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

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

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

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.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final three times in the 1955, 1972 and 1977 finals.[4]

Route to the final

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

Details

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

Man of the Match:
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

  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.