2024 Greek Football Cup final explained

2024 Greek Cup final
Event:2023–24 Greek Football Cup
Team1:Panathinaikos
Team1score:1
Team2:Aris
Team2score:0
Date:25 May 2024
Stadium:Panthessaliko Stadium
City:Volos
Man Of The Match1a:Georgios Vagiannidis (Panathinaikos)
Referee:Stéphanie Frappart (France)
Attendance:Behind closed doors
Weather:Fair
21°C
60% humidity
Previous:2023
Next:2025

The 2024 Greek Cup final was the 80th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 25 May 2024, between Panathinaikos and Aris.[1] [2] [3] It was Panathinaikos' thirtieth Greek Cup final in their 116 years of existence and Aris' tenth Greek Cup final of their 110-year history.

Venue

This was the fifth Greek Cup final held at the Panthessaliko Stadium after the 2007, 2017, 2020 and 2023 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

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty nine times, winning nineteen of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2022, where they had won PAOK by 1–0.

Aris had reached the Greek Cup final nine times, winning one of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1970 (1–0 against PAOK). The last time that had played in a final was in 2010, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 1–0.

Route to the final

PanathinaikosRoundAris
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Olympiacos1–1 1–1 (H)0–0 (A)Round of 16AEK Athens1–1 0–0 (A)1–1 (H)
Atromitos3–21–2 (H)2–0 (A)Quarter-finalsNiki Volos5–23–0 (H)2–2 (A)
PAOK2–2 1–0 (A)1–2 (H)Semi-finalsPanetolikos1–01–0 (A)0–0 (H)

Match

Details

GK 12 Yuri Lodygin
RB 27  
CB 21 Tin Jedvaj
CB 55 Willian Arão
LB  3  
DM  4 Rubén Pérez
CM 16 
CM  8 Anastasios Bakasetas
RW 17 
LW 10 Bernard
CF  7 Fotis Ioannidis (c)
Substitutes:
GK 69 Bartłomiej Drągowski
DF 20 Vitor Hugo
DF 36 Georgios Katris
DF  2 
DF 25 Filip Mladenović
ΜF 60 Georgios Kyriopoulos
MF 22 Aitor Cantalapiedra
MF 31 Filip Đuričić
FW 29 Alexander Jeremejeff
Manager:
Christos Kontis
GK 23 Julián Cuesta (c)
RB 22 Moses Odubajo
CB  4 Fabiano Leismann
CB 14 Jakub Brabec
LB 33 
DM 30 
CM 16  
RM 93 Shapi Suleymanov
LM 12 
AM  6 
CF 80 
Substitutes:
GK 94 Lefteris Choutesiotis
DF 44 Fran Vélez
DF 92 Lindsay Rose
DF  3 Franco Ferrari
MF 28 
MF 19 Giannis Fetfatzidis
MF 77 Michalis Panagidis
FW 17 Karim Ansarifard
FW 41 Theodoros Agorastos
Manager:
Akis Mantzios
width=50% valign=topMan of the Match:
Georgios Vagiannidis (Panathinaikos)


Assistant referees


Mikael Berchebru (France)
Steven Torregrossa (France)
Fourth official


Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
Video assistant referee


Hamid Guenaoui (France)
Assistant video assistant referee


Konstantinos Psarris (Zakynthos)

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.

External links

Official website

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Panathinaikos vs Aris Thessaloniki FC - May 25, 2024. foxsports.com. 18 February 2023.
  2. Web site: Greek Cup 2023/24 National Associations. UEFA.com.
  3. Web site: Panathinaikos vs. Aris - 25 May 2024. soccerway.com.