2003 Greek Football Cup final explained

2003 Greek Cup final
Event:2002–03 Greek Football Cup
Team1:Aris
Team1score:0
Team2:PAOK
Team2score:1
Date:17 May 2003
Stadium:Toumba Stadium
City:Thessaloniki
Referee:Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
Attendance:18,703
Weather:Fair
21°C
73% humidity
Previous:2002
Next:2004

The 2003 Greek Cup final was the 59th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 17 May 2003, at Toumba Stadium. The contesting teams were PAOK and Aris.[1] [2] [3] It was Aris' sixth Greek Cup final in their 89-year history and PAOK's sixteenth Greek Cup final in their 77 years of existence. During the postgame press conference, Aris manager Giorgos Foiros made a complaint that the final should have been a two-legged tie because PAOK had the advantage of playing on home ground. Kaftanzoglio Stadium, a neutral ground and Thessaloniki's largest stadium was under renovation for the 2004 Summer Olympic games. The HFF's regulation for that season's Cup stated that if the final was to be held at Thessaloniki (that would be the case if at least one of the two finalists was a Thessaloniki 's team), it would be hosted at the second largest stadium of the city which was Toumba. About a week before the game, Aris demanded[4] from the federation either the final to be played at Kalamaria Stadium or Makedonikos Stadium which were both neutral grounds (with much smaller capacity though) or to be held a draw between Toumba Stadium and Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium (Aris home ground), but both requests were denied[5] due to the tournament's regulation. PAOK manager, Angelos Anastasiadis became the only one in club's history to win the Cup both as a player, in 1974 and manager.

Venue

This was the first Greek Cup final held at the Toumba Stadium (Toumba also hosted the first leg of the 1992 two-legged final between PAOK and Olympiacos).

The Toumba Stadium was built in 1959 and was renovated five times, in 1998, 1962, 1965, 1972 and 2000. The stadium is used as a venue for PAOK and was used for Greece in various occasions. Its current capacity is 28,701.

Background

Aris had reached the Greek Cup final five times, winning one of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 1970, where they had won PAOK by 1–0.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final fifteen times, winning three of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2001, where they had won Olympiacos by 4–2.

Route to the final

ArisRoundPAOK
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
AO Chania6–04–0 (A)2–0 (H)First roundLeonidio1–01–0 (A)0–0 (H)
Patraikos4–11–0 (A)3–1 (H)Second roundOlympiacos Volos2–02–0 (H)0–0 (A)
PAS Giannina4–03–0 (H)1–0 (A)Round of 16OFI1–1 (a)0–0 (H)1–1 (A)
Ethnikos Asteras3–23–1 (H)0–1 (A)Quarter-finalsOlympiacos5–23–1 (H)2–1 (A)
Egaleo1–1 (a)1–1 (A)0–0 (H)Semi-finalsAEK Athens2–11–0 (A)1–1 (H)

Match

Details

GK 31 Christos Lambakis
RB 29 Nasief Morris
CB 23 
CB 21 Nikos Papadopoulos (c)  
LB 13 Panagiotis Katsiaros
DM  8 Magnus Källander
CM  4
CM  3
AM 17 Richard Knopper
SS 10
CF 99
Substitutes:
GK  1 Alexandros Dellios
DF  5 Andreas Skentzos
DF  6 Giannis Mallous
MF  7 Nikos Kyzeridis
MF 20
FW 11
FW 14
Manager:
Giorgos Foiros
GK 33 Kyriakos Tochouroglou
RB 30 Panayiotis Engomitis
CB 14 
CB 19 
LB  3  
DM  5 Dimitris Markos
DM 77 Mariusz Kukiełka
AM  1 Pantelis Kafes (c)
RW 11 Giorgos Georgiadis
LW  9 Ioannis Okkas
CF 18   
Substitutes:
GK 31 Ilias Atmatsidis
DF 23 
DF 44 Loukas Karadimos
DF 80 
MF 22 Guy Feutchine
FW  8 Dimitris Salpingidis
FW 20 
Manager:
Angelos Anastasiadis
width=50% valign=topMan of the Match:
Giorgos Georgiadis (PAOK)


Assistant referees


Lykourgos Tsolakidis (Athens)
Dimitris Groutsis (Corinthia)
Fourth official


Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

width=50% valign=topMatch 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Georgiadis goal enough for PAOK. 17 May 2003. uefa.com.
  2. Web site: Πήρε το Κύπελλο στο σπίτι του.... el. 19 May 2003. tanea.gr.
  3. Web site: ΠΑΟΚ–Αρης 1–0 Τελικός 2003. el. 17 May 2017. gazzetta.gr.
  4. Web site: Αλλαγή έδρας ζήτησε ο Αρης. el. 8 May 2003. in.gr.
  5. Web site: Ανακοίνωση ΕΠΟ. el. contra.gr. 9 May 2003.