# 2023 Greek Football Cup final

The 2023 Greek Cup final was the 79th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 24 May 2023 at Panthessaliko Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and PAOK. It was AEK Athens' twenty-seventh Greek Cup final in their 99 years of existence and PAOK's twenty third Greek Cup final and third consecutive, of their 97-year history. After the continuous refusals of the mayor of Volos, Achilleas Beos to grant Panthessaliko Stadium to host the match, as the proclamation dictated, a series of consultations occurred about the venue of the match throughout the season. The HFF, examined many proposals which included stadiums from the United States, England, Germany, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Cuprus, Albania and stadiums all over Greece. Eventually, Beos accepted and it was decided at 12 May that the match would take place at Panthessaliko Stadium.

## Venue

This was the fourth Greek Cup final held at Panthessaliko Stadium after the 2007, 2017 and 2020 finals.
Panthessaliko Stadium was built in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for Niki Volos and Volos. Its current capacity is 22,189.

## Background

AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final twenty-six times, winning fifteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 2016 (2–1 against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 2020, where they had lost to Olympiacos by 1–0.
PAOK qualified for the Greek Cup final twenty-two times, winning eight of them. The last time they had won the Cup was in 2021 (2–1 against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 2022, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 1–0.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final six times in the 1939, 1978, 1983, 2017, 2018 and 2019 finals.

## Route to the final

| AEK Athens | AEK Athens | AEK Athens | AEK Athens | Round | PAOK | PAOK | PAOK | PAOK |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| PAS Giannina | 2–0 (H) | 2–0 (H) | 2–0 (H) | Fifth round | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| A.E. Kifisia | 5–0 | 2–0 (A) | 3–0 (H) | Round of 16 | Kalamata | 4–0 | 2–0 (A) | 2–0 (H) |
| Panserraikos | 6–1 | 3–0 (H) | 3–1 (A) | Quarter-finals | Panathinaikos | 3–1 | 2–0 (H) | 1–1 (A) |
| Olympiacos | 4–2 | 3–0 (H) | 1–2 (A) | Semi-finals | Lamia | 6–2 | 5–1 (A) | 1–1 (H) |

## Match
### Details

| AEK Athens | PAOK |
| GK | 1 | Cican Stanković |
| RB | 12 | Lazaros Rota | 6' |
| CB | 19 | Domagoj Vida |
| CB | 2 | Harold Moukoudi |
| LB | 28 | Ehsan Hajsafi |
| DM | 4 | Damian Szymański (c) | 35' | 61' |
| RM | 19 | Niclas Eliasson | | 82' |
| LM | 8 | Mijat Gaćinović | | 86' |
| AM | 13 | Orbelín Pineda | | 62' |
| SS | 10 | Steven Zuber |
| CF | 7 | Levi García | | 62' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 99 | Georgios Theocharis |
| DF | 24 | Gerasimos Mitoglou |
| DF | 29 | Djibril Sidibé | | 62' |
| MF | 6 | Jens Jønsson | | 61' |
| ΜF | 20 | Petros Mantalos | | 82' |
| MF | 22 | Paolo Fernandes | | 86' |
| FW | 5 | Nordin Amrabat | 90+2' | 62' |
| FW | 9 | Tom van Weert |
| FW | 99 | Zini |
| Manager: ||
| Matías Almeyda ||
| GK | 40 | Dominik Kotarski |
| RB | 23 | Joan Sastre | | 62' |
| CB | 4 | Sverrir Ingi Ingason (c) |
| CB | 59 | Konstantinos Koulierakis | | 86' |
| LB | 55 | Rafa Soares | | 62' |
| CM | 33 | Douglas Augusto | 40' |
| CM | 22 | Stefan Schwab | 49' | 78' |
| RM | 11 | Taison |
| LM | 14 | Andrija Živković |
| AM | 65 | Giannis Konstantelias | | 85' |
| CF | 71 | Brandon Thomas |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 18 | Živko Živković |
| DF | 16 | Tomasz Kędziora | | 86' |
| DF | 20 | Vieirinha | | 62' |
| MF | 26 | Tiago Dantas |
| MF | 7 | Omar El Kaddouri | | 78' |
| MF | 50 | Filipe Soares |
| MF | 10 | Thomas Murg |
| MF | 21 | Diego Biseswar | | 62' |
| FW | 95 | Stefanos Tzimas | | 85' |
| Manager: ||
| Răzvan Lucescu ||
| Man of the Match: Harold Moukoudi (AEK Athens) Assistant referees: Mark Borsch (Germany) Stefan Lupp (Germany) Fourth official: Angelos Evangelou (Athens) Video assistant referee: Gunter Perl (Germany) Assistant video assistant referee: Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania) | Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used at maximum three times, with a sixth allowed in extra time. |