2019 Greek Football Cup final

The 2019 Greek Cup final was the 75th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 11 May 2019 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were PAOK and AEK Athens^[1] for a third time in row. It was PAOK's twentieth Greek Cup final and third consecutive, in their 93 years of existence and AEK Athens' twenty fourth Greek Cup final and fourth consecutive, of their 95-year history. For security issues, the match occurred behind closed doors with 1,500 invitations been distributed by both clubs and the HFF.^[2] It was the match in Greece to be held with VAR technology.^[3] With their conquest of the Cup, PAOK achieved the first double in their history.^[4]

2019 Greek Cup final

Match poster
Event	2018–19 Greek Football Cup
PAOK AEK Athens 1 0
Date	11 May 2019
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the Match	Chuba Akpom (PAOK)
Referee	Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Attendance	1,040
Weather	Fair 17 °C (63 °F) 77% humidity
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Venue

Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the twenty fourth 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 and 2018 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982 and renovated once in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for AEK Athens, Panathinaikos and Greece and was used for Olympiacos 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

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final nineteen times, winning six of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2018, where they had won AEK Athens by 2–0.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final twenty three times, winning fourteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 2016 (2–1 against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 2018, where they had lost to PAOK by 2–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final five times in the 1939, 1978, 1983, 2017 and 2018 finals.^[6]

Route to the final

Further information: 2018–19 Greek Football Cup

PAOK				Round	AEK Athens
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Aris	1–1 (H)			Matchday 1	Lamia	2–1 (H)
Ergotelis	2–1 (A)			Matchday 2	Apollon Larissa	4–0 (A)
Aittitos Spata	6–0 (A)			Matchday 3	Volos	3–1 (A)
Group D winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 PAOK 3 7 2 Ergotelis 3 4 3 Aris 3 4 4 Aittitos Spata 3 1 Source: epo.gr				Final standings	Group B winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 AEK Athens 3 9 2 Lamia 3 4 3 Volos 3 4 4 Apollon Larissa 3 0 Source: epo.gr
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Panachaiki	6–2	1–2 (A)	5–0 (H)	Round of 16	AO Chania−Kissamikos	6–1	1–1 (A)	5–0 (H)
Panionios	5–4	1–2 (A)	4–2 (a.e.t.) (H)	Quarter-finals	Atromitos	4–0	1–0 (A)	3–0 (H)
Asteras Tripolis	2–0	2–0 (H)	0–0 (A)	Semi-finals	Lamia	6–0	2–0 (H)	4–0 (A)

Match

Details

PAOK	1–0	AEK Athens
Akpom 45+1'	Report

11 May 2019

20:30 EEST

Olympic Stadium, Marousi

Attendance: 1,040

Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

PAOK	AEK Athens

GK 31 Alexandros Paschalakis RB  3 Léo Matos CB 15 José Ángel Crespo CB  5 Fernando Varela LB 23 Dimitris Giannoulis DM 87 José Cañas CM 28 Yevhen Shakhov RM 98 Léo Jabá  66' LM 21 Diego Biseswar  90+3' AM 10 Dimitris Pelkas (c)  80' CF 47 Chuba Akpom  38' Substitutes: GK 60 Symeon Papadopoulos DF  4 Sverrir Ingi Ingason  90+3' DF 32 Lefteris Lyratzis MF 26 Sérgio Oliveira  80' FW 18 Dimitris Limnios  66' FW 90 Pedro Henrique FW  9 Karol Świderski Manager: Răzvan Lucescu

GK  1 Vasilis Barkas RB  2 Michalis Bakakis   80' CB  4 Marios Oikonomou  26' CB 19 Dmytro Chyhrynskyi LB 23 Niklas Hult DM  8 André Simões CM  6 Nenad Krstičić  43'   76' RM 14 Anastasios Bakasetas   71' LM 20 Petros Mantalos (c) SS 10 Marko Livaja  28' CF 22 Ezequiel Ponce  67' Substitutes: GK 16 Panagiotis Tsintotas DF 12 Rodrigo Galo  90+6'   71' DF 24 Stratos Svarnas DF 50 Michalis Bousis MF 25 Konstantinos Galanopoulos   80' FW 77 Christos Giousis FW 31 Lucas Boyé   76' Manager: Manolo Jiménez

Man of the Match: Chuba Akpom (PAOK) Assistant referees: Mark Borsch (Germany) Marco Achmüller (Germany) Fourth official: Thorsten Schiffner (Germany) Video assistant referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany) Assistant video assistant referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)

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