The 2023 Greek Cup final was the 79th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 24 May 2023 at Panthessaliko Stadium. The contesting teams were 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. After the continuous refusals of the mayor of Volos, Achilleas Beos to grant Panthessaliko Stadium to host the match, as the proclamation dictated, a series of consultations occurred about the venue of the match throughout the season. The HFF, examined many proposals which included stadiums in the United States, England, Germany, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Cuprus, Albania and stadiums all over Greece. Eventually, Beos accepted and it was decided at 12 May that the match would take place at Panthessaliko Stadium.
Venue
This was the fourth Greek Cup final held at Panthessaliko Stadium after the 2007, 2017 and 2020 finals.
Panthessaliko Stadium was built in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for Niki Volos and Volos. Its current capacity is 22,189.
Background 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.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final six times in the 1939, 1978, 1983, 2017, 2018 and 2019 finals.
Route to the final
AEK AthensRoundPAOKOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg PAS Giannina 2–0 (H)Fifth round ByeA.E. Kifisia5–02–0 (A)3–0 (H)Round of 16Kalamata4–02–0 (A)2–0 (H)Panserraikos6–13–0 (H)3–1 (A)Quarter-finalsPanathinaikos3–12–0 (H)1–1 (A)Olympiacos4–23–0 (H)1–2 (A)Semi-finalsLamia6–25–1 (A)1–1 (H)
Match
Details
GK 1 Cican StankovićRB 12 Lazaros Rota CB 19 Domagoj VidaCB 2 Harold MoukoudiLB 28 Ehsan HajsafiDM 4 Damian Szymański (c) RM 19 Niclas Eliasson LM 8 Mijat Gaćinović AM 13 Orbelín Pineda SS 10 Steven ZuberCF 7 Levi García Substitutes:GK 99 Georgios TheocharisDF 24 Gerasimos MitoglouDF 29 Djibril Sidibé MF 6 Jens Jønsson ΜF 20 Petros Mantalos MF 22 Paolo Fernandes FW 5 Nordin Amrabat FW 9 Tom van WeertFW 99 ZiniManager: Matías Almeyda GK 40 Dominik KotarskiRB 23 Joan Sastre CB 4 Sverrir Ingi Ingason (c)CB 59 Konstantinos Koulierakis LB 55 Rafa Soares CM 33 Douglas Augusto CM 22 Stefan Schwab RM 11 TaisonLM 14 Andrija ŽivkovićAM 65 Giannis Konstantelias CF 71 Brandon ThomasSubstitutes:GK 18 Živko ŽivkovićDF 16 Tomasz Kędziora DF 20 Vieirinha MF 26 Tiago DantasMF 7 Omar El Kaddouri MF 50 Filipe SoaresMF 10 Thomas MurgMF 21 Diego Biseswar FW 95 Stefanos Tzimas Manager: 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.
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