2012 Greek Football Cup Final

The 2012 Greek Cup Final was the 68th final of the Greek Football Cup. It took place on 28 April 2012 at Olympic Stadium, between Atromitos and Olympiacos.[2] It was the second consecutive Greek Cup Final for Atromitos, in their 89 years of existence and Olympiacos' thirty sixth Greek Cup Final of their 87-year history.

2012 Greek Cup Final
Event2011–12 Greek Football Cup
Atromitos Olympiacos
1 2
After extra time
Date28 April 2012
VenueOlympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens
Man of the MatchRafik Djebbour (Olympiacos)
RefereeIlias Spathas (Piraeus)[1]
Attendance41,500
WeatherPartly Cloudy
15 °C (59 °F)
82% humidity

Venue
The Athens Olympic Stadium.

This was the nineteenth 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 and 2011 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982 and renovated once in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for AEK Athens and Panathinaikos and was used for Olympiacos and Greece in various occasions. Its current capacity is 69,618 and hosted 3 UEFA European Cup/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

Atromitos qualified for the Greek Cup Final 2011; they lost to AEK Athens, 0–3.

Olympiacos qualified for the Greek Cup Final thirty five times, winning twenty four of them. They last played in a Final in 2009; they won AEK Athens by 15–14 on a penalty shootout, which came after a 4–4 draw at the end of the extra time.

Route to the final
Further information: 2011–12 Greek Football Cup
Atromitos Round Olympiacos
Opponent Result Opponent Result
Annagenisi Epanomi 3–2 (A) Round of 32 Pierikos 3–1 (A)
Aris 2–1 (H) Round of 16 Thrasyvoulos 3–0 (H)
PAOK 2–1 (a.e.t.) (A) Quarter-finals Panionios 4–0 (H)
Asteras Tripolis (Agg.)
2–2 (a)		 1st Leg
0–0 (H)		 2nd Leg
2–2 (A)		 Semi-finals OFI (Agg.)
1–0		 1st Leg
1–0 (H)		 2nd Leg
0–0 (A)

Match

Details
Atromitos1–2 (a.e.t.)Olympiacos
  • Iglesias 76'
 Report
Attendance: 41,500
Atromitos
Olympiacos
GK 1 Charles Itandje
DF 2 Giannis Skondras (c)  102'
DF 3 Evangelos Ikonomou  15'
DF 5 Wayne Thomas  112'
DF 6 Sokratis Fytanidis  36'
MF17 Walter Iglesias  63' 98'
MF21 Elini Dimoutsos
MF 7 Andreas Tatos 63'
MF 8 Denis Epstein
MF 9 Luiz Brito 77'
FW23 Kostas Mitroglou
Substitutes:
GK30 Velimir Radman
DF13 Evangelos Nastos
DF24 Francisco Zuela 98'
MF16 Panagiotis Ballas
MF19 Stelios Sfakianakis 77'
FW10 Thanasis Karagounis
FW20 Tasos Karamanos 63'
Manager:
Giorgos Donis
GK 1 Roy Carroll
DF35 Vasilis Torosidis (c)
DF20 José Holebas 44'
DF 4 Olof Mellberg
DF21 Avraam Papadopoulos
MF31 Pablo Orbaiz 68'
MF 2 Giannis Maniatis 103'
MF77 Jean Makoun 83'
MF93 Djamel Abdoun 72'
FW10 Rafik Djebbour
FW14 Kevin Mirallas
Substitutes:
GK42 Balázs Megyeri
DF 3 François Modesto 103'
DF23 Ivan Marcano
DF92 Ioannis Potouridis
MF18 Ioannis Fetfatzidis 72'
MF19 David Fuster 83'
FW25 Dimitris Diamantakos
Manager:
Ernesto Valverde

Man of the Match:
Rafik Djebbour (Olympiacos)


Assistant referees:
Dimitrios Saraidaris (Thessaloniki)
Leonidas Vasileiadis (Thessaloniki)
Fourth official:
Athanasios Giachos (Chios)
Match observer:
Michail Kalathenos (Dodecanese)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

References
  1. Hellenic Football Federation (April 25, 2012). "Referees of the cup final are named" (PDF) (in Greek). www.epo.gr. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  2. George Georgakopoulos (April 4, 2012). "Olympiakos to clash with Atromitos in final". Kathimerini. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
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