# 2015 Greek Football Cup final

The 2015 Greek Cup final was the 71st final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 23 May 2015 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Skoda Xanthi. It was Olympiacos' 38th Greek Cup final in their 90 years of existence and Skoda Xanthi's first-ever Greek Cup final of their 48-year history.

## Venue

This was the 22nd 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, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 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 was used for Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and Greece on various occasions. Its current capacity is 69,618 and it hosted three European Cup/UEFA 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

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty seven times, winning twenty six of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2013, where they had won Asteras Tripolis by 3–1 after extra time.
Skoda Xanthi never reached a previous Cup final.
The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.

## Route to the final

| Olympiacos | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | Round | Skoda Xanthi | Skoda Xanthi | Skoda Xanthi | Skoda Xanthi |
| Opponent | Result | Result | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | Result | Result |
| Panachaiki | 1–0 (A) | 1–0 (A) | 1–0 (A) | Matchday 1 | Niki Volos | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (H) |
| Panionios | 1–1 (H) | 1–1 (H) | 1–1 (H) | Matchday 2 | OFI | 0–1 (A) | 0–1 (A) | 0–1 (A) |
| Fostiras | 2–0 (A) | 2–0 (A) | 2–0 (A) | Matchday 3 | Zakynthos | 3–1 (H) | 3–1 (H) | 3–1 (H) |
| Group A winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Olympiacos 3 7 2 Panionios 3 5 3 Panachaiki 3 3 4 Fostiras 3 1 Source: epo.gr | Group A winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Olympiacos 3 7 2 Panionios 3 5 3 Panachaiki 3 3 4 Fostiras 3 1 Source: epo.gr | Group A winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Olympiacos 3 7 2 Panionios 3 5 3 Panachaiki 3 3 4 Fostiras 3 1 Source: epo.gr | Group A winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Olympiacos 3 7 2 Panionios 3 5 3 Panachaiki 3 3 4 Fostiras 3 1 Source: epo.gr | Final standings | Group C runners-up Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 OFI 3 7 2 Skoda Xanthi 3 6 3 Zakynthos 3 4 4 Niki Volos 3 0 Source: epo.gr | Group C runners-up Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 OFI 3 7 2 Skoda Xanthi 3 6 3 Zakynthos 3 4 4 Niki Volos 3 0 Source: epo.gr | Group C runners-up Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 OFI 3 7 2 Skoda Xanthi 3 6 3 Zakynthos 3 4 4 Niki Volos 3 0 Source: epo.gr | Group C runners-up Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 OFI 3 7 2 Skoda Xanthi 3 6 3 Zakynthos 3 4 4 Niki Volos 3 0 Source: epo.gr |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tyrnavos | 11–0 | 3–0 (A) | 8–0 (H) | Round of 16 | Panathinaikos | 2–1 | 1–1 (H) | 1–0 (A) |
| AEK Athens | 4–1 | 1–1 (H) | 3–0 (w/o) (A) | Quarter-finals | OFI | 4–1 | 1–1 (A) | 3–0 (H) |
| Apollon Smyrnis | 4–1 | 3–0 (A) | 1–1 (H) | Semi-finals | Iraklis | 2–1 | 1–0 (A) | 1–1 (H) |

## Match
### Details

| Οlympiacos | Skoda Xanthi |
| GK | 16 | Roberto | 69' |
| RB | 30 | Leandro Salino | 90+2' |
| CB | 3 | Alberto Botía | 69' 90+1' |
| CB | 23 | Dimitris Siovas | | 84' |
| LB | 26 | Arthur Masuaku |
| DM | 5 | Luka Milivojević |
| DM | 8 | Delvin N'Dinga |
| RM | 19 | David Fuster (c) | | 65' |
| LM | 77 | Mathieu Dossevi |
| AM | 10 | Chori Domínguez | | 79' |
| CF | 12 | Franco Jara | 72' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 33 | Lefteris Choutesiotis |
| DF | 29 | Praxitelis Vouros |
| MF | 9 | Jimmy Durmaz |
| MF | 11 | Pajtim Kasami | | 84' |
| MF | 25 | Kostas Fortounis | | 65' |
| FW | 7 | Kostas Mitroglou | | 79' |
| FW | 27 | Jorge Benítez |
| Manager: ||
| Vítor Pereira ||
| GK | 82 | Dimitris Kyriakidis |
| RB | 4 | Manolis Bertos | | 78' |
| CB | 28 | Dimitrios Goutas |
| CB | 55 | Christos Karipidis |
| LB | 8 | Wallace |
| DM | 15 | Christian Obodo | | 79' |
| DM | 17 | Manolis Papasterianos | | 66' |
| RM | 9 | Karim Soltani |
| LM | 11 | Adrián Lucero |
| AM | 16 | Theodoros Vasilakakis (c) |
| CF | 20 | Cleyton | 32' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 79 | Nikolaos Anastasopoulos |
| DF | 5 | Dimos Baxevanidis | | 78' |
| DF | 31 | Christos Lisgaras |
| MF | 14 | Fernández Walter | | 79' |
| MF | 21 | Kostas Fliskas |
| MF | 24 | Petros Orfanidis |
| FW | 30 | Pantelis Kapetanos | 69' | 66' |
| Manager: ||
| Răzvan Lucescu ||
| Man of the Match: Chori Domínguez (Olympiacos) Assistant referees: Christos Akrivos (Athens) Ilias Alexeas (Messinia) Additional assistant referees: Ilias Spathas (Piraeus) Andreas Pappas (Athens) Assistant video assistant referee: Lazaros Dimitriadis (Macedonia) | Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions |