Cup-Final: PAOK - OFI (25.04.26, 20:30 EEST)

[Blackhawk]

  VS    

MATCHUP:              P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki – O.F.I. FC
COMPETITION:     Greek Cup – Final
DATE:                       25-April-2026
TIME:                       20:30 EEST  (17:30 GMT, 12:30 CDT, 03:30 AEST next day)
CITY/STADIUM:    Volos – Panthessaliko Stadio (Capacity: 9,088)
REFEREES:             Aggelos Evaggelou (Athens) - Andreas Fotopoulos (Athens), Ioannis Karagiozopoulos (Imathia)
TELEVISION:         COSMOTE Sport 1 (Greece), Antenna Satellite (USA/Canada), Antenna Pacific (Australia)

PAOK – OFI Greek Cup history:

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2019-2020:  R6-L2:   PAOK – OFI   4:1  (13. Lambrou, 23. Pelkas (p), 55. Pelkas, 80. Swiderski - Attendance: ?
2019-2020:  R6-L1:   OFI - PAOK   0:3  (24. Limnios, 32.Biseswar, 63. Akpom)- Attendance: ?
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2009-2010:  R4:      OFI - PAOK   0:1  (40. Papazoglou)- Attendance: ?  (single game matchup)
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2002-2003:  R3-L2:   OFI - PAOK   1:1  (61. Salpiggidis)- Attendance: 1,570
2022-2003:  R3-L1:   PAOK – OFI   0:0 - Attendance: no fans
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1990-1991:  GS-R1:   PAOK – OFI   2:1 (15. Magdi (p), 55. Magdi ) - Attendance: ?
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GAMES:  6    WINS:  4    TIES:   2    LOSSES:  0

[Blackhawk]

P.A.O.K. Greek Cup Final history:    

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1938-1939:  28-May-1939 (Athens - Leoforos Alexandras Stadium) - Referee: Stavros Vhatzopoulos
PAOK THESSALONIKI – AEK Athens   1:2  (33. Kalogiannis – 41. Chatzistavridis, 73. Manettas)
Sotiriadis, Vatikis, Goulios, Kontopoulos, Bostantzoglou, Panidis, Galaros, Kritas, Ioannidis, Kalogiannis, Kontoulias
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1950-1951:  11-Mar-1951 (Athens - Leoforos Alexandras Stadium) - Referee: Sotiris Asprogerakas

PAOK THESSALONIKI – Olympiakos Piraeus   0:4  (27. Mouratis, 66. Darivas,75. Drosos, 80. Drosos)
SEFZIK: Likaris, Patakas, Golemis, Arvanitis, Gogos, Psomas, Vasiliadis, Mouratidis, Tzinopoulos, Papadakis, Emanouilidis
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1954-1955:  12-Jun-1955 (Athens - Leoforos Alexandras Stadium) – 6.729 - Referee: Diamantopoulos
PAOK THESSALONIKI – Panathinaikos Athens   0:2  (24. Kourtzidis, 31. Panakas)
PAGKALOS: Progios, Kemanidis, Geroudis, Kalogiannis, Chasiotis, Doukakis, Tsintoglou, Karafoulidis, Gentzis, Papadakis,Kiourtzis
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1969-1970:  28-Jun-1970 (Thessaloniki – Kaftanzoglio Stadium) – 46,559 – Referee: Christos Michas (Athens)

PAOK THESSALONIKI – Aris Thessaloniki   0:1  (8. Keramidas)
CSAKNADY: Christodoulou (43' Pirtsos), Papachristoudis, Fountoukidis, Theofanidis, Makris (27' Kontogiorgos),
Terzanidis, Dramalis, Patridis, Sarafis, Koudas, Lazos
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1970-1971:  09-Jun-1971 (Piraeus – Karaiskaki Stadium) – 45,000 – Referee: Christos Michas (Athens)
PAOK THESSALONIKI – Olympiakos Piraeus   1:3  (47. Sarafis – 19. Aggelis, 43. Gioutsos, 82. Pampoulis)
SHANNON: Chatzioannou, I. Gounaris, Fountoukidis, Papadopoulos, Chatziantoniou, Terzanidis (55' Mbellis), Sarafis, Paridis, G. Koudas, Matzourakis (75' Stavridis), Aslanidis
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1971-1972:  05-Jul-1972 (Piraeus – Karaiskaki Stadium) – 34,831 - – Referee: Christos Michas (Athens)
PAOK THESSALONIKI – Panathinaikos Athens   2:1  (3. Koudas, 89. Koudas – 90. Papadimitriou)
SHANNON: Chatzioannou, Gounaris, Fountoukidis, Papadopoulos, Iosifidis, Terzanidis, Bellis, Koudas, Sarafis (46' Lazos), Apostolidis, Aslanidis (76', Matzourakis)
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1972-1973:  17-Jun-1973 (Piraeus – Karaiskaki Stadium) – 40,070 – Referee: Vital Lorreau (Belgium)
PAOK THESSALONIKI – Olympiakos Piraeus   0:1  (46. Aggelis)
SHANNON: Stefas, Gounaris, Pellios, Fountoukidis, Iosifidis, Terzanidis, Sarafis, Koudas (81. Panagis), Paridis, Apostolidis, Lazos (73. Aslanidis
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1973-1974:  16-Jun-1974 (Athens – Nea Filadelfia Stadium) – 26,402 – Referee: Walter Hungerbichter (Switzerland)
PAOK THESSALONIKI – Olympiakos Piraeus   2:2, 4:3 PK  (60. Paridis, 72. Aslanidis (p) – Triantafylos, 80. Kritikopoulos)

Penalty kicks: Sarafis, Paridis, Koudas (missed), Anastasiadis, Apostolidis
SHANNON: Stefas, Gounaris, Tsiligiridis, Iosifidis, Pellios, Terzanidis (113. Fountoukidis), Paridis, Sarafis, Apostolidis, Koudas, Aslanidis (95.  Anastasiadis)
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1976-1977:  22-Jun-1977 (Piraeus – Karaiskaki Stadium) – 28,490 – Referee: Manolis Platopoulos (Athens)

PAOK THESSALONIKI – Panathinaikos Athens   1:2  (43. Terzanidis – 29. Papadimitriou, 83. Vakalis)
BINGHAM: Milinis, Gounaris, Apostolidis, Pellios, Iosifidis, Terzanidis, Sarafis, Koudas, Anastasiadis, Damanakis, Neto Guerino
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1977-1978:  04-Jun-1978 (Piraeus – Karaiskaki Stadium) – 23,483 – Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
PAOK THESSALONIKI – AEK Athens   0:2  (56. Bajevic, 80. Mavros)
PETROPOULOS: Fortoula, Gounaris (77. Damanakis), Apostolidis, Iosifidis, Anastasiadis, Orfanos, Kermanidis, Sarafis, Kostikos (79. Alavantas), Koudas, Guerino
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1980-1981:  21-Jun-1981 (Athens – Nea Filadelfia Stadium) – 30,512 – Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
PAOK THESSALONIKI – Olympiakos Piraeus   1:3  (63. Damanakis – 18. Own goal, 61. Orfanos, 90. Kousoulakis)
FOUNDOUKIDIS: Fortula, Gounaris, Iosifidis, Salamon, Siggas, Damanakis, Kermanidis (69.Triantafillidis), Georgopoulos, Guerino, Koudas (75.  Vasilakos), Kostikos
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1982-1983:  29-Jun-1983 (Athens – OAKA) – 72,899 – Referee: Antonis Vasaras (Thessaloniki)
PAOK THESSALONIKI – AEK Athens   0:2  (27. Mavros, 80. Vlachos)
HOHER: Fortula, Skartados, Alavandas, Psarras, Siggas, Damanakis (75. Triantafyllidis), Trimhold, Guerino, Dimopoulos, Koudas, Kostikos
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1984-1985:  22-Jun-1985 (Athens – OAKA) – 24,994 – Referee: Makis Germanakos (Athens)
PAOK THESSALONIKI – AE Larisa   1:4  (55. Skartados – 39. Ziogas, 47. Kmieczik, 73. Ziogas, 75. Valaoras)
SKOCIK: Sterioudas, Tsourelas, Alavandas, Juricic, Baniotis (18. Karasavidis), Skartados, Alexandridis, Vasilakos, Siggas, Paprica, Kostikos (64. Damanakis)
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1991-1992: 

20-May-1992 (Thessaloniki – Toumba Stadium) – 25,744 – Referee: Kostas Dimitriadis (Piraeus)
PAOK THESSALONIKI – Olympiakos Piraeus   1:1  (52. Skartados – 64. Tsalouchidis)
GOUNARIS: Gabric, Ikonomidis (62. Basmbanas), Plitsis, Alexiou, Mitsimbonas, Lagonidis, Borbokis, Skartados, Djurdjevic (58. Anastasiadis), Toursounidis, Leondiadis

27-May-1992 (Piraeus – Karaiskaki Stadium) – 29,831 – Referee: Stavros Zakestidis (Thessaloniki)
PAOK THESSALONIKI – Olympiakos Piraeus   0:2  (21. Litovcenko, 62. Tsalouchidis),
GOUNARIS: Gabric, Ikonomidis, Malioufas (73. Mitoglou), Alexiou, Mitsimbonas, Lagonidis, Bormbokis, Skartados, Djurdjevic (46. Kalogeropoulos), Toursounidis, Anastasiadis
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2000-2001:  12-Jun-2001 (Athens – Nea Filadelfia Stadium) – 13,600 – Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Athens)
PAOK THESSALONIKI – Olympiakos Piraeus   4:2  (4. Ekgomitis, 31. Borbokis, 46. Georgiadis, 85. Nalitzis – 79. Djordjevic (p), 90. Choutos
BAJEVIC: Covic, Venetidis, Katsiambis, Udeze, Abonsah (46. Koulakiotis ), Borbokis, Kafes, Konstantinidis, Ekgomitis, Georgiadis,  (81. Nalitzis), Okkas
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2002-2003:  12-Jun-2001 (Thessaloniki – Toumba Stadium) – 18,703 – Referee: Georgios Douros (Corinthos)
PAOK THESSALONIKI – Aris Thessaloniki   1:0  (24. Georgiadis)
ANASTASIADIS: Tochouroglou, Abonsah (89. Nastos), Kukielka, Kafes, Koutsopoulos, Markos, Koutsis (70. Koutsis), Ekgomitis, Okkas, Georgiadis,Giasemi (74. Spasic)
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2013-2014:  26-Apr-2014 (Athens – OAKA) – 44,356 – Referee: Tasos Kakos (Kerkyra)
PAOK THESSALONIKI – Panathinaikos Athens   1:4  (70. Vukic (p) – 15. Berg, 50. Berg, 54. Karelis, 88. Berg)
GEORGIADIS: Glykos, Skondras (77. Koulouris), Tzavellas, Vitor, Insauralde, Stoch, Lazar (55. Maciel), Kace, Kitsiou, Lucas (55. Vukic), Salpiggidis
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2016-2017:  06-May-2017 (Volos – Panthessaliko Stadium) – 19,236 – Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)
PAOK THESSALONIKI – AEK Athens   2:1  (24. Biseswar, 81. Henrique – 26. Christodoulopoulos)
IVIC: Glykos, Matos, Varela, Crespo, Leovac, Canas, Cimirot (86. Malezas), Shakhov, Biseswar (90. Kitsiou), Campos (73. Henrique), Prijovic
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2017-2018:  12-May-2018 (Athens – OAKA) – 35,545 – Referee: David Borbolan (Spain)
PAOK THESSALONIKI – AEK Athens   2:0  (65. Vieirinha, 90. Pelkas)
LUCESCU: Paschalakis, Matos, Varela, Crespo, Vieirinha (82. Malezas), Canas, Mauricio, Campos (52. Mak), Pelkas, Biseswar (75. Shakhov), Prijovic
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2018-2019:  11-May-2019 (Athens – OAKA) – 1,040 – Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
PAOK THESSALONIKI – AEK Athens   1:0  (45. Akpom)
LUCESCU: Paschalakis, Matos, Varela, Crespo, Giannoulis, Canas, Shakhov, Jaba (65. Limnios), pelkas (80. Oliveira), Biseswar (90. Ingason), Akpom
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2020-2021:  22-May-2021 (Athens – OAKA) – no fans – Referee: Danny Makkelie (Holland)
PAOK THESSALONIKI – Olympiakos Piraeus   2:1  (35. Vieirinha (p), 90. Krmencik – 50. Mvila)
GARCIA: Paschalakis, Vieirinha, Varela, Crespo, Rodrigo, Schwab, Douglas, Baba (90. Mihaj), Zivkovic, Swiderski (80. Krmencik), Warda (80. Tsiggaras)
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2021-2022:  22-May-2021 (Athens – OAKA) – 45,409 – Referee: Antonio Lahoz (Spain)
PAOK THESSALONIKI – Panathinaikos Athens   0:1  (33. Aitor - p)
LUCESCU: Paschalakis, Lyratzis, Ingason, Crespo, Vieirinha (46. Sidcley), Augusto (52. Schwab), Kurtic, Zivkovic , Soares (46. El Kaddouri), Biseswar (62. Mitrita), Akpom (67. Colak)
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2022-2023:  22-May-2021 (Volos – Panthessaliko Stadio) – no fans – Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
PAOK THESSALONIKI – AEK Athens   0:2  (26. Mukudi, 90. Fernandes)
LUCESCU: Kotarski, Sastre (61. Vieirinha), Ingason, Koulierakis (86. Kedziora), Soares (61. Biseswar), Augusto, Schwab (78. El Kaddouri), Zivkovic, Konstantelias (86. Tzimas), Taison, Thomas
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PAOK FINALS APPEARANCES:        23  (24 games)
GREEK CUPS PAOK WON:                  8
CITIES FINALS PLAYED:                  Athens (14), Piraeus(6), Thessaloniki (2), Volos (1)
STADIUMS FINALS PLAYED:           OAKA (7), Karaiskaki (6), Leoforos Alexandras (3), Nea Filadelfia (3),                                                                                                             Toumba  (2), Panthessaliko (2), Kaftanzoglio (1)
TOP PAOK SCORERS IN FINALS:   2 goals – Koudas, Sarafis, Skartados, Georgiadis, Vieirinha
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[Blackhawk]

One game remaining in order to salvage this season. If we show up like we did against Panathinaikos and AEK, we will not win the cup. OFI will be hungry and will try to take advantage of our bad form and low psychological state.

[Blackhawk]

Aggelos Evaggelou from Athens has been designated as the ref of the final.

[paokarag4]

With the title race done and dusted for us, this Cup final is now massive. Win a trophy and secure the "good" Europa League spot (playoff round IIRC). It will also hopefully rejuvenate the team and give us confidence to attack the final 4 games of the league as we chase 2nd spot and a spot in Champions League qualifying. 

Hard to have any sort of confidence with our form of late. Conversely, OFI have gradually improved across the course of the season and are a well drilled and organised team. Zivkovic and Kenny being fit again is a huge plus.

One of Mythou or Chatsidis need to start this one and with Zivkovic fit again, coupled with the fact Giakoumakis is injured, I wonder if Lucescu will go with Mythou up top. 

[italosPAOK4]

play as PAOK and win the Cup

[Blackhawk]

If Zivkovic starts, than Mythou will probably be the starter as the youngster, although I heard today that there is a possibility that Chatsidis might be used as a striker in this game. Either way, the team needs to show up and play. OFI is a much better team than Volos and Larisa, teams that we could not beat lately. Their biggest threat is Nuss. We need to contain him. He is also prone to receiving red cards, so I would place somebody like Sanchez on him in order to frustrate him. 

[Blackhawk]

Big game tomorrow that we need to win at any cost. If we lift the cup, we will secure Europa League playoff round and automatically also League Phase in Conference League in case we get eliminated in the Europa League. 

Only players that won't be available tomorrow are Lovren, Despodov and Giakoumakis.

My lineup:

---------------- Pavlenka --------------
Sanchez - Kedziora - Michailidis - Baba
------ Meite ------------ Zafiris --------
Zivkovic ---- Konstantelias ----- Taison
--------------- Mythou ----------------

[pash]

Mythou it is, LET'S GOOO

[Blackhawk]

Not a bad lineup. The only thing that worries me are the four players (Kenny, Meite, Zivkovic and Mythou) that had over two months to play a competitive game. Hopefully they are in good shape. I am expecting Konstantelias to have a big game.

[Soprano76]

Any link? 

[Blackhawk]

So close by Kedziora.

[Dutch Eagle]

27 minutes ago, Soprano76 said:

Any link? 

Did you find any? Otherwise:

cdn.livetv860.me (though a bit dodgy)

[Dutch Eagle]

Ozdoyev looks rejuvenated without that beard.

[Dutch Eagle]

And now Andrija with a chance but over the crossbar.

[Blackhawk]

Goooooooooooool

Michailidis

[Dutch Eagle]

GGGGOOOOOAAALLLLL. MICHAILIDIS

[Soprano76]

6 minutes ago, Dutch Eagle said:

Did you find any? Otherwise:

cdn.livetv860.me (though a bit dodgy)

Best i can usually find is on BatmanStream lol. 

[Blackhawk]

1:1

[Dutch Eagle]

Damn 1-1

[Dutch Eagle]

Ouufff. Post OFI

[Blackhawk]

We are not playing good at all. Our left side is Swiss cheese.

[Dutch Eagle]

Delias just wide. 

[Blackhawk]

Konstantelias big disappointment so far.

[Dutch Eagle]

Right after the start of the second half Taison just wide.