1984–85 Cypriot Cup Explained

Year:1984–85
Country:Cyprus
Num Teams:43
Dates:18 November 1984 – 22 June 1985
Winners:AEL
(4th title)
Next Season:1985–86

The 1984–85 Cypriot Cup was the 43rd edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 43 clubs entered the competition. It began on 18 November 1984 with the preliminary round and concluded on 22 June 1985 with the final which was held at Makario Stadium. AEL won their 4th Cypriot Cup trophy by beating EPA 1–0 in the final.

Format

In the 1984–85 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division, the Cypriot Second Division and the Cypriot Third Division.

The competition consisted of six knock-out rounds. In the preliminary round 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 at the ground of the team who were away for the first game. If the rematch was also drawn, then extra time was following and if the match remained drawn after extra time the winner was decided by penalty shoot-out.

The next four rounds were played in a two-legged format, each team playing a home and an away match against their opponent. The team which scored more goals on aggregate, was qualifying to the next round. If the two teams scored the same number of goals on aggregate, then the team which scored more goals away from home was advancing to the next round. If both teams had scored the same number of home and away goals, then extra time was following after the end of the second leg match. If during the extra thirty minutes both teams had managed to score, but they had scored the same number of goals, then the team who scored the away goals was advancing to the next round (i.e. the team which was playing away). If there weren't scored any goals during extra time, the qualifying team was determined by penalty shoot-out.

The cup winner secured a place in the 1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Preliminary round

In the first preliminary draw, participated all the 16 teams of the Cypriot Third Division and 8 of the 14 teams of the Cypriot Second Division (last eight of the league table of each group at the day of the draw).

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(C) APEP F.C.2 - 3 Apollon Lympion (B)
(C) ASO Ormideia0 - 1 Othellos Athienou F.C. (C)
(C) Digenis Akritas Morphou2 - 1 Elpida Xylofagou (C)
(C) AEK Kythreas0 - 1 Doxa Katokopias F.C. (B)
(B) Chalkanoras Idaliou4 - 0 Ethnikos Defteras (C)
(C) Iraklis Gerolakkou1 - 0 ENTHOI Lakatamia FC (B)
(B) Adonis Idaliou2 - 3 Kentro Neotitas Maroniton (C)
(C) Neos Aionas Trikomou3 - 1 Akritas Chlorakas (B)
(C) Onisilos Sotira3 - 1 Digenis Akritas Ipsona (B)
(C) Orfeas Athienou3 - 0 Keravnos Strovolou FC (B)
(C) OXEN Peristeronas1 - 0 Ethnikos Assia F.C. (C)
(C) ASIL Lysi1 - 3 AEM Morphou (C)

First round

14 clubs from the Cypriot First Division and the rest clubs from the Cypriot Second Division met the winners of the preliminary round ties:

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(A) Apollon Limassol1 - 2 APOEL FC (A)1 - 1 0 - 1
(B) APOP Paphos3 - 2 Kentro Neotitas Maroniton (C)3 - 0 0 - 2
(A) Omonia Aradippou3 - 2 Chalkanoras Idaliou (B)1 - 1 2 - 1
(A) Aris Limassol F.C.1 - 2 Alki Larnaca F.C. (A)1 - 0 0 - 2
(B) Ethnikos Achna FC (a.) 3 - 3 Evagoras Paphos (A)1 - 0 2 - 3
(B) Anagennisi Deryneia 11 - 1 OXEN Peristeronas (C)5 - 1 6 - 0
(B) Ermis Aradippou 7 - 2 Neos Aionas Trikomou (C)3 - 0 4 - 2
2 - 4 EPA Larnaca FC (A)2 - 2 0 - 2
(B) Apollon Lympion (a.) 2 - 2 AEM Morphou (C)1 - 0 1 - 2
1 - 2 AC Omonia (A)1 - 2 0 - 0
2 - 4 AEL Limassol (A)2 - 3 0 - 1
2 - 13 Pezoporikos Larnaca (A)2 - 5 0 - 8
1 - 2 Doxa Katokopias F.C. (B)1 - 2 0 - 0
(B) Orfeas Nicosia 0 - 0 (4 - 3 p.) Anorthosis Famagusta FC (A)0 - 0 0 - 0
(B) PAEEK FC 12 - 2 Digenis Akritas Morphou (C)8 - 0 4 - 2
1 - 1 (3 - 4 p.) Nea Salamis Famagusta FC (A)1 - 0 0 - 1

Second round

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(A) AEL Limassol 4 - 2 Anagennisi Deryneia (B)4 - 1 0 - 1
(A) Alki Larnaca F.C.5 - 0 Omonia Aradippou (A)5 - 0 0 - 0
1 - 3 EPA Larnaca FC (A)1 - 0 0 - 3
(B) Ethnikos Achna FC1 - 2 Ermis Aradippou (B)0 - 1 1 - 1
0 - 1 PAEEK FC (B)0 - 0 0 - 1
(A) AC Omonia 10 - 0 Apollon Lympion (B)7 - 0 3 - 0
2 - 7 APOEL FC (A)1 - 2 1 - 5
(A) Nea Salamis Famagusta FC 6 - 5 Pezoporikos Larnaca (A)3 - 4 3 - 1

Quarter-finals

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(A) AEL Limassol2 - 1 Alki Larnaca F.C. (A)1 - 0 1 - 1
(A) EPA Larnaca FC4 - 0 Nea Salamis Famagusta FC (A)3 - 0 1 - 0
(A) AC Omonia5 - 4 APOEL FC (A)3 - 1 2 - 3
(B) PAEEK FC2 - 1 Ermis Aradippou (B)1 - 0 1 - 1

Semi-finals

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(A) AEL Limassol5 - 1 PAEEK FC (B)3 - 0 2 - 1
(A) EPA Larnaca FC5 - 2 AC Omonia (A)5 - 1 0 - 1

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