1995–96 Greek Football Cup

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The 1995–96 Greek Football Cup was the 54th edition of the Greek Football Cup.

1995–96 Greek Cup
Tournament details
Country Greece
Teams72
Defending championsPanathinaikos
Final positions
ChampionsAEK Athens (10th title)
Runner-upApollon Athens
Tournament statistics
Matches played117
Top goal scorer(s)Demis Nikolaidis
(10 goals)

Tournament details

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Totally 72 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final.

After the group stage, AEK Athens eliminated in succession Iraklis, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and Athinaikos, while in a big surprise Apollon Athens qualified in semi-finals against PAOK, with 3–1 in Toumba Stadium. For one more time, AEK Athens and Panathinaikos were drawn as opponents in the groups round, in order to be balloted again confronted in quarter-finals. In the final, Demis Nikolaidis played his last match as footballer of Apollon Athens, a few days before his transfer to AEK Athens.[1]

AEK Athens won the cup after 13 years, shattering with 7–1 Apollon Athens, that reached for first and only time a Greek Cup final. AEK won the last title, after 4 championships, with Dušan Bajević as their coach.[2]

Calendar

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RoundDate(s)FixturesClubsNew entries
Group stage20 August, 5, 25 October & 9 November 19955672 → 3272
Round of 3229 November, 20 December 19953232 → 16none
Round of 163, 17 January 19961616 → 8none
Quarter-finals31 January, 14 February 199688 → 4none
Semi-finals28 February, 13 March 199644 → 2none
Final15 May 199612 → 1none

Group stage

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The phase was played in a single round-robin format.

Knockout phase

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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.

Bracket

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Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Panetolikos314
Varvasiakos000Panetolikos123
Apollon Athens235Apollon Athens224
Paniliakos134Apollon Athens415
Agrotikos Asteras101Skoda Xanthi022
Skoda Xanthi (a)101Skoda Xanthi235
Apollon Kalamarias314Apollon Kalamarias000
Kavala033Apollon Athens134
Fokikos000PAOK112
PAOK156PAOK415
Ionikos448Ionikos101
Panelefsiniakos022PAOK325
AO Chania202Trikala011
Trikala (a.e.t.)044Trikala224
Ialysos325Ialysos000
Agios Nikolaos134Apollon Athens1
Nigrita112AEK Athens7
Olympiacos437Olympiacos112
AEK Athens123AEK Athens314
Iraklis000AEK Athens325
Doxa Vyronas123Panathinaikos123
AEL011Doxa Vyronas011
Panachaiki202Panathinaikos235
Panathinaikos235AEK Athens517
Niki Volos101Athinaikos000
OFI303OFI101
Anagennisi Giannitsa112Aris022
Aris033Aris202
Athinaikos431Athinaikos123
Pontioi Veria011Athinaikos527
AO Pyrgos011Veria213
Veria022

Round of 32

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Niki Volos1–3OFI1–30–0
Ialysos5–4Agios Nikolaos3–12–3
AO Pyrgos1–2Veria0–01–2
Apollon Athens5–4Paniliakos2–13–3
AO Chania2–4Trikala2–00–4 (a.e.t.)
Athinaikos7–1Pontioi Veria4–03–1
Panachaiki2–5Panathinaikos2–20–3
AEK Athens3–0Iraklis1–02–0
Apollon Kalamarias4–3Kavala3–01–3
Panetolikos4–0Varvasiakos3–01–0
Nigrita2–7Olympiacos1–41–3
Ionikos8–2Panelefsiniakos4–04–2
Agrotikos Asteras1–1 (a)Skoda Xanthi1–10–0
Fokikos0–6PAOK0–10–5
Doxa Vyronas3–1AEL1–02–1
Anagennisi Giannitsa2–3Aris1–01–3

Round of 16

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Doxa Vyronas1–5Panathinaikos0–21–3
Panetolikos3–4Apollon Athens1–22–2
OFI1–2Aris1–00–2
PAOK5–1Ionikos4–11–0
Olympiacos2–4AEK Athens1–31–1
Trikala4–0Ialysos2–02–0
Skoda Xanthi5–0Apollon Kalamarias2–03–0
Athinaikos7–3Veria5–22–1

Quarter-finals

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AEK Athens5–3Panathinaikos3–12–2
PAOK5–1Trikala3–02–1
Aris2–3Athinaikos2–10–2
Apollon Athens5–2Skoda Xanthi4–01–2

Semi-finals

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Summary

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AEK Athens6–0Athinaikos5–01–0
Apollon Athens4–2PAOK1–13–1

Matches

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AEK Athens5–0Athinaikos
Report (page 4)
Athinaikos0–1AEK Athens
Report (page 4)
Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens won 6–0 on aggregate.


Apollon Athens1–1PAOK
Report (page 4)
Referee: Manolis Papatriantafyllou (Kilkis)
PAOK1–3Apollon Athens
Report (page 4)
Referee: Giannis Latsios (Larissa)

Apollon Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

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The final was played at the Olympic Stadium.

Apollon Athens1–7AEK Athens
Report (page 5)
Attendance: 31,563
Referee: Christos Sotiropoulos (Piraeus)
Apollon Athens
ΑΕΚ Athens
GK 1 Dimitris Raptis
DF 3 Kostas Mavridis   55'
DF 4 Andreas Theodoropoulos   35'
DF 5 Giannis Apostolou   46'
DF 7 Predrag Erak  25'
ΜF 2 Kostas Ioannou
MF 6 Giannis Tatsis
MF 8 Lefteris Velentzas (c)
MF10 Bledar Kola
FW 9 Bernard Barnjak
FW11 Demis Nikolaidis
Substitutes:
DF12 Panagiotis Lachanas   55'
DF13 Vangelis Kefalas  76'   46'
MF14 Theodoros Alexis   35'
Manager:
Giannis Pathiakakis
GK 1 Ilias Atmatsidis
DF 2 Vasilios Borbokis  8'  66'
DF 3 Nikos Kostenoglou
DF 4 Stelios Manolas (c)  29'
DF 6 Michalis Vlachos  1'  66'
MF 5 Refik Šabanadžović
MF 8 Toni Savevski
MF10 Vasilios Tsiartas  82'
MF11 Michalis Kasapis  2'
MF 7 Temur Ketsbaia
FW 9 Daniel Batista  52'
Substitutes:
GK15 Vasilis Karagiannis
DF13 Vaios Karagiannis  82'
DF16 Charis Kopitsis
MF14 Christos Maladenis  66'
FW12 Christos Kostis  66'
Manager:
Dušan Bajević

MATCH OFFICIALS

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Three named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References

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  1. ^ "Kipello1996-1999" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Η "επτάρα" της ΑΕΚ στο τελικό κυπέλλου με τον Απόλλωνα". sport-retro.gr (in Greek). 27 November 2018.
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