2021 Greek Cup Final
Event2020–21 Greek Football Cup
Date22 May 2021
VenueOlympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the MatchMichael Krmenčík (PAOK)
RefereeDanny Makkelie (Netherlands)
AttendanceBehind closed doors
WeatherFair
19 °C (66 °F)
52% humidity

The 2021 Greek Cup Final was the 77th final of the Greek Football Cup. It took place on 22 May 2021 at Olympic Stadium, between Olympiacos and PAOK.[1] It was Olympiacos' forty-first Greek Cup Final and second consecutive, in their 97 years of existence and PAOK's twenty first Greek Cup Final of their 96-year history.

Venue

Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the twenty fifth 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, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019 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 Greece and was used for Olympiacos and Panathinaikos 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

Olympiacos qualified for the Greek Cup Final thirty-nine times, winning twenty eight of them. They last played in a Final in 2020, where they had won AEK Athens, 1–0.

PAOK qualified for the Greek Cup Final twenty times, winning seven of them. They last played in a Final in 2019, where they had won AEK Athens by 1–0.

Route to the final

Olympiacos Round PAOK
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Panetolikos 6–0 3–0 (A) 3–0 (H) First round AEL 7–1 5–0 (H) 2–1 (A)
Aris 3–2 2–1 (H) 1–1 (A) Quarter-finals Lamia 6–3 5–2 (H) 1–1 (A)
PAS Giannina 4–1 1–1 (A) 3–1 (H) Semi-finals AEK Athens 3–1 1–0 (A) 2–1 (H)

Match

Details

Olympiacos1–2PAOK
  • M'Vila 50'
Report
Olympiacos
PAOK
GK 1Portugal José Sá
CB 3Portugal Rúben Semedo
CB15Greece Sokratis Papastathopoulos downward-facing red arrow 25'
CB 6France Yann M'Vila
RWB14Greece Thanasis Androutsos
CM 4Guinea Mady Camara downward-facing red arrow 90+1'
CM 5Greece Andreas Bouchalakis (c)
LWB25Greece José Holebas
RW27Portugal Bruma downward-facing red arrow 46'
LW19Greece Giorgos Masouras downward-facing red arrow 86'
CF11Morocco Youssef El-Arabi
Substitutes:
GK88Greece Konstantinos Tzolakis
DF61Greece Alexios Kalogeropoulos
DF45Moldova Oleg Reabciuk upward-facing green arrow 25'
DF72France Kenny Lala
MF 8Portugal Tiago Silva
MF28France Mathieu Valbuena upward-facing green arrow 90+1'
ΜF 7Greece Kostas Fortounis upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW97Serbia Lazar Ranđelović
FW 9Egypt Ahmed Hassan upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Portugal Pedro Martins
GK31Greece Alexandros Paschalakis
CB20Portugal Vieirinha (c)
CB 5Cape Verde Fernando Varela
CB15Spain José Ángel Crespo
RWB 2Brazil Rodrigo Soares
CM22Austria Stefan SchwabYellow card 90+2'
CM33Brazil Douglas AugustoYellow card 45+1'
LWB21Ghana Baba Rahmandownward-facing red arrow 90+5'
RW14Serbia Andrija Živković
LW 8Egypt Amr Wardadownward-facing red arrow 80'
CF 9Poland Karol Świderskidownward-facing red arrow 80'
Substitutes:
GK88Serbia Živko Živković
DF 6Albania Enea Mihajupward-facing green arrow 90+5'
DF19Greece Lefteris Lyratzis
MF51Greece Charis Tsingarasupward-facing green arrow 80'
MF 7Morocco Omar El Kaddouri
MF10Austria Thomas Murg
MF65Greece Giannis Konstantelias
FW11Greece Christos Tzolis
FW27Czech Republic Michael Krmenčíkupward-facing green arrow 80'
Manager:
Uruguay Pablo García

Man of the Match:
Czech Republic Michael Krmenčík (PAOK)


Assistant referees:
Hessel Steegstra (Netherlands)
Jan de Vries (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Dimitrios Karantonis (Imathia)
Video assistant referee:
Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Tryfon Petropoulos (Arcadia)

Match 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.

References

  1. Ολυμπιακός - ΠΑΟΚ 1-2. gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 22 May 2021.
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