2017 Greek Football Cup final

2017 Greek Cup final
	Match poster
Event	2016–17 Greek Football Cup
Date	6 May 2017
Venue	Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
Man of the Match	Diego Biseswar (PAOK)
Referee	Giorgos Kominis (Thesprotia)
Attendance	19,236
Weather	Fair; 17 °C (63 °F); 43% humidity
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The 2017 Greek Cup final was the 73rd final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 6 May 2017 at Panthessaliko Stadium. The contesting teams were PAOK and AEK Athens.^[1] It was PAOK's eighteenth Greek Cup final in their 91 years of existence and AEK Athens' twenty second Greek Cup final and second consecutive, of their 93-year history. The HFF announcement for the 2016–17 Greek Cup mentioned the Olympic Stadium as the host for the final, but PAOK had clarified that they did not want to play at AEK Athens' home stadium, suggesting the Pankritio Stadium, however, the Federation chose the Panthessaliko Stadium. It was a stadium that until the completion of the semi-finals, did not actually exist on the table. The people of Thessaly Football Clubs Association quickly made the decision to submit a file after the qualification of PAOK to the final. In fact, within two hours, they tilted the plate in favor of conducting the game in their area, submitting a complete file. So it was decided that the final would take place at Volos with fans of both clubs and special constructions for the security in the conduction of the match.^[2] However, the match was marked by incidents between the fans of both clubs in the streets, inside and outside the stadium,^[3] where also was an invasion on the pitch by PAOK fans before the beginning of the match which resulted in punishment on both clubs for the next season.^[4]

Venue

This was the second Greek Cup final held at Panthessaliko Stadium after the 2007 final.

Panthessaliko Stadium was built in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for Niki Volos and Volos. Its current capacity is 22,189.^[5]

Background

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final seventeen times, winning four of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 2003 (1–0 against Aris). The last time that had played in a final was in 2014, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 4–1.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final twenty one times, winning fourteen of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2016, where they had won Olympiacos by 2–1.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final three times in the 1939, 1978 and 1983 finals.^[6]

Route to the final

PAOK

Round

AEK Athens

Opponent

Result

Group stage

Opponent

Result

AEL

2–0 (H)

Matchday 1

Kerkyra

4–0 (H)

Trikala

0–0 (A)

Matchday 2

Anagennisi Karditsa

2–2 (H)

Panelefsiniakos

7–0 (A)

Matchday 3

Lamia

0–0 (A)

Group A winners

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	PAOK	3	7
2	Trikala	3	7
3	AEL	3	3
4	Panelefsiniakos	3	0

Source: epo.gr

Final standings

Group F winners

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	AEK Athens	3	5
2	Lamia	3	5
3	Kerkyra	3	4
4	Anagennisi Karditsa	3	1

Source: epo.gr

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Knockout phase

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Panetolikos

6–1

2–0 (A)

4–1 (H)

Round of 16

Levadiakos

7–0

1–0 (A)

6–0 (H)

Xanthi

2–2 (a)

2–1 (A)

0–1 (H)

Quarter-finals

Platanias

3–0

0–0 (A)

3–0 (H)

Panathinaikos

4–2

0–2 (A)

4–0 (H)

Semi-finals

Olympiacos

2–2 (a)

2–1 (A)

0–1 (H)

Match

Details

6 May 2017

21:00 EEST

PAOK	2–1	AEK Athens
Biseswar 24' Henrique 81'	Report	Christodoulopoulos 26'

Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos

Attendance: 19,236

Referee: Giorgos Kominis (Thesprotia)

PAOK

AEK Athens


GK	71	Panagiotis Glykos (c)	90+4'
RB	3	Léo Matos	70'
CB	15	José Ángel Crespo	14'
CB	43	Fernando Varela
LB	4	Marin Leovac
DM	87	José Cañas
CM	28	Yevhen Shakhov
CM	16	Gojko Cimirot		86'
RW	10	Djalma Campos		73'
LW	21	Diego Biseswar		90'
CF	9	Aleksandar Prijović
Substitutes:
GK	99	Marios Siampanis
DF	70	Stelios Kitsiou		90'
DF	13	Stelios Malezas		86'
MF	77	Dimitris Pelkas
FW	11	Pedro Henrique	88'	73'
FW	40	Nikolas Mattheou
FW	33	Stefanos Athanasiadis
Manager:
Vladimir Ivić


GK	22	Giannis Anestis
RB	12	Rodrigo Galo
CB	4	Ognjen Vranješ
CB	19	Dmytro Chyhrynskyi
LB	23	Dídac Vilà
DM	18	Jakob Johansson
DM	8	André Simões	80'	83'
RM	7	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos		86'
LM	29	Patito Rodríguez	16'	68'
AM	20	Petros Mantalos (c)
CF	11	Sergio Araujo
Substitutes:
GK	1	Vasilis Barkas
DF	26	Dimitrios Kolovetsios
MF	25	Konstantinos Galanopoulos		68'
MF	30	Ilias Tselios
FW	10	Ronald Vargas		86'
FW	28	Anastasios Bakasetas
FW	9	Hugo Almeida		83'
Manager:
Manolo Jiménez