2008 Greek Football Cup final

March 2022 2008 Greek Cup final 2007–08 Greek Football Cup Olympiacos 2 Aris 0 17 May 2008 Kaftanzoglio Stadium Thessaloniki Luciano Galletti (Olympiacos) Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens) 19,199 Partly Cloudy22 °C °F46% humidity 2007 2009 The 2008 Greek Cup final was the 64th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 17 May 2008 at Kaftanzoglio Stadium.http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Aris/article313477.ece Αρης-Ολυμπιακός 0-2 el sport24.gr 27 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181127234319/https://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Aris/article313477.ece 27 November 2018 deadhttp://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=gre/news/newsid=697275.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121110084710/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=gre/news/newsid=697275.html dead 10 November 2012 Olympiacos seal double after cup win UEFA 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 final match for referee Giorgos Kasnaferis, who officiated four of the last eight cup finals.https://www.sport24.gr/football/oi-11-diaitites-poy-eginan-paragontes.8321478.html Οι 11 διαιτητές που έγιναν "παράγοντες" sport24.gr el Venue thumb|left|Kaftanzoglio Stadium. This was the second Greek Cup final held at Kaftanzoglio Stadium, after the 1970 final. 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 1973.http://www.stadia.gr/kaftanzoglio/kaftanzoglio.html Kaftanzoglio Stadium stadia.gr Background Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty=two times, winning twenty-two of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 2006, where they had won against 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 they had played in a final was in 2005, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 3–0. The two teams had met each other in a Cup final one time in the 2005 final.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grkcuphist.html Greece - List of Cup Winners RSSSF Route to the final 2007–08 Greek Football Cup OlympiacosRoundArisOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Diagoras 2–1 (A) Round of 32 Agios Dimitrios 1–0 (A) Panathinaikos 4–0 (H) Round of 16 Ethnikos Katerini 3–0 (A) Iraklis 4–2 2–0 (H) 2–2 (A) Quarter-finals Skoda Xanthi 1–0 0–0 (A) 1–0 (H) Thrasyvoulos 6–3 3–2 (A) 3–1 (H) Semi-finals Atromitos 3–1 1–0 (H) 2–1 (A) Match Details 17 May 2008 19:00 EEST Olympiacos 2–0 https://www.epo.gr/media/files/ARXEIO_KYPELLO/telikos_2007-2008.pdf Aris Kovačević 33 Żewłakow 53 Kaftanzoglio Stadium Thessaloniki 19,199 Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens) _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Olympiacos_aris0607h _aris0607h _aris0607h _color_3_stripes_black DFFF00 DFFF00 DFFF00 000000 DFFF00 Aris GK 71 GRE Antonis NikopolidisRB 35 GRE Vasilis TorosidisCB 18 GRE Paraskevas AntzasCB 14 POL Michał ŻewłakowLB 15 ESP Raúl Bravo 21DM  6GRE Ieroklis StoltidisDM  2GRE Christos PatsatzoglouRM  7ARG Luciano Galletti  85LM 11 SRB Predrag Đorđević (c) 87CF  9SRB Darko Kovačević 84  90+1 CF 22 GRE Kostas Mitroglou  82Substitutes:GK 87 GRE Michalis SifakisDF 30 GRE Anastasios Pantos  82DF 92 GRE Kyriakos PapadopoulosMF 25 ARG Fernando BelluschiMF 28 ARG Cristian LedesmaMF 77 SLO Mirnes Šišić  85FW 23 CYP Michalis Konstantinou  90+1Manager:ESP José Segura GK 12 SVK Marian KelemenRB  2BRA Darcy NetoCB  5BRA Ronaldo Guiaro 80CB  4GRE Avraam PapadopoulosLB 15 GRE Nikolaos Karabellas 61DM 26 BIH Sanel JahićDM  6GRE Konstantinos Nebegleras (c)RM 20 ESP Javito 63 LM 11 BRA Diogo SistonAM 18 SRB Vladimir IvićCF 10 ESP Sergio KokeSubstitutes:GK  1 GRE Kostas ChalkiasDF 22 BRA Marco AurélioMF  7 ESP Toni Calvo 63MF 24 BRA Thiago Gentil 80MF 28 GRE Athanasios PrittasFW 14 ESP Felipe Sanchón 61FW 19 GRE Thanasis PapazoglouManager:BIH Dušan Bajević Man of the Match: ARG 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 2007–08 Greek Football Cup References 2008 Cup final Cup final 2008 Cup final 2008 Category:Sports competitions in Thessaloniki Category:May 2008 sports events in Europe Category:21st century in Thessaloniki