2002–03 Greek Football Cup

The Vodafone Greek Cup 2002–03 was the 61st edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.

2002–03 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams52
Defending championsAEK Athens
ChampionsPAOK (4th title)
Runners-upAris
← 2001–02
2003–04 →

Tournament details

The two finalists were PAOK and arch-rivals 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[5][6] 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[7] with 3–2 on aggregate in the quarter-finals and qualified against Egaleo[8][9] on away goals rule in the semi-finals.

The final was held at Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki on 17 May 2003. PAOK defeated Aris 1–0[10][11][12] 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[13] 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[14] 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.

First round
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Trikala0–6Kallithea0–40–2
OFI4–0Kavala4–00–0
Panionios3–2Marko2–11–1
Ethnikos Asteras2–1Niki Volos2–00–1
Athinaikos2–3Agios Dimitrios1–11–2
PAS Giannina3–1Vyzas Megara1–12–0
Egaleo6–4Agrotikos Asteras3–13–3
Olympiacos Volos (9–8 p.)1–1Panegialios1–00–1
Larissa0–4Skoda Xanthi0–10–3
Panserraikos2–6Ergotelis1–21–4
Nafpaktiakos Asteras2–7Panachaiki1–51–2
Akratitos8–0Acharnaikos3–05–0
Agios Nikolaos2–4Iraklis2–30–1
Ethnikos Piraeus0–7Paniliakos0–30–4
ILTEX Lykoi0–5Panathinaikos0–20–3
Levadiakos4–5Apollon Kalamaria2–22–3 (a.e.t.)
Chalkidona6–1Kastoria4–02–1
Patraikos3–2Atromitos1–12–1 (a.e.t.)
Leonidio0–1PAOK0–10–0
Kilkisiakos1–2Kalamata1–20–0
Kassandra0–2AEK Athens0–20–0
Chania0–6Aris0–40–2
Kerkyra1–0Proodeftiki0–01–0
Fostiras1–4Olympiacos0–21–2
Thrasyvoulos0–3Apollon Athens0–20–1
Poseidon Neoi Porroi0–4Ionikos0–10–3

Second round
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Iraklis1–2Panionios0–01–2
AEK Athens6–1Chalkidona3–13–0
PAOK2–0Olympiacos Volos2–00–0
Panathinaikos1–0Skoda Xanthi1–00–0
Kalamata1–3Akratitos1–10–2
Egaleo4–2Agios Dimitrios2–02–2
Kallithea2–4Olympiacos1–41–0
Patraikos1–4Aris0–11–3
Kerkyra0–4OFI0–10–3
Ergotelis2–3Ethnikos Asteras2–00–3 (a.e.t.)
PAS Gianninabye
Apollon Athensbye
Apollon Kalamariabye
Ionikosbye
Paniliakosbye
Panachaikibye

Third round
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens5–0Apollon Athens2–03–0
PAOK (a.g.)1–1OFI0–01–1
Aris4–0PAS Giannina3–01–0
Panionios2–1Ionikos1–01–1
Panachaiki0–2Olympiacos0–20–0
Egaleo6–1Paniliakos4–02–1
Apollon Kalamaria1–4Ethnikos Asteras0–21–2
Akratitos0–4Panathinaikos0–10–3

Quarter-finals
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panathinaikos1–2Egaleo0–11–1
Panionios3–5AEK Athens1–12–4
Aris3–2Ethnikos Asteras3–10–1
PAOK5–2Olympiacos3–12–1

Semi-finals
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egaleo1–1Aris (a.g.)1–10–0
AEK Athens1–2PAOK0–11–1

Final

The 59th Greek Cup Final was played at the Toumba Stadium, Toumba (Thessaloniki).

PAOK 1 – 0 Aris
Georgiadis  24'
Attendance: 18,703
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
PAOK
Aris
PAOK:
GK33 Kyriakos Tochouroglou
DF30 Yiotis Engomitis
DF 3 Vangelis Koutsopoulos 33'
DF19 Koffi Amponsah 89'
MF 5 Dimitris Markos
MF14 Giorgos Koutsis 70'
MF11 Giorgos Georgiadis
MF77 Mariusz Kukiełka
FW 9 Yiannakis Okkas
MF 1 Pantelis Kafes (c)
FW18 Yiasoumis Yiasoumi 56' 74'
Substitutes:
GK31 Ilias Atmatsidis
DF80 Vangelis Nastos 89'
DF44 Loukas Karadimos
DF23 Dionysis Chasiotis 70'
MF22 Armando Feutchine
MF20 Sladzan Spasić 74'
FW 8 Dimitris Salpingidis
Manager:
Angelos Anastasiadis
ARIS:
GK31 Christos Lambakis
DF29 Nasief Morris
DF13 Panagiotis Katsiaros
DF23 Giorgos Koltsidas 20'
DF21 Nikos Papadopoulos (c) 44'
MF 3 Angelos Digozis 46'
MF 4 Michalis Panopoulos 70'
MF 8 Magnus Källander
FW99 Njogu Demba-Nyrén 46'
MF10 Joël Epalle
MF17 Richard Knopper
Substitutes:
GK 1 Alexandros Dellios
DF 5 Andreas Skentzos
DF 6 Giannis Mallous
MF20 Aguinaldo Braga 46'
MF 7 Nikos Kyzeridis
MF14 Salaheddine Bassir 70'
FW11 Leonidas Kampantais 46'
Manager:
Giorgos Foiros

Man of the Match:

  • Giorgos Georgiadis

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Tsolakidis
    • Groutsis
  • Fourth official: Borovilos

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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  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. Εθνικός Αστέρας-Αρης 1-0. in.gr (in Greek). 19 March 2003.
  8. Aιγάλεω-Αρης 1-1. in.gr (in Greek). 9 April 2003.
  9. Αρης-Αιγάλεω 0-0. rizospastis.gr (in Greek). 24 April 2003.
  10. "Georgiadis goal enough for PAOK". uefa.com. 17 May 2003.
  11. "Πήρε το Κύπελλο στο σπίτι του..." tanea.gr (in Greek). 19 May 2003.
  12. "ΠΑΟΚ-Αρης 1-0 Τελικός 2003". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 17 May 2017.
  13. Αλλαγή έδρας ζήτησε ο Αρης. in.gr (in Greek). 8 May 2003.
  14. Ανακοίνωση ΕΠΟ. contra.gr (in Greek). 9 May 2003.
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