1993–94 Greek Cup

The Greek Cup 1993–94 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 2–0 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".

PANATHINAIKOS: GK  1 Józef Wandzik DF  2 Stratos Apostolakis (c) DF  3 Marinos Ouzounidis MF  4 Louis Christodoulou DF  5 Giannis Kalitzakis MF  6 Nikos Nioplias MF  7 Juan José Borrelli  67' DF  8 Thanasis Kolitsidakis FW  9 Krzysztof Warzycha  65' MF 10 Giorgos Georgiadis MF 11 Dimitris Markos Substitutes: MF 12 Spiros Marangos  67' FW 14 Giorgos Donis  65' Manager: Juan Ramón Rocha

AEK ATHENS: GK  1 Ilias Atmatsidis DF  2 Michalis Kasapis DF  3 Vaios Karagiannis DF  4 Stelios Manolas (c) DF  5 Refik Šabanadžović  46' MF  6 Michalis Vlachos  60' FW  7 Alekos Alexandris MF  8 Toni Savevski MF  9 Charis Kopitsis MF 10 Stavros Stamatis FW 11 Zoran Slišković Substitutes: MF 14 Vasilis Tsartas  46' FW 16 Vasilis Dimitriadis  60' Manager: 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

• Greek Cup 1993-94 at RSSSF

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