2000–01 Greek Football Cup

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

2000–01 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams50
Defending championsAEK Athens
ChampionsPAOK (3rd title)
Runners-upOlympiacos
Top goal scorer(s)Alexis Alexandris (10)

Tournament details

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

For the first time, there were double(home and away) matches in the group stage, thus each team played 10 games. Because the tournament began very early in the summer, in a period where 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.

After the group stage, there were very interesting confrontations, after drawing elected "strong" pairs. In the Second round (round of 16) Olympiacos eliminated AEK with two wins. The first leg in Nikos Goumas Stadium was awarded to Olympiacos 2–0 in an eventful match[1] that was abandoned against Enosis and while the scoreline was 1–1 at the time. In the second leg, at Athens Olympic Stadium, Olympiacos' home ground then, they shattered AEK 6–1.[2] In the same round, in Thessaloniki's derby between PAOK and Aris, PAOK qualified with a 1–1[3] away draw and a 2–0[4] home victory. Remarkable in this round was also the qualification of Panathinaikos against Panionios with a 7–2 second leg demolition, while the first leg ended with a 1–0 win of Panionios.

In the quarter-finals followed the conflict between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos. First leg ended 1–1[5] in Athens Olympic Stadium, while in the second leg the reds triumphed 4–1[6] in Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium against their arch-rivals. More exciting were the semi-finals between Olympiacos and Iraklis. Olympiacos with two victories, 1–0 away and 5–4[7] at home (in an impressive game where 10 minutes before the end the scoreline was 3–4), qualified for the Final.

The Final was held in Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens on 12 May 2001. A draw was preceded on 19 April[8] to determine in which stadium/city the final would be hosted (Nikos Goumas/Athens or Lysandros Kaftanzoglou/Thessaloniki) . Olympiacos faced PAOK, 9 years after their last conflict in a cup final and for a 7th clash in total. Several days before the game, Olympiacos president Sokratis Kokkalis made a memorable statement using a Greek expression that Olympiacos would lose the upcoming final only if the devil would break his leg (meaning that it was almost impossible to lose) . However, PAOK easily won the match 4–2[9][10] with an impressive performance and earned the trophy 27 years after their last success, in the same stadium against the same opponent. During the awarding ceremony, former goalkeeper of PAOK Mladen Furtula (member of the coaching staff then) whispered to Kokkalis that the devil did break his leg that day and Kokkalis responded with a laugh. PAOK manager Dušan Bajević, became the first in history to win the trophy with three different teams. He also coached AEK in 1996 and Olympiacos in 1999.

First round

The teams play each other home and away.

Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Aris 10631169+721
Panserraikos 10532168+818
Akratitos 104331614+215
Leonidio 103341015−512
Kalamata 103251313011
ILTEX Lykoi 10127820−125
 AKRARIKALLEOLYKPAN
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 10640141+1322
Ionikos 105321810+818
Panegialios 103251013−211
Lamia 10244714−710
Marko 102441117−610
Kallithea 10235914−59
 IONKALLAMMRKPEGPIL
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 10811276+2125
Apollon Athens 10532149+518
Athinaikos 105321512+318
Agios Nikolaos 10316616−1010
Acharnaikos 102171215−37
Pierikos 10217925−167
 ACHAGNAPOATHIRAPIE
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 109103510+2528
Panachaiki 105232816+1217
Kavala 104241722−514
Atromitos 103251517−211
Nafpaktiakos Asteras 102441518−310
Ambelokipoi 10118633−274
 AMBATRKAVNFPPAKPAN
Ambelokipoi – 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 10901399+3027
Egaleo 108022310+1324
Ethnikos Asteras 106042019+118
Trikala 104061222−1012
Patraikos 101181128−174
Anagennisi Karditsa 10118724−174
 ANAEGAEASOLYPTRTRK
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 10901257+1827
AEK Athens 108113810+2825
Larissa 103251013−311
Ethnikos Piraeus 103161023−1310
Kozani 102261323−108
Olympiacos Volos 102081030−206
 AEKETHKOZLAROLVPAO
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
Olympiacos Volos 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 10541219+1219
Skoda Xanthi 10532216+1518
Apollon Kalamaria 105322012+818
Panelefsiniakos 103341420−612
Kilkisiakos 103071928−99
Ialysos* 10217929−204

*One nihilism and −3 points.
 APOIALKILPELPIOSKX
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 106312211+1121
Proodeftiki 10622127+520
OFI 10622167+920
Panetolikos 101451316−37
Naoussa 10145918−97
Veria 10055821−135
 NAOOFIPANPASPROVER
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 10, 16 and 17 January 2001, and second legs on 24, 30 and 31 January.

Team No. 1 Agg. Team No. 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Iraklis4–2PAS Giannina2–12–1
Panserraikos0–2Panachaiki0–10–1
Paniliakos (3–2 p.)1–1Proodeftiki1–00–1
Panionios3–7Panathinaikos1–02–7
Skoda Xanthi (a.g.)3–3Ionikos2–01–3
Aris1–3PAOK1–10–2
Apollon Athens (a.g.)1–1Egaleo0–01–1
AEK Athens1–8Olympiacos0–2*1–6

*Awarded. Match suspended at 73rd minute (score: 1–1).

Quarter-finals

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

Team No. 1 Agg. Team No. 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Paniliakos1–4Apollon Athens1–30–1
Olympiacos5–2Panathinaikos1–14–1
Panachaiki1–2Iraklis1–00–2
PAOK4–1Skoda Xanthi2–02–1

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
PAOK5–3Apollon Athens5–20–1
Iraklis4–6Olympiacos0–14–5

Final

The 57th Greek Cup Final was played at the Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens.

Olympiacos2–4PAOK
Đorđević  78' (pen.)
Choutos  90+2'		 Engomitis  4'
Borbokis  31'
Georgiadis  46'
Nalitzis  85'
Attendance: 13,300
Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)
Olympiacos
PAOK
GK31 Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos
DF14 Dimitris Mavrogenidis 46'
DF21 Grigoris Georgatos 69' 69'
DF19 Athanasios Kostoulas
DF32 Giorgos Anatolakis 36'
MF13 Zé Elias
MF7 Stelios Giannakopoulos
MF4 Andreas Niniadis 46'
FW30 Alexis Alexandris (c)
FW10 Giovanni
MF11 Predrag Đorđević
Substitutes:
GK1 Angelos Georgiou
DF2 Christos Patsatzoglou 46'
DF3 Kiriakos Karataidis
MF6 Ilias Poursanidis
MF20 Pär Zetterberg
MF8 Luciano de Souza 69'
FW9 Lampros Choutos 46'
Manager:
Takis Lemonis
GK16 Ante Čović
DF2 Vassilis Borbokis
DF3 Stylianos Venetidis
DF4 Anastasios Katsabis (c)
DF19 Koffi Amponsah 46'
DF24 Ifeanyi Udeze 88'
MF21 Giorgos Georgiadis 79'
MF30 Panayiotis Engomitis 29'
FW22 Ioannis Okkas 62' 90'
MF28 Pantelis Kafes
MF11 Pantelis Konstantinidis
Substitutes:
GK26 Apostolos Papadopoulos
DF14 Loukas Karadimos
DF23 Dionysis Chasiotis
DF25 Georgios Koulakiotis 46'
MF8 Slađan Spasić 90'
FW18 Nikolaos Frousos
FW20 Dimitris Nalitzis 79'
Manager:
Dušan Bajević

Man of the Match:

Match officials:

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
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