2016–17 Cypriot Cup Explained

Cypriot Cup
Year:	2016–17
Country:	Cyprus
Num Teams:	25
Champions:	Apollon (9th title)
Runner-Up:	APOEL
Matches:	38
Goals:	117
Top Goal Scorer:	Ivan Tričkovski (4 goals)^[1]
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18
Updated:	24 May 2017

The 2016–17 Cypriot Cup was the 75th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 25 clubs were accepted to enter the competition. It began on 26 October 2016^[2] with the first round and concluded on 24 May 2017 with the final held at GSP Stadium.^[3] The winner of the Cup was Apollon Limassol for ninth time and qualified for the 2017–18 Europa League second qualifying round

First round

The first round draw took place on 19 October 2016^[4] and the matches played on 26 October and 2, 23, 30 November 2016.^[5]

Second round

The second round draw took place on 20 December 2016^[6] and the matches played on 11, 18, 25 January and 1, 8 February 2017.^[7]

The following seven teams advanced directly to second round and will meet the nine winners of the first round ties:^[8]

• Apollon Limassol (2015–16 Cypriot Cup winner)
• Omonia (2015–16 Cypriot Cup runners-up)
• APOEL (2015–16 Cypriot First Division Fair Play winner)
• ASIL Lysi (Wild card, via draw)^[4]
• Ethnikos Achna (Wild card, via draw)^[4]
• Ethnikos Assia (Wild card, via draw)^[4]
• Olympiakos Nicosia (Wild card, via draw)^[4]

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Second leg

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals draw took place on 9 February 2017^[9] and the matches played on 15 and 22 February, 8 March, 5 and 19 April 2017.^[10]

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Second leg

Semi-finals

The semi-finals draw took place on 20 April 2017,^[11] and the matches played on 26 April and 3 May 2017.^{[12] [13]}

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Second leg

Final

GK 78 DF 21 DF 30 Giorgos Merkis DF 44 DF  3 MF 26 MF 16 MF 46 MF 77 MF  7 FW 20 Pieros Sotiriou Substitutes: GK 99 DF  2 DF 23 DF 90 MF 11 Nektarios Alexandrou MF 80 Roger Cañas MF  4 MF 10 MF 77 FW  9 FW 17 Manager: Thomas Christiansen

GK 83 DF 55 DF 22 DF 88 DF 17 MF  5 MF 10 MF 25 MF 26 FW 77 Adrián Sardinero FW 99 Substitutes: GK 31 GK 46 DF  6 Andreas Karo DF  8 DF 33 MF 28 MF 20 MF 52 Ioannis Pittas FW 57 Petros Psychas FW 18 Arkadiusz Piech FW 19 Manager: Sofronis Avgousti

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Match officials Assistant referees: Michalis Soteriou Andreas Andreou Fourth official: Vasilis Demetriou

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Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Eleven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

See also

• • 2016–17 Cypriot First Division 2016–17 Cypriot Second Division

Notes

1. Web site: Σκόρερς - ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ ΚΟΚΑ-ΚΟΛΑ Α',Β' ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΙΑΣ 16/17. el. CFA. 22 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170606142434/http://www.cfa.com.cy/Gr/scorers/2841947. 6 June 2017. dead.
2. Web site: Κύπελλο Coca - Cola 2016-2017. el. CFA. 13 June 2016. 13 June 2016.
3. Web site: Στο ΓΣΠ ο τελικός. el. CFA. 2 June 2016. 2 June 2016.
4. Web site: Η κλήρωση των αγώνων της πρώτης φάσης. el. CFA. 19 October 2016. 19 October 2016.
5. Web site: Πρόγραμμα αγώνων. el. CFA. 19 October 2016. 19 October 2016.
6. Web site: Κλήρωση Κυπέλλου Coca - Cola. el. CFA. 20 December 2016. 20 December 2016.
7. Web site: Πρόγραμμα αγώνων Β' φάσης. el. CFA. 20 December 2016. 20 December 2016.
8. Web site: Οι ομάδες που θα συμμετάσχουν στον Α' γύρο του Κυπέλλου Coca - Cola. el. CFA. 18 October 2016. 18 October 2016.
9. Web site: Τα ζευγάρια της κλήρωσης. el. CFA. 9 February 2017. 9 February 2017.
10. Web site: Πρόγραμμα αγώνων προημιτελικής φάσης Κυπέλλου Coca – Cola. el. CFA. 9 February 2017. 9 February 2017.
11. Web site: Ημιτελική φάση Κυπέλλου Coca - Cola. el. CFA. 7 April 2017. 7 April 2017.
12. Web site: Απόλλωνας – Ανόρθωση και Δόξα – ΑΠΟΕΛ στην ημιτελική φάση του Κυπέλλου Coca - Cola. el. CFA. 20 April 2017. 20 April 2017.
13. Web site: Αλλαγές στο πρόγραμμα τoυ Κυπέλλου. el. CFA. 24 April 2017. 24 April 2017.

Sources

• Web site: 2016/17 Cyprus Cup . 2017-08-24 . 2017-08-24 . .