The 2014 Greek Cup final was the 70th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 26 April 2014 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and PAOK. It was Panathinaikos' twenty ninth Greek Cup final in their 106 years of existence and PAOK's seventeenth Greek Cup final of their 88-year history.

Venue

This was the twenty first 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, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 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 was used for Olympiacos, Panathinaikos 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 Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty eight times, winning seventeen of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 2010, where they had won Aris by 1–0.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final sixteen times, winning four of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 2003, where they had won Aris by 1–0.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final three times in the 1955, 1972 and 1977 finals.

Route to the final

PanathinaikosRoundPAOKOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Ergotelis 3–1 2–1 (H) 1–0 (A) Round of 32 Anagennisi Karditsa 4–0 3–0 (H) 1–0 (A) Iraklis Psachna 4–0 3–0 (H) 1–0 (A) Round of 16 Iraklis 6–1 1–0 (A) 5–1 (H) Olympiacos Volos 4–1 4–0 (H) 0–1 (A) Quarter-finals Apollon Smyrnis 6–0 3–0 (H) 3–0 (A) OFI 3–1 0–1 (A) 3–0 (H) Semi-finals Olympiacos 2–2 (a) 1–2 (A) 1–0 (H)

Match

Details

GK 25 Stefanos KotsolisRB  5 Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos CB 23 Gordon Schildenfeld CB  4 Georgios Koutroumpis LB 21 Nano DM  6 David Mendes da Silva CM 10 Zeca (c) CM 32 Danijel Pranjić AM 20 Mehdi Abeid  SS 19 Nikos Karelis  CF  9 Marcus Berg  Substitutes:GK  1 Stefanos Kapino DF  3 Diamantis Chouchoumis MF 18 Christos DonisMF  8 Anastasios Lagos  FW 14 Abdul Ajagun  FW  7 Victor Klonaridis FW 33 Mladen Petrić Manager: Yannis Anastasiou GK 71 Panagiotis GlykosRB  2 Giannis Skondras CB 15 Miguel Vítor CB 29 Juan Insaurralde LB  3 Georgios Tzavellas DM 26 Ergys Kaçe CM 70 Stelios Kitsiou CM 25 Costin Lazăr RW 10 Lucas Pérez LW 11 Miroslav Stoch CF 14 Dimitris Salpingidis (c)Substitutes:GK 50 Asterios Giakoumis DF 16 Lino DF 21 Nikos Spyropoulos MF 77 Sotiris Ninis MF  9 Zvonimir Vukić FW 20 Danny Hoesen FW 18 Efthymis Koulouris Manager: Giorgos Georgiadis Man of the Match: Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos)

Assistant referees: Michalis Karsiotis (Corinthia) Damianos Efthimiadis (Pieria) Additional assistant referees: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese) Andreas Pappas (Athens) Fourth official: Stavros Tritsonis (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

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