2023 Greek Football Cup final explained

2023 Greek Cup final
Event:2022–23 Greek Football Cup
Team1:AEK Athens
Team1score:2
Team2:PAOK
Team2score:0
Date:24 May 2023
Stadium:Panthessaliko Stadium
City:Volos
Man Of The Match1a:Harold Moukoudi (AEK Athens)
Referee:Felix Brych (Germany)
Attendance:Behind closed doors
Weather:Fair
21°C
68% humidity
Previous:2022
Next:2024

The 2023 Greek Cup final was the 79th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 24 May 2023 at Panthessaliko Stadium,[1] [2] between AEK Athens and PAOK. It was AEK Athens' twenty-seventh Greek Cup final in their 99 years of existence and PAOK's twenty third Greek Cup final and third consecutive, of their 97-year history.

Venue

This was the fourth Greek Cup final held at the Panthessaliko Stadium after the 2007, 2017 and 2020 finals.

The Panthessaliko Stadium was built in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for Niki Volos and Volos. Its current capacity is 22,189.

Background

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final twenty six times, winning fifteen 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 2020, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 1–0.

PAOK qualified for the Greek Cup final twenty two times, winning eight of them. The last time they had won the Cup was in 2021 (2–1 against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 2022, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 1–0.

Route to the final

AEK AthensRoundPAOK
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
PAS Giannina2–0 (H)Fifth roundBye
Kifisia5–02–0 (A)3–0 (H)Round of 16Kalamata4–02–0 (A)2–0 (H)
Panserraikos6–13–0 (H)3–1 (A)Quarter-finalsPanathinaikos3–12–0 (H)1–1 (A)
Olympiacos4–23–0 (H)1–2 (A)Semi-finalsLamia6–25–1 (A)1–1 (H)

Match

Details

GK  1 Cican Stanković
RB 12  
CB 19 Domagoj Vida
CB  2 Harold Moukoudi
LB 28 Ehsan Hajsafi
DM  4   
RM 19 
LM  8 
AM 13 
SS 10 Steven Zuber
CF  7 
Substitutes:
GK 99 Georgios Theocharis
DF 24 Gerasimos Mitoglou
DF 29 
MF  6 
ΜF 20 
MF 22 
FW  5   
FW  9 Tom van Weert
FW 99 Zine
Manager:
Matías Almeyda
GK 40 Dominik Kotarski
RB 23 
CB  4 Sverrir Ingi Ingason (c)
CB 59 
LB 55 
CM 33 
CM 22    
RM 11 Taison
LM 14 Andrija Živković
AM 65 
CF 71 Brandon Thomas
Substitutes:
GK 18 Živko Živković
DF 16 
DF 20 
MF 26 Tiago Dantas
MF  7 
MF 50 Filipe Soares
MF 10 Thomas Murg
MF 21  
FW 95 
Manager:
Răzvan Lucescu
width=50% valign=topMan of the Match:
Harold Moukoudi (AEK Athens)


Assistant referees


Mark Borsch (Germany)
Stefan Lupp (Germany)
Fourth official


Angelos Evangelou (Athens)
Video assistant referee


Gunter Perl (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referee


Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

width=50% valign=topMatch rules
  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Απόφαση Εκτελεστικής Επιτροπής ΕΠΟ. 12 May 2023. epo.gr.
  2. Web site: Τελικός Κυπέλλου Novibet: Διαπιστεύσεις ΜΜΕ. 12 May 2023. epo.gr.