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
Teams	50
Defending champions	AEK Athens
Champions	PAOK (3rd title)
Runners-up	Olympiacos
Top goal scorer(s)	Alexis Alexandris (10)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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 10 6 3 1 16 9 +7 21 Panserraikos 10 5 3 2 16 8 +8 18 Akratitos 10 4 3 3 16 14 +2 15 Leonidio 10 3 3 4 10 15 −5 12 Kalamata 10 3 2 5 13 13 0 11 ILTEX Lykoi 10 1 2 7 8 20 −12 5

AKR ARI KAL LEO LYK PAN 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 10 6 4 0 14 1 +13 22 Ionikos 10 5 3 2 18 10 +8 18 Panegialios 10 3 2 5 10 13 −2 11 Lamia 10 2 4 4 7 14 −7 10 Marko 10 2 4 4 11 17 −6 10 Kallithea 10 2 3 5 9 14 −5 9

ION KAL LAM MRK PEG PIL 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 10 8 1 1 27 6 +21 25 Apollon Athens 10 5 3 2 14 9 +5 18 Athinaikos 10 5 3 2 15 12 +3 18 Agios Nikolaos 10 3 1 6 6 16 −10 10 Acharnaikos 10 2 1 7 12 15 −3 7 Pierikos 10 2 1 7 9 25 −16 7

ACH AGN APO ATH IRA PIE 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 10 9 1 0 35 10 +25 28 Panachaiki 10 5 2 3 28 16 +12 17 Kavala 10 4 2 4 17 22 −5 14 Atromitos 10 3 2 5 15 17 −2 11 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 10 2 4 4 15 18 −3 10 Ambelokipoi 10 1 1 8 6 33 −27 4

AMB ATR KAV NFP PAO PAN 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 10 9 0 1 39 9 +30 27 Egaleo 10 8 0 2 23 10 +13 24 Ethnikos Asteras 10 6 0 4 20 19 +1 18 Trikala 10 4 0 6 12 22 −10 12 Patraikos 10 1 1 8 11 28 −17 4 Anagennisi Karditsa 10 1 1 8 7 24 −17 4

ANA EGA EAS OLY PTR TRK 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 10 9 0 1 25 7 +18 27 AEK Athens 10 8 1 1 38 10 +28 25 Larissa 10 3 2 5 10 13 −3 11 Ethnikos Piraeus 10 3 1 6 10 23 −13 10 Kozani 10 2 2 6 13 23 −10 8 Olympiacos Volos 10 2 0 8 10 30 −20 6

AEK ETH KOZ LAR OLV PAO 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 10 5 4 1 21 9 +12 19 Skoda Xanthi 10 5 3 2 21 6 +15 18 Apollon Kalamaria 10 5 3 2 20 12 +8 18 Panelefsiniakos 10 3 3 4 14 20 −6 12 Kilkisiakos 10 3 0 7 19 28 −9 9 Ialysos^* 10 2 1 7 9 29 −20 4 ^*One nihilism and −3 points.

APO IAL KIL PEL PIO SKX 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 10 6 3 1 22 11 +11 21 Proodeftiki 10 6 2 2 12 7 +5 20 OFI 10 6 2 2 16 7 +9 20 Panetolikos 10 1 4 5 13 16 −3 7 Naoussa 10 1 4 5 9 18 −9 7 Veria 10 0 5 5 8 21 −13 5

NAO OFI PAN PAS PRO VER 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
Iraklis	4–2	PAS Giannina	2–1	2–1
Panserraikos	0–2	Panachaiki	0–1	0–1
Paniliakos (3–2 p.)	1–1	Proodeftiki	1–0	0–1
Panionios	3–7	Panathinaikos	1–0	2–7
Skoda Xanthi (a.g.)	3–3	Ionikos	2–0	1–3
Aris	1–3	PAOK	1–1	0–2
Apollon Athens (a.g.)	1–1	Egaleo	0–0	1–1
AEK Athens	1–8	Olympiacos	0–2^*	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
Paniliakos	1–4	Apollon Athens	1–3	0–1
Olympiacos	5–2	Panathinaikos	1–1	4–1
Panachaiki	1–2	Iraklis	1–0	0–2
PAOK	4–1	Skoda Xanthi	2–0	2–1

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
PAOK	5–3	Apollon Athens	5–2	0–1
Iraklis	4–6	Olympiacos	0–1	4–5

Final

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

12 May 2001

Olympiacos	2–4	PAOK
Đorđević  78' (pen.) Choutos  90+2'		4' Engomitis  31' Borbokis  46' Georgiadis  85' Nalitzis

Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 13,300

Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Athens)

Olympiacos

PAOK

GK 31 Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos DF 14 Dimitris Mavrogenidis  46' DF 21 Grigoris Georgatos  69'  69' DF 19 Athanasios Kostoulas DF 32 Giorgos Anatolakis  36' MF 13 Zé Elias MF 7 Stelios Giannakopoulos MF 4 Andreas Niniadis  46' FW 30 Alexis Alexandris (c) FW 10 Giovanni MF 11 Predrag Đorđević Substitutes: GK 1 Angelos Georgiou DF 2 Christos Patsatzoglou  46' DF 3 Kiriakos Karataidis MF 6 Ilias Poursanidis MF 20 Pär Zetterberg MF 8 Luciano de Souza  69' FW 9 Lampros Choutos  46' Manager: Takis Lemonis

GK 16 Ante Čović DF 2 Vassilis Borbokis DF 3 Stylianos Venetidis DF 4 Anastasios Katsabis (c) DF 19 Koffi Amponsah  46' DF 24 Ifeanyi Udeze  88' MF 21 Giorgos Georgiadis  79' MF 30 Panayiotis Engomitis  29' FW 22 Ioannis Okkas  62'  90' MF 28 Pantelis Kafes MF 11 Pantelis Konstantinidis Substitutes: GK 26 Apostolos Papadopoulos DF 14 Loukas Karadimos DF 23 Dionysis Chasiotis DF 25 Georgios Koulakiotis  46' MF 8 Slađan Spasić  90' FW 18 Nikolaos Frousos FW 20 Dimitris Nalitzis  79' Manager: Dušan Bajević

Man of the Match: Panayiotis Engomitis Match officials: Assistant referees: Zisis (Corinthia) Kourkounas (Chania)

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

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• Greek Cup 2000–2001 at RSSSF
• Greek Cup 2000–2001 at Hellenic Football Federation's official site