1995–96 Greek Football Cup

1995–96 Greek Cup
Tournament details
CountryGreece
Teams72
Defending championsPanathinaikos
Final positions
ChampionsAEK Athens (10th title)
Runners-upApollon Athens
Tournament statistics
Matches played117
Top goal scorer(s)Demis Nikolaidis
(10 goals)

The 1995–96 Greek Football Cup was the 54th edition of the Greek Football Cup.

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.

After the group stage, AEK Athens eliminated in succession Iraklis, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and Athinaikos, while in a big surprise Apollon Athens 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. In the final, Demis Nikolaidis played his last match as footballer of Apollon Athens, a few days before his transfer to AEK Athens.[1]

AEK Athens won the cup after 13 years, shattering with 7–1 Apollon Athens, that reached for first and only time a Greek Cup final. AEK won the last title, after 4 championships, with Dušan Bajević as their coach.[2]

Calendar

Round Date(s) Fixtures Clubs New entries
Group stage 20 August, 5, 25 October & 9 November 1995 56 72 → 32 72
Round of 32 29 November, 20 December 1995 32 32 → 16 none
Round of 16 3, 17 January 1996 16 16 → 8 none
Quarter-finals 31 January, 14 February 1996 8 8 → 4 none
Semi-finals 28 February, 13 March 1996 4 4 → 2 none
Final 15 May 1996 1 2 → 1 none

Group stage

The phase was played in a single round-robin format.

Knockout phase

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which were played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

  • There are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.

Bracket

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Panetolikos 3 1 4
Varvasiakos 0 0 0 Panetolikos 1 2 3
Apollon Athens 2 3 5 Apollon Athens 2 2 4
Paniliakos 1 3 4 Apollon Athens 4 1 5
Agrotikos Asteras 1 0 1 Skoda Xanthi 0 2 2
Skoda Xanthi (a) 1 0 1 Skoda Xanthi 2 3 5
Apollon Kalamarias 3 1 4 Apollon Kalamarias 0 0 0
Kavala 0 3 3 Apollon Athens 1 3 4
Fokikos 0 0 0 PAOK 1 1 2
PAOK 1 5 6 PAOK 4 1 5
Ionikos 4 4 8 Ionikos 1 0 1
Panelefsiniakos 0 2 2 PAOK 3 2 5
AO Chania 2 0 2 Trikala 0 1 1
Trikala (a.e.t.) 0 4 4 Trikala 2 2 4
Ialysos 3 2 5 Ialysos 0 0 0
Agios Nikolaos 1 3 4 Apollon Athens 1
Nigrita 1 1 2 AEK Athens 7
Olympiacos 4 3 7 Olympiacos 1 1 2
AEK Athens 1 2 3 AEK Athens 3 1 4
Iraklis 0 0 0 AEK Athens 3 2 5
Doxa Vyronas 1 2 3 Panathinaikos 1 2 3
AEL 0 1 1 Doxa Vyronas 0 1 1
Panachaiki 2 0 2 Panathinaikos 2 3 5
Panathinaikos 2 3 5 AEK Athens 5 1 7
Niki Volos 1 0 1 Athinaikos 0 0 0
OFI 3 0 3 OFI 1 0 1
Anagennisi Giannitsa 1 1 2 Aris 0 2 2
Aris 0 3 3 Aris 2 0 2
Athinaikos 4 3 1 Athinaikos 1 2 3
Pontioi Veria 0 1 1 Athinaikos 5 2 7
AO Pyrgos 0 1 1 Veria 2 1 3
Veria 0 2 2

Round of 32

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Niki Volos 1–3 OFI 1–3 0–0
Ialysos 5–4 Agios Nikolaos 3–1 2–3
AO Pyrgos 1–2 Veria 0–0 1–2
Apollon Athens 5–4 Paniliakos 2–1 3–3
AO 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 Kalamarias 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 (a) Skoda Xanthi 1–1 0–0
Fokikos 0–6 PAOK 0–1 0–5
Doxa Vyronas 3–1 AEL 1–0 2–1
Anagennisi Giannitsa 2–3 Aris 1–0 1–3

Round of 16

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 Kalamarias 2–0 3–0
Athinaikos 7–3 Veria 5–2 2–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens 6–0 Athinaikos 5–0 1–0
Apollon Athens 4–2 PAOK 1–1 3–1

Matches

AEK Athens5–0Athinaikos
  • Batista 19', 40', 90'
  • Kopitsis 24'
  • Kostis 73'
 Report (page 4)
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Michalis Kalathenos (Dodecanese)
Athinaikos0–1AEK Athens
Report (page 4)
Attendance: 545
Referee: Malamas Tevekelis (Thessaloniki)

AEK Athens won 6–0 on aggregate.

Apollon Athens1–1PAOK
 Report (page 4)
Referee: Manolis Papatriantafyllou (Kilkis)
PAOK1–3Apollon Athens
 Report (page 4)
Referee: Giannis Latsios (Larissa)

Apollon Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1996 Greek Football Cup final
Apollon Athens1–7AEK Athens
 Report (page 5)
Attendance: 31,563
Referee: Christos Sotiropoulos (Piraeus)

References

  1. ^ "Kipello1996-1999" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Η "επτάρα" της ΑΕΚ στο τελικό κυπέλλου με τον Απόλλωνα". sport-retro.gr (in Greek). 27 November 2018.
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