The Greek Cup 1995–96 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 7–1 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 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.
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.
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Final
The 54th Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".
Apollon Athens v AEK Athens
| APOLLON ATHENS: |
| | |
| | |  Dimitris Raptis |
| | | Kostas Ioannou |
| | | Kostas Mavridis | |  55' |
| | | Andreas Theodoropoulos | | 35' |
| | | Giannis Apostolou | | 46' |
| | | Giannis Tatsis |
| | | Lefteris Velentzas (c) |
| | |  Predrag Erak |  ???' |
| | | Predrag Barniak |
| | |  Bledar Kola |
| | | Demis Nikolaidis |
| Substitutes: |
| | | Theodoros Alexis | |  35' |
| | | Vangelis Kefalas | ???' | 46' |
| | |  Panagiotis Lachanas | | 55' |
| Manager: |
| Giannis Pathiakakis |
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MATCH OFFICIALS
- Assistant referees:
- Fourth official: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)
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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.
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References
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