1974–75 Greek Football Cup Explained

Greek Cup
Year:1974–75
Country: Greece
Num Teams:77
Defending Champions:PAOK
Winners:Olympiacos (16th title)
Second:Panathinaikos
Matches:71
Scoring Leader:Michalis Kritikopoulos
Takis Nikoloudis
(4 goals each)
Prev Season:1973–74
Next Season:1975–76

The 1974–75 Greek Football Cup was the 33rd edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Karaiskakis Stadium, on 18 June 1975. The match was contested by Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, with Olympiacos winning by 1–0.[1] Panathinaikos competed with their reserve (youth) team, as a protest for the decision of the Hellenic Football Federation the final to be held in Karaiskakis Stadium, home ground of Olympiacos.[2]

Calendar

Round Date(s) Fixtures Clubs New entries
First Round 14, 15 September 1974 30 60 → 31 60
Additional Round 23 October 1974 1 31 → 30 none
Second Round 30 October 1974 14 28 → 14 none
Round of 32 5 February 1975 15 32 → 16 18
Round of 16 19 March 1975 8 16 → 8 none
Quarter-finals 30 April 1975 4 8 → 4 none
Semi-finals 28 May 1975 2 4 → 2 none
Final 18 June 1975 1 2 → 1 none

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. If a winner doesn't occur after the extra time the winner emerges by penalty shoot-out.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

First round

Olympiacos Volos from Alpha Ethniki and 59 clubs from Beta Ethniki entered the first round.

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Additional round

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Second round

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Round of 32

The rest 17 clubs from Alpha Ethniki entered the third round.

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Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

The 31st Greek Cup Final was played at the Karaiskakis Stadium.

Panagiotis Kelesidis
Giannis Gaitatzis
Ioannis Kyrastas
Vasilis Siokos (c)
Milton Viera
Michalis Kritikopoulos
Ignacio Pena
Substitutes:
Manager:
Georgios Darivas
Nikos Vallianos  
Stelios Stefanakis
Giorgos Vlachos
Dimitris Kotsos
Giorgos Gonios
Dimitris Seitaridis
Haris Grammos (c)
Spiros Livathinos
Kostas Vrettos
Totis Filakouris
Kostas Vallidis
Substitutes:
 
 
Manager:
Vangelis Panakis
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  • Assistant referees:
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  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Two substitutes.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Αποθέωσαν τον ηττημένο. el. oldfootball.gr. 27 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Kipello1971-1980. epo.gr. https://web.archive.org/web/20181128075331/https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1971-1980.pdf. el. 28 November 2018. live.