The 2025 Greek Cup final was the 81st final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 17 May 2025 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were OFI and Olympiacos. It was OFI's third Greek Cup final in their 100 years of existence and Olympiacos' forty second Greek Cup final of their 100-year history. This was the first final to use semi-automated offside technology and goal-line technology. In social media, the final was branded as #TheCentennials.

Venue

This was the twenty seventh 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, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982 and renovated once in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and was used for AEK Athens, Olympiacos and Greece and 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 OFI has reached the Greek Cup final two times, winning one of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1987 (3–1 in penalty shootout against Iraklis). The last time that had played in a final was in 1990, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 4–2.

Olympiacos has reached the Greek Cup final forty one times, winning twenty eight of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2021, where they lost to PAOK by 2–1.

The two teams have met each other in a Cup final once in the 1990 final.

Route to the final

OFIRoundOlympiacosOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legPanetolikos 2–1 (H)Fourth Round ByeVolos3–23–1 (H)0–1 (A)Round of 16Athens Kallithea2–11–0 (A)1–1 (H)Panachaiki7–15–0 (H)2–1 (A)Quarter-finalsPanathinaikos2–11–1 (A)1–0 (H)Asteras Tripolis2–11–0 (A)1–1 (H)Semi-finalsAEK Athens6–26–0 (H)0–2 (A)

Match

Details

GK 31 Nikos ChristogeorgosRB 17 Borja González CB 24 Vasilios Lampropoulos (c)  CB 30 Jordan Silva  LB 12 Ilias Chatzitheodoridis    DM  6 Zisis Karachalios  CM 88 Marko Bakić  CM 14 Thanasis AndroutsosRW 11 Taxiarchis FountasLW 18 Thiago Nuss CF  9 Eddie Salcedo  Substitutes:GK  1 Daniel NaumovDF  4 Nikos MarinakisDF 22 Giannis ChristopoulosDF 34 Kevin Lewis  MF 10 Juan Neira  ΜF 27 Levan Shengelia  MF 45 Giannis ApostolakisFW 29 Andrew JungFW 46 Giannis Theodosoulakis  Manager: Milan Rastavac GK  1 Alexandros Paschalakis RB 20 Costinha  CB 45 Panagiotis Retsos (c)CB  5 Lorenzo PirolaLB  3 Francisco Ortega  DM 14 Dani García    DM 32 Santiago HezzeRW 23 RodineiLW 10 Gelson Martins  AM 22 ChiquinhoCF  9 Ayoub El KaabiSubstitutes:GK 99 Alexandros AnagnostopoulosDF  4 Giulian BianconeDF 16 David CarmoDF 70 Bruno Onyemaechi  MF  8 Marko StamenićMF 96 Christos Mouzakitis  MF 64 Antonis PapakanellosFW 11 Kristoffer VeldeFW 17 Roman Yaremchuk    Manager: José Luis Mendilibar Man of the Match: Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiacos)

Assistant referees: Listkiewicz Tomasz (Poland) Kupsik Adam Michal (Poland) Fourth official: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia) Video assistant referee: Kwiatkowski Tomasz Andrzej (Poland) Assistant video assistant referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens) Offside video assistant referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Athens)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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