# 2016 Greek Football Cup final

The 2016 Greek Cup final was the 72nd final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 17 May 2016 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and AEK Athens. It was Olympiacos' thirty ninth Greek Cup final and second consecutive, in their 91 years of existence and AEK Athens' twenty first Greek Cup final of their 92-year history. On 5 April 2016, FIFA Emergency Committee decided to provide the Greek authorities with a deadline to have the cancellation of the competition reversed before 15 April 2016 or the HFF would face an automatic suspension. The Greek authorities announced on deadline day that the Greek Football Cup will be resumed after an agreement reached with FIFA, UEFA and HFF. A new schedule with the remaining match was announced with the final being played on 7 May 2016, but the final was later postponed to 15 May 2016. It was again postponed to 17 May 2016.

## Venue

This was the twenty second 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, 2014 and 2015 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 in 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 eight times, winning twenty seven of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2015, where they had won Skoda Xanthi by 3–1.
AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final twenty times, winning thirteen of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2011, where they had won Atromitos by 3–0.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final five times in the 1953, 1956, 2002, 2006 and 2009 finals.

## Route to the final

| Olympiacos | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | Round | AEK Athens | AEK Athens | AEK Athens | AEK Athens |
| Opponent | Result | Result | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | Result | Result |
| Platanias | 2–2 (H) | 2–2 (H) | 2–2 (H) | Matchday 1 | Skoda Xanthi | 1–0 (A) | 1–0 (A) | 1–0 (A) |
| Panegialios | 4–0 (A) | 4–0 (A) | 4–0 (A) | Matchday 2 | Panelefsiniakos | 6–0 (H) | 6–0 (H) | 6–0 (H) |
| Apollon Smyrnis | 2–1 (A) | 2–1 (A) | 2–1 (A) | Matchday 3 | AEL | 5–0 (A) | 5–0 (A) | 5–0 (A) |
| Group E winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Olympiacos 3 7 2 Platanias 3 4 3 Apollon Smyrnis 3 3 4 Panegialios 3 3 Source: epo.gr | Group E winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Olympiacos 3 7 2 Platanias 3 4 3 Apollon Smyrnis 3 3 4 Panegialios 3 3 Source: epo.gr | Group E winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Olympiacos 3 7 2 Platanias 3 4 3 Apollon Smyrnis 3 3 4 Panegialios 3 3 Source: epo.gr | Group E winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Olympiacos 3 7 2 Platanias 3 4 3 Apollon Smyrnis 3 3 4 Panegialios 3 3 Source: epo.gr | Final standings | Group G winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 AEK Athens 3 9 2 AEL 3 6 3 Skoda Xanthi 3 3 4 Panelefsiniakos 3 0 Source: epo.gr | Group G winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 AEK Athens 3 9 2 AEL 3 6 3 Skoda Xanthi 3 3 4 Panelefsiniakos 3 0 Source: epo.gr | Group G winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 AEK Athens 3 9 2 AEL 3 6 3 Skoda Xanthi 3 3 4 Panelefsiniakos 3 0 Source: epo.gr | Group G winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 AEK Athens 3 9 2 AEL 3 6 3 Skoda Xanthi 3 3 4 Panelefsiniakos 3 0 Source: epo.gr |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Chania | 10–1 | 4–1 (A) | 6–0 (H) | Round of 16 | Levadiakos | 3–0 | 1–0 (A) | 2–0 (H) |
| Asteras Tripolis | 6–1 | 5–0 (A) | 1–1 (H) | Quarter-finals | Iraklis | 5–1 | 4–1 (H) | 1–0 (A) |
| PAOK | 6–0 | 3–0 (w/o) (A) | 3–0 (w/o) (H) | Semi-finals | Atromitos | 2–1 | 1–0 (H) | 1–1 (A) |

## Match
### Details

| Οlympiacos | AEK Athens |
| GK | 16 | Roberto |
| RB | 30 | Leandro Salino |
| CB | 3 | Alberto Botía | 77' |
| CB | 6 | Manuel da Costa |
| LB | 26 | Arthur Masuaku |
| DM | 5 | Luka Milivojević | 32' |
| CM | 11 | Pajtim Kasami | | 53' |
| RM | 19 | David Fuster (c) | | 65' |
| LM | 77 | Hernâni | | 53' |
| AM | 7 | Kostas Fortounis |
| CF | 17 | Alan Pulido |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 48 | Dimitrios Katsimitros |
| DF | 23 | Dimitris Siovas |
| DF | 41 | Kostas Tsimikas |
| MF | 91 | Esteban Cambiasso |
| MF | 10 | Chori Domínguez | | 65' |
| FW | 90 | Felipe Pardo | | 53' |
| FW | 99 | Brown Ideye | | 53' |
| Manager: ||
| Marco Silva ||
| GK | 22 | Giannis Anestis |
| RB | 12 | Rodrigo Galo |
| CB | 4 | César Arzo |
| CB | 26 | Dimitrios Kolovetsios |
| LB | 23 | Dídac Vilà | 62' |
| DM | 8 | André Simões | 41' |
| CM | 18 | Jakob Johansson |
| CM | 20 | Petros Mantalos (c) | | 81' |
| RW | 21 | Christos Aravidis | 43' | 90+1' |
| LW | 9 | Ronald Vargas | | 58' |
| CF | 19 | Rafik Djebbour |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 13 | Panagiotis Dounis |
| DF | 5 | Vasilios Lampropoulos |
| DF | 55 | Adam Tzanetopoulos | | 81' |
| DF | 27 | Michalis Bakakis | 90+5' | 58' |
| MF | 25 | Konstantinos Galanopoulos |
| FW | 30 | Diego Buonanotte |
| FW | 14 | Tomáš Pekhart | | 90+1' |
| Manager: ||
| Stelios Manolas ||
| Man of the Match: Petros Mantalos (AEK Athens) Assistant referees: Damianos Efthimiadis (Pieria) Polychronis Kostaras (Aetoloacarnania) Additional assistant referees: Michael Koukoulakis (Heraklion) Alexandros Aretopoulos (Trikala) Fourth official: Tryfon Petropoulos (Arcadia) | Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions |