1953–54 Greek Football Cup Explained

Greek Cup
Year:	1953–54
Country:	Greece
Defending Champions:	Olympiacos
Winners:	Olympiacos (5th title)
Second:	Doxa Drama
Prev Season:	1952–53
Next Season:	1954–55

The 1953–54 Greek Football Cup was the 12th edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup final, held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, on 23 May 1954. The match was contested by Olympiacos and Doxa Drama, with Olympiacos winning by 2–0.^{[1] [2]}

Calendar

Round	Date(s)	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries
First round	18 October 1953	?	?	?
Second round	18, 25 October 1953	?	?	?
Third round	1 November 1953	?	?	?
Fourth round	8 November 1953	?	?	?
Fifth round	15 November 1953	?	?	?
Sixth round	22 November 1953	?	?	?
Seventh round	29 November 1953	?	?	?
Eighth round	6, 20, 26 December 1953	?	?	?
Ninth round	27 December 1953, 7 January 1954	?	?	?
Tenth round	3, 6, 10 January 1954	?	? → 16	?
Round of 16	17, 28 January 1954	11	16 → 8	8
Quarter-finals		3	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals		2	4 → 2	none
Final	23 May 1954	1	2 → 1	none

Qualification round

Known results of the qualifying rounds.^[3]

First round

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Second round

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Third round

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Fourth round

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Fifth round

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Sixth round

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Seventh round

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Eighth round

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¹ The match was suspended at the 55th minute, due to the unsuitability of the pitch.

Ninth round

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Tenth round

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Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over a single match. If the match ends up as a draw, extra time will be played and if the match remains a draw a replay match is set at the home of the guest team which the extra time rule stands as well. If a winner doesn't occur after the replay match the winner emerges by a flip of a coin.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

• In the draw for the round of 16, the eight top teams of each association are seeded and the eight clubs that passed the qualification round are unseeded.
  The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams.
• In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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• There was no extra time "due to extremely muddy ground".^[4]

Final

See main article: 1954 Greek Football Cup final.

External links

• Greek Cup 1953-54 at RSSSF

Notes and References

1. Web site: Το τέταρτο σερί ερυθρόλευκο Κύπελλο!. gazzetta.gr. 23 May 2016. el.
2. Web site: Kipello1951-1960. epo.gr. el. https://web.archive.org/web/20210718014429/https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1951-1960.pdf. 18 July 2021. live.
3. Web site: Αθλητική Φωνή 1953-1954. digitallib.parliament.gr. 377-428.
4. Πάνος Μακρίδης-Ευάγγελος Φουντουκίδης, Αυτός είναι ο Ολυμπιακός • Η ένδοξη ιστορία του δημοφιλούς συλλόγου, έκδοση εφημ. ΑΘΛΗΤΙΚΗ ΗΧΩ, Athens 1957, p. 91 (in Greek)