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 goals)

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][7] 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[8] with 3–2 on aggregate in the quarter-finals and qualified against Egaleo[9][10] 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[11][12][13] 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[14] 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[15] 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 9, 23 April & 7 May 2003 4 4 → 2 none
Final 17 May 2003 1 2 → 1 none

Knockout phase

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which were played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

  • There are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.

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 Kalamarias 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
AO 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

Bracket

Second round Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
Iraklis 0 1 1
Panionios 0 2 2
Panionios 1 1 2
Ionikos 0 1 1
Ionikos (bye)
Panionios 1 2 3
AEK Athens 1 4 5
AEK Athens 3 3 6
Chalkidona 1 0 1
AEK Athens 2 3 5
Apollon Athens 0 0 0
Apollon Athens (bye)
AEK Athens 0 1 1
PAOK 1 1 2
PAOK 2 0 2
Olympiacos Volos 0 0 0
PAOK (a) 0 1 1
OFI 0 1 1
Kerkyra 0 0 0
OFI 1 3 4
PAOK 3 2 5
Olympiacos 1 1 2
Panachaiki (bye)
Panachaiki 0 0 0
Olympiacos 2 0 2
Kallithea 1 1 2
Olympiacos 4 0 4
PAOK 1
Aris 0
Kalamata 1 0 1
Akratitos 1 2 3
Akratitos 0 0 0
Panathinaikos 1 3 4
Panathinaikos 1 0 1
Skoda Xanthi 0 0 0
Panathinaikos 0 1 1
Egaleo 1 1 2
Egaleo 2 2 4
Agios Dimitrios 0 2 2
Egaleo 4 2 6
Paniliakos 0 1 1
Paniliakos (bye)
Egaleo 1 0 1
Aris (a) 1 0 1
Patraikos 0 1 1
Aris 1 3 4
Aris 3 1 4
PAS Giannina 0 0 0
PAS Giannina (bye)
Aris 3 0 3
Ethnikos Asteras 1 1 2
Apollon Kalamarias (bye)
Apollon Kalamarias 0 1 1
Ethnikos Asteras 2 2 4
Ergotelis 2 0 2
Ethnikos Asteras (a.e.t.) 0 3 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 Kalamarias 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 Kalamarias 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

Summary

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

Matches

Egaleo1–1Aris
  • Skopelitis 7'
Report (page 23)
Aris0–0Egaleo
Report (page 23)
Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)

Aris won on away goals.


AEK Athens0–1PAOK
Report (page 23)
Attendance: 10,082
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
PAOK1–1AEK Athens
Report (page 23)
Attendance: 8,363
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

PAOK won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

PAOK1–0Aris
Report (page 24)
Attendance: 18,703
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

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. ^ "PAOK set up Cup final derby". uefa.com. 7 May 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  8. ^ Εθνικός Αστέρας–Αρης 1–0. in.gr (in Greek). 19 March 2003.
  9. ^ Aιγάλεω–Αρης 1–1. in.gr (in Greek). 9 April 2003.
  10. ^ Αρης–Αιγάλεω 0–0. rizospastis.gr (in Greek). 24 April 2003.
  11. ^ "Georgiadis goal enough for PAOK". uefa.com. 17 May 2003. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Πήρε το Κύπελλο στο σπίτι του..." tanea.gr (in Greek). 19 May 2003.
  13. ^ "ΠΑΟΚ–Αρης 1–0 Τελικός 2003". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 17 May 2017.
  14. ^ Αλλαγή έδρας ζήτησε ο Αρης. in.gr (in Greek). 8 May 2003.
  15. ^ Ανακοίνωση ΕΠΟ. contra.gr (in Greek). 9 May 2003.

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