# 2008 Greek Football Cup final

The 2008 Greek Cup final was the 64th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 17 May 2008 at Kaftanzoglio Stadium. 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 last match of the referee, Giorgos Kasnaferis before his retirement, as he whistled in 4 of the last 8 cup finals.

## Venue

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.

## Background

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty two times, winning twenty two of them. The last time that had played in a final was in 2006, where they had won 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 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.

## Route to the final

| Olympiacos | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | Round | Aris | Aris | Aris | Aris |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Diagoras | 2–1 (A) | 2–1 (A) | 2–1 (A) | Round of 32 | Agios Dimitrios | 1–0 (a.e.t.) (A) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) (A) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) (A) |
| Panathinaikos | 4–0 (H) | 4–0 (H) | 4–0 (H) | Round of 16 | Ethnikos Katerini | 3–0 (A) | 3–0 (A) | 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

| Olympiacos | Aris |
| GK | 71 | Antonis Nikopolidis |
| RB | 35 | Vasilis Torosidis |
| CB | 18 | Paraskevas Antzas |
| CB | 14 | Michał Żewłakow |
| LB | 15 | Raúl Bravo | 21' |
| DM | 6 | Ieroklis Stoltidis |
| DM | 2 | Christos Patsatzoglou |
| RM | 7 | Luciano Galletti | | 85' |
| LM | 11 | Predrag Đorđević (c) | 87' |
| CF | 9 | Darko Kovačević | 84' | 90+1' |
| CF | 22 | Kostas Mitroglou | | 82' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 87 | Michalis Sifakis |
| DF | 30 | Anastasios Pantos | | 82' |
| DF | 92 | Kyriakos Papadopoulos |
| MF | 77 | Mirnes Šišić | | 85' |
| MF | 28 | Cristian Ledesma |
| MF | 25 | Fernando Belluschi |
| FW | 23 | Michalis Konstantinou | | 90+1' |
| Manager: ||
| José Segura ||
| GK | 12 | Marian Kelemen |
| RB | 2 | Darcy Neto |
| CB | 5 | Ronaldo Guiaro | 80' |
| CB | 4 | Avraam Papadopoulos |
| LB | 15 | Nikolaos Karabellas | 61' |
| DM | 26 | Sanel Jahić |
| DM | 6 | Konstantinos Nebegleras (c) |
| RM | 20 | Javito | 63' |
| LM | 11 | Diogo Siston |
| AM | 18 | Vladimir Ivić |
| CF | 10 | Sergio Koke |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Kostas Chalkias |
| DF | 22 | Marco Aurélio |
| MF | 28 | Athanasios Prittas |
| MF | 24 | Thiago Gentil | 80' |
| MF | 7 | Toni Calvo | 63' |
| FW | 14 | Felipe Sanchón | 61' |
| FW | 19 | Thanasis Papazoglou |
| Manager: ||
| Dušan Bajević ||
| Man of the Match: 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 |