2006 Greek Football Cup final

The 2006 Greek Cup Final was the 62nd final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 10 May 2006 at Pankritio Stadium. The contestants were Olympiacos and AEK Athens.[1][2][3] It was Olympiacos' thirty second Greek Cup Final and third consecutive in their 81 years of existence and AEK Athens' eighteenth Greek Cup Final in their 82-year history.

2006 Greek Cup Final
Event2005–06 Greek Football Cup
Date10 May 2006
VenuePankritio Stadium, Heraklion
Man of the MatchMichalis Konstantinou (Olympiacos)
RefereeVasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)
Attendance22,079
WeatherFair
18 °C (64 °F)
73% humidity

Venue

Pankritio Stadium.

This was the first Greek Cup Final held at the Pankritio Stadium.

The Pankritio Stadium was built in 2003. The stadium is used as a venue for Ergotelis and OFI and was used for Greece in 2004. Its current capacity is 26,240.

Background

Olympiacos had qualified for the Greek Cup Final thirty one times, winning twenty one of them. They last had played in a Final in 2005, where they had won Aris, 3–0.

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup Final seventeen times, winning eleven of them. They last had played in a Final in 2002, where they had won Olympiacos, 2–1.

Route to the final

Olympiacos Round AEK Athens
Opponent Result Opponent Result
Paniliakos 4–0 (A) Round of 32 PAS Giannina 3–0 (A)
Thrasyvoulos 2–0 (A) Round of 16 Ethnikos Piraeus (Agg.)
2–2 (4–3 p)
1st Leg
1–1 (H)
Replay
1–1 (a.e.t.) (A)
Skoda Xanthi (Agg.)
2–1
1st Leg
1–1 (H)
2nd Leg
1–0 (A)
Quarter-finals Niki Volos (Agg.)
2–0
1st Leg
0–0 (A)
2nd Leg
2–0 (H)
AEL (Agg.)
4–1
1st Leg
3–1 (H)
2nd Leg
1–0 (A)
Semi-finals Agrotikos Asteras (Agg.)
3–1
1st Leg
3–0 (H)
2nd Leg
0–1 (A)

Match

Details

Olympiacos3–0AEK Athens
Report
Attendance: 22,079
Referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)
Olympiacos
AEK Athens
GK71Greece Antonis Nikopolidis
RB14Greece Dimitris Mavrogenidis
CB32Greece Georgios Anatolakis
CB12Argentina Gabriel Schürrer
LB22Turkey Erol Bulut
DM 6Greece Ieroklis Stoltidis
CM15Ivory Coast Yaya Touré Yellow card 32' downward-facing red arrow 67'
AM 1Greece Pantelis Kafes Yellow card 83'
RW 9Cyprus Ioannis Okkas downward-facing red arrow 77'
LW11Serbia and Montenegro Predrag Đorđević (c)
CF23Cyprus Michalis Konstantinou Yellow card 41' downward-facing red arrow 90+2'
Substitutes:
GK33Belgium Erwin Lemmens
DF19Greece Athanasios Kostoulas
DF21Greece Grigoris Georgatos
MF 8Serbia and Montenegro Miloš Marić upward-facing green arrow 67'
FW 7Mexico Nery Castillo upward-facing green arrow 77'
FW20Spain Dani Garcia upward-facing green arrow 90+2'
FW40Nigeria Haruna Babangida
Manager:
Norway Trond Sollied
GK 1Italy Stefano Sorrentino
RB31Greece Nikolaos GeorgeasYellow card 46'
CB 5Italy Bruno CirilloYellow card 29'
CB55Greece Traianos DellasYellow card 50' downward-facing red arrow 71'
LB14Greece Stavros Tziortziopoulos
CM21Greece Kostas Katsouranis (c)Yellow card 78'
DM25Brazil EmersonYellow card 34'
AM17Serbia and Montenegro Vladimir Ivić
RW23Greece Vasilios Lakis
LW99Brazil Júlio César downward-facing red arrow 76'
CF33Greece Nikos Liberopoulos downward-facing red arrow 84'
Substitutes:
GK22Greece Dionisis Chiotis
DF 6Greece Georgios Alexopoulos upward-facing green arrow 84'
DF24Greece Christos Kontis
MF20Greece Vasilios Pliatsikas
MF26Greece Ilias Kyriakidis
FW 7Brazil Alessandro Soares upward-facing green arrow 71'
FW35Greece Pantelis Kapetanos upward-facing green arrow 76'
Manager:
Portugal Fernando Santos

Man of the Match:
Cyprus Michalis Konstantinou (Olympiacos)


Assistant referees:
Dimitris Saraidaris (Thessaloniki)
Konstantinos Panou (Thessaloniki)

Match 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

References

  1. "Ολυμπιακός-ΑΕΚ 3-0". ant1news.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  2. "ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΔΟΣΦΑΙΡΙΚΗ ΟΜΟΣΠΟΝΔΙΑ". April 6, 2008. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008.
  3. "Greece Cup 2005/06". RSSSF.
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