2024 Greek Football Cup final explained

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	1–1 (H)	0–0 (A)	Round of 16	AEK Athens	1–1	0–0 (A)	1–1 (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	1–0 (A)	1–2 (H)	Semi-finals	Panetolikos	1–0	1–0 (A)	0–0 (H)

Match

Details

GK 12 Yuri Lodygin RB 27   CB 21 Tin Jedvaj CB 55 Willian Arão LB  3   DM  4 Rubén Pérez CM 16   CM  8 Anastasios Bakasetas RW 17   LW 10 Bernard CF  7 Fotis Ioannidis (c) Substitutes: GK 69 Bartłomiej Drągowski DF 20 Vitor Hugo DF 36 Georgios Katris DF  2   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   DM 30   CM 16   RM 93   LM 12   AM  6   CF 80   Substitutes: GK 94 Lefteris Choutesiotis DF 44 Fran Vélez DF 92 Lindsay Rose DF  3 Franco Ferrari MF 28   MF 19 Giannis Fetfatzidis MF 77 Michalis Panagidis FW 17 Karim Ansarifard FW 41 Theodoros Agorastos Manager: Akis Mantzios

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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)

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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.

External links

Official website

Notes and References

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