2024 Greek Football Cup final

2024 Greek Cup final
Match poster
Event2023–24 Greek Football Cup
Date25 May 2024
VenuePanthessaliko Stadium, Volos
Man of the MatchGeorgios Vagiannidis (Panathinaikos)
RefereeStéphanie Frappart (France)
AttendanceBehind closed doors
WeatherFair
21 °C (70 °F)
60% humidity

The 2024 Greek Cup final was the 80th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 25 May 2024 at Panthessaliko Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and Aris.[1][2][3] It was Panathinaikos' thirty first Greek Cup final in their 116 years of existence and Aris' tenth Greek Cup final of their 110-year history. After the end of the match having strong complaints from the refereeing, officials of Aris, alongside the president of the club Thodoros Karipidis, verbally attacked the referee, who went with a police escort to the locker room. Thus, as protest and in risk of punishment, they did not present to receive the medals of the runners-up.[4]

Venue

This was the fifth Greek Cup final held at Panthessaliko Stadium after the 2007, 2017, 2020 and 2023 finals.

Panthessaliko Stadium was built in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for Niki Volos and Volos. Its current capacity is 22,189.[5]

Background

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty times, winning nineteen of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2022, where they had won PAOK by 1–0.

Aris had reached the Greek Cup final nine times, winning one of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1970 (1–0 against PAOK). The last time that had played in a final was in 2010, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 1–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1940 and 2010 finals.[6]

Route to the final

Panathinaikos Round Aris
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Olympiacos 1–1 (7–6 p) 1–1 (H) 0–0 (a.e.t.) (A) Round of 16 AEK Athens 1–1 (4–2 p) 0–0 (A) 1–1 (a.e.t.) (H)
Atromitos 3–2 1–2 (H) 2–0 (A) Quarter-finals Niki Volos 5–2 3–0 (H) 2–2 (A)
PAOK 2–2 (6–5 p) 1–0 (A) 1–2 (a.e.t.) (H) Semi-finals Panetolikos 1–0 1–0 (A) 0–0 (H)

Match

Details

Panathinaikos1–0Aris
  • Vagiannidis 90+7'
Report
Panathinaikos
Aris
GK 12 Yuri Lodygin
RB 27 Giannis Kotsiras   36'  51'
CB 21 Tin Jedvaj
CB 55 Willian Arão
LB  3 Juankar   90+4'
DM  4 Rubén Pérez
CM 16 Adam Gnezda Čerin   43'
CM  8 Anastasios Bakasetas
RW 17 Daniel Mancini   62'
LW 10 Bernard
CF  7 Fotis Ioannidis (c)
Substitutes:
GK 69 Bartłomiej Drągowski
DF 20 Vitor Hugo
DF 36 Georgios Katris
DF  2 Georgios Vagiannidis   62'
DF 25 Filip Mladenović
ΜF 60 Georgios Kyriopoulos
MF 22 Aitor Cantalapiedra
MF 31 Filip Đuričić
FW 29 Alexander Jeremejeff
Manager:
Christos Kontis
GK 23 Julián Cuesta (c)
RB 22 Moses Odubajo
CB  4 Fabiano Leismann
CB 14 Jakub Brabec
LB 33 Martín Montoya   42'
DM 30 Jean Jules   71'
CM 16 Vladimír Darida   15'  65'
RM 93 Shapi Suleymanov   90+9'
LM 12 Álvaro Zamora   36'
AM  6 Manu García   68'
CF 80 Loren Morón   90+2'
Substitutes:
GK 94 Lefteris Choutesiotis
DF 44 Fran Vélez
DF 92 Lindsay Rose
DF  3 Franco Ferrari
MF 28 Birger Verstraete   68'
MF 19 Giannis Fetfatzidis
MF 77 Michalis Panagidis
FW 17 Karim Ansarifard
FW 41 Theodoros Agorastos
Manager:
Akis Mantzios

Man of the Match:
Georgios Vagiannidis (Panathinaikos)


Assistant referees:
Mikael Berchebru (France)
Steven Torregrossa (France)
Fourth official:
Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
Video assistant referee:
Hamid Guenaoui (France)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Konstantinos Psarris (Zakynthos)

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. ^ "Panathinaikos vs Aris Thessaloniki FC - May 25, 2024". foxsports.com. 18 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Greek Cup 2023/24 National Associations". UEFA.
  3. ^ "Panathinaikos vs. Aris - 25 May 2024". soccerway.com.
  4. ^ "Δεν παρέλαβε τα μετάλλια σε ένδειξη διαμαρτυρίας ο Άρης". sport-fm.gr (in Greek).
  5. ^ "Panthessalian Stadium". stadia.gr.
  6. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.

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