The 2018 Greek Cup Final was the 74th final of the Greek Football Cup. It took place on 12 May 2018 at Olympic Stadium, between AEK Athens and PAOK for a second time in row. It was AEK Athens' twenty third Greek Cup Final and third consecutive, of their 94-year history and PAOK's nineteenth Greek Cup Final and second consecutive, in their 92 years of existence.

Venue

This was the twenty third 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 and 2016 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 was used for Olympiacos,

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and Greece in various occasions. Its current capacity is 69,618 and hosted 3 UEFA European Cup/Champions League Finals in 1983, 1994 and 2007, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final in 1987, the

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and the

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Background

AEK Athens qualified for the Greek Cup Final twenty two times, winning fourteen of them. They last won the Cup in

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defeating

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

, 2–1. They last played in a Final in

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; they had lost to PAOK, 2–1. PAOK qualified for the Greek Cup Final eighteen times, winning five of them. They last played in a Final in

; they defeated AEK Athens, 2–1.

Route to the final

Match

Details

References

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