1993–94 Greek Cup

The Greek Cup 199394 was the 52nd 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.

It was a very interesting competition with undecided matches and led in a Final between Panathinaikos and AEK Athens, a pair that had not appeared in a Greek Cup Final for 45 years, since the last confrontation between the two teams in the final match was in 1949. AEK Athens qualified in the Final after 11 years, while Panathinaikos had eliminated before PAOK in penalty shootout, after two "white draws".

The final match was the one of two more shocking Finals in history of Greek Cup, after the Final of 1976. Panathinaikos preceded 20 and appearred to win, however, in a few minutes to its end, AEK Athens accomplished to draw, to precede in the start of extra time and to be drawn, in order finally to lose the Cup in penalty shootout. At the same time they lost The Double, while the same year they won the last championship in their history, until 2009.

Remarkable in the competition was also the bombardment of goals, almost in all phases and mainly in second legs. Characteristically, in second matches of Second Round, 16 in the number, were marked 64 goals, mean 4 goals per match, and in corresponding of Third Round 30 goals (in 8 matches).

Also, it is remarkable that in unique two from 16 groups that included two Alpha Ethniki teams, it happened to be drawn opponents Olympiacos and Iraklis in Group 16, that later balloted again in quarter-finals, but also AEK Athens and Panathinaikos in Group 14, that is to say the pair of the Final.

First round

The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win would gain 3 points, each draw 1 and each loss would not gain any point.

Group 1

Team Pts
Naousa 8
Keravnos Kolchiko 8
Ethnikos Asteras 5
Apollon Larissa 3
Nestos 3

Group 2

Team Pts
Larissa 10
Ionikos 9
Anagennisi Giannitsa 6
Korinthos 2
Anagennisi Kolindros 1

Group 3

Team Pts
Doxa Drama 10
Pontioi Veria 7
Panelefsiniakos 6
Makedonikos 3
Erani Filiatra 1

Group 4

Team Pts
Panachaiki 9
Asteras Ambelokipi 9
Irodotos 6
Chania 4
Kalamata 1

Group 5

Team Pts
PAOK 8
Proodeftiki 6
Velissario 5
Ethnikos Alexandroupoli 4
Atromitos 4

Group 6

Team Pts
Athinaikos 9
Kastoria 9
Anagennisi Karditsa 7
Doxa Vyronas 4
Acharnaikos 0

Group 7

Team Pts
Edessaikos 9
PAS Giannina 7
Ethnikos Piraeus 7
Chaidari 4
Charavgiakos 3

Group 8

Team Pts
EAR Rethymno 9
Levadiakos 9
Nigrita 6
Panarkadikos 3
Veria 3

Group 9

Team Pts
Apollon Kalamaria 5
Panargiakos 4
Pierikos 4
Trikala 3

Group 10

Team Pts
Apollon Athens 9
Iraklis Ptolemaida 4
Kallithea 3
Kavala 1

Group 11

Team Pts
Pandramaikos 9
Aris 6
Panetolikos 1
Eordaikos 1

Group 12

Team Pts
Skoda Xanthi 6
Apollon Krya Vrysi 5
Egaleo 4
Pannafpliakos 1

Group 13

Team Pts
Paniliakos 5
Panionios 5
Kilkisiakos 3
Ialysos 2

Group 14

Team Pts
AEK Athens 7
Panathinaikos 7
Niki Volos 1
Keratsini 1

Group 15

Team Pts
OFI 7
Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos 6
Panserraikos 3
Aiolikos 1

Group 16

Team Pts
Olympiacos 9
Iraklis 6
Patras A.F.C. 1
Rodos 1

Second round

First legs were held on October 27, 1993. Second on November 11.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Larissa 9-2 Iraklis Ptolemaida 2-1 7-1
Panathinaikos 5-3 OFI 5-1 0-2
Naousa 2-6 Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos 1-2 1-4
Keravnos Kolchiko 2-2 Asteras Ambelokipi (a.g.) 2-2 0-0
Doxa Drama 0-2 Ionikos 0-1 0-1
Edessaikos 1-2 Aris 1-0 0-2
Skoda Xanthi 4-4 Panionios (a.g.) 4-3 0-1
Levadiakos (a.g.) 1-1 Athinaikos 0-0 1-1
Kastoria 3-4 Panargiakos 3-1 0-3
Apollon Kalamaria 6-7 Olympiacos 4-2 2-5
Paniliakos 3-6 AEK Athens 0-0 3-6
Panachaiki 6-4 Proodeftiki 3-1 3-3
PAOK 5-4 Apollon Athens 1-0 4-4
PAS Giannina 1-0 Pandramaikos 0-0 1-0
Iraklis 13-1 Apollon Krya Vrysi 5-0 8-1
Pontioi Veria 3-0 EAR Rethymno 3-0 0-0

Third round

First legs were held on December 15, 1993, while second legs were held on 29th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panathinaikos (5-4 PSO) 0-0 PAOK 0-0 0-0
PAS Giannina 7-1 Ethnikos Olympiacos Volos 5-1 2-0
Levadiakos 2-6 Olympiacos 0-0 2-6
Panachaiki 3-4 Ionikos 1-2 2-2 (a.e.t.)
Aris 6-2 Panargiakos 4-1 2-1
AEK Athens 11-1 Asteras Ambelokipi 4-0 7-1
Larissa (a.g.) 2-2 Pontioi Veria 1-0 1-2
Panionios 2-4 Iraklis 1-3 1-1

Quarter-finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olympiacos 2-3 Iraklis 2-2 0-1
PAS Giannina 2-3 Aris 2-1 0-2
Larissa 1-2 AEK Athens 0-1 1-1 (a.e.t.)
Panathinaikos 3-1 Ionikos 1-1 2-0

Semi-finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aris 1-2 AEK Athens 0-0 1-2
Iraklis 0-3 Panathinaikos 0-0 0-3

Final

The 52nd Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

April 20, 1994
Panathinaikos 3 3
(a.e.t.)
AEK Athens
Warzycha  32'
Manolas  54' (o.g.)
Markos  116'
Alexandris  72'  95'
Dimitriadis  77'
  Penalties  
Christodoulou
Georgiadis
Ouzounidis
Marangos
Apostolakis
4 2 Savevski
Alexandris
Tsartas
Dimitriadis
Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis"
Attendance: 61,232
Referee: Giannis Spathas (Piraeus)
PANATHINAIKOS:
GK  1 Poland Józef Wandzik
DF  2Greece Stratos Apostolakis (c)
DF  3Greece Marinos Ouzounidis
MF  4GreeceAustralia Louis Christodoulou
DF  5Greece Giannis Kalitzakis
MF 6 Greece Nikos Nioplias
MF 7 Argentina Juan José Borrelli  67'
DF  8Greece Thanasis Kolitsidakis
FW 9 Poland Krzysztof Warzycha  65'
MF 10Greece Giorgos Georgiadis
MF 11 Greece Dimitris Markos
Substitutes:
MF12 Greece Spiros Marangos  67'
FW14 Greece Giorgos Donis  65'
Manager:
ArgentinaGreece Juan Ramón Rocha
AEK ATHENS:
GK  1Greece Ilias Atmatsidis
DF  2Greece Michalis Kasapis
DF 3 Greece Vaios Karagiannis
DF  4Greece Stelios Manolas (c)
DF 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Refik Šabanadžović  46'
MF  6 Greece Michalis Vlachos  60'
FW  7Greece Alekos Alexandris
MF  8Republic of Macedonia Toni Savevski
MF  9Greece Charis Kopitsis
MF10 Greece Stavros Stamatis
FW 11 Croatia Zoran Slišković
Substitutes:
MF 14 Greece Vasilis Tsartas  46'
FW 16 Greece Vasilis Dimitriadis  60'
Manager:
Serbia and MontenegroGreece Dušan Bajević

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Sotiropoulos
    • Chaldeos

MATCH RULES

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

References