The 2001 Greek Cup final was the 57th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 12 May 2001 at Nikos Goumas Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and PAOK.[1] It was Olympiacos' twenty-ninth Greek Cup final in their 76 years of existence and PAOK's fifteenth Greek Cup final in their 75-year history. A draw was preceded on 19 April[2] to determine in which stadium/city the final would be hosted: Nikos Goumas Stadium in Athens or Kaftanzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki. Several days before the game, Olympiacos president Sokratis Kokkalis made a memorable statement using a Greek expression that Olympiacos would lose the upcoming final only if "the devil broke his leg", meaning that it was almost impossible for his team to lose. However, PAOK won the match by 4–2[3][4] with an impressive performance and earned the trophy 27 years after their last success, in the same stadium against the same opponent. During the awarding ceremony, former goalkeeper and member of the coaching staff then of PAOK, Mladen Furtula whispered to Kokkalis that "the devil indeed broke his leg that day" and Kokkalis responded with a laugh. The manager of PAOK, Dušan Bajević became the first in history to win the trophy with three different teams. He had also won it with AEK Athens in 1996 and Olympiacos in 1999.
^"Η κατάκτηση του κυπέλλου από τον ΠΑΟΚ το 2001". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 8 March 2022.
^Κλήρωση έδρας Τελικού. in.gr (in Greek). 19 April 2001.
^"Κυρίαρχος ο ΠΑΟΚ νίκησε με 4–2 τον Ολυμπιακό και κατέκτησε το Κύπελλο Ελλάδας". in.gr (in Greek). 12 May 2001.
^Ολυμπιακός–ΠΑΟΚ 2–4. gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 12 May 2016.
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