The 2011 Greek Cup final was the 67th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 30 April 2011 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Atromitos and AEK Athens. It was Atromitos' first-ever Greek Cup final in their 88 years of existence and AEK Athens' twentieth Greek Cup final in their 87-year history. The match that was tarnished by serious incidents caused by AEK Athens' fans afterwards.

Venue

This was the eighteenth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium.

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 on 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.

Background Atromitos had never before competed in a Cup final.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final nineteen times, winning twelve of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 2002 (2–1 against Olympiacos). The last time that they had played in a final was in 2009, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 15–14 on a penalty shootout, which came after a 4–4 draw at the end of the extra time.

The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.

Route to the final

AtromitosRoundAEK AthensOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Anagennisi Giannitsa 3–1 (A) Round of 32 Panthrakikos 5–1 (A) Kavala 1–0 (H) Round of 16 AEL 4–0 (A) Diagoras 3–0 2–0 (H) 1–0 (A) Quarter-finals Panathinaikos 4–3 2–0 (A) 2–3 (H) Olympiacos Volos 2–1 2–1 (H) 0–0 (A) Semi-finalsPAOK 1–0 0–0 (H) 1–0 (A)

Match Details

GK  1 Charles ItandjeRB 32 Giannis Skondras   CB  4 Marcin BaszczyńskiCB 26 Marcelo Oliveira LB  2 Vangelis NastosDM  6 Konstantinos Nebegleras (c)  CM 19 Stelios SfakianakisCM 22 Andreas TatosRW  7 Henri Camara LW 20 Marek Saganowski CF  8 Ilias AnastasakosSubstitutes:GK 23 Chrysostomos MichailidisDF  5 Massamba Sambou DF 31 Filippos DarlasMF 11 Luiz Brito MF 17 Marcelo Sarmiento FW 21 Thanasis KaragounisFW 40 Giannis KaralisManager: Georgios Donis GK 23 Sebastián SajaRB 31 Nikolaos GeorgeasCB  5 Traianos DellasCB  4 Kostas ManolasLB 15 Nikolaos KarabelasDM 21 Papa Bouba Diop  CM 14 Grigoris Makos  CM 19 Panagiotis LagosAM 33 Nikos Liberopoulos (c)   SS 32 Ignacio Scocco  CF 18 Ismael Blanco  Substitutes:GK 22 Giannis ArabatzisDF  6 David MateosMF  1 Pantelis Kafes    MF 11 MíchelMF 90 Savvas GentsoglouFW  9 LeonardoFW 39 Nabil Baha  Manager: Manolo Jiménez Man of the Match: Nikos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens)

Assistant referees: Christos Baltas (Achaea) Petros Tryfon (Drama) Fourth official: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese) Match Observer: Giannis TsachilidisMatch 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 2010–11 Greek Football Cup

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