2009 Greek Football Cup final

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{{Infobox football match

| title = 2009 Greek Cup Final

| image =

| event = 2008–09 Greek Football Cup

| team1 = AEK Athens

| team1score = 4

| team2 = Olympiacos

| team2score = 4

| details = After extra time
Olympiacos won 15–14 on penalties

| date = 2 May 2009

| stadium = Olympic Stadium

| city = Marousi, Athens

| man_of_the_match1a = Matt Derbyshire {{nowrap|(Olympiacos)}}

| referee = Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)

| attendance = 48,594

| weather = Fair
{{convert|13|°C|°F}}
82% humidity

| previous = 2008

| next = 2010

}}

The 2009 Greek Cup final was the 65th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 2 May 2009 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Olympiacos.{{cite web|url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/ellada/GreekCup/article339422.ece|title=ΑΕΚ-Ολυμπιακός 3-3 (4-4 παράταση,14-15 πεν.)|lang=el|website=sport24.gr|date=21 May 2016}} It was AEK Athens' nineteenth Greek Cup final in their 85-year history and Olympiacos' thirty fourth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 84 years of existence. With 8 goals, including 2 turnarounds and a penalty shoot-out of 29 penalties in total, the match was widely considered as the most entertaining final in the tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.sport24.gr/football/ellada/GreekCup/article339422.ece|script-title=el:ΑΕΚ-Ολυμπιακός 3-3 (4-4 παράταση,14-15 πεν.)|website=sport24.gr|date=21 May 2016|lang=el}}{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/117/greece/2009/05/02/1242763/olympiakos-beat-aek-athens-in-historic-greek-cup-final|title=Olympiakos Beat AEK Athens In Historic Greek Cup Final|website=goal.com}} It was the last match for the captain of Olympiacos, Predrag Đorđević as a footballer, having spent 13 years of his 17 years playing for the club.{{Cite web|url=https://www.onsports.gr/podosfairo/story/673511/thymithike-ton-teleytaio-agona-tis-karieras-toy-o-tzortzevits-photo-video|title=Θυμήθηκε τον τελευταίο αγώνα της καριέρας του ο Τζόρτζεβιτς|date=2 May 2020|website=onsports.gr|lang=el}}

Venue

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This was the sixteenth 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 and 2002 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stadia.gr/oaka/oaka-f.html|title=Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)|website=stadia.gr}}

Background

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final eighteen times, winning eleven of them. The last time that had won the Cup was in 2002, (2–1 against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 2006, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 3–0.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty three times, winning twenty three of them. The last time that had played in a Final was in 2008, where they had won Aris by 2–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final four times in the 1953, 1956, 2002 and 2006 finals.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkcuphist.html|title=Greece - List of Cup Winners|website=RSSSF}}

Route to the final

{{further|2008–09 Greek Football Cup}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=4|AEK Athens

!Round

!colspan=4|Olympiacos

style="background:#c1e0ff"

|Opponent

|Agg.

|1st leg

|2nd leg

|

|Opponent

|Agg.

|1st leg

|2nd leg

align=left| Ilisiakos

|colspan=3| 2–1 (A)

|style="background:#c1e0ff;"| Round of 32

|align=left| Diagoras

|colspan=3| 3–2 (A)

align=left| Kerkyra

|colspan=3| 1–0 (H)

|style="background:#c1e0ff;"| Round of 16

|align=left| OFI

|colspan=3| 2–0 (A)

align=left| Skoda Xanthi

| 2–2 (a)

| 1–2 (A)

| 1–0 (H)

| style="background:#c1e0ff;"| Quarter-finals

| align=left| PAOK

| 2–1

| 0–1 (A)

| 2–0 {{aet}} (H)

align=left| Panserraikos

| 3–1

| 3–1 (H)

| 0–0 (A)

| style="background:#c1e0ff;"| Semi-finals

| align=left| Asteras Tripolis

| 4–3

| 2–2 (A)

| 2–1 (H)

Match

=Details=

{{football box

|date = 2 May 2009

|time = 20:30 EEST

|team1 = AEK Athens

|score = 4–4

|aet = yes

|report = https://www.epo.gr/media/files/ARXEIO_KYPELLO/telikos_2008-2009.pdf

|team2 = Olympiacos

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Olympic Stadium

|location = Marousi

|attendance = 48,594

|referee = Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)

|penalties1 =

|penaltyscore = 14–15

|penalties2 =

}}

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GK23{{flagicon|ARG}} Sebastián Saja
RB31{{flagicon|GRE}} Nikolaos Georgeas
CB25{{flagicon|GRE}} Sotirios Kyrgiakos (c){{sent off|2|34|90}}{{suboff|62}}
CB5{{flagicon|SWE}} Daniel Majstorović
LB4{{flagicon|POR}} Geraldo Alves{{yel|74}}
DM8{{flagicon|CAN}} Tamandani Nsaliwa{{yel|43}}
CM1{{flagicon|GRE}} Pantelis Kafes{{yel|28}}
RM11{{flagicon|BRA}} Gustavo Manduca{{suboff|68}}
LM32{{flagicon|ARG}} Ignacio Scocco
SS10{{flagicon|ALG}} Rafik Djebbour{{suboff|77}}
CF18{{flagicon|ARG}} Ismael Blanco
colspan=4|Substitutes:
GK77{{flagicon|AUT}} Jürgen Macho
DF6{{flagicon|GRE}} Georgios Alexopoulos{{subon|62}}
MF16{{flagicon|GRE}} Vasilios Pliatsikas
MF24{{flagicon|ARG}} Agustín Pelletieri{{subon|68}}
MF56{{flagicon|FIN}} Perparim Hetemaj
FW83{{flagicon|GRE}} Michalis Pavlis
FW9{{flagicon|POR}} Edinho{{yel|111}}{{subon|77}}
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|BIH}} Dušan Bajević

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GK71{{flagicon|GRE}} Antonios Nikopolidis (c)
RB35{{flagicon|GRE}} Vasilis Torosidis
CB21{{flagicon|GRE}} Avraam Papadopoulos{{sent off|2|34|107}}
CB18{{flagicon|GRE}} Paraskevas Antzas
LB3{{flagicon|FRA}} Didier Domi
DM2{{flagicon|GRE}} Christos Patsatzoglou{{suboff|46}}
CM20{{flagicon|BRA}} Dudu
RM7{{flagicon|ARG}} Luciano Galletti{{sent off|2|68|102}}
LM23{{flagicon|ARG}} Sebastián Leto{{suboff|62}}
AM25{{flagicon|ARG}} Fernando Belluschi
CF10{{flagicon|BRA}} Diogo
colspan=4|Substitutes:
GK1{{flagicon|GRE}} Leonidas Panagopoulos
DF30{{flagicon|GRE}} Anastasios Pantos
DF14{{flagicon|POL}} Michał Żewłakow
MF33{{flagicon|GRE}} Giannis Papadopoulos
MF11{{flagicon|SRB}} Predrag Đorđević{{subon|62}}
MF8{{flagicon|ESP}} Óscar{{subon|97}}
FW27{{flagicon|ENG}} Matt Derbyshire{{subon|46}}{{suboff|97}}
colspan=4|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Ernesto Valverde

|}

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Man of the Match:


{{flagicon|ENG}} Matt Derbyshire (Olympiacos)


Assistant referees:


Thanasis Thanasakoudis (Macedonia)


Dimitris Bozatzidis (Macedonia)


Fourth official:


Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

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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

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Greek Cup seasons}}

{{2008–09 in Greek football}}

{{AEK Athens F.C. matches}}

{{Olympiacos F.C. matches}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2009 Greek Cup Final}}

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