2002–03 Greek Football Cup

The 2002–03 Greek Football Cup was the 61st edition of the Greek Football Cup. That season's edition was entitled "Vodafone Greek Cup".

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)

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] 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, on 17 May 2003. PAOK defeated Aris by 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.

Calendar
RoundDate(s)FixturesClubsNew entries
First Round5252 → 2652
Second Round2026 → 16none
Round of 161616 → 8none
Quarter-finals88 → 4none
Semi-finals44 → 2none
Final17 May 200312 → 1none

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.)
Larissa 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 Kalamaria 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
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

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 Kalamaria 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 Kalamaria 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
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

Final

The 59th Greek Cup Final was played at the Toumba Stadium.

PAOK1–0Aris
 Report (page 24)
Attendance: 18,703
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
PAOK
Aris
GK33 Kyriakos Tochouroglou
DF30 Panayiotis Engomitis
DF19 Koffi Amponsah  89'
DF 3 Vangelis Koutsopoulos  33'
MF77 Mariusz Kukiełka
MF 5 Dimitris Markos
MF 1 Pantelis Kafes (c)
MF14 Giorgos Koutsis  70'
MF11 Georgios Georgiadis
FW 9 Ioannis Okkas
FW18 Yiasoumis Yiasoumi  56'  74'
Substitutes:
GK31 Ilias Atmatsidis
DF80 Vaggelis Nastos  89'
DF44 Loukas Karadimos
DF23 Dionysis Chasiotis  70'
MF22 Guy Feutchine
MF20 Slađan Spasić  74'
FW 8 Dimitris Salpingidis
Manager:
Angelos Anastasiadis
GK31 Christos Lambakis
DF29 Nasief Morris
DF23 Giorgos Koltsidas  20'
DF21 Nikos Papadopoulos (c)  44'
DF13 Panagiotis Katsiaros
MF 3 Angelos Digozis 46'
MF 8 Magnus Källander
MF 4 Mike Panopoulos 70'
MF10 Joël Epalle
MF17 Richard Knopper
FW99 Njogu Demba-Nyrén 46'
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

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
  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. 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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