The 2022 Greek Cup final was the 78th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 21 May 2022 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and PAOK. It was Panathinaikos' thirtieth Greek Cup final in their 114 years of existence and PAOK's twenty second Greek Cup final and second consecutive, of their 96-year history. The game was marked by incidents and specifically, when Aitor after scoring for Panathinaikos celebrated in front of the stands of the PAOK ultras. As a result, a stone was thrown to his hand, injuring him with tensions occurring between the players of both teams immediately after. The referee interrupted the match and in fact, as he headed to the locker room, he was holding the stone that hit the player.

Venue

This was the twenty sixth Greek Cup final held at the Athens 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, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2021 finals.

The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982 and renovated once in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for AEK Athens and Greece and was used for Olympiacos and Panathinaikos on various occasions. Its current capacity is 69,618 and it hosted three European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals in 1983, 1994 and 2007, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in 1987, the 1991 Mediterranean Games and the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Background Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty-nine times, winning eighteen of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 2014, where they had won against PAOK by 4–1.

PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final twenty-one times, winning eight of them. The last time that they had played in a final was in 2021, where they had won against Olympiacos by 2–1.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final four times in the 1955, 1972, 1977 and 2014 finals.

Route to the final

Panathinaikos RoundPAOKOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Atromitos 1–0 (A)Fifth round ByeVolos2–12–1 (H)0–0 (A)Round of 16AEL4–21–1 (A)3–1 (H)Anagennisi Karditsa5–04–0 (H)1–0 (A)Quarter-finalsAEK Athens2–10–0 (H)2–1 (A)Lamia3–01–0 (H)2–0 (A)Semi-finalsOlympiacos1–1 (a)0–0 (H)1–1 (A)

Match

Details

GK 91 Alberto Brignoli RB 27 Giannis Kotsiras CB  4 Fran Vélez (c)CB  5 Bart Schenkeveld LB  3 Juankar DM 17 Rubén PérezCM 19 Lucas Villafáñez  RM 34 Sebastián Palacios  LM 22 Aitor CantalapiedraAM 50 Mijat Gaćinović    CF  7 Fotis Ioannidis  Substitutes:GK  1 Sokratis DioudisDF 31 Zvonimir Šarlija  DF  2 Georgios VagiannidisDF 14 Facundo SánchezMF 21 Dimitrios Kourbelis  ΜF 88 MaurícioMF  6 Sotiris Alexandropoulos    FW 98 Mateus VitalFW 10 Carlitos  Manager: Ivan Jovanović GK 31 Alexandros PaschalakisRB 19 Lefteris Lyratzis CB  4 Sverrir Ingi Ingason CB 15 José Ángel Crespo LB 20 Vieirinha (c) CM 33 Douglas Augusto CM 27 Jasmin Kurtić RM 14 Andrija Živković LM 21 Diego Biseswar AM 50 Filipe Soares CF 47 Chuba Akpom Substitutes:GK 64 Christos Talichmanidis DF  5 Fernando Varela DF 59 Konstantinos Koulierakis DF 16 Sidcley MF 22 Stefan Schwab MF  7 Omar El Kaddouri FW 28 Alexandru Mitriță FW 18 Nélson OliveiraFW 29 Antonio Čolak Manager: Răzvan Lucescu Man of the Match: Aitor Cantalapiedra (Panathinaikos)

Assistant referees: Pau Cebrián Devís (Spain) Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar (Spain) Fourth official: Evaggelos Manouchos (Argolida) Video assistant referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain) Assistant video assistant referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used at maximum three times, with a sixth allowed in extra time.

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