2011 Greek Football Cup final
| Event | 2010–11 Greek Football Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 30 April 2011 | ||||||
| Venue | Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Nikos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens) | ||||||
| Referee | Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) | ||||||
| Attendance | 50,912 | ||||||
| Weather | Mostly Cloudy 17 °C (63 °F) 68% humidity | ||||||
The 2011 Greek Cup final was the 67th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 30 April 2011 at Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Atromitos and AEK Athens. It was Atromitos' first-ever Greek Cup final in their 88 years of existence and AEK Athens' twentieth Greek Cup final in their 87-year history. The match that was tarnished by serious incidents caused by AEK Athens' fans afterwards.[1]
Venue
This was the eighteenth 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 and 2010 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 Panathinaikos and was used for Olympiacos and Greece in various occasions. Its current capacity is 69,618 and hosted 3 UEFA European Cup/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
Atromitos had never competed in a Cup final.
AEK Athens had qualified for the Greek Cup final nineteen times, winning twelve of them. They last won the Cup in
Route to the final
| Atromitos | Round | AEK Athens | ||||||
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| Opponent | Result | Opponent | Result | |||||
| Anagennisi Giannitsa | 3–1 (A) | Round of 32 | Panthrakikos | 5–1 (A) | ||||
| Kavala | 1–0 (H) | Round of 16 | AEL | 4–0 (A) | ||||
Diagoras
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(Agg.) 3–0 |
1st Leg 2–0 (H) |
2nd Leg 1–0 (A) |
Quarter-finals | Panathinaikos | (Agg.) 4–3 |
1st Leg 2–0 (A) |
2nd Leg 2–3 (H) |
Olympiakos Volos
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(Agg.) 2–1 |
1st Leg 2–1 (H) |
2nd Leg 0–0 (A) |
Semi-finals | PAOK | (Agg.) 1–0 |
1st Leg 0–0 (H) |
2nd Leg 1–0 (A) |
Match
Details
| Atromitos | 0–3 | AEK Athens |
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Man of the Match:
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Match rules
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See also
References
- ^ "Κυπελλούχος η ΑΕΚ με ευτράπελα, επεισόδια και εισβολή με τη «λήξη»". in.gr (in Greek). 30 April 2011.