The 2024 Greek Cup final was the 80th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 25 May 2024 at Panthessaliko Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and Aris. It was Panathinaikos' thirty first Greek Cup final in their 116 years of existence and Aris' tenth Greek Cup final of their 110-year history. After the end of the match having strong complaints from the refereeing, officials of Aris, alongside the president of the club Thodoros Karipidis, verbally attacked the referee, who went with a police escort to the locker room. Thus, as protest and in risk of punishment, they did not present to receive the medals of the runners-up.
Venue
This was the fifth Greek Cup final held at Panthessaliko Stadium after the 2007, 2017, 2020 and 2023 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 Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty times, winning nineteen of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 2022, where they had won PAOK by 1–0.
Aris had reached the Greek Cup final nine 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 they had played in a final was in 2010, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 1–0.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final two times in the 1940 and 2010 finals.
Route to the final
PanathinaikosRoundArisOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOlympiacos1–1 1–1 (H)0–0 (A)Round of 16AEK Athens1–1 0–0 (A)1–1 (H)Atromitos3–21–2 (H)2–0 (A)Quarter-finalsNiki Volos5–23–0 (H)2–2 (A)PAOK2–2 1–0 (A)1–2 (H)Semi-finalsPanetolikos1–01–0 (A)0–0 (H)
Match
Details
GK 12 Yuri LodyginRB 27 Giannis Kotsiras CB 21 Tin JedvajCB 55 Willian ArãoLB 3 Juankar DM 4 Rubén PérezCM 16 Adam Gnezda Čerin CM 8 Anastasios BakasetasRW 17 Daniel Mancini LW 10 BernardCF 7 Fotis Ioannidis (c)Substitutes:GK 69 Bartłomiej DrągowskiDF 20 Vitor HugoDF 36 Georgios KatrisDF 2 Georgios Vagiannidis DF 25 Filip MladenovićΜF 60 Georgios KyriopoulosMF 22 Aitor CantalapiedraMF 31 Filip ĐuričićFW 29 Alexander JeremejeffManager: Christos Kontis GK 23 Julián Cuesta (c)RB 22 Moses OdubajoCB 4 Fabiano LeismannCB 14 Jakub BrabecLB 33 Martín Montoya DM 30 Jean Jules CM 16 Vladimír Darida RM 93 Shapi Suleymanov LM 12 Álvaro Zamora AM 6 Manu García CF 80 Loren Morón Substitutes:GK 94 Lefteris ChoutesiotisDF 44 Fran VélezDF 92 Lindsay RoseDF 3 Franco FerrariMF 28 Birger Verstraete MF 19 Giannis FetfatzidisMF 77 Michalis PanagidisFW 17 Karim AnsarifardFW 41 Theodoros AgorastosManager: Akis Mantzios Man of the Match: Georgios Vagiannidis (Panathinaikos)
Assistant referees: Mikael Berchebru (France) Steven Torregrossa (France) Fourth official: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia) Video assistant referee: Hamid Guenaoui (France) Assistant video assistant referee: Konstantinos Psarris (Zakynthos)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
External links Official website