2008–09 Greek Football Cup Explained

Greek Cup
Year:2008–09
Dates:30 August 2008 – 2 May 2009
Num Teams:70
Defending Champions:Olympiacos
Champions:Olympiacos (24th title)
Runner-Up:AEK Athens
Matches:79
Top Goal Scorer:Ismael Blanco
(5 goals)
Prevseason:2007–08
Nextseason:2009–10

The 2008–09 Greek Football Cup was the 67th edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition started on 30 August 2008 with the first round and concluded on 2 May 2009 with the final, held at Olympic Stadium.

Olympiacos claimed that season's Greek Cup, after a 4-4 draw and a 15–14 victory on penalties over AEK Athens, and was considered by fans as the most entertaining final in the tournament.[1] [2]

Calendar

Round Date(s) Fixtures Clubs New entries Leagues entering
First Round 30, 31 August & 7 September 2008 18 70 → 52 36 Gamma Ethniki
Second Round 16–18 September 2008 18 52 → 34 18 Beta Ethniki
Additional Round 24 September 2008 2 34 → 32 none none
Round of 32 28–30 October, 11–13 November 2008 16 32 → 16 16 Super League
Round of 16 13–15, 20–22, 28 January 2009 12 16 → 8 none none
Quarter-finals 4, 18, 25 February & 4 March 2009 8 8 → 4
Semi-finals 18 March & 8, 9 April 2009 4 4 → 2
Final 2 May 2009 1 2 → 1

Knockout phase

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the quarter-finals and the semi-finals, was played by 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. In the quarter-finals and the semi-finals were 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 round of 16, if the score was level at the end of normal time the two-legged rule was applied.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

First round

The draw took place on 18 August 2008.[3]

Summary

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Matches

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Second round

The draw took place on 18 August 2008, after the first-round draw.[3]

Summary

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Matches

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Additional round

Summary

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Round of 32

The draw took place on 18 August 2008.[3]

Summary

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Round of 16

The draw took place on 19 November 2008.[4]

Summary

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Replay

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Quarter-finals

The draw took place on 26 January 2009.[5]

Summary

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Matches

Olympiacos won 2–1 on aggregate.----AEK Athens won on away goals.----Asteras Tripolis won 2–0 on aggregate.----Panserraikos won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw took place on 26 January 2009, after the quarter-final draw.[5]

Summary

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Matches

AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.----Olympiacos won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

See main article: 2009 Greek Football Cup final.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Ismael BlancoAEK Athens5
DiogoOlympiacos
3 Michalis KlokidisMakedonikos4
Lazaros ChristodoulopoulosPanathinaikos
5 Emanuel PerroneAtromitos3
Gilvan CarlosZakynthos
Matt DerbyshireOlympiacos
Ante RukavinaPanathinaikos
Ignacio ScoccoAEK Athens
10 Pavlos LeptokaridisAnagennisi Giannitsa2
Fabian GerberOFI
Marko MarkovskiKallithea
Nastja ČehPanserraikos
Anastasios TriantafyllouDiagoras
Christos KanellopoulosNiki Volos
Ilias SiokosKorinthos
Rogério MartinsErgotelis
Facundo ParraAEL
Vasilios ChatzivasiliadisKastoria
Danijel CesarecAsteras Tripolis
Stavros TsoukalasDoxa Drama
Victor AgaliSkoda Xanthi
Amr El HalwaniVeria
Petros DimitriadisMakedonikos
Ilias ManikasPanetolikos
Ibrahima BakayokoPAOK
Israel SilvaKerkyra
Bennard Yao KumordziPanionios
Luciano GallettiOlympiacos
Lucio FilomenoAsteras Tripolis
Rafik DjebbourAEK Athens
Vangelis KaounosKalamata / Asteras Tripolis
Dudu CearenseOlympiacos

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: el:ΑΕΚ-Ολυμπιακός 3-3 (4-4 παράταση,14-15 πεν.). http://www.sport24.gr/football/ellada/GreekCup/article339422.ece. el. sport24.gr. 21 May 2016.
  2. News: Olympiakos Beat AEK Athens In Historic Greek Cup Final. goal.com. 1 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Η κλήρωση των τεσσάρων πρώτων γύρων του Κυπέλλου Ελλάδας. Greek Cup draw results. el. contra.gr. 18 August 2008. 20 January 2023.
  4. Web site: Ντέρμπι ΠΑΟΚ-Αρη στο κύπελλο. Greek Cup Round of 16 draw sets up PAOK–Aris derby. el. tanea.gr. 19 November 2008. 20 January 2023.
  5. Web site: Ο Ολυμπιακός περιμένει ΠΑΟΚ ή Άρη. Olympiacos awaits PAOK or Aris. el. contra.gr. 26 January 2009. 20 January 2023.