2012 Greek Football Cup final explained

2012 Greek Cup final
Event:2011–12 Greek Football Cup
Team1:Atromitos
Team1score:1
Team2:Olympiacos
Team2score:2
Details:After extra time
Date:28 April 2012
Stadium:Olympic Stadium
City:Marousi, Athens
Referee:Ilias Spathas (Piraeus)[1]
Attendance:41,500
Weather:Partly Cloudy
15°C
82% humidity
Previous:2011
Next:2013

The 2012 Greek Cup final was the 68th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 28 April 2012 at Olympic Stadium, between Atromitos and Olympiacos.[2] It was the second consecutive Greek Cup final for Atromitos, in their 89 years of existence and Olympiacos' thirty sixth Greek Cup final of their 87-year history.

Venue

This was the nineteenth 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 and 2011 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 reached the Greek Cup final one time, in 2011, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 0–3.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty five times, winning twenty four of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2009, where they had won AEK Athens 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

AtromitosRoundOlympiacos
OpponentResultOpponentResult
Annagenisi Epanomi3–2 (A)Round of 32Pierikos3–1 (A)
Aris2–1 (H)Round of 16Thrasyvoulos3–0 (H)
PAOK2–1 (A)Quarter-finalsPanionios4–0 (H)
Asteras Tripolis(Agg.)
2–2 (a)
1st Leg
0–0 (H)
2nd Leg
2–2 (A)
Semi-finalsOFI(Agg.)
1–0
1st Leg
1–0 (H)
2nd Leg
0–0 (A)

Match

Details

GK  1 Charles Itandje
RB  2 Giannis Skondras (c)  
CB  5 
CB  6 
LB  3 
DM 17 
CM  9
RM 21 Elini Dimoutsos
LM  8 Denis Epstein
AM  7
CF 23 Kostas Mitroglou
Substitutes:
GK 30 Velimir Radman
DF 13 Evangelos Nastos
DF 24
MF 16 Panagiotis Ballas
MF 19
FW 10 Thanasis Karagounis
FW 20
Manager:
Giorgos Donis
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GK  1 Roy Carroll
RB 35 Vasilis Torosidis (c)
CB  4 Olof Mellberg
CB 21 Avraam Papadopoulos
LB 20
DM 31
CM  2
CM 77
RW 93
LW 14 Kevin Mirallas
CF 10 Rafik Djebbour
Substitutes:
GK 42 Balázs Megyeri
DF  3
DF 23 Ivan Marcano
DF 92 Ioannis Potouridis
MF 18
MF 19
FW 25 Dimitris Diamantakos
Manager:
Ernesto Valverde
width=50% valign=topMan of the Match:
Rafik Djebbour (Olympiacos)


Assistant referees


Dimitrios Saraidaris (Thessaloniki)
Leonidas Vasileiadis (Thessaloniki)
Fourth official


Athanasios Giachos (Chios)
Match observer:
Michail Kalathenos (Dodecanese)

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Referees of the cup final are named. Hellenic Football Federation. 25 April 2012. epo.gr. 27 April 2012. el.
  2. News: Olympiacos to clash with Atromitos in final. George Georgakopoulos. Kathimerini. 4 April 2012. el.