Mirallas
CF 10 Rafik Djebbour
Substitutes:
GK 42 Balázs Megyeri
DF  3 François Modesto  103'
DF 23 Iván Marcano
DF 92 Ioannis Potouridis
MF 18 Giannis Fetfatzidis  72'
MF 19 David Fuster  83'
FW 25 Dimitrios Diamantakos
Manager:
Ernesto Valverde

Man of the Match:
Rafik Djebbour (Olympiacos)


Assistant referees:
Dimitrios Saraidaris (Thessaloniki)
Leonidas Vasileiadis (Thessaloniki)
Fourth official:
Athanasios Giachos (Chios)
Match observer:
Michail Kalathenos (Dodecanese)

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. ^ Hellenic Football Federation (25 April 2012). "Referees of the cup final are named" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  2. ^ George Georgakopoulos (4 April 2012). "Olympiacos to clash with Atromitos in final". Kathimerini (in Greek).
  3. ^ "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
  4. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.