1952–53 Cypriot Cup Explained


Year:	1952–53
Country:	Cyprus
Num Teams:	14
Dates:	10 January 1953 – 19 April 1953
Winners:	EPA Larnaca FC (4th title)
Next Season:	1953–54

The 1952–53 Cypriot Cup was the 16th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 14 clubs entered the competition. It began on 10 January 1953 with the first round and concluded on 19 April 1953 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. EPA Larnaca FC won their 4th Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Çetinkaya Türk 2–1 in the final.

Format

In the 1952–53 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division and six teams of the Cypriot Second Division.

The competition consisted of four knock-out rounds. In all rounds each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay match.

First round

width=25% align="right"	Team 1	width=22% align="center"	Result	width=30% align="left"	Team 2
(A) AEL	5 - 0	SEAAS Nicosia (B)
(A) Anorthosis	7 - 1	Demi Spor Larnaca (B)
(A) APOEL	1 - 0	Pezoporikos (A)
(A) EPA	10 - 1	Aris (B)
(A) Çetinkaya Türk	10 - 2	Mağusa Türk Gücü (B)
	2 - 3	Doğan Türk Birliği (B)
(A) Olymoiakos	Bye
(A) AYMA	Bye

Quarter-finals

width=25% align="right"	Team 1	width=22% align="center"	Result	width=30% align="left"	Team 2
(A) Anorthosis	2 - 1	Olympiakos (A)
	2 - 2, 0 - 3	EPA (A)
(A) Çetinkaya Türk	3 - 1	AYMA (A)
(A) AEL	2 - 0	Doğan Türk Birliği (B)

Semi-finals

width=25% align="right"	Team 1	width=22% align="center"	Result	width=30% align="left"	Team 2
	1 - 2	Çetinkaya Türk (A)
(A) EPA	1 - 1¹	Anorthosis (A)

¹Anorthosis Famagusta not show to the replay match due to violent behavior of the first game

Sources

Web site: 1952/53 Cyprus Cup . 2017-08-24 . 2017-08-25 . .

Bibliography

Book: Gavreilides. Michalis. Papamoiseos. Stelios. el:Ένας αιώνας Κυπριακό ποδόσφαιρο . One century Cypriot football. 59. Nicosia. el. The writer. 2001. 9963-8720-1-8.
Book: Meletiou, Giorgos . el:Κυπριακό ποδόσφαιρο 1900–1960 . Cypriot Football 1900–1960. 190–191, 287. Power Publishing . Nicosia . 2011 . el . 978-9963-688-87-6 .