2008_Greek_Football_Cup_final

2008 Greek Football Cup final

2008 Greek Football Cup final

Football match


The 2008 Greek Cup final was the 64th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 17 May 2008 at Kaftanzoglio Stadium.[1][2] The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Aris. It was Olympiacos' thirty-third Greek Cup final in their 83 years of existence and Aris' eighth Greek Cup final in their 94-year history. It was the last match of the referee, Giorgos Kasnaferis before his retirement, as he whistled in 4 of the last 8 cup finals.[3]

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Venue

Kaftanzoglio Stadium.

This was the second Greek Cup final held at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium, after the 1970 final.

The Kaftanzoglio Stadium was built in 1960 and renovated once in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for Iraklis and was used for Greece in 1969. Its current capacity is 27,770 and hosted a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1983.

Background

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty two times, winning twenty two of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2006, where they had won AEK Athens by 3–0.

Aris had reached the Greek Cup final seven 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 had played in a final was in 2005, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 3–0.

Route to the final

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Match

Details

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Attendance: 19,199
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
Olympiacos
Aris
GK71Greece Antonis Nikopolidis
RB35Greece Vasilis Torosidis
CB18Greece Paraskevas Antzas
CB14Poland Michał Żewłakow
LB15Spain Raúl BravoYellow card 21'
DM 6Greece Ieroklis Stoltidis
DM 2Greece Christos Patsatzoglou
RM 7Argentina Luciano Galletti downward-facing red arrow 85'
LM11Serbia Predrag Đorđević (c)Yellow card 87'
CF 9Serbia Darko KovačevićYellow card 84' downward-facing red arrow 90+1'
CF22Greece Kostas Mitroglou downward-facing red arrow 82'
Substitutes:
GK87Greece Michalis Sifakis
DF30Greece Tasos Pantos upward-facing green arrow 82'
DF92Greece Kyriakos Papadopoulos
MF77Slovenia Mirnes Šišić upward-facing green arrow 85'
MF28Argentina Cristian Ledesma
MF25Argentina Fernando Belluschi
FW23Cyprus Michalis Konstantinou upward-facing green arrow 90+1'
Manager:
Spain José Segura
GK12Slovakia Marian Kelemen
RB 2Brazil Darcy Neto
CB 5Brazil Ronaldo Guiarodownward-facing red arrow 80'
CB 4Greece Avraam Papadopoulos
LB15Greece Nikolaos Karabellasdownward-facing red arrow 61'
DM26Bosnia and Herzegovina Sanel Jahić
DM 6Greece Konstantinos Nebegleras (c)
RM20Spain Javitodownward-facing red arrow 63'
LM11Brazil Siston
AM18Serbia Vladimir Ivić
CF10Spain Koke
Substitutes:
GK 1Greece Kostas Chalkias
DF22Brazil Marco Aurélio
MF28Greece Athanasios Prittas
MF24Brazil Thiago Gentilupward-facing green arrow 80'
MF 7Spain Toni Calvoupward-facing green arrow 63'
FW14Spain Felipe Sanchónupward-facing green arrow 61'
FW19Greece Thanasis Papazoglou
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Dušan Bajević

Man of the Match:
Argentina Luciano Galletti (Olympiacos)


Assistant referees:
Dimitris Saraidaris (Thessaloniki)
Chtistos Kalaitzidis (Athens)

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. "Αρης-Ολυμπιακός 0-2". sport24.gr (in Greek). 27 November 2018. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018.

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