2001 Greek Football Cup final

March 2022 2001 Greek Cup final 2000–01 Greek Football Cup Olympiacos 2 PAOK 4 12 May 2001 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfia, Athens Panagiotis Engomitis (PAOK) Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens) 13,300 Mostly Cloudy14 °C °F72% humidity 2000 2002 The 2001 Greek Cup final was the 57th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 12 May 2001 at Nikos Goumas Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and PAOK.https://www.gazzetta.gr/stili/afierwmata/article/919801/i-kataktisi-toy-kypelloy-apo-ton-paok-2001 Η κατάκτηση του κυπέλλου από τον ΠΑΟΚ το 2001 gazzetta.gr 8 March 2022 el It was Olympiacos' twenty-ninth Greek Cup final in their 76 years of existence and PAOK's fifteenth Greek Cup final in their 75-year history. A draw was preceded on 19 Aprilhttp://www.in.gr/2001/04/19/sports/i-edra-toy-telikoy-exei-ti-mikroteri-simasia-gia-olympiako-kai-paok el:Κλήρωση έδρας Τελικού in.gr 19 April 2001 el to determine in which stadium/city the final would be hosted: Nikos Goumas Stadium in Athens or Kaftanzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki. Several days before the game, Olympiacos president Sokratis Kokkalis made a memorable statement using a Greek expression that Olympiacos would lose the upcoming final only if "the devil broke his leg", meaning that it was almost impossible for his team to lose. However, PAOK won the match by 4–2Κυρίαρχος ο ΠΑΟΚ νίκησε με 4–2 τον Ολυμπιακό και κατέκτησε το Κύπελλο Ελλάδας http://www.in.gr/2001/05/12/sports/kyriarxos-o-paok-nikise-me-4-2-ton-olympiako-kai-katektise-to-kypello-elladas/ in.gr 12 May 2001 elhttp://www.gazzetta.gr/stili/afierwmata/article/919801/i-kataktisi-toy-kypelloy-apo-ton-paok-2001 el:Ολυμπιακός–ΠΑΟΚ 2–4 gazzetta.gr 12 May 2016 el with an impressive performance and earned the trophy 27 years after their last success, in the same stadium and against the same opponent. During the awarding ceremony, former goalkeeper and member of the coaching staff of PAOK, Mladen Furtula whispered to Kokkalis that the devil indeed broke his leg that day and the latter responded with a laugh. The manager of PAOK, Dušan Bajević became the first in history to win the trophy with three different clubs, as he had previously won it in 1996 with AEK Athens and in 1999 with Olympiacos. Venue This was the eighth Greek Cup final held at Nikos Goumas Stadium, after the 1962, 1967, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981 and 1982 finals. Nikos Goumas Stadium was built in 1930 and it has been renovated twice, in 1979 and 1998. The stadium is used as a venue for AEK Athens and was used for Greece on various occasions. Its current capacity is 28,729.http://www.stadia.gr/ngoumas/ngoumas.html Nikos Goumas Stadium stadia.gr Background Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty seven times, winning twenty of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 1999, where they had won against Panathinaikos by 2–0. PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final fourteen times, winning two of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1974 (4–3 on penalties, which came after a 2–2 draw at the end of the extra time against Olympiacos). The last time that they had played in a final was in 1992, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 3–1 on aggregate (1–1 at Toumba Stadium and 2–0 at Karaiskakis Stadium). The two teams had met each other in a Cup final six times in the 1951, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1981 and 1992 finals.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkcuphist.html Greece - List of Cup Winners RSSSF Route to the final 2000–01 Greek Football Cup OlympiacosRoundPAOKOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultPatraikos4–0 (H)Matchday 1Atromitos1–0 (H)Anagennisi Karditsa2–0 (A)Matchday 2A.S. Ampelokipoi6–1 (A)Ethnikos Asteras4–1 (A)Matchday 3Kavala5–1 (A)Egaleo4–1 (H)Matchday 4Panachaiki2–0 (H)Trikala5–3 (A)Matchday 5Nafpaktiakos Asteras3–3 (A)Patraikos4–1 (A)Matchday 6Atromitos2–1 (A)Anagennisi Karditsa7–0 (H)Matchday 7A.S. Ampelokipoi6–1 (H)Ethnikos Asteras5–0 (H)Matchday 8Kavala3–1 (H)Egaleo0–3 (A)Matchday 9Panachaiki3–2 (A)Trikala4–0 (H)Matchday 10Nafpaktiakos Asteras4–0 (H)Group 5 winners Group 5 yes no OLYFinal standingsGroup 4 winners Group 4 yes no PAOKOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg ByeAdditional round ByeAEK Athens8–12–0 () (A)6–1 (H)Round of 16Aris3–11–1 (A)2–0 (H)Panathinaikos5–21–1 (H)4–1 (A)Quarter-finalsSkoda Xanthi4–12–0 (H)2–1 (A)Iraklis6–41–0 (A)5–4 (H)Semi-finalsApollon Athens5–35–2 (H)0–1 (A) Match Details 12 May 2001 21:00 EEST Olympiacos 2–4 Report (page 52) PAOK Đorđević 78 pen. Choutos 90+2 Engomitis 4 Borbokis 31 Georgiadis 46 Nalitzis 85 Nikos Goumas Stadium Nea Filadelfia 13,300 Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens) _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 Olympiacos _paok0003 _paok0003 _paok0003 _adidaswhite _color_3_stripes_black FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF PAOK GK 31 GRE Dimitrios EleftheropoulosRB 14 GRE Dimitrios Mavrogenidis  46CB 19 GRE Athanasios KostoulasCB 32 GRE Georgios Anatolakis 36LB 21 GRE Grigoris Georgatos 69  69DM 13 BRA Zé EliasCM  4GRE Andreas Niniadis  46RM  7GRE Stelios GiannakopoulosLM 11 FRY Predrag ĐorđevićSS 10 BRA GiovanniCF 30 GRE Alexis Alexandris (c)Substitutes:GK  1GRE Angelos GeorgiouDF  2GRE Christos Patsatzoglou  46DF  3GRE Kyriakos KarataidisMF  6GRE Ilias PoursanidisMF  8BRA Luciano  69MF 20 SWE Pär ZetterbergFW 9 GRE Lampros Choutos  46Manager:GRE Takis Lemonis GK 16 AUS Ante ČovićRB  2GRE Vasilios BorbokisCB 19 GHA Koffi Amponsah  46CB  4GRE Anastasios Katsabis (c)CB 24 NGR Ifeanyi Udeze 88LB  3GRE Stylianos Venetidis 51CM 28 GRE Pantelis KafesRM 30 CYP 1960 Panagiotis Engomitis 29LM 11 GRE Pantelis KonstantinidisCF 21 GRE Giorgos Georgiadis  79CF 22 CYP 1960 Ioannis Okkas 62  90Substitutes:GK 26 GRE Apostolos PapadopoulosDF 14 GRE Loukas KaradimosDF 23 GRE Dionysis ChasiotisDF 25 GRE Georgios Koulakiotis  46MF 42 CMR Guy FeutchineFW  8FRY Slađan Spasić  90FW 20 GRE Dimitris Nalitzis  79Manager:BIH Dušan Bajević Man of the Match: CYP 1960 Panagiotis Engomitis (PAOK) Assistant referees: Andreas Zisis (Corinthia) Apostolos Kourkounas (Chania)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 2000–01 Greek Football Cup References 2001 Cup final Cup final 2001 Cup final 2001 Category:Football matches in Athens Category:April 2001 sports events in Europe