2021 Greek Football Cup final

2021 Greek Cup final
Match poster
Event2020–21 Greek Football Cup
Date22 May 2021
VenueOlympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the MatchMichael Krmenčík (PAOK)
RefereeDanny Makkelie (Netherlands)
AttendanceBehind closed doors
WeatherFair
19 °C (66 °F)
52% humidity

The 2021 Greek Cup final was the 77th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 22 May 2021 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and PAOK.[1] It was Olympiacos' forty-first Greek Cup final and second consecutive, in their 96 years of existence and PAOK's twenty first Greek Cup final of their 95-year history.

Venue

This was the twenty fifth 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, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019 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 Greece and was used for Olympiacos and Panathinaikos 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

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty nine times, winning twenty eight of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2020, where they had won AEK Athens by 1–0.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final twenty times, winning seven of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2019, where they had won AEK Athens by 1–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final seven times in the 1951, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1981, 1992 and 2001 finals.[3]

Route to the final

Olympiacos Round PAOK
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Panetolikos 6–0 3–0 (A) 3–0 (H) First round AEL 7–1 5–0 (H) 2–1 (A)
Aris 3–2 2–1 (H) 1–1 (A) Quarter-finals Lamia 6–3 5–2 (H) 1–1 (A)
PAS Giannina 4–1 1–1 (A) 3–1 (H) Semi-finals AEK Athens 3–1 1–0 (A) 2–1 (H)

Match

Details

Olympiacos1–2PAOK
  • M'Vila 50'
Report
Olympiacos
PAOK
GK  1 José Sá
CB  3 Rúben Semedo
CB 15 Sokratis Papastathopoulos   25'
CB  6 Yann M'Vila
RWB 14 Thanasis Androutsos
CM  4 Mady Camara   90+1'
CM  5 Andreas Bouchalakis (c)
LWB 25 José Holebas
RW 27 Bruma   46'
LW 19 Georgios Masouras   86'
CF 11 Youssef El-Arabi
Substitutes:
GK 88 Konstantinos Tzolakis
DF 61 Alexios Kalogeropoulos
DF 45 Oleg Reabciuk   25'
DF 72 Kenny Lala
MF  8 Tiago Silva
MF 28 Mathieu Valbuena   90+1'
ΜF  7 Kostas Fortounis   46'
FW 97 Lazar Ranđelović
FW  9 Ahmed Hassan   86'
Manager:
Pedro Martins
GK 31 Alexandros Paschalakis
CB 20 Vieirinha (c)
CB  5 Fernando Varela
CB 15 José Ángel Crespo
RWB  2 Rodrigo Soares
CM 22 Stefan Schwab  90+2'
CM 33 Douglas Augusto  45+1'
LWB 21 Baba Rahman  90+5'
RW 14 Andrija Živković
LW  8 Amr Warda  80'
CF  9 Karol Świderski  80'
Substitutes:
GK 88 Živko Živković
DF  6 Enea Mihaj  90+5'
DF 19 Lefteris Lyratzis
MF 51 Charis Tsingaras  80'
MF  7 Omar El Kaddouri
MF 10 Thomas Murg
MF 65 Giannis Konstantelias
FW 11 Christos Tzolis
FW 27 Michael Krmenčík  80'
Manager:
Pablo García

Man of the Match:
Michael Krmenčík (PAOK)


Assistant referees:
Hessel Steegstra (Netherlands)
Jan de Vries (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Dimitrios Karantonis (Imathia)
Video assistant referee:
Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Tryfon Petropoulos (Arcadia)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used at maximum three times, with a sixth allowed in extra time.

References

  1. ^ "Ολυμπιακός - ΠΑΟΚ 1-2". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 22 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
  3. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.