2019–20 Greek Football Cup Explained

Greek Cup
Year:2019–20
Country:Greece
Num Teams:84
Defending Champions:PAOK
Champions:Olympiacos (28 titles)
Runner-Up:AEK Athens
Continentalcup1:Europa League
Matches:107
Goals:264
Top Goal Scorer:Dimitrios Pelkas
Georgios Pamlidis
(4 goals each)
Prevseason:2018–19
Nextseason:2020–21

The 2019–20 Greek Football Cup is the 78th season of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 84 clubs are accepted to enter. 14 from the Super League 1 (1st tier), 12 from the Super League 2 (2nd tier), 14 from the Football League (3rd tier) and 44 previous season local Cup winners. The Second Leg Semi-Final matches and the Final were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece until June.

The Final was originally scheduled for 26 July and was postponed to 30 August because of Olympiacos' pressure in HFF to change the stadium from Georgios Kamaras Stadium to Olympic Stadium and after the no of the Hellenic Police in the first stadium. The Final was rescheduled for 30 August in the Olympic Stadium but it was postponed again because Olympiacos' player Maximiliano Lovera was tested positive for COVID-19. The Final was rescheduled again for 12 September at Panthessaliko Stadium in Volos.

Calendar

Round Date(s) Fixtures Clubs New entries Leagues entering
First Round 24, 25, 28 August & 17 September 2019 21 84 → 62 44 Local Cup Winners
Second Round 31 August, 1, 4, 8, 15 September & 2 October 2019 11 62 → 51 none none
Third Round 14, 15, 18, 25 September & 16 October 2019 12 51 → 39 14 Football League
Fourth Round 24–26 September, 2, 9, 23 October 2019 12 39 → 27 12 Super League 2
Fifth Round 29–31 October & 3–5 December 2019 22 27 → 16 9 Super League 1, places 6–14
Round of 16 7–9, 14–16 January 2020 16 16 → 8 5 Super League 1, places 1–5
Quarter-finals 4–6, 11–13 February 2020 8 8 → 4 none none
Semi-finals 4 March & 24 June 2020 4 4 → 2
Final 12 September 2020 1 2 → 1

Participating clubs

Super League 1Super League 2Football League2018−19 Local Cup Winners

Qualifying rounds

First round

The draw for this round took place on 9 August 2019.[1] The majority of fixtures were held on 24, 25 and 28 August 2019.[2]

Two of the fixtures, Kalamata–Atromitos Patras and Enosis Vathyllos-Pansamiakos–Aiolikos were postponed in light the bids of Kalamata and Aiolikos to enter the Football League.[2] Kalamata were eventually greenlighted to play in the Football League by decision of the HFF, taking the place of Nestos Chrysoupoli, who withdrew their participation.[3] As such, despite being drawn against Atromitos Patras, they advanced to the Third Round draw on walkover. Likewise, Atromitos advanced to the next round on walkover.

Summary

|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|24 August 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|25 August 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|28 August 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|17 September 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|N/A|}

Matches

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Second round

The draw for this round took place on 27 August 2018.[4]

Summary

|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|31 August 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|1 September 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|4 September 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|8 September 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|15 September 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|2 October 2019|}

Matches

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Third round

The draw for this round took place on 9 September 2019.[5] A total of 24 teams are involved in the Round 3 draw: The 12 2019−20 Football League teams entering in this round, and the twelve winners of the previous round.[5] 12 single-match fixtures were determined, of which the winners will qualify to the next Round. The majority of fixtures were held on 14, 15 and 18 September.[6]

Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|14 September 2019|-|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|15 September 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|18 September 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|25 September 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|16 October 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|N/A|}

Matches

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Fourth round

The draw for this round took place on 17 September 2019.[7] A total of 24 teams were involved in the Round 4 draw: The 12 2019−20 Super League 2 teams entering in this round, and the twelve winners of the previous round.[7] 12 single-match fixtures were determined, of which the winners qualified to the next Round. The majority of fixtures were held on 24, 25 and 26 September.[7]

Summary

|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|24 September 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|25 September 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|26 September 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|2 October 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align="center" |9 October 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align="center" |23 October 2019|-|colspan="3" style="background-color:#D0D0D0" align=center|N/A|}

Matches

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Fifth round

The draw for this round took place on 16 October 2019.[8] A total of 22 teams are involved in the Round 5 draw: The 8 2019−20 Super League teams, who finished in places 6–13 in the 2018−19 season entering the competition in this round, the twelve winners of the previous round, the champion of the 2018–19 Football League (Volos), and the single club advancing on walkover in Round 4 (Panserraikos).[9]

As of this phase onward, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.

In the draw for Round 5, the nine Super League teams are seeded, and the 13 clubs advancing from previous Rounds are unseeded.[9] The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. The remaining 4 unseeded clubs will be drawn against one another with the team being drawn last hosting the second leg.[9]

A total of 11 fixtures were determined, of which the winners will qualify to the Round of 16. The first leg matches will be held on 29, 30 and 31 October, while the 2nd leg matches will be held 3, 4 and 5 December 2019.[9]

Seeding

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PanioniosPanserraikos
LamiaPanachaiki
PanathinaikosVeria
PanetolikosTrikala
AELErgotelis
Asteras TripolisKavala
XanthiKalamata
OFIPlatanias
VolosIalysos
bgcolor=#CCCCCC rowspan="4"Apollon Larissa
PAS Giannina
Olympiacos Volos
Aiolikos

Summary

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Matches

Xanthi won 4–2 on aggregate.----Volos won 4–2 on penalties.----PAS Giannina won 3–1 on aggregate.----Panionios won 9–0 on aggregate.----Kalamata won 3–1 on aggregate.----OFI won 4–2 on aggregate.----Asteras Tripolis won 4–2 on aggregate.----Panetolikos won 9–1 on aggregate.----Lamia won 6–0 on aggregate.----Trikala won 4–2 on aggregate.

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 took place on 16 December 2019.[10]

Seeding

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PAOKPanetolikos
OlympiacosAsteras Tripolis
AEK AthensXanthi
Atromitos
ArisVolos
PanioniosPAS Giannina
LamiaTrikala
PanathinaikosKalamata

Summary

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Matches

Atromitos won 3–2 on aggregate.----Panathinaikos won 3–1 on aggregate.----AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.----Olympiacos won 6–1 on aggregate.----PAOK won 7–1 on aggregate.----Lamia won 2–1 on aggregate.----Aris won 3–1 on aggregate.----Panetolikos won on away goals.

Quarter-finals

The draw took place on 23 January 2020.[11]

Summary

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Matches

Aris won 1–0 on aggregate.----AEK Athens won 5–1 on aggregate.----PAOK won 3–0 on aggregate.----Olympiacos won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw took place on 20 February 2020.[12]

Summary

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Matches

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

Final

See main article: 2020 Greek Football Cup final.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Dimitrios PelkasPAOK4
Georgios PamlidisPAS Giannina
3 Christos AlexiouKaritsa3
Alberto SimoniVeria
Giannis LoukinasPlatanias
Gavriil ApostolidisAetos Orfano
Sotiris TsiloulisPanionios
Dimitris GourtsasPanserraikos
Georgios Papavasiliou
Admir BajrovicPanetolikos
Vangelis AlexopoulosKalamata
Marko LivajaAEK Athens

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Κύπελλο Ελλάδας: Τα ζευγάρια της πρώτης φάσης (Greek). sport24.gr. 9 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Κύπελλο Ελλάδας: Σε... δόσεις τα παιχνίδια της Α΄ φάσης (Greek). onsports.gr. 23 August 2019.
  3. Web site: Η Καλαμάτα στη Football League!. el. fosonline.gr. 19 August 2019.
  4. Web site: Τα ζευγάρια στη δεύτερη φάση του Κυπέλλου (Greek). novasports.gr. 27 August 2019.
  5. Web site: Κύπελλο Ελλάδας: Η κλήρωση της τρίτης φάσης (Greek). sport24.gr. 9 September 2019.
  6. Web site: Κύπελλο Ελλάδας: Το πρόγραμμα των αγώνων της γ' φάσης (Greek). metrosport.gr. 10 September 2019.
  7. Web site: Η κλήρωση για την 4η φάση του Κυπέλλου Ελλάδας (Greek). sdna.gr. 17 September 2019.
  8. Web site: Κύπελλο Ελλάδας: Τα έντεκα ζευγάρια της 5ης φάσης (Greek). sport24.gr. 16 October 2019.
  9. Web site: Τι ισχύει στην επόμενη φάση του Κυπέλλου (Greek). capitano.gr. 25 September 2019.
  10. Web site: Κύπελλο Ελλάδος: Τα ζευγάρια των «16». Greek Cup Round of 16 draw results. el. onsports.gr. 16 December 2019. 5 January 2023.
  11. Web site: Κύπελλο Ελλάδος: Αυτά είναι τα ζευγάρια στα προημιτελικά. Greek Cup Quarter-finals draw results. el. onsports.gr. 23 January 2020. 5 January 2023.
  12. Web site: Κλήρωση Κυπέλλου Ελλάδας: Αυτά είναι τα ζευγάρια των ημιτελικών. Greek Cup Semi-finals draw results. el. cnn.gr. 20 February 2020. 5 January 2023.