2006 Greek Football Cup final
Football match
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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.[1][2][3][4] 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.
| Event | 2005–06 Greek Football Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 10 May 2006 | ||||||
| Venue | Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Michalis Konstantinou (Olympiacos) | ||||||
| Referee | Vasilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania) | ||||||
| Attendance | 22,079 | ||||||
| Weather | Fair 18 °C (64 °F) 73% humidity | ||||||
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.[5]
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.[6]
Route to the final
| Olympiacos | Round | AEK Athens | ||||||
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| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
| Paniliakos | 4–0 (A) | Round of 32 | PAS Giannina | 3–0 (A) | ||||
| Thrasyvoulos | 2–0 (A) | Round of 16 | Ethnikos Piraeus | 2–2 (4–3 p) | 1–1 (H) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (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
| Olympiacos | 3–0 | AEK Athens |
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Man of the Match:
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Match rules
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