The 2012 Greek Cup final was the 68th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 28 April 2012 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Atromitos and Olympiacos. It was the second consecutive Greek Cup final for Atromitos in their 89 years of existence and Olympiacos' thirty sixth Greek Cup final of their 87-year history.

Venue

This was the nineteenth Greek Cup final held at the Athens Olympic Stadium.

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 on 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 Atromitos had reached the Greek Cup final once previously, in 2011, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 3–0.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty-five times, winning twenty-four of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 2009, where they had won against AEK Athens by 15–14 in a penalty shootout, which came after a 4–4 draw at the end of the extra time.

The two teams had never before met each other in a Cup final.

Route to the final

AtromitosRoundOlympiacosOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Annagenisi Epanomi 3–2 (A) Round of 32 Pierikos 3–1 (A) Aris 2–1 (H) Round of 16 Thrasyvoulos 3–0 (H) PAOK 2–1 (A) Quarter-finals Panionios 4–0 (H) Asteras Tripolis 2–2 (a) 0–0 (H) 2–2 (A) Semi-finalsOFI 1–0 1–0 (H) 0–0 (A)

Match

Details

GK  1 Charles ItandjeRB  2 Giannis Skondras (c)  CB  5 Wayne Thomas  CB  6 Sokratis Fytanidis  LB  3 Vangelis Ikonomou  DM 17 Matías Iglesias   CM  9 Luiz Brito RM 21 Elini DimoutsosLM  8 Denis EpsteinAM  7 Andreas Tatos CF 23 Kostas MitroglouSubstitutes:GK 30 Velimir RadmanDF 13 Vangelis NastosDF 24 Francisco Zuela MF 16 Panagiotis BallasMF 19 Stelios Sfakianakis FW 10 Thanasis KaragounisFW 20 Anastasios Karamanos Manager: Georgios Donis GK  1 Roy CarrollRB 35 Vasilis Torosidis (c)CB  4 Olof MellbergCB 21 Avraam PapadopoulosLB 20 José Holebas DM 31 Pablo Orbaiz CM  2 Giannis Maniatis CM 77 Jean Makoun RW 93 Djamel Abdoun LW 14 Kevin MirallasCF 10 Rafik DjebbourSubstitutes:GK 42 Balázs MegyeriDF  3 François Modesto DF 23 Iván MarcanoDF 92 Ioannis PotouridisMF 18 Giannis Fetfatzidis MF 19 David Fuster FW 25 Dimitrios DiamantakosManager: Ernesto Valverde Man of the Match: Rafik Djebbour (Olympiacos)

Assistant referees: Dimitrios Saraidaris (Thessaloniki) Leonidas Vasileiadis (Thessaloniki) Fourth official: Athanasios Giachos (Chios) Match observer: Michail Kalathenos (Dodecanese)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions

References

External links 2011–12 Greek Cup at epo.gr