2009 Greek Football Cup final

The 2009 Greek Cup final was the 65th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 2 May 2009 at Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Olympiacos.[1] 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. It was the last match for Olympiacos' captain, Predrag Đorđević as a footballer, having spent 13 years of his 17 years playing for the club.[2]

2009 Greek Cup Final
Event2008–09 Greek Football Cup
After extra time
Olympiacos won 15–14 on penalties
Date2 May 2009
VenueOlympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the MatchMatt Derbyshire (Olympiacos)
RefereeAnastasios Kakos (Corfu)
Attendance48,594
WeatherFair
13 °C (55 °F)
82% humidity
2008
2010

Venue edit

 
Athens Olympic Stadium.

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 hosted 3 UEFA European Cup/Champions League final in 1983, 1994 and 2007, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987, the 1991 Mediterranean Games and the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Background edit

AEK Athens qualified for the Greek Cup final eighteen times, winning eleven of them. They last won the Cup in 2002 defeating Olympiacos, 2–1. They last qualified for a final in 2006. They had lost to Olympiacos, 3–0.

Olympiacos qualified for the Greek Cup final thirty three times, winning twenty three of them. They last played in a final in 2008 defeating Aris, 2–0.

Route to the final edit

AEK Athens Round Olympiacos
Opponent Result Opponent Result
Ilisiakos 2–1 (A) Round of 32 Diagoras 3–2 (A)
Kerkyra 1–0 (H) Round of 16 OFI 2–0 (A)
Skoda Xanthi (Agg.)
2–2 (a)
1st Leg
1–2 (A)
2nd Leg
1–0 (H)
Quarter-finals PAOK (Agg.)
2–1
1st Leg
0–1 (A)
2nd Leg
2–0 (a.e.t.) (H)
Panserraikos (Agg.)
3–1
1st Leg
3–1 (H)
2nd Leg
0–0 (A)
Semi-finals Asteras Tripolis (Agg.)
4–3
1st Leg
2–2 (A)
2nd Leg
2–1 (H)

Match edit

Details edit

AEK Athens4–4 (a.e.t.)Olympiacos
  • Blanco   4', 8'
  • Scocco   90', 107'
Report
Penalties
14–15
Attendance: 48,594
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AEK Athens
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Olympiacos
GK 23   Sebastián Saja
RB 31   Nikolaos Georgeas
CB 25   Sotirios Kyrgiakos (c)   34'   90'   62'
CB 5   Daniel Majstorović
LB 4   Geraldo Alves   74'
DM 8   Tamandani Nsaliwa   43'
CM 1   Pantelis Kafes   28'
RM 11   Gustavo Manduca   68'
LM 32   Ignacio Scocco
SS 10   Rafik Djebbour   77'
CF 18   Ismael Blanco
Substitutes:
GK 77   Jürgen Macho
DF 6   Georgios Alexopoulos   62'
MF 16   Vasilis Pliatsikas
MF 24   Agustín Pelletieri   68'
MF 56   Perparim Hetemaj
FW 83   Michalis Pavlis
FW 9   Edinho   111'   77'
Manager:
  Dušan Bajević
GK 71   Antonis Nikopolidis (c)
RB 35   Vasilis Torosidis
CB 21   Avraam Papadopoulos   34'   107'
CB 18   Paraskevas Antzas
LB 3   Didier Domi
DM 2   Christos Patsatzoglou   46'
CM 20   Dudu
RM 7   Luciano Galletti   68'   102'
LM 23   Sebastián Leto   62'
AM 25   Fernando Belluschi
CF 10   Diogo
Substitutes:
GK 1   Leonidas Panagopoulos
DF 30   Anastasios Pantos
DF 14   Michał Żewłakow
MF 33   Giannis Papadopoulos
MF 11   Predrag Đorđević   62'
MF 8   Óscar   97'
FW 27   Matt Derbyshire   46'   97'
Manager:
  Ernesto Valverde

Man of the Match:
  Matt Derbyshire (Olympiacos)


Assistant referees:
Thanasis Thanasakoudis (Macedonia)
Dimitris Bozatzidis (Macedonia)
Fourth official:
Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ "ΑΕΚ-Ολυμπιακός 3-3 (4-4 παράταση,14-15 πεν.)". sport24.gr (in Greek). 21 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Θυμήθηκε τον τελευταίο αγώνα της καριέρας του ο Τζόρτζεβιτς". onsports.gr (in Greek). 2 May 2020.