2020 Greek Cup Final
Event2019–20 Greek Football Cup
Date12 September 2020
VenuePanthessaliko Stadium, Volos
Man of the MatchLazar Ranđelović (Olympiacos)
RefereeBjörn Kuipers (Netherlands)
AttendanceBehind closed doors
WeatherFair
21 °C (70 °F)
64% humidity

The 2020 Greek Cup Final was the 76th final of the Greek Football Cup. It took place on 12 September 2020 at Panthessaliko Stadium, between AEK Athens and Olympiacos.[1] It was AEK Athens' twenty fifth Greek Cup Final and fifth consecutive, of their 96-year history and Olympiacos' fortieth Greek Cup Final in their 93 years of existence. The Final was originally scheduled for 26 July and was postponed to 30 August because of Olympiacos' pressure in HFF to change the stadium from Georgios Kamaras Stadium to Olympic Stadium and after the refusal of the Hellenic Police in the first stadium.[2] The Final was rescheduled for 30 August in the Olympic Stadium but it was postponed again because 2 days before the game Olympiacos' player, Maximiliano Lovera was tested positive for COVID-19.[3] The Final was rescheduled again for 12 September at Panthessaliko Stadium. Due to the delay of the match, the teams had to compete without the players acquired from the 2020 summer transfer period, by decision of the UEFA.[4]

Venue

Panthessaliko Stadium.

This was the third Greek Cup Final held at the Panthessaliko Stadium after the 2007 and 2017 finals.

The Panthessaliko Stadium was built in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for Niki Volos and Volos. Its current capacity is 22,700.

Background

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup Final twenty four 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 2019, where they had lost to PAOK by 1–0.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup Final thirty eight times, winning twenty seven of them. The last time they had won the Cup was in 2015 (3–1 against Skoda Xanthi). The last time that had played in a Final was in 2019, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 2–1.

Route to the final

AEK Athens Round Olympiacos
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Asteras Tripolis 3–1 1–1 (A) 2–0 (H) Round of 16 Kalamata 6–1 2–0 (A) 4–1 (H)
Panetolikos 5–1 1–1 (A) 4–0 (H) Quarter-finals Lamia 3–2 0–0 (A) 3–2 (H)
Aris 3–2 2–1 (H) 2–2 (a.e.t.) (A) Semi-finals PAOK 4–3 2–3 (A) 2–0 (H)

Match

Details

AEK Athens0–1Olympiacos
Report
  • Ranđelović 9'
AEK Athens
Olympiacos
GK16Greece Panagiotis Tsintotas
RB 2Greece Michalis Bakakisdownward-facing red arrow 62'
CB24Greece Stratos Svarnas
CB19Ukraine Dmytro Chyhrynskyi
LB23Portugal Hélder LopesYellow card 90+6'
DM 8Portugal André SimõesYellow card 29'downward-facing red arrow 80'
CM 6Serbia Nenad KrstičićYellow card 90+5'
CM20Greece Petros Mantalos (c)Yellow card 65'
RW 7Italy Daniele Verdedownward-facing red arrow 62'
LW10Croatia Marko LivajaYellow card 83'
CF22Portugal Nélson Oliveira
Substitutes:
GK30Greece Georgios Athanasiadis
DF12Slovenia Žiga Laci
DF31Greece Konstantinos Stamoulis
DF50Portugal Paulinhoupward-facing green arrow 62'
MF44Bosnia and Herzegovina Anel Šabanadžović
MF70Greece Giannis Fivos Botos
FW14Greece Christos Albanisupward-facing green arrow 62'
FW53Greece Theodosis Macherasupward-facing green arrow 80'
FW52Greece Efthymis Christopoulos
Manager:
Italy Massimo Carrera
GK88Greece Konstantinos Tzolakis
RB18Brazil Bruno
CB66Senegal Pape Abou Cissé
CB24Senegal Ousseynou Ba
LB35Greece Vasilis Torosidis (c)Yellow card 55' downward-facing red arrow 79'
CM 4Guinea Mady Camara
CM 5Greece Andreas Bouchalakis
RM97Serbia Lazar Ranđelović
LM19Greece Giorgos MasourasYellow card 84'
AM28France Mathieu Valbuena downward-facing red arrow 76'
CF11Morocco Youssef El-Arabi downward-facing red arrow 90+1'
Substitutes:
GK16France Bobby Allain
GK44Greece Ilias Karargyris
DF 3Portugal Rúben Semedo upward-facing green arrow 79'
DF34Greece Avraam Papadopoulos
MF26Portugal CafúYellow card 89' upward-facing green arrow 76'
MF90Greece Vasilis Sourlis
ΜF 7Greece Kostas Fortounis upward-facing green arrow 90+1'
FW 2Algeria Hillal Soudani
FW99Egypt Ahmed Hassan
Manager:
Portugal Pedro Martins

Man of the Match:
Serbia Lazar Ranđelović (Olympiacos)


Assistant referees:
Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)
Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Rob Dieperink (Netherlands)
Video assistant referee:
Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Chrysoula Kourompylia (West Attica)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shootout 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.

References

  1. ΑΕΚ - Ολυμπιακός 0-1. gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  2. "Τελικός Κυπέλλου: Οριστική αναβολή". 20 July 2020.
  3. "Θετικός στον κορονοϊό ο Λοβέρα, «στον αέρα» ο τελικός κυπέλλου". 28 August 2020.
  4. "Οριστικό: Με τα περυσινά ρόστερ ο τελικός Κυπέλλου ΑΕΚ - Ολυμπιακός!". 4 September 2020.
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