2010 Greek Football Cup final

The 2010 Greek Cup final was the 66th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 24 April 2010 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and Aris.[1] It was Panathinaikos' twenty eighth Greek Cup final in their 102-year history and Aris' ninth Greek Cup final in their 96 years of existence. Aris achieved a record of most mass movement of fans in Greece. About 25,000 Aris' fans followed their team to the Olympic Stadium forming a queue of many kilometers on the Thessaloniki-Athens highway from a number of buses, as well as cars. It was characteristic that the last vehicle of the procession arrived at the stadium three hours after the arrival of the first.[2]

2010 Greek Cup final
Event2009–10 Greek Football Cup
Date24 April 2010
VenueOlympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the MatchSebastián Leto (Panathinaikos)
RefereeAnastasios Kakos (Corfu)
Attendance48,926
WeatherPartly Cloudy
15 °C (59 °F)
72% humidity
2009
2011

Venue

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Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the seventeenth 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 and 2009 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 it hosted three European Cup/UEFA 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.[3]

Background

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Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty seven times, winning sixteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 2004 (3–1 against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 2007, where they had lost to AEL by 1–2.

Aris had reached the Greek Cup final eight times, winning one of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1970 (1–0 against PAOK). The last time that had played in a final was in 2008, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 2–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 1940 final.[4]

Route to the final

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Panathinaikos Round Aris
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Eordaikos 2007 3–0 (A) Round of 32 Aspropyrgos 4–3 (A)
Pierikos 2–1 (H) Round of 16 Asteras Tripolis 2–0 (H)
Kallithea 2–0 (H) Quarter-finals Skoda Xanthi 4–1 1–1 (A) 3–0 (H)
PAS Giannina 3–1 3–1 (H) 0–0 (A) Semi-finals Kavala 4–2 3–1 (H) 1–1 (A)

Match

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Details

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Panathinaikos1–0Aris
  • Leto   63'
Report
Attendance: 48,926
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Panathinaikos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aris
GK 30   Alexandros Tzorvas
RB 24   Loukas Vintra
CB 29   Kostas Katsouranis
CB  8   Cédric Kanté
LB 31   Nikos Spiropoulos   30'
DM 15   Gilberto Silva (c)
DM 23   Simão Mate Junior   59'
AM  7   Sotiris Ninis    66'
RW 14   Dimitris Salpingidis    62'
LW 11   Sebastián Leto   40'    78'
CF  9   Djibril Cissé
Substitutes:
GK 27   Orestis Karnezis
DF  3   Josu Sarriegi
DF 22   Stergos Marinos    66'
DF 19   Gabriel
MF 26   Giorgos Karagounis    62'
FW 17   Lazaros Christodoulopoulos    78'
FW  5   Ante Rukavina
Manager:
  Nikos Nioplias
GK  1   Michalis Sifakis
RB  2   Darcy Neto
CB  5   Ronaldo Guiaro
CB 15   Cristian Nasuti
LB 32   Kristi Vangjeli
DM 55   Athanasios Prittas   47'
DM  6   Mehdi Nafti    74'
AM 17   Camel Meriem    66'
RW  7   Toni Calvo   12'    83'
LW 10   Sergio Koke (c)
CF 18   Javier Cámpora
Substitutes:
GK 28   Michal Peškovič
DF  4   Efthimios Kouloucheris
DF 25   César Ortiz
MF  9   Darío Fernández    74'
MF 20   Javito    66'
FW 11   Freddy Adu    83'
FW 14   Eddie Johnson
Manager:
  Héctor Cúper

Man of the Match:
  Sebastian Leto (Panathinaikos)


Assistant referees:
Konstantinos Dallas (Epirus)
Dimitris Tatsis (Epirus)
Fourth official:
Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion)

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-Ατρόμητος 3-0". sport24.gr (in Greek). 6 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Αρης : Οκτώ χρόνια από τη μεγαλύτερη οπαδική μετακίνηση στην Ελλάδα". to10.gr (in Greek). 7 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" (OAKA)". stadia.gr.
  4. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.