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" for sponsorship reasons.

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 goals)

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][7] 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[8][9] with 3–2 on aggregate in the quarter-finals and qualified against Egaleo[10][11] 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[12][13][14] 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[15] 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[16] 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 Round8 August, 11 September 20025252 → 2652
Second Round7 October, 6 November 20022026 → 16none
Round of 1619 December 2002 & 29 January 20031616 → 8none
Quarter-finals5, 19, 26 February & 5, 12, 19 March 200388 → 4none
Semi-finals9, 23 April & 7 May 200344 → 2none
Final17 May 200312 → 1none

Knockout phase

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which were played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

  • There are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.

First round

The draw took place on 11 July 2002.[17]

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.)
AEL 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 Kalamarias 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
AO 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

Bracket
Second round Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
Iraklis 0 1 1
Panionios 0 2 2
Panionios 1 1 2
Ionikos 0 1 1
Ionikos (bye)
Panionios 1 2 3
AEK Athens 1 4 5
AEK Athens 3 3 6
Chalkidona 1 0 1
AEK Athens 2 3 5
Apollon Athens 0 0 0
Apollon Athens (bye)
AEK Athens 0 1 1
PAOK 1 1 2
PAOK 2 0 2
Olympiacos Volos 0 0 0
PAOK (a) 0 1 1
OFI 0 1 1
Kerkyra 0 0 0
OFI 1 3 4
PAOK 3 2 5
Olympiacos 1 1 2
Panachaiki (bye)
Panachaiki 0 0 0
Olympiacos 2 0 2
Kallithea 1 1 2
Olympiacos 4 0 4
PAOK 1
Aris 0
Kalamata 1 0 1
Akratitos 1 2 3
Akratitos 0 0 0
Panathinaikos 1 3 4
Panathinaikos 1 0 1
Skoda Xanthi 0 0 0
Panathinaikos 0 1 1
Egaleo 1 1 2
Egaleo 2 2 4
Agios Dimitrios 0 2 2
Egaleo 4 2 6
Paniliakos 0 1 1
Paniliakos (bye)
Egaleo 1 0 1
Aris (a) 1 0 1
Patraikos 0 1 1
Aris 1 3 4
Aris 3 1 4
PAS Giannina 0 0 0
PAS Giannina (bye)
Aris 3 0 3
Ethnikos Asteras 1 1 2
Apollon Kalamarias (bye)
Apollon Kalamarias 0 1 1
Ethnikos Asteras 2 2 4
Ergotelis 2 0 2
Ethnikos Asteras (a.e.t.) 0 3 3

Second round

The draw took place on 27 September 2002.[18]

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 Kalamarias bye
Ionikos bye
Paniliakos bye
Panachaiki bye

Round of 16

The draw took place on 28 November 2002.

Summary
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 Kalamarias 1–4 Ethnikos Asteras 0–2 1–2
Akratitos 0–4 Panathinaikos 0–1 0–3

Matches
AEK Athens2–0Apollon Athens
  • Nalitzis 36'
  • Centeno 43'
 Report (page 17)
Attendance: 134
Referee: Kostas Finokaliotis (Athens)
Apollon Athens0–3AEK Athens
Report (page 19)
Agios Dimitrios Municipal Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 524
Referee: Vassilis Skoufitsas (Athens)

AEK Athens won 5–0 on aggregate.

PAOK0–0OFI
Report (page 17)
Referee: Giorgos Kaznaferis (Athens)
OFI1–1PAOK
 Report (page 19)
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

PAOK won on away goals.

Aris3–0PAS Giannina
 Report (page 18)
Referee: Dimitris Takidis (Kilkis)
PAS Giannina0–1Aris
Report (page 19)
Referee: Vassilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

Aris won 4–0 on aggregate.

Panionios1–0Ionikos
 Report (page 18)
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
Ionikos1–1Panionios
 Report (page 20)
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)

Panionios won 2–1 on aggregate.

Panachaiki0–2Olympiacos
Report (page 18)
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)
Olympiacos0–0Panachaiki
Report (page 20)
Referee: Charalampos Karatzas (Euboea)

Olympiacos won 2–0 on aggregate.

Egaleo4–0Paniliakos
Report (page 18)
Referee: Ioannis Bisogiannis (Thessaloniki)
Paniliakos1–2Egaleo
 Report (page 20)
  • Goudelitsas 71'
  • Angos 90'
Referee: Stavros Georgopoulos (Arcadia)

Egaleo won 6–1 on aggregate.

Apollon Kalamarias0–2Ethnikos Asteras
Report (page 18)
Referee: Christos Vasiliou (Thessaly)
Ethnikos Asteras2–1Apollon Kalamarias
 Report (page 20)
Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium, Athens
Referee: Gerasimos Mazarakis (Kefalonia)

Ethnikos Asteras won 4–1 on aggregate.

Akratitos0–1Panathinaikos
Report (page 19)
Referee: Ioannis Tsacheilidis (Piraeus)
Panathinaikos3–0Akratitos
 Report (page 20)
Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Athens)

Panathinaikos won 4–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw took place on 30 January 2003.[19]

Summary
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

Matches
Panathinaikos0–1Egaleo
Report (page 21)
Attendance: 1,663
Referee: Ioannis Spyropoulos (Phthiotis)
Egaleo1–1Panathinaikos
 Report (page 22)
Attendance: 1,295
Referee: Vassilis Terovitsas (Aetoloacarnania)

Egaleo won 2–1 on aggregate.

Panionios1–1AEK Athens
 Report (page 21)
Attendance: 1,506
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Thessaloniki)
AEK Athens4–2Panionios
 Report (page 22)
Attendance: 2,473
Referee: Nikos Angelakis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens won 5–3 on aggregate.

Aris3–1Ethnikos Asteras
 Report (page 21)
Referee: Dimitris Takidis (Kilkis)
Ethnikos Asteras1–0Aris
Louka 54' Report (page 22)
Michalis Kritikopoulos Stadium, Kaisariani
Referee: Manolis Tapatzas (Thrace)

Aris won 3–2 on aggregate.

PAOK3–1Olympiacos
 Report (page 21)
Attendance: 17,647
Referee: Giorgos Tsangarakis (Chania)
Olympiacos1–2PAOK
Choutos 76' Report (page 22)
Attendance: 11,466
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

PAOK won 5–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw took place on 20 March 2003.[20]

Summary
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

Matches
Egaleo1–1Aris
 Report (page 23)
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
Aris0–0Egaleo
Report (page 23)
Referee: Makis Efthimiadis (Drama)

Aris won on away goals.

AEK Athens0–1PAOK
Report (page 23)
Attendance: 10,082
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
PAOK1–1AEK Athens
 Report (page 23)
Attendance: 8,363
Referee: Thanasis Briakos (Epirus)

PAOK won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 2003 Greek Football Cup final
PAOK1–0Aris
 Report (page 24)
Attendance: 18,703
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)

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