2014 Greek Football Cup final

The 2014 Greek Cup final was the 70th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 26 April 2014 at Olympic Stadium, between Panathinaikos and PAOK.[1][2] It was Panathinaikos' twenty eighth Greek Cup final in their 106 years of existence and PAOK's seventeenth Greek Cup final of their 88-year history.

2014 Greek Cup final
Event2013–14 Greek Football Cup
Date26 April 2014
VenueOlympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the MatchMarcus Berg (Panathinaikos)
RefereeAnastassios Kakos (Corfu)
Attendance44,356
WeatherMostly Cloudy
17 °C (63 °F)
82% humidity
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Venue

Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the twenty first 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 and 2013 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 was used for Olympiacos, Panathinaikos 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

Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty seven times, winning seventeen of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2010, where they had won Aris by 1–0.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final sixteen times, winning four of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2003, where they had won Aris by 1–0.

Route to the final

PanathinaikosRoundPAOK
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Ergotelis3–12–1 (H)1–0 (A)Round of 32Anagennisi Karditsa4–03–0 (H)1–0 (A)
Iraklis Psachna4–03–0 (H)1–0 (A)Round of 16Iraklis6–11–0 (A)5–1 (H)
Olympiacos Volos4–14–0 (H)0–1 (A)Quarter-finalsApollon Smyrnis6–03–0 (H)3–0 (A)
OFI3–10–1 (A)3–0 (a.e.t.) (H)Semi-finalsOlympiacos2–2 (a)1–2 (A)1–0 (H)

Match

Details

Panathinaikos4–1PAOK
  • Berg 15', 50', 88'
  • Karelis 54'
Report
Panathinaikos
PAOK
GK25 Stefanos Kotsolis
RB 5 Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos
CB23 Gordon Schildenfeld
CB 4 Giorgos Koutroubis  20'
LB21 Nano
DM 6 David Mendes da Silva
CM10 Zeca (c)  60'
CM32 Danijel Pranjić
AM20 Mehdi Abeid   75'
SS19 Nikos Karelis  54'   71'
CF 9 Marcus Berg  88'   89'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Stefanos Kapino
DF 3 Diamantis Chouchoumis
MF18 Christos Donis
MF 8 Anastasios Lagos   75'
FW14 Abdul Ajagun   71'
FW 7 Victor Klonaridis
FW33 Mladen Petrić  89'
Manager:
Yannis Anastasiou
GK71 Panagiotis Glykos
RB 2 Giannis Skondras  77'
CB15 Miguel Vítor
CB29 Juan Insaurralde
LB 3 Georgios Tzavellas
DM26 Ergys Kaçe  18'
CM70 Stelios Kitsiou
CM25 Costin Lazăr  55'
RW10 Lucas Pérez  55'
LW11 Miroslav Stoch
CF14 Dimitris Salpingidis (c)
Substitutes:
GK50 Asterios Giakoumis
DF16 Lino  55'
DF21 Nikos Spyropoulos
MF77 Sotiris Ninis
MF 9 Zvonimir Vukić  55'
FW20 Danny Hoesen
FW18 Efthymis Koulouris  77'
Manager:
Giorgos Georgiadis

Man of the Match:
Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos)


Assistant referees:
Michalis Karsiotis (Corinthia)
Damianos Efthimiadis (Pieria)
Additional assistant referees:
Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Andreas Pappas (Athens)
Fourth official:
Stavros Tritsonis (Athens)

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