2000 Greek Football Cup final

The 2000 Greek Cup final was the 56th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 10 May 2000 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Ionikos.[1] It was AEK Athens' sixteenth Greek Cup final in their 76 years of existence and Ionikos' first-ever Greek Cup final of their 35-year history. A remarkable moment of the match was at 32nd minute while score was at 0–0, AEK Athens took the lead with Demis Nikolaidis scoring with his hand. The referee did not realize the violation and ran towards the center of the pitch, but the player approached him and told him that he should not count the goal, explaining what exactly had happened. As a result, the goal was canceled and Nikolaidis was shown a yellow card for handball. Nikolaidis was later honored for his fair play by the International Olympic Committee.[2]

2000 Greek Cup final
Event1999–2000 Greek Football Cup
Date10 May 2000
VenueOlympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
RefereeGiorgos Douros (Corinthia)
Attendance25,471
1999
2001

Venue

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Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the fourteenth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1999 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 3 UEFA European Cup/Champions League finals in 1983, 1994 and 2007, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987 and the 1991 Mediterranean Games.

Background

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AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final fifteen times, winning nine of them. The last time that played in a final was in 1997, where they had won Panathinaikos by 5–3 on a penalty shootout, which came after a 0–0 draw at the end of the extra time.

Ionikos had never competed in a Cup final.

Route to the final

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AEK Athens Round Ionikos
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Egaleo 6–1 (H) Matchday 1 Panetolikos 3–0 (H)
A.O. Karditsa 6–1 (A) Matchday 2 Leonidio 2–1 (A)
Trikala 2–1 (A) Matchday 3 Panathinaikos 1–0 (A)
Athinaikos 3–0 (H) Matchday 4 Ialysos 6–0 (H)
Akratitos 3–0 (H) Matchday 5 Keratsini 3–2 (H)
Group 8 winners

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 AEK Athens 5 15
2 Trikala 5 12
3 Egaleo 5 6
4 Athinaikos 5 5
5 Akratitos 5 4
6 A.O.Karditsa 5 1
Source: epo.gr
Final standings Group 1 runners-up

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Panathinaikos 5 15
2 Ionikos 5 9
3 Leonidio 5 9
4 Panetolikos 5 9
5 Keratsini 5 3
6 Ialysos 5 0
Source: epo.gr
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye Additional round Marko 4–1 (H)
Trikala 6–0 (H) Round of 16 Iraklis 4–2 (H)
Olympiacos 4–1 1–1 (A) 3–0 (H) Quarter-finals Nafpaktiakos Asteras 9–2 8–0 (H) 1–2 (A)
Panionios 5–3 4–1 (H) 1–2 (A) Semi-finals Kalamata 6–2 2–0 (A) 4–2 (H)

Match

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Details

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AEK Athens3–0Ionikos
Report (page 35)
Attendance: 25,471
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AEK Athens
 
 
 
 
 
Ionikos
GK  1   Ilias Atmatsidis (c)
CB  2   Traianos Dellas
CB 32   Michalis Kapsis
CB 25   Ioannis Kalitzakis   85'
DM 14   Akis Zikos   25'
CM 28   Milen Petkov
RM 23   Vasilis Lakis
LM 17   Michalis Kasapis
AM 10   Dragan Ćirić   70'
SS 20   Sotiris Konstantinidis   81'
FW 11   Demis Nikolaidis   35'
Substitutes:
GK 15   Chrisostomos Michailidis
DF 12   Charis Kopitsis
DF 21   Vaios Karagiannis   70'
MF  6   Dimitris Markos
MF  7   Christos Maladenis   81'
MF  8   Toni Savevski   85'
MF 18   Evripidis Katsavos
Manager:
  Giannis Pathiakakis
GK 15   Foto Strakosha
RB  3   Theodoros Pahatouridis    70'
CB  2   Trond Inge Haugland    11'
CB  5   Giannis Xanthopoulos (c)    65'
LB  7   Georgios Daraklitsas
DM 21   Dimitris Deligiannis
CM  8   Mohammad Nasser Afash    32'
CM 17   Sokratis Ofrydopoulos    70'    75'
AM 10   Paulinho Kobayashi    35'    59'
CF  9   Craig Brewster
CF 23   Zizi Roberts
Substitutes:
GK 32   Chrysostomos Veniamin
DF 12   Apostolos Tsoptsis
DF 14   Giannis Gyrichidis    70'
MF 16   Giorgos Staboulis
MF 20   Martín Rodríguez
MF 37   Marcelo Leopaldi    88'    75'
FW 29   Darío Muchotrigo    59'
Manager:
  Oleg Blokhin

Assistant referees:
Dimitris Groutsis (Corinthia)
Apostolos Kourkounas (Chania)

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

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References

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  1. ^ "ΑΕΚ-Ιωνικός 3-0: Ο τελικός Κυπέλλου… ήθους με το fair play του Ντέμη". onsports.gr (in Greek). 10 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Σαν Σήμερα: Το Fair Play του Ντέμη Νικολαΐδη που τιμήθηκε από την ΔΟΕ". sport24.gr (in Greek).