2021 Greek Football Cup final

The 2021 Greek Cup final was the 77th final of the Greek 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.

2021 Greek Cup final
Match poster
Event2020–21 Greek Football Cup
Olympiacos PAOK
1 2
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

Venue

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 had reached the Greek Cup final thirty nine times, winning twenty eight of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2020, where they had won AEK Athens by 1–0.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final twenty times, winning seven of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2019, where they had won AEK Athens by 1–0.

Route to the final
Further information: 2020–21 Greek Football Cup
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 1 José Sá
CB 3 Rúben Semedo
CB15 Sokratis Papastathopoulos  25'
CB 6 Yann M'Vila
RWB14 Thanasis Androutsos
CM 4 Mady Camara  90+1'
CM 5 Andreas Bouchalakis (c)
LWB25 José Holebas
RW27 Bruma  46'
LW19 Georgios Masouras  86'
CF11 Youssef El-Arabi
Substitutes:
GK88 Konstantinos Tzolakis
DF61 Alexios Kalogeropoulos
DF45 Oleg Reabciuk  25'
DF72 Kenny Lala
MF 8 Tiago Silva
MF28 Mathieu Valbuena  90+1'
ΜF 7 Kostas Fortounis  46'
FW97 Lazar Ranđelović
FW 9 Ahmed Hassan  86'
Manager:
Pedro Martins
GK31 Alexandros Paschalakis
CB20 Vieirinha (c)
CB 5 Fernando Varela
CB15 José Ángel Crespo
RWB 2 Rodrigo Soares
CM22 Stefan Schwab 90+2'
CM33 Douglas Augusto 45+1'
LWB21 Baba Rahman 90+5'
RW14 Andrija Živković
LW 8 Amr Warda 80'
CF 9 Karol Świderski 80'
Substitutes:
GK88 Živko Živković
DF 6 Enea Mihaj 90+5'
DF19 Lefteris Lyratzis
MF51 Charis Tsingaras 80'
MF 7 Omar El Kaddouri
MF10 Thomas Murg
MF65 Giannis Konstantelias
FW11 Christos Tzolis
FW27 Michael Krmenčík 80'
Manager:
Pablo García

Man of the Match:
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). 22 May 2021.
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