2025 Greek Football Cup final
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| Event | 2024–25 Greek Football Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 17 May 2025 | ||||||
| Venue | Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens | ||||||
| Referee | Szymon Marciniak (Poland) | ||||||
| Attendance | 55,000 | ||||||
| Weather | Fair 20 °C (68 °F) 54% humidity | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiacos) | ||||||
The 2025 Greek Cup final was the 81st final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 17 May 2025 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were OFI and Olympiacos.[1][2] It was OFI's third Greek Cup final in their 100 years of existence and Olympiacos' forty second Greek Cup final of their 100-year history.[3] This was the first final to use semi-automated offside technology and goal-line technology.[4]
Venue
This was the twenty seventh 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, 2019, 2021 and 2022 finals.
The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982 and renovated once in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and was used for AEK Athens, Olympiacos and Greece and 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.[5]
Background
OFI has reached the Greek Cup final two times, winning one of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1987 (3–1 in penalty shootout against Iraklis). The last time that had played in a final was in 1990, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 4–2.
Olympiacos has reached the Greek Cup final forty one times, winning twenty eignt of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2021, where they lost to PAOK by 2–1.
The two teams have met each other in a Cup final once in the 1990 final.[6]
Route to the final
| OFI | Round | Olympiacos | ||||||
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| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
| Panetolikos | 2–1 (H) | Fourth Round | Bye | |||||
| Volos | 3–2 | 3–1 (H) | 0–1 (A) | Round of 16 | Athens Kallithea | 2–1 | 1–0 (A) | 1–1 (H) |
| Panachaiki | 7–1 | 5–0 (H) | 2–1 (A) | Quarter-finals | Panathinaikos | 2–1 | 1–1 (A) | 1–0 (H) |
| Asteras Tripolis | 2–1 | 1–0 (A) | 1–1 (H) | Semi-finals | AEK Athens | 6–2 | 6–0 (H) | 0–2 (A) |
Match
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References
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- ^ "Από τις 17 Μαΐου του 1990 στο 2025: ΟΦΗ και Ολυμπιακός ξανά στον τελικό 35 χρόνια μετά!". sdna.gr.
- ^ "Το πρώτο γραφικό της ΕΠΟ για τον τελικό ΟΦΗ – Ολυμπιακός". oficrete.gr.
- ^ "Ο τελικός των νέων τεχνολογιών!". epo.gr.
- ^ "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
- ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.