1991–92 Greek Cup

The Greek Cup 199192 was the 50th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Cup for short.

Tournament details

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

Until quarter-finals, there were not surprises but also big confrontations, minus the qualification of Iraklis against Aris and the elimination of Larissa from the First Round (phase of groups) by teams of lower divisions. Most remarkable result of Second Round was the elimination of Panionios by Atromitos. Even if Panionios won 50 in the Nea Smyrni Stadium, it was changed in 02 without match, because of outlaw use of a footballer by home team side, while they did not accomplish to reverse the score in the second leg.

In quarter-finals, Olympiacos eliminated Panathinaikos with away goals rule, with a penalty in last minutes of second match. In semi-finals, PAOK eliminated after extra time the champion of that season, AEK Athens. In the Final, double-match for second and last time, Olympiacos were awarded the cup, with a 11 draw away and a 20 win in their home. They won the cup for 19th time in their history. First scorer was elected Michalis Iordanidis of Doxa Drama, with 9 goals.

First round

The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win would gain 2 points, each draw 1 and each loss would not gain any point.

Group 1

Team Pts
Niki Volos 6
Athinaikos 6
Neoi Epivates 4
Kallithea 2
Kalamata 2

Group 2

Team Pts
Charavgiakos 6
Korinthos 6
Proodeftiki 4
Sparti 3
Edessaikos 1

Group 3

Team Pts
Ionikos 7
Ethnikos Piraeus 5
Panetolikos 4
Anagennisi Kolindros 2
Rodos 2

Group 4

Team Pts
Poseidon Michanionas 6
PAOK 5
Olympiakos Volou 4
Mesologgi 4
Poseidon Irakleiou 1

Group 5

Team Pts
Olympiacos 6
Panionios 5
Ilisiakos 4
Naousa 3
Preveza 2

Group 6

Team Pts
AEK Athens 6
Doxa Vyronas 5
EAR Rethymno 5
Panachaiki 4
Aris - Nikea Enosis 0

Group 7

Team Pts
Levadiakos 6
Pierikos 6
PAS Giannina 4
Fostiras 2
Thriamvos 2

Group 8

Team Pts
Apollon Athens 8
Chaidari 5
Kozani 5
Panelefsiniakos 2
Argos Orestiko 0

Group 9

Team Pts
Panargiakos 4
Atromitos 3
Larissa 3
Diagoras 2

Group 10

Team Pts
Panathinaikos 6
Eordaikos 3
Trikala 2
Anagennisi Giannitsa 1

Group 11

Team Pts
Doxa Drama 5
Chalkidon Near East 4
Pontioi Veria 2
Nigrita 1

Group 12

Team Pts
Iraklis 5
Kastoria 4
Paniliakos 3
Makedonikos 0

Group 13

Team Pts
Skoda Xanthi 6
Anagennisi Arta 4
Anagennisi Neapoli 1
A.F.C. Kyriakio 1

Group 14

Team Pts
Aris 6
Patras A.F.C. 4
Pandramaikos 2
Pannafpliakos 0

Group 15

Team Pts
Panserraikos 4
Apollon Kalamaria 4
Asteras Ambelokipi 3
Egaleo 1

Group 16

Team Pts
OFI 6
Kavala 4
Apollon Larissa 2
Veria 0

Second round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Charavgiakos 3-5 Poseidon Michaniona 2-1 1-4 (a.e.t.)
Patras A.F.C. 1-4 PAOK 0-1 1-3
Ionikos 1-4 AEK Athens 0-2 1-2
Apollon Kalamaria 4-7 Skoda Xanthi 3-3 1-4
Apollon Athens 2-3 Pierikos 2-0 1-2 (a.e.t.)
Panionios 1-2 Atromitos 0-2+ 1-0
Doxa Vyronas 1-2 Chaidari 1-0 0-2
Levadiakos 2-0 Panserraikos 2-0 0-0
Korinthos 7-1 Eordaikos 5-0 2-1
Chalkidon Near East 3-8 Panathinaikos 1-2 2-6
Anagennisi Arta 1-7 OFI 1-1 0-6
Kavala 2-3 Panargiakos 1-2 1-1
Iraklis 2-1 Aris 2-0 0-1
Kastoria 1-7 Olympiacos 1-3 0-4
Doxa Drama 5-3 Niki Volos 2-1 3-2
Ethnikos Piraeus 1-1 Athinaikos 0-0 1-1 (a.e.t.)
+Without match.

Third round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lavadiakos 5-5 Poseidon Michaniona (a.g.) 4-2 1-3
Ethnikos Piraeus 1-4 Doxa Drama 0-4 1-0
Apollon Athens 3-4 OFI 0-1 3-3
PAOK 4-1 Korinthos 4-1 0-0
Skoda Xanthi 4-5 Olympiacos 2-1 2-4
Chaidari 0-1 Atromitos 0-0 0-1
Panargiakos 2-3 Panathinaikos 1-2 1-1
Iraklis 1-5 AEK Athens 1-1 0-4

Quarter-finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Poseidon Michaniona 1-2 Atromitos 0-0 1-2
Doxa Drama 2-4 PAOK 2-0 0-4
Olympiacos (a.g.) 1-1 Panathinaikos 0-0 1-1
AEK Athens 2-1 OFI 0-0 2-1

Semi-finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens 2-3 PAOK 2-0 0-3 (a.e.t.)
Atromitos 2-8 Olympiacos 1-4 1-4

Final

The 50th Greek Cup Final was double-played this season. First leg was played at the Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki and second leg at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium. Piraeus.

First leg

May 20, 1992
PAOK 1 1 Olympiacos
Skartados  52' Tsalouchidis  64'
Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 25,744
Referee: Kostas Dimitriadis (Piraeus)
PAOK:
Croatia Tonči Gabrić
Greece Kostas Oikonomidis  63'
Greece Nikos Plitsis
Greece Alexis Alexiou
Greece Giorgos Mitsibonas
Greece Kostas Lagonidis
Greece Stefanos Borbokis
Greece Giorgos Skartados (c)
Serbia and Montenegro Milan Đurđević  59'
Greece Giorgos Toursounidis
Greece Michalis Leontiadis
Substitutes:
GreeceAustralia John Anastasiadis  59'
Greece Thanasis Basbanas  63'
Manager:
Greece Giannis Gounaris
OLYMPIACOS:
Greece Ilias Talikriadis
Greece Theodoros Pachatouridis
Greece Kyriakos Karataidis
Greece Michalis Vlachos
Greece Nikos Nentidis  55'
Greece Yiotis Tsalouchidis (c)
Ukraine Hennadiy Litovchenko
Greece Nikos Tsiantakis
Russia Yuri Savichev
Ukraine Oleh Protasov
Greece Panagiotis Sofianopoulos  77'
Substitutes:
GreeceGermany Minas Chatzidis  55'
Greece Giorgos Vaitsis  77'
Manager:
Ukraine Oleg Blokhin

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Rentzis
    • Perlorentzos

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • Two named substitutes.
  • Maximum of two substitutions.

Second leg

May 27, 1992
Olympiacos 2 0
(agg. 3 1)
PAOK
Litovchenko  21'
Tsalouchidis  62'
Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 29,831
Referee: Stavros Zakestidis (Thessaloniki)
OLYMPIACOS:
Greece Ilias Talikriadis
Greece Theodoros Pachatouridis
Greece Kyriakos Karataidis
Greece Michalis Vlachos
Greece Nikos Nentidis  54'
Greece Yiotis Tsalouchidis (c)
Ukraine Hennadiy Litovchenko
Greece Nikos Tsiantakis
Russia Yuri Savichev Red card 69'
Ukraine Oleh Protasov
Greece Panagiotis Sofianopoulos  64'
Substitutes:
GreeceGermany Minas Chatzidis  54'
Greece Vassilis Karapialis  64'
Manager:
Ukraine Oleg Blokhin
PAOK:
Croatia Tonči Gabrić
Greece Kostas Oikonomidis
Greece Kostas Malioufas  73'
Greece Alexis Alexiou
Greece Giorgos Mitsibonas
Greece Kostas Lagonidis
Greece Stefanos Borbokis
Greece Giorgos Skartados (c)
Serbia and Montenegro Milan Đurđević  46'
Greece Giorgos Toursounidis
GreeceAustralia John Anastasiadis
Substitutes:
Greece Vangelis Kalogeropoulos  46'
Greece Dimitris Mitoglou  73'
Manager:
Greece Giannis Gounaris

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Tsinaslanidis
    • Mbakas

MATCH RULES

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

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