# 2020 Greek Football Cup final

The 2020 Greek Cup final was the 76th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 12 September 2020 at Panthessaliko Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Olympiacos. It was AEK Athens' twenty fifth Greek Cup final and fifth consecutive, of their 96-year history and Olympiacos' fortieth Greek Cup final in their 95 years of existence. The final was originally scheduled for 26 July and was postponed to 30 August because of Olympiacos' pressure in HFF to change the stadium from Georgios Kamaras Stadium to Olympic Stadium and after the refusal of the Hellenic Police in the first stadium. The final was rescheduled for 30 August in the Olympic Stadium, but it was postponed again because 2 days before the game Olympiacos' player, Maximiliano Lovera was tested positive for COVID-19. The final was rescheduled again for 12 September at Panthessaliko Stadium. Due to the delay of the match, the teams had to compete without the players acquired from the 2020 summer transfer period, by decision of the UEFA. With their defeat, AEK Athens achieved negative record of four consecutive lost Cup finals, surpassing that of Panathinaikos that lost three straight Cup finals from 1997 to 1999.

## Venue

This was the third Greek Cup final held at Panthessaliko Stadium after the 2007 and 2017 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-four times, winning fourteen 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 2019, where they had lost to PAOK by 1–0.
Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty-eight times, winning twenty-seven of them. The last time they had won the Cup was in 2015 (3–1 against Skoda Xanthi). The last time that had played in a final was in 2019, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 2–1.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final six times in the 1953, 1956, 2002, 2006, 2009 and 2016 finals.

## Route to the final

| AEK Athens | AEK Athens | AEK Athens | AEK Athens | Round | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | Olympiacos | Olympiacos |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Asteras Tripolis | 3–1 | 1–1 (A) | 2–0 (H) | Round of 16 | Kalamata | 6–1 | 2–0 (A) | 4–1 (H) |
| Panetolikos | 5–1 | 1–1 (A) | 4–0 (H) | Quarter-finals | Lamia | 3–2 | 0–0 (A) | 3–2 (H) |
| Aris | 3–2 | 2–1 (H) | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (A) | Semi-finals | PAOK | 4–3 | 2–3 (A) | 2–0 (H) |

## Match
### Details

| AEK Athens | Olympiacos |
| GK | 16 | Panagiotis Tsintotas |
| RB | 2 | Michalis Bakakis | | 62' |
| CB | 24 | Stratos Svarnas |
| CB | 19 | Dmytro Chyhrynskyi |
| LB | 3 | Hélder Lopes | 90+6' |
| DM | 8 | André Simões | 29' | 80' |
| CM | 6 | Nenad Krstičić | 90+5' |
| CM | 20 | Petros Mantalos (c) | 65' |
| RW | 7 | Daniele Verde | | 62' |
| LW | 10 | Marko Livaja | 83' |
| CF | 18 | Nélson Oliveira |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 30 | Georgios Athanasiadis |
| DF | 15 | Žiga Laci |
| DF | 31 | Konstantinos Stamoulis |
| DF | 27 | Paulinho | | 62' |
| MF | 44 | Anel Šabanadžović |
| MF | 70 | Giannis Fivos Botos |
| FW | 14 | Christos Albanis | | 62' |
| FW | 53 | Theodosis Macheras | | 80' |
| FW | 52 | Efthymis Christopoulos |
| Manager: ||
| Massimo Carrera ||
| GK | 88 | Konstantinos Tzolakis |
| RB | 18 | Bruno |
| CB | 66 | Pape Abou Cissé |
| CB | 24 | Ousseynou Ba |
| LB | 35 | Vasilis Torosidis (c) | 55' | 79' |
| CM | 4 | Mady Camara |
| CM | 5 | Andreas Bouchalakis |
| RM | 97 | Lazar Ranđelović |
| LM | 19 | Georgios Masouras | 84' |
| AM | 28 | Mathieu Valbuena | | 76' |
| CF | 11 | Youssef El-Arabi | | 90+1' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 16 | Bobby Allain |
| GK | 44 | Ilias Karargyris |
| DF | 3 | Rúben Semedo | | 79' |
| DF | 34 | Avraam Papadopoulos |
| MF | 26 | Cafú | 89' | 76' |
| MF | 90 | Vasilios Sourlis |
| ΜF | 7 | Kostas Fortounis | | 90+1' |
| FW | 2 | Hillal Soudani |
| FW | 99 | Ahmed Hassan |
| Manager: ||
| Pedro Martins ||
| Man of the Match: Lazar Ranđelović (Olympiacos) Assistant referees: Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) Fourth official: Rob Dieperink (Netherlands) Video assistant referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands) Assistant video assistant referee: Chrysoula Kourompylia (West Attica) | Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout 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. |