| Event | 2015–16 Greek Football Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 17 May 2016 | ||||||
| Venue | Olympic Stadium,Marousi,Athens | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Petros Mantalos(AEK Athens) | ||||||
| Referee | Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese) | ||||||
| Attendance | Behind closed doors | ||||||
| Weather | Fair 18 °C (64 °F) 64%humidity | ||||||
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The2016 Greek Cup final was the 72nd final of theGreek Cup. It took place on 17 May 2016 at theOlympic Stadium. The contesting teams wereOlympiacos andAEK Athens.[1] It was Olympiacos' thirty ninth Greek Cup final and second consecutive, in their 91 years of existence and AEK Athens' twenty first Greek Cup final of their 92-year history. On 5 April 2016, FIFA Emergency Committee decided to provide the Greek authorities with a deadline to have the cancellation of the competition reversed before 15 April 2016 or theHFF would face an automatic suspension.[2] The Greek authorities announced on deadline day that the Greek Football Cup will be resumed after an agreement reached withFIFA,UEFA and HFF.[3] A new schedule with the remaining match was announced with the final being played on 7 May 2016,[4] but the final was later postponed to 15 May 2016.[5][6] It was again postponed to 17 May 2016.[7]
This was the twenty second Greek Cup final held at theAthens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 finals.
The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982 and renovated once in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue forAEK Athens and was used for Olympiacos,Panathinaikos andGreece on various occasions. Its current capacity is 69,618 and it hosted threeEuropean Cup/UEFA Champions League finals in1983,1994 and2007, aUEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in1987, the1991 Mediterranean Games and the2004 Summer Olympics.[8]
Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty eight times, winning twenty seven of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in2015, where they had won againstSkoda Xanthi by 3–1.
AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final twenty times, winning thirteen of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in2011, where they had won againstAtromitos by 3–0.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final five times in the 1953, 1956, 2002, 2006 and 2009 finals.[9]
| Olympiacos | Round | AEK Athens | ||||||
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| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | ||||
| Platanias | 2–2 (H) | Matchday 1 | Skoda Xanthi | 1–0 (A) | ||||
| Panegialios | 4–0 (A) | Matchday 2 | Panelefsiniakos | 6–0 (H) | ||||
| Apollon Smyrnis | 2–1 (A) | Matchday 3 | AEL | 5–0 (A) | ||||
| Group E winners | Final standings | Group G winners | ||||||
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Chania | 10–1 | 4–1 (A) | 6–0 (H) | Round of 16 | Levadiakos | 3–0 | 1–0 (A) | 2–0 (H) |
| Asteras Tripolis | 6–1 | 5–0 (A) | 1–1 (H) | Quarter-finals | Iraklis | 5–1 | 4–1 (H) | 1–0 (A) |
| PAOK | 6–0 | 3–0 (w/o) (A) | 3–0 (w/o) (H) | Semi-finals | Atromitos | 2–1 | 1–0 (H) | 1–1 (A) |
          Οlympiacos |      AEK Athens |
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