2009–10 Greek Football Cup Explained

Greek Cup
Year:2009–10
Country:Greece
Num Teams:70
Defending Champions:Olympiacos
Champions:Panathinaikos (17th title)
Runner-Up:Aris
Matches:79
Top Goal Scorer:Koke
Benjamin Onwuachi
Pavlos Leptokaridis
(4 goals each)
Prevseason:2008–09
Nextseason:2010–11

The 2009–10 Greek Football Cup was the 68th edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the final held at Olympic Stadium on 24 April 2010. The final was contested by Panathinaikos and Aris. The last time that the two clubs were met in the Final was in 1940. Panathinaikos didn't win the Cup since 2004 and the last time that participated in a Final was in 2007. Aris on the other hand, didn't win the Cup since 1970 and the last time that played in a Final was in 2008. Panathinaikos earned the trophy with a 1-0[1] [2] win over Aris.

Calendar

Round Date(s) Fixtures Clubs New entries Leagues entering
First Round 22, 23 August 2009 15 70 → 52 36 Gamma Ethniki
Second Round 30 August & 2, 3 September 2009 17 52 → 34 18 Beta Ethniki
Additional Round 23 September 2009 2 34 → 32 none none
Round of 32 27–29 October 2009 16 32 → 16 16 Super League
Round of 16 13, 20 January 2010 12 16 → 8 none none
Quarter-finals 2, 3, 10, 17 February 2010 8 8 → 4
Semi-finals 17, 24, 25 March, 7 April 2010 4 4 → 2
Final 24 April 2010 1 2 → 1

Knockout phase

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from 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 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 7 August 2009.[3]

Summary

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Matches

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Second round

The draw took place on 7 August 2009, after the First Round draw.[3]

Summary

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Matches

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Additional round

Summary

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Matches

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Round of 32

The draw took place on 7 August 2009.[3]

Summary

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Matches

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Round of 16

The draw took place on 2 November 2009.[4]

Summary

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Quarter-finals

The draw took place on 22 January 2010.[5]

Summary

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Matches

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Replay

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Semi-finals

The draw took place on 22 January 2010, after the quarter-final draw.[5]

Summary

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Matches

Panathinaikos won 3–1 on aggregate.----Aris won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

See main article: 2010 Greek Football Cup final.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Pavlos LeptokaridisPAONE4
Benjamin OnwuachiΚavala
Sergio KokeAris
4 Patrick DimbalaPAS Giannina3
5 Ernesto GómezNiki Volos2
Bogdan AldeaAnagennisi Giannitsa
Sebastián AbreuAris
Ioulios LabrinatosChaidari
Panagiotis BekiarisAgrotikos Asteras
Nikos SkarmoutsosKorinthos
Kendal UcarEthnikos Asteras
Ante RukavinaPanathinaikos
Dimitrios DrakosPlatanias
Konstantinos Pangalos
Javier UmbidesOlympiacos Volos
Petros KonteonPierikos / Olympiacos Volos
Georgios XydisAtromitos
Thanasis PapazoglouPAOK
CleytonPanathinaikos
Rogério MartinsOlympiacos Volos
Anastasios KaramanosAspropyrgos
Giorgos Zacharopoulos
Christos ChatzipantelidisThrasyvoulos
Sotiris NinisPanathinaikos
Georgios KousasPAS Giannina
Javier CámporaAris
Javito

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Παναθηναϊκός-Αρης 1-0. el. sport24.gr. 6 June 2016. 28 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181128034823/https://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Aris/article368240.ece. dead.
  2. Web site: Panathinaikos complete Greek double. uefa.com.
  3. Web site: ΚΥΠΕΛΛΟ Οκτώβριο τα σπουδαία. Greek Cup draw results. el. makthes.gr. 8 August 2009. 20 January 2023.
  4. Web site: Κύπελλο Ελλάδος HOL: Φάση των "16". Greek Cup Round of 16 draw results. el. skai.gr. 2 November 2009. 20 January 2023.
  5. Web site: ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα – ΠΑΟΚ, Ξάνθη – Αρης, ΠΑΟ – Καλλιθέα και Καβάλα – Πανιώνιος στο Κύπελλο. Greek Cup Quarter-final draw results. el. in.gr. 22 January 2010. 20 January 2023.