2012 Greek Football Cup final

The 2012 Greek Cup final was the 68th final of the Greek 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.

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

Venue

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 had reached the Greek Cup final one time, in 2011, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 0–3.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty five times, winning twenty four of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2009, where they had 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
Further information: 2011–12 Greek Football Cup
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 1 Charles Itandje
RB 2 Giannis Skondras (c)  102'
CB 5 Wayne Thomas  112'
CB 6 Sokratis Fytanidis  36'
LB 3 Vangelis Ikonomou  15'
DM17 Walter Iglesias  63' 98'
CM 9 Luiz Brito 77'
RM21 Elini Dimoutsos
LM 8 Denis Epstein
AM 7 Andreas Tatos 63'
CF23 Kostas Mitroglou
Substitutes:
GK30 Velimir Radman
DF13 Evangelos Nastos
DF24 Francisco Zuela 98'
MF16 Panagiotis Ballas
MF19 Stelios Sfakianakis 77'
FW10 Thanasis Karagounis
FW20 Tasos Karamanos 63'
Manager:
Giorgos Donis
GK 1 Roy Carroll
RB35 Vasilis Torosidis (c)
CB 4 Olof Mellberg
CB21 Avraam Papadopoulos
LB20 José Holebas 44'
DM31 Pablo Orbaiz 68'
CM 2 Giannis Maniatis 103'
CM77 Jean Makoun 83'
RW93 Djamel Abdoun 72'
LW14 Kevin Mirallas
CF10 Rafik Djebbour
Substitutes:
GK42 Balázs Megyeri
DF 3 François Modesto 103'
DF23 Ivan Marcano
DF92 Ioannis Potouridis
MF18 Ioannis Fetfatzidis 72'
MF19 David Fuster 83'
FW25 Dimitris Diamantakos
Manager:
Ernesto Valverde

Man of the Match:
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 (25 April 2012). "Referees of the cup final are named" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  2. George Georgakopoulos (4 April 2012). "Olympiacos to clash with Atromitos in final". Kathimerini (in Greek).
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