1995–96 Greek Cup

The Greek Cup 199596 was the 54th 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.

AEK Athens were awarded the cup after 13 years, shattering in the Final 71 Apollon Athens, that were presented for first and unique until now time in a Greek Cup Final. It was also the last title, after 4 championships, that was gained by AEK Athens, with Dušan Bajević coaching.

After the First Round (phase of groups), AEK eliminated in succession Iraklis, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and Athinaikos, while in a big surprise Apollon qualified in semi-finals against PAOK, with 31 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.

Demis Nikolaidis played in the Final as footballer of Apollon, a few days before his transfer in AEK Athens. Also remarkable was that Giannis Pathiakakis, coach of Apollon then, would coach AEK Athens 4 years later and would win the Cup.

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
Panathinaikos 12
AEK Athens 9
Panegialios 6
Ethnikos Olympiakos Volos 1
Almopos Aridea 1

Group 2

Team Pts
Panachaiki 10
Pyrgos 9
Chaidari 4
Anagennisi Karditsa 3
Kallithea 3

Group 3

Team Pts
Apollon Athens 12
Panelefsiniakos F.C. 5
Atromitos 4
Kalamata 4
Ambelokipi Thessaloniki 2

Group 4

Team Pts
Agios Nikolaos 10
Anagennisi Giannitsa 8
Ethnikos Piraeus 7
Chalkida 3
Doxa Drama 0

Group 5

Team Pts
Aris 10
Ialysos 7
EAR Rethymno 6
Lamia 3
Charavgiakos 3

Group 6

Team Pts
Iraklis 10
Doxa Vyronas 7
Ethnikos Asteras 6
Aiolkos 4
Eordaikos 1

Group 7

Team Pts
PAOK 12
Chania 7
Korinthos 4
Pierikos 4
Kozani 1

Group 8

Team Pts
Trikala 9
Athinaikos 9
Proodeftiki 7
PAS Giannina 4
Tyrnavos 0

Group 9

Team Pts
Fokikos 6
OFI 5
Kastoria 4
Apollon Krya Vrysi 1

Group 10

Team Pts
Pontioi Veria 9
Paniliakos 4
Apollon Larissa 2
Diagoras - Rodos Enosis 1

Group 11

Team Pts
Apollon Kalamaria 6
Larissa 6
Anagennisi Kolindros 4
Orestis Orestiada 1

Group 12

Team Pts
Olympiacos 9
Veria 2
Panserraikos 2
Pannafpliakos 2

Group 13

Team Pts
Ionikos 7
Agrotikos Asteras 5
Fostiras 2
Marko 1

Group 14

Team Pts
Kavala 7
Varvasiakos 6
Edessaikos 4
Panargiakos 0

Group 15

Team Pts
Nigrita 7
Panetolikos 6
Panionios 2
Velissario 1

Group 16

Team Pts
Skoda Xanthi 7
Niki Volos 4
Levadiakos 4
Naousa 1

Second round

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Niki Volos 1-3 OFI 1-3 0-0
Ialysos 5-4 Agios Nikolaos 3-1 2-3
Pyrgos 1-2 Veria 0-0 1-2
Apollon Athens 5-4 Paniliakos 2-1 3-3
Chania 2-4 Trikala 2-0 0-4 (a.e.t.)
Athinaikos 7-1 Pontioi Veria 4-0 3-1
Panachaiki 2-5 Panathinaikos 2-2 0-3
AEK Athens 3-0 Iraklis 1-0 2-0
Apollon Kalamaria 4-3 Kavala 3-0 1-3
Panetolikos 4-0 Varvasiakos 3-0 1-0
Nigrita 2-7 Olympiacos 1-4 1-3
Ionikos 8-2 Panelefsiniakos 4-0 4-2
Agrotikos Asteras 1-1 Skoda Xanthi (a.g.) 1-1 0-0
Fokikos 0-6 PAOK 0-1 0-5
Doxa Vyronas 3-1 Larissa 1-0 2-1
Anagennisi Giannitsa 2-3 Aris 1-0 1-3

Third round

First legs were held on January 3, 1995. Second on January 17, 1996.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Doxa Vyronas 1-5 Panathinaikos 0-2 1-3
Panetolikos 3-4 Apollon Athens 1-2 2-2
OFI 1-2 Aris 1-0 0-2
PAOK 5-1 Ionikos 4-1 1-0
Olympiacos 2-4 AEK Athens 1-3 1-1
Trikala 4-0 Ialysos 2-0 2-0
Skoda Xanthi 5-0 Apollon Kalamaria 2-0 3-0
Athinaikos 7-3 Veria 5-2 2-1

Quarter-finals

First legs were held on January 31, 1996, while second legs on February 14.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens 5-3 Panathinaikos 3-1 2-2
PAOK 5-1 Trikala 3-0 2-1
Aris 2-3 Athinaikos 2-1 0-2
Apollon Athens 5-2 Skoda Xanthi 4-0 1-2

Semi-finals

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens 6-0 Athinaikos 5-0 1-0
Apollon Athens 4-2 PAOK 1-1 3-1

Final

The 54th Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

May 15, 1996
Apollon Athens 1 7 AEK Athens
Barniak  78' Batista  11'  34'
Tsartas  22'  48' (pen.)  76'
Ketsbaia  60'
Kostis  89'
Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis"
Attendance: 31,563
Referee: Christos Sotiropoulos (Piraeus)
Apollon
ΑΕΚ
APOLLON ATHENS:
Greece Dimitris Raptis
Greece Kostas Ioannou
Greece Kostas Mavridis  55'
Greece Andreas Theodoropoulos  35'
Greece Giannis Apostolou  46'
Greece Giannis Tatsis
Greece Lefteris Velentzas (c)
Serbia and Montenegro Predrag Erak YC ???'
Serbia and Montenegro Predrag Barniak
Albania Bledar Kola
Greece Demis Nikolaidis
Substitutes:
Greece Theodoros Alexis  35'
Greece Vangelis Kefalas YC ???'  46'
GreeceAustralia Panagiotis Lachanas  55'
Manager:
Greece Giannis Pathiakakis
AEK ATHENS:
Greece Ilias Atmatsidis
Greece Vassilis Borbokis YC ???'  66'
Greece Nikos Kostenoglou
Greece Stelios Manolas (c) YC ???'
Bosnia and Herzegovina Refik Šabanadžović
Greece Michalis Vlachos YC ???'  66'
Georgia (country) Temuri Ketsbaia
Republic of Macedonia Toni Savevski
Cape VerdeGreece Daniel Batista Red card 52'
Greece Vasilis Tsartas  82'
Greece Michalis Kasapis YC ???'
Substitutes:
Greece Christos Maladenis  66'
Greece Christos Kostis  66'
Greece Vaios Karagiannis  82'
Manager:
Serbia and MontenegroGreece 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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