Event | 2008–09 Greek Football Cup | ||||||
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After extra time Olympiacos won 15–14 on penalties | |||||||
Date | 2 May 2009 | ||||||
Venue | Olympic Stadium, Marousi, Athens | ||||||
Man of the Match | Matt Derbyshire (Olympiacos) | ||||||
Referee | Anastasios Kakos (Corfu) | ||||||
Attendance | 48,594 | ||||||
Weather | Fair 13 °C (55 °F) 82% humidity | ||||||
The 2009 Greek Cup final was the 65th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 2 May 2009 at Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Olympiacos.[1] It was AEK Athens' nineteenth Greek Cup final in their 85-year history and Olympiacos' thirty fourth Greek Cup final and second consecutive in their 84 years of existence. With 8 goals, including 2 turnarounds and a penalty shoot-out of 29 penalties in total, the match was widely considered as the most entertaining final in the tournament.[2][3] It was the last match for the captain of Olympiacos, Predrag Đorđević as a footballer, having spent 13 years of his 17 years playing for the club.[4]