2011 Greek Football Cup final explained

2011 Greek Cup final
Event:2010–11 Greek Football Cup
Team1:Atromitos
Team1score:0
Team2:AEK Athens
Team2score:3
Date:30 April 2011
Stadium:Olympic Stadium
City:Marousi, Athens
Referee:Anastasios Kakos (Corfu)
Attendance:50,912
Weather:Mostly Cloudy
17°C
68% humidity
Previous:2010
Next:2012

The 2011 Greek Cup final was the 67th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 30 April 2011 at Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Atromitos and AEK Athens. It was Atromitos' first-ever Greek Cup final in their 88 years of existence and AEK Athens' twentieth Greek Cup final in their 87-year history. The match that was tarnished by serious incidents caused by AEK Athens' fans afterwards.[1]

Venue

This was the eighteenth 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 and 2010 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 finals in 1983, 1994 and 2007, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987, the 1991 Mediterranean Games and the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Background

Atromitos had never competed in a Cup final.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final nineteen times, winning twelve of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 2002 (2–1 against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 2009, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 15–14 on a penalty shootout, which came after a 4–4 draw at the end of the extra time.

Route to the final

AtromitosRoundAEK Athens
OpponentResultOpponentResult
Anagennisi Giannitsa3–1 (A)Round of 32Panthrakikos5–1 (A)
Kavala1–0 (H)Round of 16AEL4–0 (A)
Diagoras(Agg.)
3–0
1st Leg
2–0 (H)
2nd Leg
1–0 (A)
Quarter-finalsPanathinaikos(Agg.)
4–3
1st Leg
2–0 (A)
2nd Leg
2–3 (H)
Olympiakos Volos(Agg.)
2–1
1st Leg
2–1 (H)
2nd Leg
0–0 (A)
Semi-finalsPAOK(Agg.)
1–0
1st Leg
0–0 (H)
2nd Leg
1–0 (A)

Match

Details

GK  1 Charles Itandje
RB 32 
CB  4 Marcin Baszczyński
CB 26
LB  2 Vaggelis Nastos
DM  6 Konstantinos Nebegleras (c)  
CM 19 Stelios Sfakianakis
CM 22 Andreas Tatos
RW  7
LW 20
CF  8 Ilias Anastasakos
Substitutes:
GK 23 Chrisostomos Michailidis
DF  5
DF 31 Filippos Darlas
MF 11
MF 17
FW 21 Thanasis Karagounis
FW 40 Giannis Karalis
Manager:
Giorgos Donis
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GK 23 Sebastián Saja
RB 31 Nikolaos Georgeas
CB  5 Traianos Dellas
CB  4 Kostas Manolas
LB 15 Nikolaos Karabelas
DM 21 
CM 14 
CM 19 Panagiotis Lagos
AM 33 Nikos Liberopoulos (c)  
SS 32 
CF 18 Ismael Blanco 
Substitutes:
GK 22 Giannis Arabatzis
DF  6 David Mateos
MF  1   
MF 11 Míchel
MF 90 Savvas Gentsoglou
FW  9 Leonardo
FW 39 
Manager:
Manolo Jiménez
width=50% valign=topMan of the Match:
Nikos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens)


Assistant referees


Christos Baltas (Achaea)
Petros Tryfon (Drama)
Fourth official


Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Match Observer:
Giannis Tsachilidis

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: Κυπελλούχος η ΑΕΚ με ευτράπελα, επεισόδια και εισβολή με τη «λήξη». 30 April 2011. in.gr. el.