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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.gr/news/sports/story/32544/h-aek-kerdise-2-1-ton-olympiako-ston-teliko-toy-kypelloy|title=ΑΕΚ-Ολυμπιακός 2–1|website=cnn.gr|date=6 June 2016|lang=el}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2016/m=4/news=fifa-emergency-committee-provides-greece-a-new-deadline-to-resume-cup--2779811.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408151448/http://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2016/m=4/news=fifa-emergency-committee-provides-greece-a-new-deadline-to-resume-cup--2779811.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 April 2016|title=FIFA Emergency Committee provides Greece a new deadline to resume Cup competition|publisher=FIFA|date=5 April 2016|access-date=5 April 2016}} The Greek authorities announced on deadline day that the Greek Football Cup will be resumed after an agreement reached with FIFA, UEFA and HFF.{{cite news|url=http://gga.gov.gr/grafeio-tupou/deltia-tupou/1977-2016-04-15-13-26-46|script-title=el:Επανέναρξη του Κυπέλλου Ελλάδας στο ποδόσφαιρο|trans-title=Reopening of Greek Cup Football|website=gga.gov.gr|date=15 April 2016|lang=el}} A new schedule with the remaining match was announced with the final being played on 7 May 2016,{{cite news|url=http://www.epo.gr/News.aspx?a_id=46479&NewsType=24&Competition=2689&Season=2000000091&Country=82|title=Κύπελλο Ελλάδας: Οι ημερομηνίες ημιτελικών-τελικού|trans-title=Greece Cup: The semi-final dates|website=epo.gr|date=15 April 2016|lang=el}} but the final was later postponed to 15 May 2016.{{cite news|url=http://www.epo.gr/News.aspx?a_id=46517&NewsType=21|title=Ανακοίνωση Ε.Π.Ο. (6/5/2016)|trans-title=Announcement of the HFF (6/5/2016)|website=epo.gr|date=6 May 2016|lang=el}}{{cite news|url=http://www.epo.gr/News.aspx?a_id=46518&NewsType=21|title=Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εκτάκτων Θεμάτων (7/5/2016)|trans-title=Commission Decisions of Extraordinary Affairs (05.07.2016)|lang=el|website=epo.gr|date=7 May 2016}} It was again postponed to 17 May 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.presspublica.gr/epo-stis-17-may-o-telikos-kupellou-me-tous-idious-organotikous-orous/|title=ΕΠΟ: Στις 17 Μαΐου ο τελικός Κυπέλλου με τους ίδιους οργανωτικούς όρους|date=11 May 2016|website=presspublica.gr|lang=el}}

Venue

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

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkcuphist.html|title=Greece - List of Cup Winners|website=RSSSF}}

Route to the final

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style="text-align:left"\|Platanias \|colspan="3"\|2–2 (H) \|style="background:#C1E0FF"\|Matchday 1 \|style="text-align:left"\|Skoda Xanthi \|colspan="3"\|1–0 (A)
style="text-align:left"\|Panegialios \|colspan="3"\|4–0 (A) \|style="background:#C1E0FF"\|Matchday 2 \|style="text-align:left"\|Panelefsiniakos \|colspan="3"\|6–0 (H)
style="text-align:left"\|Apollon Smyrnis \|colspan="3"\|2–1 (A) \|style="background:#C1E0FF"\|Matchday 3 \|style="text-align:left"\|AEL \|colspan="3"\|5–0 (A)
colspan="4" style="vertical-align:top"\|Group E winners {{center\|{{:2015–16 Greek Football Cup\|transcludesection=Group E\|only_pld_pts=yes\|show_matches=no\|showteam=OLY}}}} \|style="background:#C1E0FF"\|Final standings \|colspan="4" style="vertical-align:top"\|Group G winners {{center\|{{:2015–16 Greek Football Cup\|transcludesection=Group G\|only_pld_pts=yes\|show_matches=no\|showteam=AEK}}}}
style="background:#C1E0FF" \|Opponent \|Agg. \|1st leg \|2nd leg \|Knockout phase \|Opponent \|Agg. \|1st leg \|2nd leg
style="text-align:left"\|Chania \|10–1 \|4–1 (A) \|6–0 (H) \|style="background:#C1E0FF"\|Round of 16 \|style="text-align:left"\|Levadiakos \|3–0 \|1–0 (A) \|2–0 (H)
style="text-align:left"\|Asteras Tripolis \|6–1 \|5–0 (A) \|1–1 (H) \|style="background:#C1E0FF"\|Quarter-finals \|style="text-align:left"\|Iraklis \|5–1 \|4–1 (H) \|1–0 (A)
style="text-align:left"\|PAOK \|6–0 \|3–0 ({{w/o}}) (A) \|3–0 ({{w/o}}) (H) \|style="background:#C1E0FF"\|Semi-finals \|style="text-align:left"\|Atromitos \|2–1 \|1–0 (H) \|1–1 (A)

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colspan="4"|Olympiacos

!Round

!colspan="4"|AEK Athens

style="background:#C1E0FF"

|Opponent

|colspan="3"|Result

|Group stage

|Opponent

|colspan="3"|Result

style="text-align:left"|Platanias

|colspan="3"|2–2 (H)

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Matchday 1

|style="text-align:left"|Skoda Xanthi

|colspan="3"|1–0 (A)

style="text-align:left"|Panegialios

|colspan="3"|4–0 (A)

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Matchday 2

|style="text-align:left"|Panelefsiniakos

|colspan="3"|6–0 (H)

style="text-align:left"|Apollon Smyrnis

|colspan="3"|2–1 (A)

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Matchday 3

|style="text-align:left"|AEL

|colspan="3"|5–0 (A)

colspan="4" style="vertical-align:top"|Group E winners

{{center|{{:2015–16 Greek Football Cup|transcludesection=Group E|only_pld_pts=yes|show_matches=no|showteam=OLY}}}}

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Final standings

|colspan="4" style="vertical-align:top"|Group G winners

{{center|{{:2015–16 Greek Football Cup|transcludesection=Group G|only_pld_pts=yes|show_matches=no|showteam=AEK}}}}

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|Opponent

|Agg.

|1st leg

|2nd leg

|Knockout phase

|Opponent

|Agg.

|1st leg

|2nd leg

style="text-align:left"|Chania

|10–1

|4–1 (A)

|6–0 (H)

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Round of 16

|style="text-align:left"|Levadiakos

|3–0

|1–0 (A)

|2–0 (H)

style="text-align:left"|Asteras Tripolis

|6–1

|5–0 (A)

|1–1 (H)

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Quarter-finals

|style="text-align:left"|Iraklis

|5–1

|4–1 (H)

|1–0 (A)

style="text-align:left"|PAOK

|6–0

|3–0 ({{w/o}}) (A)

|3–0 ({{w/o}}) (H)

|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Semi-finals

|style="text-align:left"|Atromitos

|2–1

|1–0 (H)

|1–1 (A)

Match

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GK	16	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Roberto
RB	30	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Leandro Salino
CB	3	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Alberto Botía	{{yel\|77}}
CB	6	{{flagicon\|MAR}} Manuel da Costa
LB	26	{{flagicon\|COD}} Arthur Masuaku
DM	5	{{flagicon\|SER}} Luka Milivojević	{{yel\|32}}
CM	11	{{flagicon\|SUI}} Pajtim Kasami		{{suboff\|53}}
RM	19	{{flagicon\|ESP}} David Fuster (c)		{{suboff\|65}}
LM	77	{{flagicon\|POR}} Hernâni		{{suboff\|53}}
AM	7	{{flagicon\|GRE}} Kostas Fortounis
CF	17	{{flagicon\|MEX}} Alan Pulido
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DF	23	{{flagicon\|GRE}} Dimitris Siovas
DF	41	{{flagicon\|GRE}} Kostas Tsimikas
MF	91	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Esteban Cambiasso
MF	10	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Chori Domínguez		{{subon\|65}}
FW	90	{{flagicon\|COL}} Felipe Pardo		{{subon\|53}}
FW	99	{{flagicon\|NGA}} Brown Ideye		{{subon\|53}}
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GK	22	{{flagicon\|GRE}} Giannis Anestis
RB	12	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Rodrigo Galo
CB	4	{{flagicon\|ESP}} César Arzo
CB	26	{{flagicon\|GRE}} Dimitrios Kolovetsios
LB	23	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Dídac Vilà	{{yel\|62}}
DM	8	{{flagicon\|POR}} André Simões	{{yel\|41}}
CM	18	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Jakob Johansson
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RW	21	{{flagicon\|GRE}} Christos Aravidis	{{yel\|43}}	{{suboff\|90+1}}
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DF	5	{{flagicon\|GRE}} Vasilios Lampropoulos
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DF	27	{{flagicon\|GRE}} Michalis Bakakis	{{yel\|90+5}}	{{subon\|58}}
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