The 2006 Greek Cup final was the 62nd final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 10 May 2006 at Pankritio Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and AEK Athens. It was Olympiacos' thirty-second Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 81 years of existence and AEK Athens' eighteenth Greek Cup final in their 82-year history.
Venue
This was the first Greek Cup final held at Pankritio Stadium.
Pankritio Stadium was built in 2003. The stadium is used as a venue for Ergotelis and OFI and was used for Greece in 2004. Its current capacity is 26,240.
Background Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty one times, winning twenty one of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 2005, where they had won against Aris by 3–0.
AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final seventeen times, winning eleven of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 2002, where they had won against Olympiacos by 2–1.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final three times in the 1953, 1956 and 2002 finals.
Route to the final
OlympiacosRoundAEK AthensOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Paniliakos 4–0 (A) Round of 32 PAS Giannina 3–0 (A) Thrasyvoulos 2–0 (A) Round of 16 Ethnikos Piraeus 2–2 1–1 (H) 1–1 (A) Skoda Xanthi 2–1 1–1 (H) 1–0 (A) Quarter-finals Niki Volos 2–0 0–0 (A) 2–0 (H) AEL 4–1 3–1 (H) 1–0 (A) Semi-finals Agrotikos Asteras 3–1 3–0 (H) 0–1 (A)
Match Details
GK 71 Antonios NikopolidisRB 14 Dimitrios MavrogenidisCB 32 Georgios AnatolakisCB 12 Gabriel SchürrerLB 22 Erol BulutDM 6 Ieroklis StoltidisCM 15 Yaya Touré AM 1 Pantelis Kafes RW 9 Ioannis Okkas LW 11 Predrag Đorđević (c)CF 23 Michalis Konstantinou Substitutes:GK 33 Erwin LemmensDF 19 Athanasios KostoulasDF 21 Grigoris GeorgatosMF 8 Miloš Marić FW 7 Nery Castillo FW 20 Dani Garcia FW 40 Haruna BabangidaManager: Trond Sollied GK 1 Stefano SorrentinoRB 31 Nikolaos Georgeas CB 5 Bruno Cirillo CB 55 Traianos Dellas LB 14 Stavros TziortziopoulosCM 21 Kostas Katsouranis (c) DM 25 Emerson AM 17 Vladimir IvićRW 23 Vasilios LakisLW 99 Júlio César CF 33 Nikos Liberopoulos Substitutes:GK 22 Dionisis ChiotisDF 6 Georgios Alexopoulos DF 24 Christos KontisMF 20 Vasilios PliatsikasMF 26 Ilias KyriakidisFW 7 Alessandro Soares FW 35 Pantelis Kapetanos Manager: Fernando Santos Man of the Match: Michalis Konstantinou (Olympiacos)
Assistant referees: Dimitris Saraidaris (Thessaloniki) Konstantinos Panou (Thessaloniki)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions
See also 2005–06 Greek Football Cup
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