2012 Greek Cup Final
Event2011–12 Greek Football Cup
Atromitos Olympiacos
1 2
After extra time
Date28 April 2012
VenueOlympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the MatchRafik Djebbour (Olympiacos)
RefereeIlias Spathas (Piraeus)[1]
Attendance41,500
WeatherPartly Cloudy
15 °C (59 °F)
82% humidity

The 2012 Greek Cup Final was the 68th final of the Greek Football 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

Athens Olympic Stadium.

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 qualified for the Greek Cup Final 2011; they lost to AEK Athens, 0–3.

Olympiacos qualified for the Greek Cup Final thirty five times, winning twenty four of them. They last played in a Final in 2009; they 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

Atromitos Round Olympiacos
Opponent Result Opponent Result
Annagenisi Epanomi 3–2 (A) Round of 32 Pierikos 3–1 (A)
Aris 2–1 (H) Round of 16 Thrasyvoulos 3–0 (H)
PAOK 2–1 (a.e.t.) (A) Quarter-finals Panionios 4–0 (H)
Asteras Tripolis (Agg.)
2–2 (a)		 1st Leg
0–0 (H)		 2nd Leg
2–2 (A)		 Semi-finals OFI (Agg.)
1–0		 1st Leg
1–0 (H)		 2nd Leg
0–0 (A)

Match

Details

Atromitos1–2 (a.e.t.)Olympiacos
  • Iglesias 76'
 Report
Attendance: 41,500
Atromitos
Olympiacos
GK 1Cameroon Charles Itandje
RB 2Greece Giannis Skondras (c) Yellow card 102'
CB 5England Wayne Thomas Yellow card 112'
CB 6Greece Sokratis Fytanidis Yellow card 36'
LB 3Greece Vangelis Ikonomou Yellow card 15'
DM17Argentina Walter Iglesias Yellow card 63'downward-facing red arrow 98'
CM 9Brazil Luiz Britodownward-facing red arrow 77'
RM21Greece Elini Dimoutsos
LM 8Germany Denis Epstein
AM 7Greece Andreas Tatosdownward-facing red arrow 63'
CF23Greece Kostas Mitroglou
Substitutes:
GK30Croatia Velimir Radman
DF13Greece Evangelos Nastos
DF24Angola Francisco Zuelaupward-facing green arrow 98'
MF16Greece Panagiotis Ballas
MF19Greece Stelios Sfakianakisupward-facing green arrow 77'
FW10Greece Thanasis Karagounis
FW20Greece Tasos Karamanosupward-facing green arrow 63'
Manager:
Greece Giorgos Donis
GK 1Northern Ireland Roy Carroll
RB35Greece Vasilis Torosidis (c)
CB 4Sweden Olof Mellberg
CB21Greece Avraam Papadopoulos
LB20Greece José HolebasYellow card 44'
DM31Spain Pablo OrbaizYellow card 68'
CM 2Greece Giannis Maniatisdownward-facing red arrow 103'
CM77Cameroon Jean Makoundownward-facing red arrow 83'
RW93Algeria Djamel Abdoundownward-facing red arrow 72'
LW14Belgium Kevin Mirallas
CF10Algeria Rafik Djebbour
Substitutes:
GK42Hungary Balázs Megyeri
DF 3France François Modestoupward-facing green arrow 103'
DF23Spain Ivan Marcano
DF92Greece Ioannis Potouridis
MF18Greece Ioannis Fetfatzidisupward-facing green arrow 72'
MF19Spain David Fusterupward-facing green arrow 83'
FW25Greece Dimitris Diamantakos
Manager:
Spain Ernesto Valverde

Man of the Match:
Algeria Rafik Djebbour (Olympiacos)


Assistant referees:
Dimitrios Saraidaris (Thessaloniki)
Leonidas Vasileiadis (Thessaloniki)
Fourth official:
Athanasios Giachos (Chios)
Match observer:
Michail Kalathenos (Dodecanese)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

References

  1. ↑ Hellenic Football Federation (April 25, 2012). "Referees of the cup final are named" (PDF) (in Greek). www.epo.gr. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  2. ↑ George Georgakopoulos (April 4, 2012). "Olympiakos to clash with Atromitos in final". Kathimerini. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
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