2016 Greek Football Cup final

The 2016 Greek Cup final was the 72nd final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 17 May 2016 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and AEK Athens.^[1] It was Olympiacos' thirty ninth Greek Cup final and second consecutive, in their 91 years of existence and AEK Athens' twenty first Greek Cup final of their 92-year history. On 5 April 2016, FIFA Emergency Committee decided to provide the Greek authorities with a deadline to have the cancellation of the competition reversed before 15 April 2016 or the HFF would face an automatic suspension.^[2] The Greek authorities announced on deadline day that the Greek Football Cup will be resumed after an agreement reached with FIFA, UEFA and HFF.^[3] A new schedule with the remaining match was announced with the final being played on 7 May 2016,^[4] but the final was later postponed to 15 May 2016.^[5][6] It was again postponed to 17 May 2016.^[7]

2016 Greek Cup final

Event	2015–16 Greek Football Cup
Olympiacos AEK Athens 1 2
Date	17 May 2016
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the Match	Petros Mantalos (AEK Athens)
Referee	Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Attendance	Behind closed doors
Weather	Fair 18 °C (64 °F) 64% humidity
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Venue

Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the twenty second 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 and 2015 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 was used for Olympiacos, Panathinaikos 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.^[8]

Background

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty eight times, winning twenty seven of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2015, where they had won Skoda Xanthi by 3–1.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final twenty times, winning thirteen of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2011, where they had won Atromitos by 3–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final five times in the 1953, 1956, 2002, 2006 and 2009 finals.^[9]

Route to the final

Further information: 2015–16 Greek Football Cup

Olympiacos				Round	AEK Athens
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Platanias	2–2 (H)			Matchday 1	Skoda Xanthi	1–0 (A)
Panegialios	4–0 (A)			Matchday 2	Panelefsiniakos	6–0 (H)
Apollon Smyrnis	2–1 (A)			Matchday 3	AEL	5–0 (A)
Group E winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Olympiacos 3 7 2 Platanias 3 4 3 Apollon Smyrnis 3 3 4 Panegialios 3 3 Source: epo.gr				Final standings	Group G winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 AEK Athens 3 9 2 AEL 3 6 3 Skoda Xanthi 3 3 4 Panelefsiniakos 3 0 Source: epo.gr
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Chania	10–1	4–1 (A)	6–0 (H)	Round of 16	Levadiakos	3–0	1–0 (A)	2–0 (H)
Asteras Tripolis	6–1	5–0 (A)	1–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	Iraklis	5–1	4–1 (H)	1–0 (A)
PAOK	6–0	3–0 (w/o) (A)	3–0 (w/o) (H)	Semi-finals	Atromitos	2–1	1–0 (H)	1–1 (A)

Match

Details

17 May 2016

20:30 EEST

Olympiacos	1–2	AEK Athens
Domínguez 84'	Report	Mantalos 38' Djebbour 51'

Olympic Stadium, Marousi

Attendance: Behind closed doors

Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)

Οlympiacos

AEK Athens

GK 16 Roberto RB 30 Leandro Salino CB  3 Alberto Botía  77' CB  6 Manuel da Costa LB 26 Arthur Masuaku DM  5 Luka Milivojević  32' CM 11 Pajtim Kasami  53' RM 19 David Fuster (c)  65' LM 77 Hernâni  53' AM  7 Kostas Fortounis CF 17 Alan Pulido Substitutes: GK 48 Dimitrios Katsimitros DF 23 Dimitris Siovas DF 41 Kostas Tsimikas MF 91 Esteban Cambiasso MF 10 Chori Domínguez  65' FW 90 Felipe Pardo  53' FW 99 Brown Ideye  53' Manager: Marco Silva

GK 22 Giannis Anestis RB 12 Rodrigo Galo CB  4 César Arzo CB 26 Dimitrios Kolovetsios LB 23 Dídac Vilà  62' DM  8 André Simões  41' CM 18 Jakob Johansson CM 20 Petros Mantalos (c)   81' RW 21 Christos Aravidis  43'   90+1' LW  9 Ronald Vargas   58' CF 19 Rafik Djebbour Substitutes: GK 13 Panagiotis Dounis DF  5 Vasilios Lampropoulos DF 55 Adam Tzanetopoulos   81' DF 27 Michalis Bakakis  90+5'   58' MF 25 Konstantinos Galanopoulos FW 30 Diego Buonanotte FW 14 Tomáš Pekhart   90+1' Manager: Stelios Manolas

Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos (AEK Athens) Assistant referees: Damianos Efthimiadis (Pieria) Polychronis Kostaras (Aetoloacarnania) Additional assistant referees: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion) Alexandros Aretopoulos (Trikala) Fourth official: Tryfon Petropoulos (Arcadia)

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