2020–21 Greek Football Cup

The 2020–21 Greek Football Cup was the 79th edition of the Greek Football Cup. It took place with the participation of the 14 clubs from the Super League 1, as there was no competitive action in the lower divisions (Super League 2, Football League and Gamma Ethniki) until early January due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The HFF decided that the Cup would be held with the participation of teams only from the top-flight Super League, which was normally in progress.[1] The winner of the Cup qualified for the next season's Europa Conference League third qualifying round.

2020–21 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams14
Defending championsOlympiacos
ChampionsPAOK (8th title)
Runners-upOlympiacos
Matches played25
Goals scored76 (3.04 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Michael Krmenčík
Christos Tzolis
(5 goals each)

Calendar
RoundDate(s)FixturesClubsNew entries
First round20, 21 January and 3, 4 February 20211214 → 812
Quarter-finals10, 11, 18 February and 3, 4 March 202188 → 42
Semi-finals7 April and 28, 29 April 202144 → 2none
Final22 May 202112 → 1none

Bracket
First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
1 PAS Giannina 2 3 5
16 Atromitos 2 2 4
PAS Giannina 2 2 4
Panathinaikos 1 1 2
8 Panathinaikos (bye)
PAS Giannina 1 2 3
Olympiacos 1 3 4
5 Panetolikos 0 0 0
12 Olympiacos 3 3 6
Olympiacos 2 1 3
Aris 1 1 2
4 Aris 2 2 4
13 Asteras Tripolis 0 0 0
Olympiacos 1
PAOK 2
6 AEK Athens 2 1 3
11 Apollon Smyrnis 0 2 2
AEK Athens 4 0 4
Volos 2 1 3
3 Volos 2 1 3
14 OFI 0 1 1
AEK Athens 0 1 1
PAOK 1 2 3
7 PAOK 5 2 7
10 AEL 0 1 1
PAOK 5 1 6
Lamia 2 1 3
2 Lamia (bye)

First round

The draw for this round took place on 5 January 2021.[2]

Summary
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
PAOK 7–1 AEL 5–0 2–1
Volos 3–1 OFI 2–0 1–1
PAS Giannina 5–4 Atromitos 2–2 3–2
Aris 4–0 Asteras Tripolis 2–0 2–0
AEK Athens 3–2 Apollon Smyrnis 2–0 1–2
Panetolikos 0–6 Olympiacos 0–3 0–3
Panathinaikos bye
Lamia bye

Matches
PAOK5–0AEL
  • Tzolis 9', 23', 74'
  • Krmenčík 47'
  • Ingason 55'
 Report
Referee: Evangelos Gratsanis (Trikala)
AEL1–2PAOK
 Report
Referee: Alexandros Tsakalidis (Chalkidiki)

PAOK won 7–1 on aggregate.

Volos2–0OFI
 Report
Referee: Georgios Vreskas (Pieria)
OFI1–1Volos
 Report
Referee: Evangelos Manouchos (Argolida)

Volos won 3–1 on aggregate.

PAS Giannina2–2Atromitos
 Report
Referee: Athanasios Sezos (Kilkis)
Atromitos2–3PAS Giannina
 Report
Referee: Vasilis Fotias (Pella)

PAS Giannina won 5–4 on aggregate.

Aris2–0Asteras Tripolis
 Report
Referee: Aristidis Vatsios (West Attica)
Asteras Tripolis0–2Aris
Report
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)

Aris won 4–0 on aggregate.

AEK Athens2–0Apollon Smyrnis
 Report
Referee: Alexandros Tsakalidis (Chalkidiki)
Apollon Smyrnis2–1AEK Athens
 Report
Referee: Giorgos Tzovaras (Phthiotis)

AEK Athens won 3–2 on aggregate.

Panetolikos0–3Olympiacos
Report
Referee: Konstantinos Tsetsilas (Grevena)
Olympiacos3–0Panetolikos
 Report
Referee: Evangelos Gratsanis (Trikala)

Olympiacos won 6–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw for this round took place on 5 February 2021.[3] Shortly afterwards, Olympiacos vice-president Kostas Karapapas and Aris president Theodoros Karypidis both implied that the draw was fixed and claimed that some of the balls used from the HFF representative and chairman of the Greek Cup Committee Manos Gavrielidis during the procedure, were previously heated.[4] Gavrielidis stated that there was a live streaming of the draw and everything was performed according to law on restrictions concerning the COVID-19 pandemic which forbade the presence of club representatives, something that was also applied in the previous draw.[5] The Hellenic Football Federation issued a statement later that day denouncing the whole story as ridiculous and absurd.[6] Olympiacos issued a statement in response, insisting that the draw was fixed by the Federation and accusing the HFF representatives of being corrupted and responsible for the total humiliation of the competition and of Greek football in general.[7]

Summary
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
PAOK 6–3 Lamia 5–2 1–1
Olympiacos 3–2 Aris 2–1 1–1
AEK Athens 4–3 Volos 4–2 0–1
PAS Giannina 4–2 Panathinaikos 2–1 2–1

Matches
PAOK5–2Lamia
 Report
Referee: Aristidis Vatsios (West Attica)
Lamia1–1PAOK
 Report
Referee: Evangelos Manouhos (Argolida)

PAOK won 6–3 on aggregate.

Olympiacos2–1Aris
 Report
Referee: Dimitris Karantonis (Imathia)
Aris1–1Olympiacos
 Report

Olympiacos won 3–2 on aggregate.

AEK Athens4–2Volos
 Report
Referee: Vasilis Fotias (Pella)
Volos1–0AEK Athens
 Report
Referee: Giorgos Tzovaras (Phthiotis)

AEK Athens won 4–3 on aggregate.

PAS Giannina2–1Panathinaikos
 Report
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)

The match was held at Panetolikos Stadium due to the inappropriateness of the Zosimades Stadium.[8]

Panathinaikos1–2PAS Giannina
 Report

PAS Giannina won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw for this round took place on 16 March 2021.[9]

Summary
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
PAS Giannina 2–4 Olympiacos 1–1 1–3
AEK Athens 1–3 PAOK 0–1 1–2

Matches
PAS Giannina1–1Olympiacos
 Report
Olympiacos3–1PAS Giannina
 Report

Olympiacos won 4–2 on aggregate.

AEK Athens0–1PAOK
Report
PAOK2–1AEK Athens
 Report
Referee: Daniele Doveri (Italy)

PAOK won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 2021 Greek Football Cup final
Olympiacos1–2PAOK
 Report

References
  1. "Αποφάσεις Εκτελεστικής Επιτροπής" [Decisions of the Executive Committee]. epo.gr (in Greek). 5 January 2021.
  2. "EPO - Hellenic Football Federation".
  3. "EPO - Hellenic Football Federation".
  4. "Κλήρωση Κυπέλλου Ελλάδος: Αντιδράσεις Ολυμπιακού και Αρη, η απάντηση του ΠΑΟΚ" [Greek Football Cup draw: Olympiacos and Aris reactions, PAOK response]. iefimerida.gr (in Greek). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. "Κλήρωση 7ης φάσης Κυπέλλου Ελλάδος 2020–21 (video)" [2020–21 Greek Football Cup quarter-finals draw (video)]. epo.gr (in Greek). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  6. "Ανακοίνωση της Ελληνικής Ποδοσφαιρικής Ομοσπονδίας" [HFF statement]. epo.gr (in Greek). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  7. "Ανακοίνωση της ΠΑΕ Ολυμπιακός" [Olympiacos statement]. olympiacos.org (in Greek). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  8. "Στο Αγρίνιο ο πρώτος προημιτελικός Κυπέλλου μεταξύ ΠΑΣ και Παναθηναϊκού".
  9. "Κλήρωση ημιτελικής φάσης Κυπέλλου Ελλάδος 2020–21 (video)" [2020–21 Greek Football Cup semi-finals draw (video)]. epo.gr (in Greek). 16 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
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