2012 Greek Football Cup final explained

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, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2009, 2010 and 2011 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 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)			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

GK  1 Charles Itandje RB  2 Giannis Skondras (c)   CB  5   CB  6   LB  3   DM 17   CM  9 RM 21 Elini Dimoutsos LM  8 Denis Epstein AM  7 CF 23 Kostas Mitroglou Substitutes: GK 30 Velimir Radman DF 13 Vangelis Nastos DF 24 MF 16 Panagiotis Ballas MF 19 FW 10 Thanasis Karagounis FW 20 Manager: Giorgos Donis	<	--INSERT LINE-UP GRAPHICS HERE IF AVAILABLE-->	GK  1 Roy Carroll RB 35 Vasilis Torosidis (c) CB  4 Olof Mellberg CB 21 Avraam Papadopoulos LB 20 DM 31 CM  2 CM 77 RW 93 LW 14 Kevin Mirallas CF 10 Rafik Djebbour Substitutes: GK 42 Balázs Megyeri DF  3 DF 23 Iván Marcano DF 92 Ioannis Potouridis MF 18 MF 19 FW 25 Dimitrios Diamantakos Manager: Ernesto Valverde

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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)

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Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions

External links

• 2011–12 Greek Cup at epo.gr

Notes and References

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