2017–18 Greek Football Cup Explained

Greek Cup
Year:2017–18
Country:Greece
Num Teams:33
Defending Champions:PAOK
Champions:PAOK (6th title)
Runner-Up:AEK Athens
Matches:76
Goals:199
Top Goal Scorer:Pedro Conde
Aleksandar Prijović
Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
(6 goals each)
Prevseason:2016–17
Nextseason:2018–19

The 2017–18 Greek Football Cup was the 76th edition of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 33 clubs were accepted to enter. The competition commenced in September 2017 with the preliminary round and concluded on 12 May 2018 with the Final. PAOK won the competition for second consecutive year beating AEK Athens 2–0[1] [2] in the final held at the Olympic Stadium.

Teams

Round Clubs
remaining
Clubs
involved
Winners from
previous round
New entries Leagues entering
Preliminary Round 33 2 none 2 Football League
Group Stage 32 32 1 31 Super League
Round of 16 16 16 16 none none
Quarter-finals 8 8 8 none none
Semi-finals 4 4 4 none none
Final 2 2 2 none none

Calendar

Round Date(s) Fixtures Clubs New entries
Preliminary Round 20 & 30 August 2017 2 33 → 32 2
Group Stage 19–21 September, 24–26 October & 28–30 November 2017 45 32 → 16 31
Round of 16 19–21 December 2017 & 9–11 January 2018 16 16 → 8 none
Quarter-finals 24, 25 January & 7, 8 February 2018 8 8 → 4 none
Semi-finals 27, 28 February, 1 March & 17–19 April 2018 4 4 → 2 none
Final 12 May 2018 1 2 → 1 none

Participating clubs

2017–18 Super League2017–18 Football League

Preliminary round

The draw for this round took place in August 2017.

Summary

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Matches

Aiginiakos won on away goals.

Group stage

The draw for this round took place on 11 August 2017.[3]

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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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:

Round of 16

The draw for this round took place on 4 December 2017.[4]

Seeding

+Seeded teams
width=170Team
OFI
PAOK
AEK Athens
Atromitos
Olympiacos
Xanthi
PAS Giannina
Panathinaikos
+Unseeded teams
width=170Team
Platanias
Levadiakos
Lamia
Trikala
Asteras Tripolis
Panetolikos
Panionios
AEL

Summary

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Matches

Olympiacos won 4–0 aggregate.----Atromitos won 2–0 aggregate.----PAS Giannina won 4–1 aggregate.----Lamia won 4–2 aggregate.----AEK Athens won 5–0 aggregate.----PAOK won 7–2 aggregate.----Panionios won 3–0 aggregate.----AEL won 3–2 aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw for this round took place on 15 January 2018.[5]

Summary

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Matches

PAOK won 5–1 on aggregate.----Panionios won 5–1 on aggregate.----AEK Athens won 2–1 on aggregate.----AEL won 5–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw for this round took place on 12 February 2018.[6]

Summary

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Matches

PAOK won 6–2 on aggregate.----AEK Athens won on away goals.

Final

See main article: 2018 Greek Football Cup final.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Pedro CondePAS Giannina6
Aleksandar PrijovićPAOK
Lazaros ChristodoulopoulosAEK Athens
4 Yevhen ShakhovPAOK5
5 Dimitris Pelkas4
6 Emmanuel EmenikeOlympiacos3
Panagiotis TriadisXanthi
Guillermo MolinsPanathinaikos
Amr WardaAtromitos
Uroš ĐurđevićOlympiacos
Giannis MasourasAEL
Sandi Križman
Thomas Nazlidis
Georgios MasourasOlympiacos

References

  1. Web site: el:Τελικός Κυπέλλου Ελλάδος: ΑΕΚ-ΠΑΟΚ 0-2. https://www.gazzetta.gr/football/kypello-elladas/article/1228987/telikos-kypelloy-ellados-aek-paok-0-2. el. gazzetta.gr. 27 November 2018.
  2. Web site: PAOK outplays AEK to lift the Greek Cup in Athens. ekathimerini.com. 30 November 2018.
  3. Web site: Κύπελλο: Η κλήρωση της 1ης & 2ης φάσης. el. epo.gr. 11 August 2017. 2 November 2021.
  4. Web site: Τα ζευγάρια της 3ης φάσης. Greek Cup Round of 16 draw results. el. epo.gr. 4 December 2017. 5 January 2023.
  5. Web site: Ολυμπιακός-ΑΕΚ στους "8"!. Olympiacos–AEK in the quarter-finals. el. sport-fm.gr. 15 January 2018. 5 January 2023.
  6. Web site: Οι ημιτελικοί του Κυπέλλου. Greek Cup Semi-finals. el. epo.gr. 12 February 2018. 5 January 2023.

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