1938–39 Greek Football Cup Explained

Greek Cup
Year:	1938–39
Country:	Greece
Num Teams:	73
Defending Champions:	Ethnikos Piraeus
Winners:	AEK Athens (2nd title)
Second:	PAOK
Matches:	75
Goals:	336
Prev Season:	1932–33
Next Season:	1939–40

The 1938–39 Greek Football Cup was the 3rd edition of the Greek Football Cup. 73 teams contested in 75 matches. Ethnikos Piraeus unsuccessfully defended its 1933 title losing in the Round of 16 to AEK Athens. AEK Athens would continue on its tournament streak until defeated in the finals, 2-1, on 28 May at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium against PAOK.^[1] ^[2]

Calendar

Round	Date(s)	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
First Round	26 October 1938	27	73 → 47	65
Second Round		19	47 → 29	none
Third Round		9	29 → 20	none
Fourth Round		3	20 → 17	none
Fifth Round		1	17 → 16	none
Round of 16	19 February 1939	8	16 → 8	8
Quarter-finals	30 April 1939	4	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	14 May 1939	2	4 → 2	none
Final	28 May 1939	1	2 → 1	none

Qualification round

First round

|-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Athens Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" rowspan="9" |-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Piraeus Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" rowspan="7" |-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Macedonia Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" rowspan="4" |-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Thrace Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" |-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" rowspan="6" |-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Thessaly Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" rowspan="4" |-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Patras Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" rowspan="4" |-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Crete Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" rowspan="3" |}

Second round

|-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Athens Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" rowspan="5" |-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Piraeus Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" rowspan="4" |-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Macedonia Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" rowspan="2" |-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Thrace Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" |-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" rowspan="2" |-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Thessaly Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" rowspan="2" |-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Patras Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" rowspan="2" |-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Crete Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" rowspan="2" |}

Third round

|-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Athens Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" rowspan="3" |-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Piraeus Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" |-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Macedonia Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" |-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Thrace/Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" rowspan="3"

|-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Thessaly Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" |-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Patras Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" |-|colspan="5" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Crete Football Clubs Association||colspan="2" |}

Fourth round

|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Athens Football Clubs Association|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Piraeus Football Clubs Association|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Thrace/Central-Eastern Macedonia Football Clubs Association|}

Fifth round

|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|Athens Football Clubs Association|}

Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over a single match. If the match ends up as a draw, extra time will be played and if the match remains a draw a replay match is set at the home of the guest team which the extra time rule stands as well. That procedure will be repeated until a winner occurs.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

In the draw for the round of 16, the eight top teams of each association are seeded and the eight clubs that passed the qualification round are unseeded.
The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams.
In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Match suspended at 40th minute while the score was 1–2. Awarded 0–2 to AEK Athens.^[3]

Final

See main article: 1939 Greek Football Cup final.

External links

Greek Cup 1938-39 at RSSSF

Notes and References

Web site: ΑΕΚ-ΠΑΟΚ:Πρώτα πόζαραν αγκαλιασμένοι, μετά έπαιξαν τον τελικό Κυπέλλου του 1939. el. sport-retro.gr. 28 November 2018.
Web site: Kipello1931-1940. epo.gr. https://web.archive.org/web/20200928222221/https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1931-1940.pdf. 28 September 2020. el. live.
Web site: newsp. SKRIP 29.05.1939, p. 5. efimeris.nlg.gr.