2002 Greek Football Cup final

The 2002 Greek Cup final was the 58th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 27 April 2002 at Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Olympiacos.^[1][2] It was AEK Athens' seventeenth Greek Cup final in their 78 years of existence and Olympiacos' twenty-ninth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 77-year history. For the 5th and last time, the President of the Republic, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, honored the final with his presence, awarding the trophy to the players of the winning team.

2002 Greek Cup final

Event	2001–02 Greek Football Cup
AEK Athens Olympiacos 2 1
Date	27 April 2002
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the Match	Dionysis Chiotis (AEK Athens)
Referee	Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)
Attendance	45,258
Weather	Fair 15 °C (59 °F) 82% humidity
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Venue

Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the fifteenth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2000 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982. The stadium is used as a venue for Olympiacos and was used for Panathinaikos, AEK Athens and Greece in various occasions. Its current capacity is 80,000 and hosted two European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals in 1983 and 1994, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987 and the 1991 Mediterranean Games.^[3]

Background

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final sixteen times, winning ten of them. The last time that played in a final was in 2000, where they had won Ionikos by 3–0.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty eight times, winning twenty of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1999 (2–0 against Panathinaikos). The last time that had played in a final was in 2001, where they had lost to PAOK by 4–2.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1953 and 1956 finals.^[4]

Route to the final

Further information: 2001–02 Greek Football Cup

AEK Athens				Round	Olympiacos
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Panserraikos	5–1 (A)			Matchday 1	Kalamata	3–1 (A)
Nafpaktiakos Asteras	6–3 (A)			Matchday 2	AEL	1–0 (A)
Egaleo	2–0 (H)			Matchday 3	Agios Nikolaos	1–0 (H)
Panserraikos	5–0 (H)			Matchday 4	Kalamata	10–0 (H)
Nafpaktiakos Asteras	4–0 (H)			Matchday 5	AEL	5–3 (H)
Egaleo	3–3 (A)			Matchday 6	Agios Nikolaos	6–1 (A)
Group 1 winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 AEK Athens 6 16 2 Egaleo 6 9 3 Panserraikos 6 8 4 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 6 0 Source: epo.gr				Final standings	Group 6 winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Olympiacos 6 18 2 Agios Nikolaos 6 9 3 AEL 6 6 4 Kalamata 6 3 Source: epo.gr
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Agios Nikolaos	4–0	3–0 (H)	1–0 (A)	Second round	Bye
Kilkisiakos	7–0	1–0 (A)	6–0 (H)	Round of 16	Egaleo	8–1	5–1 (H)	3–0 (A)
PAOK	6–1	2–1 (H)	4–0 (A)	Quarter-finals	Kallithea	7–0	3–0 (H)	4–0 (A)
Skoda Xanthi	1–0	0–0 (A)	1–0 (a.e.t.) (H)	Semi-finals	Iraklis	6–2	3–2 (H)	3–0 (A)

Match

Details

AEK Athens	2–1	Olympiacos
Konstantinidis 52' Ivić 82'	Report	Giovanni 70'

27 April 2002

21:00 EEST

Olympic Stadium, Marousi

Attendance: 45,258

Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

AEK Athens

Olympiacos

GK 22 Dionysis Chiotis RB 16 Nikolaos Georgeas CB  4 Carlos Gamarra CB 32 Michalis Kapsis LB 17 Michalis Kasapis   29' DM 14 Akis Zikos   74' DM  6 Theodoros Zagorakis (c)   88' RM 23 Vasilios Lakis   89' LM 20 Sotiris Konstantinidis   60'   81' AM 10 Vasilios Tsiartas CF 11 Demis Nikolaidis   62' Substitutes: GK 27 Sotiris Liberopoulos DF  5 Nikos Kostenoglou DF  3 Ferrugem DF 12 Georgios Xenidis   71'   29' MF 28 Milen Petkov FW 26 António Folha FW 30 Ilija Ivić   81' Manager: Fernando Santos

GK 15 Angelos Georgiou  51' RB  2 Christos Patsatzoglou CB  5 Georgios Amanatidis   73' CB 19 Athanasios Kostoulas   84'   85' LB 33 Stylianos Venetidis DM  8 Christian Karembeu   44' CM 20 Pär Zetterberg   85' RM  7 Stelios Giannakopoulos   26' LM 11 Predrag Đorđević SS 10 Giovanni   79' CF 30 Alexis Alexandris (c) Substitutes: GK 34 Kleopas Giannou DF 14 Dimitrios Mavrogenidis DF 32 Georgios Anatolakis MF 13 Zé Elias   54'   44' MF 21 Andreas Niniadis   85' FW 17 Peter Ofori-Quaye   85' FW 99 Gabriel Álvez Manager: Takis Lemonis

Man of the Match: Dionysis Chiotis (AEK Athens) Assistant referees: Spyros Tomaras (Aetoloacarnania) Giorgos Tsoukas (Arcadia)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions

See also

• 2001–02 Greek Football Cup

References

1. "27/4/2002: Το κύπελλο της ΑΕΚ επί του Ολυμπιακού με υπογραφή Ίβιτς". sportime.gr (in Greek). 27 April 2020.
2. "ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟ 2001-2002 (page 42)" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek).
3. "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
4. "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.