2003–04 Greek Football Cup Explained

Greek Cup
Year:2003–04
Other Title:Vodafone Greek Cup
Num Teams:52
Defending Champions:PAOK
Champions:Panathinaikos (16th title)
Runner-Up:Olympiacos
Matches:101
Top Goal Scorer:Andreas Niniadis
(5 goals)
Prevseason:2002–03
Nextseason:2004–05

The 2003–04 Greek Football Cup was the 62nd edition of the Greek Football Cup. That season's edition was entitled "Vodafone Greek Cup".[1]

Calendar

Round Date(s) Fixtures Clubs New entries
First Round 17 August, 2 September 2003 52 52 → 26 52
Second Round 17 September, 29 October 2003 20 26 → 16 none
Round of 16 7, 14 January 2004 16 16 → 8 none
Quarter-finals 4, 17 March 2004 8 8 → 4 none
Semi-finals 27 March, 7 April 2004 4 4 → 2 none
Final 8 May 2004 1 2 → 1 none

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:

First round

The draw took place on 24 July 2003.[2]

Summary

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Matches

Levadiakos won 3–2 on aggregate.----Chalkidona won 5–0 on aggregate.----Iraklis won 9–0 on aggregate.----Panionios won 4–1 on aggregate.----Acharnaikos won 3–1 on aggregate.----Ergotelis won 6–5 on aggregate.----Panathinaikos won 3–1 on aggregate.----Kerkyra won 6–0 on aggregate.----Thyella Patras won 6–1 on aggregate.----Skoda Xanthi won 3–0 on aggregate.----PAOK won 4–1 on aggregate.----Agrotikos Asteras won 6–2 on aggregate.----Olympiacos won 6–1 on aggregate.----Kastoria won on away goals.----Kalamata won 3–1 on aggregate.----AEK Athens won 7–0 on aggregate.----Egaleo won 4–2 on aggregate.----Apollon Athens won 6–0 on aggregate.----Patraikos won 4–3 on aggregate.----ILTEX Lykoi won 4–1 on aggregate.----Ethnikos Asteras won 1–0 on aggregate.----Aris won 3–2 on aggregate.----Akratitos won 8–1 on aggregate.----Proodeftiki won 7–3 on aggregate.----OFI won 2–0 on aggregate.----Atromitos won 7–3 on aggregate.

Second round

Summary

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Matches

Chalkidona won 2–1 on aggregate.----Akratitos won 2–1 on aggregate.----PAOK won 2–1 on aggregate.----OFI won 3–0 on aggregate.----Agrotikos Asteras won on away goals.----Iraklis won 5–3 on aggregate.----Skoda Xanthi won 5–0 on aggregate.----Panionios won 2–1 on aggregate.----Aris won 4–2 on aggregate.----Olympiacos won 6–3 on aggregate.

Round of 16

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Matches

Proodeftiki won on away goals.----Panathinaikos won 2–1 on aggregate.----Iraklis won 2–0 on aggregate.----Panionios won 4–0 on aggregate.----Patraikos won on away goals.----AEK Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.----Olympiacos won 3–0 on aggregate.----Kastoria won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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Matches

Panathinaikos won 3–1 on aggregate.----Olympiacos won 1–0 on aggregate.----Kastoria won 4–3 on penalties.----AEK Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Matches

Panathinaikos won 3–2 on aggregate.----Olympiacos won 4–1 on aggregate.

Final

See main article: 2004 Greek Football Cup final.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Andreas NiniadisOlympiacos5
2 Giorgos ZacharopoulosChalkidona4
Fotis TsangarisThyella Patras
Ioannis OkkasOlympiacos
5 Angelos VilanakisProodeftiki3
Alexis GavrilopoulosAtromitos
Pantelis KapetanosIraklis
Giannis LazanasAris
Patrick OgunsotoErgotelis
Dimitrios PapadopoulosPanathinaikos
Ioakim BeniskosAgrotikos Asteras
Nikos MachlasIraklis
Panagiotis GitsisAkratitos
Yiasoumis YiasoumiPAOK
Ederson FofonkaIraklis
Nikos LiberopoulosAEK Athens
Georgios GeorgiadisOlympiacos
Ieroklis Stoltidis

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Κύπελλο 2003-2004. epo.gr. https://web.archive.org/web/20221030123056/https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello2003-2004.pdf. 30 October 2022. el. live.
  2. Web site: Στα μέτρα των δυνατών. Greek Cup draw results. el. rizospastis.gr. 24 July 2003. 25 January 2023.