2023 Greek Football Cup final

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2023 Greek Cup final
Event2022–23 Greek Football Cup
Date24 May 2023
VenuePanthessaliko Stadium, Volos
Man of the MatchHarold Moukoudi (AEK Athens)
RefereeFelix Brych (Germany)
AttendanceBehind closed doors
WeatherFair
21 °C (70 °F)
68% humidity
2022
2024

The 2023 Greek Cup final was the 79th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 24 May 2023 at Panthessaliko Stadium,[1][2] between AEK Athens and PAOK. It was AEK Athens' twenty-seventh Greek Cup final in their 99 years of existence and PAOK's twenty third Greek Cup final and third consecutive, of their 97-year history.

Venue[edit]

Panthessaliko Stadium.

This was the fourth Greek Cup final held at the Panthessaliko Stadium after the 2007, 2017 and 2020 finals.

The Panthessaliko Stadium was built in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for Niki Volos and Volos. Its current capacity is 22,700.

Background[edit]

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final twenty six times, winning fifteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 2016 (2–1 against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 2020, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 1–0.

PAOK qualified for the Greek Cup final twenty two times, winning eight of them. The last time they had won the Cup was in 2021 (2–1 against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 2022, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 1–0.

Route to the final[edit]

AEK Athens Round PAOK
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
PAS Giannina 2–0 (H) Fifth round Bye
Kifisia 5–0 2–0 (A) 3–0 (H) Round of 16 Kalamata 4–0 2–0 (A) 2–0 (H)
Panserraikos 6–1 3–0 (H) 3–1 (A) Quarter-finals Panathinaikos 3–1 2–0 (H) 1–1 (A)
Olympiacos 4–2 3–0 (H) 1–2 (A) Semi-finals Lamia 6–2 5–1 (A) 1–1 (H)

Match[edit]

Details[edit]

AEK Athens2–0PAOK
Report
AEK Athens
PAOK
GK  1 Austria Cican Stanković
RB 12 Greece Lazaros Rota  Red card 6'
CB 19 Croatia Domagoj Vida
CB  2 Cameroon Harold Moukoudi
LB 28 Iran Ehsan Hajsafi
DM  4 Poland Damian Szymański (c)  Yellow card 35'  downward-facing red arrow 61'
RM 19 Sweden Niclas Eliasson  downward-facing red arrow 82'
LM  8 Serbia Mijat Gaćinović  downward-facing red arrow 86'
AM 13 Mexico Orbelín Pineda  downward-facing red arrow 62'
SS 10 Switzerland Steven Zuber
CF  7 Trinidad and Tobago Levi García  downward-facing red arrow 62'
Substitutes:
GK 99 Greece Georgios Theocharis
DF 24 Greece Gerasimos Mitoglou
DF 29 France Djibril Sidibé  upward-facing green arrow 62'
MF  6 Denmark Jens Jønsson  upward-facing green arrow 61'
ΜF 20 Greece Petros Mantalos  upward-facing green arrow 82'
MF 22 Spain Paolo Fernandes  upward-facing green arrow 86'
FW  5 Morocco Nordin Amrabat  Yellow card 90+2'  upward-facing green arrow 62'
FW  9 Netherlands Tom van Weert
FW 99 Angola Zine
Manager:
Argentina Matías Almeyda
GK 40 Croatia Dominik Kotarski
RB 23 Spain Joan Sastre  downward-facing red arrow 62'
CB  4 Iceland Sverrir Ingi Ingason (c)
CB 59 Greece Konstantinos Koulierakis  downward-facing red arrow 86'
LB 55 Portugal Rafa Soares  downward-facing red arrow 62'
CM 33 Brazil Douglas Augusto  Yellow card 40'
CM 22 Austria Stefan Schwab  Yellow card 49'  downward-facing red arrow 78'
RM 11 Brazil Taison
LM 14 Serbia Andrija Živković
AM 65 Greece Giannis Konstantelias  downward-facing red arrow 85'
CF 71 Spain Brandon Thomas
Substitutes:
GK 18 Serbia Živko Živković
DF 16 Poland Tomasz Kędziora  upward-facing green arrow 86'
DF 20 Portugal Vieirinha  upward-facing green arrow 62'
MF 26 Portugal Tiago Dantas
MF  7 Morocco Omar El Kaddouri  upward-facing green arrow 78'
MF 50 Portugal Filipe Soares
MF 10 Austria Thomas Murg
MF 21 Suriname Diego Biseswar  upward-facing green arrow 62'
FW 95 Greece Stefanos Tzimas  upward-facing green arrow 85'
Manager:
Romania Răzvan Lucescu

Man of the Match:
Harold Moukoudi (AEK Athens)


Assistant referees:
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Stefan Lupp (Germany)
Fourth official:
Angelos Evangelou (Athens)
Video assistant referee:
Gunter Perl (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

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[edit]

  1. ^ "Απόφαση Εκτελεστικής Επιτροπής ΕΠΟ". epo.gr. 12 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Τελικός Κυπέλλου Novibet: Διαπιστεύσεις ΜΜΕ". epo.gr. 12 May 2023.