The 2005 Greek Cup final was the 61st final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 21 May 2005 at Pampeloponnisiako Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Aris. It was Olympiacos' thirty- first Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 80 years of existence and Aris' seventh Greek Cup final in their 91-year history. It was the first time that the match was held outside Athens or Thessaloniki Prefecture. It is characteristic that Aris had already been relegated to the second division during his presence in the final, with the result that the competitive and psychologically superior Olympiacos reached the conquest of the cup and consequently the double, while Dušan Bajević reached the 4th cup win as a coach. The following season, Aris, as a cup finalist played in the UEFA Cup thus becoming the first and only second division team in Greece that ever competed in any European competition.
Venue
This was the first Greek Cup final held at Pampeloponnisiako Stadium.
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium was built in 1981 and was renovated once, in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for Panachaiki. Its current capacity is 23,588.
Background Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty times, winning twenty of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1999 (2–0 against Panathinaikos). The last time that they had played in a final was in 2004, where they had lost to Panathinaikos by 3–1.
Aris had reached the Greek Cup final six times, winning one of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1970 (1–0 against PAOK). The last time that they had played in a final was in 2003, where they had lost to PAOK by 1–0.
The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.
Route to the final
OlympiacosRoundArisOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Veria 5–1 0–0 (A) 5–1 (H) First round Kavala 5–3 1–2 (A) 4–1 (H) ByeAdditional round Bye Kallithea 3–3 (a) 1–0 (H) 2–3 (A) Round of 32 Atromitos 8–0 5–0 (A) 3–0 (H) Iraklis 2–1 0–1 (A) 2–0 (H) Round of 16 Ethnikos Piraeus 4–2 2–1 (H) 2–1 (A) Kastoria 6–3 1–2 (A) 5–1 (H) Quarter-finals Apollon Kalamarias 1–1 (a) 0–0 (H) 1–1 (A) AEK Athens 3–1 1–0 (A) 2–1 (H) Semi-finals Skoda Xanthi 3–2 1–2 (H) 2–0 (A)
Match Details
GK 71 Antonios NikopolidisRB 14 Dimitrios Mavrogenidis CB 32 Georgios AnatolakisCB 19 Athanasios KostoulasLB 30 Anastasios PantosDM 17 Giannis TaralidisCM 11 Predrag Đorđević (c)RM 1 Pantelis Kafes LM 21 Grigoris GeorgatosAM 5 RivaldoCF 9 Ioannis Okkas Substitutes:GK 34 Kleopas GiannouDF 12 Gabriel SchürrerDF 25 Spyros VallasMF 6 Ieroklis Stoltidis MF 8 Miloš MarićFW 7 Nery Castillo FW 10 Giovanni Manager: Dušan Bajević GK 15 Vangelis PourliotopoulosRB 20 Konstantinos Kallimanis CB 4 Avraam PapadopoulosCB 23 Georgios KoltsidasCB 5 Spyros GogolosLB 30 Christos NaintosDM 6 Petros Passalis (c)DM 2 Maciej Murawski RM 44 Konstantinos Nebegleras LM 40 Dorge KouemahaCF 32 Mimis BeniskosSubstitutes:GK 31 Sotiris LiberopoulosDF 8 Agapitos Abelas DF 17 Kristi VangjeliDF 25 Dimitrios Markomichalis MF 7 Giannis ChrysafisMF 22 Fernando Sanjurjo FW 9 Giannis LazanasManager: Georgios Chatzaras Man of the Match: Rivaldo (Olympiacos)
Assistant referees: Lykourgos Tsolakidis (Athens) Giorgos Tabrantzis (Aetoloacarnania)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions
See also 2004–05 Greek Football Cup
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