1977–78 Greek Football Cup

The 1977–78 Greek Football Cup was the 36th edition of the Greek Football Cup. The competition culminated with the Greek Cup Final, held at Karaiskakis Stadium, on 4 June 1978. The match was contested by AEK Athens and PAOK, with AEK Athens winning by 2–0.[1][2]

1977–78 Greek Cup
CountryGreece Greece
Teams58
Defending championsPanathinaikos
ChampionsAEK Athens (8th title)
Runners-upPAOK
Matches played57
Top goal scorer(s)Dušan Bajević
(9 goals)

Calendar
RoundDate(s)FixturesClubsNew entries
First Round21, 22 December 1977 & 12 January 19782958 → 2958
Second Round1, 2 February 19781329 → 16none
Round of 168, 9 March 1978816 → 8none
Quarter-finals19, 20 April 197848 → 4none
Semi-finals17, 18 May 197824 → 2none
Final4 June 197812 → 1none

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. If a winner doesn't occur after the extra time the winner emerges by penalty shoot-out.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

  • There are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.

First round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Kavala 1–0 Proodeftiki
Panathinaikos 9–0 Thyella Serres
Panthrakikos 4–2 Chalkida
Olympiacos Volos 6–0 Atromitos Piraeus
Fostiras 0–1 Olympiacos
PAO Agios Dimitrios 2–1 Niki Volos
Panionios 0–0 (4–2 p) Irodotos
AEL 2–1 Almopos Aridea
PAS Giannina 1–0 Panarkadikos
Iraklis 1–0 Olympiacos Liosia
Edessaikos 1–1 (1–2 p) Rodos
Pandramaikos 3–0 Ilisiakos
Ethnikos Asteras 1–2 Aris
PAOK 6–1 Levadiakos
Panserraikos 0–0 (4–1 p) Atromitos
Panachaiki 3–1 Makedonikos
Veria 1–0 Kastoria
A.F.C. Patra 1–1 (3–4 p) Apollon Athens
Korinthos 5–0 Egaleo
Naoussa 0–2 Kallithea
Panetolikos 4–2 Elassona
Ethnikos 4–0 Anagennisi Karditsa
AE Mesolongi 0–1 Trikala
Xanthi 1–0 Doxa Drama
Anagennisi Epanomi 2–1 Kilkisiakos
Panelefsiniakos 4–2 (a.e.t.) Ionikos
AEK Athens 6–1 Chania
OFI 5–0 Pierikos
Apollon Kalamarias 3–0 Lamia

Bracket
Second round Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
           
Panelefsiniakos (bye)
Panelefsiniakos (a.e.t.) 4
AEL 2
PAO Agios Dimitrios 0
AEL 1
Panelefsiniakos 2
AEK Athens 4
Panathinaikos 0
AEK Athens 1
AEK Athens 3
Panionios 0
Panionios (bye)
AEK Athens 6
Olympiacos 1
Panachaiki (bye)
Panachaiki 0(3)
Olympiacos (p) 0(4)
Trikala 2
Olympiacos 5
Olympiacos (a.e.t.) 2
PAS Giannina 1
PAS Giannina 3
Rodos 2
PAS Giannina 5
Xanthi 0
Xanthi 1
Panserraikos 0
AEK Athens 2
PAOK 0
Pandramaikos 1
Apollon Athens 0
Pandramaikos 0
Kavala 1
Kavala (a.e.t.) 1
OFI 0
Kavala 2
Aris 3
Ethnikos Piraeus 1
Panetolikos 0
Ethnikos Piraeus 2
Aris 5
Anagennisi Epanomi 0
Aris 1
Aris 0
PAOK (a.e.t.) 1
Iraklis 1
Kallithea 0
Iraklis 0
PAOK 1
PAOK 4
Olympiacos Volos 1
PAOK 5
Veria 0
Korinthos 0
Veria 2
Veria 4
Panthrakikos 1
Panthrakikos (p) 0(4)
Apollon Kalamarias 0(3)

Second round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ethnikos Piraeus 1–0 Panetolikos
Korinthos 0–2 Veria
Panathinaikos 0–1 AEK Athens
PAS Giannina 3–2 Rodos
Iraklis 1–0 Kallithea
Trikala 2–5 Olympiacos
Kavala 1–0 (a.e.t.) OFI
Pandramaikos 1–0 Apollon Athens
PAO Agios Dimitrios 0–1 AEL
PAOK 4–1 Olympiacos Volos
Xanthi 1–0 Panserraikos
Panthrakikos 0–0 (4–3 p) Apollon Kalamarias
Anagennisi Epanomi 0–1 Aris
Panionios bye
Panachaiki bye
Panelefsiniakos bye

Round of 16
Team 1  Score  Team 2
AEK Athens 3–0 Panionios
Panelefsiniakos 4–2 (a.e.t.) AEL
PAS Giannina 5–0 Xanthi
Panachaiki 0–0 (3–4 p) Olympiacos
Ethnikos Piraeus 2–5 Aris
Iraklis 0–1 PAOK
Pandramaikos 0–1 Kavala
Veria 4–1 Panthrakikos

Quarter-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
PAOK 5–0 Veria
Olympiacos 2–1 (a.e.t.) PAS Giannina
Panelefsiniakos 2–4 AEK Athens
Kavala 2–3 Aris

Semi-finals

Summary
Team 1  Score  Team 2
AEK Athens 6–1 Olympiacos
Aris 0–1 (a.e.t.) PAOK

Matches
AEK Athens6–1Olympiacos
 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Theodoros Tsanaklidis (Kavala)
Aris0–1 (a.e.t.)PAOK
Attendance: 22,900
Referee: Nikos Fakis (Athens)

Final

The 34th Greek Cup Final was played at the Karaiskakis Stadium.

AEK Athens2–0PAOK
 Report (pages 4,5)
Attendance: 23,483
Referee: Nikos Zlatanos (Thessaloniki)
GKGreece Nikos Christidis
DFGreece Giannis Mousouris
DFGreece Lakis Nikolaou
DFGreece Petros Ravousis
DFGreece Babis Intzoglou
MFUruguay Milton VieraYellow card 26'
MFCyprus Tasos Konstantinoudownward-facing red arrow 79'
MFGreece Takis Nikoloudis
MFGreece Mimis Papaioannou (c)downward-facing red arrow 65'
FWSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Bajević
FWGreece Thomas Mavros
Substitutes:
DFGreece Apostolos Toskasupward-facing green arrow 65'
MFGreece Lazaros Papadopoulosupward-facing green arrow 79'
Manager:
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zlatko Čajkovski
GKSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mladen Furtula
DFGreece Giannis Gounarisdownward-facing red arrow 72'
DFGreece Konstantinos Iosifidis
DFGreece Koulis Apostolidis (c)
MFGreece Angelos Anastasiadis
MFGreece Giorgos Koudas
FWGreece Panagiotis Kermanidis
FWBrazil Neto Guerino
FWGreece Stavros Sarafis
FWGreece Kostas Orfanos
FWGreece Georgios Kostikosdownward-facing red arrow 79'
Substitutes:
DFGreece Nikos Alavantasupward-facing green arrow 79'
MFGreece Ioannis Damanakisupward-facing green arrow 72'
Manager:
Greece Lakis Petropoulos


Assistant referees:
Tsokalidis
Moschopoulos

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Two substitutes.

References
  1. "ΑΕΚ-ΠΑΟΚ 2-0". ertopen.com (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  2. "Kipello1971-1980" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek). Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 November 2018.
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