2000–01 Greek Cup

The Greek Cup 2000–01 was the 59th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.

Tournament details

Totally 50 teams participated, 16 from Alpha Ethniki, 16 from Beta, and 18 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final. An Additional Round was held between First and Second, with 2 matches, in order that the teams would continue to be 16. In the First round, there were 8 groups with 6 teams each, while 2 teams qualified without matches in that phase.

For first time were established double matches in the phase of groups, thus each team played 10 matches. Because the phase began very early, in a period that teams should play preparation friendlies, the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) allowed at the 5 first matches a maximum of 7 substitutions, something unusual in Greece, very probably and internationally, for matches of an official competition.

There were very interesting confrontations, after drawing elected "strong" pairs. In the Second round (phase of 16) Olympiacos eliminated AEK Athens with two wins. The first match in Nikos Goumas Stadium awarded to Olympiacos 2–0 in cards, in an eventful match that was abandoned against Enosis and while the score was 1–1. In the second match, at Athens Olympic Stadium, Olympiacos home then, they shattered AEK Athens 6–1. In the same round, in Thessaloniki's derby between PAOK and Aris, the first qualified with a 1–1 draw and a 2–0 victory in second match. Remarkable in this phase was also the qualification of Panathinaikos against Panionios with score 7–2, while the first match between two teams had been ended 1–0 for Panionios.

In quarter-finals followed the conflict between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. Afterwards undecided 1–1 in Athens Olympic Stadium, the reds triumphed 4–1 in Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium against their opponents. More shocking was the semi-final between Olympiacos and Iraklis. Olympiacos with two victories, 1–0 away and 5–4 in home, in an impressive match where 10 minutes before the end the score was 3–4, qualified in the Final.

There, they faced PAOK, after 9 years and for seventh totally time in a Greek Cup Final, that gaining the match 4–2 won the Cup 27 years afterwards their last success, in the same stadium against same opponent. The Final was held in Nikos Goumas Stadium, after draw that preceded between that and Lysandros Kaftanzoglou Stadium. The winner coach of fight, Dušan Bajević, became the first that won the trophy with three different teams, since were preceded AEK Athens in 1996 and Olympiacos in 1999.

First round

The teams play each other in home and away.

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Aris 10 6 3 1 16 9 +7 21 Panserraikos 10 5 3 2 16 8 +8 18 Akratitos 10 4 3 3 16 14 +2 15 Leonidio 10 3 3 4 10 15 −5 12 Kalamata 10 3 2 5 13 13 0 11 ILTEX Lykoi 10 1 2 7 8 20 −12 5

AKR ARI KAL LEO LYK PAN Akratitos – 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 Aris 3–3 – 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 Kalamata 0–1 1–1 – 4–1 2–1 1–2 Leonidio 1–2 2–1 2–2 – 1–0 1–0 ILTEX Lykoi 2–4 1–3 2–1 0–0 – 0–0 Panserraikos 2–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 4–1 –

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Paniliakos 10 6 4 0 14 1 +13 22 Ionikos 10 5 3 2 18 10 +8 18 Panegialios 10 3 2 5 10 13 −2 11 Lamia 10 2 4 4 7 14 −7 10 Marko 10 2 4 4 11 17 −6 10 Kallithea 10 2 3 5 9 14 −5 9

ION KAL LAM MRK PEG PIL Ionikos – 3–0 3–0 4–1 3–0 0–1 Kallithea 0–0 – 4–1 2–3 1–0 0–0 Lamia 1–2 1–0 – 3–2 0–2 1–1 Marko 2–2 1–1 0–0 – 2–0 0–0 Panegialios 1–1 3–1 0–0 4–0 – 0–3 Paniliakos 4–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 –

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Iraklis 10 8 1 1 27 6 +21 25 Apollon Athens 10 5 3 2 14 9 +5 18 Athinaikos 10 5 3 2 15 12 +3 18 Agios Nikolaos 10 3 1 6 6 16 −10 10 Acharnaikos 10 2 1 7 12 15 −3 7 Pierikos 10 2 1 7 9 25 −16 7

ACH AGN APO ATH IRA PIE Acharnaikos – 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 6–0 Agios Nikolaos 1–0 – 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 Apollon 3–0 0–0 – 1–0 0–2 1–0 Athinaikos 1–0 1–0 3–3 – 2–2 3–1 Iraklis 3–1 6–0 2–0 3–0 – 2–0 Pierikos 2–1 3–1 2–5 1–1 0–4 –

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PAOK 10 9 1 0 35 10 +25 28 Panachaiki 10 5 2 3 28 16 +12 17 Kavala 10 4 2 4 17 22 −5 14 Atromitos 10 3 2 5 15 17 −2 11 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 10 2 4 4 15 18 −3 10 Ambelokipi 10 1 1 8 6 33 −27 4

AMB ATR KAV NFP PAO PAN Ambelokipi – 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–6 1–2 Atromitos 4–0 – 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 Kavala 4–0 3–1 – 1–0 1–5 2–6 Nafp. Asteras 0–1 5–2 1–1 – 3–3 2–2 PAOK 6–1 1–0 3–1 4–0 – 2–0 Panachaiki 6–0 1–2 4–1 2–2 2–3 –

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Olympiacos 10 9 0 1 39 9 +30 27 Egaleo 10 8 0 2 23 10 +13 24 Ethnikos Asteras 10 6 0 4 20 19 +1 18 Trikala 10 4 0 6 12 22 −10 12 Patraikos 10 1 1 8 11 28 −17 4 Anagennisi Karditsa 10 1 1 8 7 24 −17 4

ANA EGA EAS OLY PTR TRK Anagennisi – 1–3 0–2 0–2 2–3 0–2 Egaleo 1–0 – 4–0 3–0 5–2 3–0 Ethnikos Asteras 3–2 2–0 – 1–4 3–1 6–0 Olympiacos 7–0 4–1 5–0 – 4–0 4–0 Patraikos 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–4 – 0–3 Trikala 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–5 2–1 –

Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Panathinaikos 10 9 0 1 25 7 +18 27 AEK Athens 10 8 1 1 38 10 +28 25 Larissa 10 3 2 5 10 13 −3 11 Ethnikos Piraeus 10 3 1 6 10 23 −13 10 Kozani 10 2 2 6 13 23 −10 8 Olympiakos Volos 10 2 0 8 10 30 −20 6

AEK ETH KOZ LAR OLV PAO AEK Athens – 8–0 5–2 1–0 9–1 3–1 Ethnikos Piraeus 0–3 – 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–3 Kozani 1–4 1–1 – 1–1 2–0 1–3 Larissa 2–2 1–2 2–1 – 2–0 0–2 Olympiakos 1–2 3–2 2–3 1–0 – 0–3 Panathinaikos 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 –

Group 7

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Panionios 10 5 4 1 21 9 +12 19 Skoda Xanthi 10 5 3 2 21 6 +15 18 Apollon Kalamaria 10 5 3 2 20 12 +8 18 Panelefsiniakos 10 3 3 4 14 20 −6 12 Kilkisiakos 10 3 0 7 19 28 −9 9 Ialysos+ 10 2 1 7 9 29 −20 4 +One nihilism and −3 points.

APO IAL KIL PEL PIO SKX Apollon – 5–0 0–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 Ialysos 1–3 – 4–3 3–1 0–1 1–1 Kilkisiakos 0–2 5–0 – 5–2 1–5 0–4 Panelefsiniakos 1–1 2–0+ 3–2 – 1–0 0–0 Panionios 2–2 4–0 4–1 2–2 – 1–0 Skoda Xanthi 4–1 4–0 4–1 3–0 1–1 – +Without match.

Group 8

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PAS Giannina 10 6 3 1 22 11 +11 21 Proodeftiki 10 6 2 2 12 7 +5 20 OFI 10 6 2 2 16 7 +9 20 Panetolikos 10 1 4 5 13 16 −3 7 Naoussa 10 1 4 5 9 18 −9 7 Veria 10 0 5 5 8 21 −13 5

NAO OFI PAN PAS PRO VER Naoussa – 1–4 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 OFI 1–0 – 1–0 1–2 1–0 5–0 Panetolikos 1–1 1–2 – 2–5 0–1 1–1 PAS Giannina 3–3 0–0 2–1 – 1–1 4–0 Proodeftiki 2–0 2–0 0–3 2–1 – 2–0 Veria 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 –

Additional Round

Home team	Score	Away team
Paniliakos	1–0	Chalkidon Near East
Panionios	7–2	Apollon Krya Vrysi

Second round

First legs were held on 10th-16 January-17th 2001 and second legs on 24th-30th-31st

Team No. 1	Agg.	Team No. 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Iraklis	4–2	PAS Giannina	2–1	2–1
Panserraikos	0–2	Panachaiki	0–1	0–1
Paniliakos (3–2 PSO)	1–1	Proodeftiki	1–0	0–1
Panionios	3–7	Panathinaikos	1–0	2–7
Skoda Xanthi (a.g.)	3–3	Ionikos	2–0	1–3
Aris	1–3	PAOK	1–1	0–2
Apollon Athens (a.g.)	1–1	Egaleo	0–0	1–1
AEK Athens	1–8	Olympiacos	0–2+	1–6

⁺Without match.

Quarter-finals

First legs were held on 7th-21 February 2001. Second legs were held on 7th-14 March-21st.

Team No. 1	Agg.	Team No. 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paniliakos	1–4	Apollon Athens	1–3	0–1
Olympiacos	5–2	Panathinaikos	1–1	4–1
Panachaiki	1–2	Iraklis	1–0	0–2
PAOK	4–1	Skoda Xanthi	2–0	2–1

Semi-finals

First legs were held on 4 April 2001, while second on 11th.

Team No. 1	Agg.	Team No. 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PAOK	5–3	Apollon Athens	5–2	0–1
Iraklis	4–6	Olympiacos	0–1	4–5

Final

The 59th Greek Cup Final was played at the Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens.

Olympiacos v PAOK

12 May 2001

Olympiacos	2–4	PAOK
Đorđević  79' (pen.) Choutos  90+2'		Engomitis  4' Borbokis  31' Georgiadis  46' Nalitzis  85'

Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens Attendance: 13,300 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)

Olympiacos

PAOK

OLYMPIACOS: GK 31 Dimitris Eleftheropoulos DF 14 Dimitris Mavrogenidis  46' DF 21 Grigoris Georgatos  67'  68' DF 19 Thanasis Kostoulas DF 32 Giorgos Anatolakis  35' MF 13 Zé Elias MF  7 Stelios Giannakopoulos MF  4 Andreas Niniadis  46' FW 30 Alekos Alexandris (c) FW 10 Giovanni MF 11 Predrag Đorđević Substitutes: GK  1 Angelos Georgiou DF  2 Christos Patsatzoglou  46' DF  3 Kiriakos Karataidis MF  6 Ilias Poursanidis MF 20 Pär Zetterberg MF  8 Luciano de Souza  68' FW  9 Lampros Choutos  46' Manager: Takis Lemonis

PAOK: GK 16 Ante Čović DF  2 Vassilis Borbokis DF  3 Stelios Venetidis  50' DF  4 Tasos Katsambis (c) DF 19 Koffi Amponsah  46' DF 24 Ifeanyi Udeze  84' MF 21 Giorgos Georgiadis  81' MF 30 Yiotis Engomitis  28' FW 22 Yiannakis Okkas  61'  88' MF 28 Pantelis Kafes MF 11 Pantelis Konstantinidis Substitutes: GK 26 Apostolos Papadopoulos DF 14 Loukas Karadimos DF 23 Dionysis Chasiotis DF 25 Giorgos Koulakiotis  46' MF 42 Armando Feutchine MF  8 Sladzan Spasić  88' FW 20 Dimitris Nalitzis  81' Manager: Dušan Bajević

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Zisis (Corinthia) Kourkounas (Chania)

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

• Greek Cup 2000–2001 at RSSSF
• Greek Cup 2000–2001 at Hellenic Football Federation's official site