2002–03 Greek Football Cup

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2002–03 Greek Cup
Vodafone Greek Cup
CountryGreece
Teams52
Defending championsAEK Athens
ChampionsPAOK (4th title)
Runners-upAris
Matches played101
Top goal scorer(s)Patrick Ogunsoto (5)

The 2002–03 Greek Football Cup was the 61st edition of the Greek Football Cup. That season's edition was entitled "Vodafone Greek Cup".

Tournament details[]

The two finalists were the arch-rivals, PAOK and Aris, meeting up again in a Cup final after 33 years. PAOK had to overcome some big obstacles to reach the final. They qualified against OFI[1][2] on away goals rule and eliminated league champions Olympiacos[3][4] with two wins in the quarter-finals and cup holders AEK Athens[5][6] with 2–1 on aggregate in the semi-finals.

On the contrary, Aris had an easier path on their route to the final. They eliminated PAS Giannina with two wins, Ethnikos Asteras[7] with 3–2 on aggregate in the quarter-finals and qualified against Egaleo[8][9] on away goals rule in the semi-finals.

The final was held at Toumba Stadium, on 17 May 2003. PAOK defeated Aris by 1–0[10][11][12] with a goal scored by Georgiadis who made an impressive individual effort, dribbling past a defender with his right foot, faking a shot with his left (outsmarting another defender and the goalkeeper in the process) and finishing with a swift side-foot kick (using his left again) that launched the ball up and into the back of the net. The assist was provided by Markos. Aris had a great chance to equalize late at the game, but the ball hit the post on Morris' effort.

During the postgame press conference, Aris manager Giorgos Foiros made a complaint that the final should have been a two-legged tie because PAOK had the advantage of playing on home ground. Kaftanzoglio Stadium, a neutral ground and Thessaloniki 's largest stadium was under renovation for the 2004 Summer Olympic games. The Hellenic Football Federation's regulation for that season's Cup stated that if the final was to be held at Thessaloniki (that would be the case if at least one of the two finalists was a Thessaloniki 's team), it would be hosted at the second largest stadium of the city which was Toumba. About a week before the game, Aris demanded[13] from the federation either the final to be played at Kalamaria or Makedonikos stadiums, both neutral grounds (with much smaller capacity though) or to be held a draw between Toumba Stadium and Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium (Aris home ground), but both requests were denied[14] due to the tournament's regulation.

PAOK manager Angelos Anastasiadis became the first in club's history to win the Cup both as a player, in 1974 and manager.

Calendar[]

Round Date(s) Fixtures Clubs New entries
First Round 8 August, 11 September 2002 52 52 → 26 52
Second Round 7 October, 6 November 2002 20 26 → 16 none
Round of 16 19 December 2002 & 29 January 2003 16 16 → 8 none
Quarter-finals 5 February, 5 March 2003 8 8 → 4 none
Semi-finals 23 April, 7 May 2003 4 4 → 2 none
Final 17 May 2003 1 2 → 1 none

First round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Trikala 0–6 Kallithea 0–4 0–2
OFI 4–0 Kavala 4–0 0–0
Panionios 3–2 Marko 2–1 1–1
Ethnikos Asteras 2–1 Niki Volos 2–0 0–1
Athinaikos 2–3 Agios Dimitrios 1–1 1–2
PAS Giannina 3–1 Vyzas Megara 1–1 2–0
Egaleo 6–4 Agrotikos Asteras 3–1 3–3
Olympiacos Volos 1–1 (9–8 p) Panegialios 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
AEL 0–4 Skoda Xanthi 0–1 0–3
Panserraikos 2–6 Ergotelis 1–2 1–4
Nafpaktiakos Asteras 2–7 Panachaiki 1–5 1–2
Akratitos 8–0 Acharnaikos 3–0 5–0
Agios Nikolaos 2–4 Iraklis 2–3 0–1
Ethnikos Piraeus 0–7 Paniliakos 0–3 0–4
ILTEX Lykoi 0–5 Panathinaikos 0–2 0–3
Levadiakos 4–5 Apollon Kalamaria 2–2 2–3 (a.e.t.)
Chalkidona 6–1 Kastoria 4–0 2–1
Patraikos 3–2 Atromitos 1–1 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Leonidio 0–1 PAOK 0–1 0–0
Kilkisiakos 1–2 Kalamata 1–2 0–0
Kassandra 0–2 AEK Athens 0–2 0–0
Chania 0–6 Aris 0–4 0–2
Kerkyra 1–0 Proodeftiki 0–0 1–0
Fostiras 1–4 Olympiacos 0–2 1–2
Thrasyvoulos 0–3 Apollon Athens 0–2 0–1
Poseidon Neon Poron 0–4 Ionikos 0–1 0–3

Second round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Iraklis 1–2 Panionios 0–0 1–2
AEK Athens 6–1 Chalkidona 3–1 3–0
PAOK 2–0 Olympiacos Volos 2–0 0–0
Panathinaikos 1–0 Skoda Xanthi 1–0 0–0
Kalamata 1–3 Akratitos 1–1 0–2
Egaleo 4–2 Agios Dimitrios 2–0 2–2
Kallithea 2–4 Olympiacos 1–4 1–0
Patraikos 1–4 Aris 0–1 1–3
Kerkyra 0–4 OFI 0–1 0–3
Ergotelis 2–3 Ethnikos Asteras 2–0 0–3 (a.e.t.)
PAS Giannina bye
Apollon Athens bye
Apollon Kalamaria bye
Ionikos bye
Paniliakos bye
Panachaiki bye

Round of 16[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens 5–0 Apollon Athens 2–0 3–0
PAOK (a) 1–1 OFI 0–0 1–1
Aris 4–0 PAS Giannina 3–0 1–0
Panionios 2–1 Ionikos 1–0 1–1
Panachaiki 0–2 Olympiacos 0–2 0–0
Egaleo 6–1 Paniliakos 4–0 2–1
Apollon Kalamaria 1–4 Ethnikos Asteras 0–2 1–2
Akratitos 0–4 Panathinaikos 0–1 0–3

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panathinaikos 1–2 Egaleo 0–1 1–1
Panionios 3–5 AEK Athens 1–1 2–4
Aris 3–2 Ethnikos Asteras 3–1 0–1
PAOK 5–2 Olympiacos 3–1 2–1

Semi-finals[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egaleo 1–1 (a) Aris 1–1 0–0
AEK Athens 1–2 PAOK 0–1 1–1

Final[]

The 59th Greek Cup Final was played at the Toumba Stadium.

PAOK1–0Aris
  • Georgiadis 24'
 Report (page 24)
Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 18,703
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
PAOK
Aris
GK 33 Greece Kyriakos Tochouroglou
DF 30 Cyprus Panayiotis Engomitis
DF 19 Ghana Koffi Amponsah  downward-facing red arrow 89'
DF  3 Greece Vangelis Koutsopoulos  Yellow card 33'
MF 77 Poland Mariusz Kukiełka
MF  5 Greece Dimitris Markos
MF  1 Greece Pantelis Kafes (c)
MF 14 Greece Giorgos Koutsis  downward-facing red arrow 70'
MF 11 Greece Georgios Georgiadis
FW  9 Cyprus Ioannis Okkas
FW 18 Cyprus Yiasoumis Yiasoumi  Yellow card 56'  downward-facing red arrow 74'
Substitutes:
GK 31 Greece Ilias Atmatsidis
DF 80 Greece Vaggelis Nastos  upward-facing green arrow 89'
DF 44 Greece Loukas Karadimos
DF 23 Greece Dionysis Chasiotis  upward-facing green arrow 70'
MF 22 Cameroon Guy Feutchine
MF 20 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slađan Spasić  upward-facing green arrow 74'
FW  8 Greece Dimitris Salpingidis
Manager:
Greece Angelos Anastasiadis
GK 31 Greece Christos Lambakis
DF 29 South Africa Nasief Morris
DF 23 Greece Giorgos Koltsidas  Yellow card 20'
DF 21 Greece Nikos Papadopoulos (c)  Yellow card 44'
DF 13 Greece Panagiotis Katsiaros
MF  3 Greece Angelos Digozis downward-facing red arrow 46'
MF  8 Sweden Magnus Källander
MF  4 Greece Mike Panopoulos downward-facing red arrow 70'
MF 10 Cameroon Joël Epalle
MF 17 Netherlands Richard Knopper
FW 99 The Gambia Njogu Demba-Nyrén downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutes:
GK  1 Greece Alexandros Dellios
DF  5 Greece Andreas Skentzos
DF  6 Greece Giannis Mallous
MF 20 North Macedonia Aguinaldo Braga upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF  7 Greece Nikos Kyzeridis
MF 14 Morocco Salaheddine Bassir upward-facing green arrow 70'
FW 11 Greece Leonidas Kampantais upward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Greece Giorgos Foiros

Man of the Match:
Greece Giorgos Georgiadis

Assistant referees:
Tsolakidis
Groutsis

Fourth official:
Borovilos

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

References[]

  1. ^ ΠΑΟΚ–ΟΦΗ 0–0. in.gr (in Greek). 19 December 2002.
  2. ^ ΟΦΗ–ΠΑΟΚ 1–1. kathimerini.gr (in Greek). 9 January 2003.
  3. ^ ΠΑΟΚ–Ολυμπιακός 3–1. in.gr (in Greek). 26 February 2003.
  4. ^ Ολυμπιακός–ΠΑΟΚ 1–2. tanea.gr (in Greek). 13 March 2003.
  5. ^ ΑΕΚ–ΠΑΟΚ 0–1. rizospastis.gr (in Greek). 24 April 2003.
  6. ^ ΠΑΟΚ–ΑΕΚ 1–1. in.gr (in Greek). 7 May 2003.
  7. ^ Εθνικός Αστέρας–Αρης 1–0. in.gr (in Greek). 19 March 2003.
  8. ^ Aιγάλεω–Αρης 1–1. in.gr (in Greek). 9 April 2003.
  9. ^ Αρης–Αιγάλεω 0–0. rizospastis.gr (in Greek). 24 April 2003.
  10. ^ "Georgiadis goal enough for PAOK". uefa.com. 17 May 2003.
  11. ^ "Πήρε το Κύπελλο στο σπίτι του..." tanea.gr (in Greek). 19 May 2003.
  12. ^ "ΠΑΟΚ–Αρης 1–0 Τελικός 2003". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 17 May 2017.
  13. ^ Αλλαγή έδρας ζήτησε ο Αρης. in.gr (in Greek). 8 May 2003.
  14. ^ Ανακοίνωση ΕΠΟ. contra.gr (in Greek). 9 May 2003.

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