1996–97 Greek Football Cup

The 1996–97 Greek Football Cup was the 55th edition of the Greek Football Cup.

1996–97 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams72
Defending championsAEK Athens
ChampionsAEK Athens (11th title)
Runners-upPanathinaikos
Matches played141
Top goal scorer(s)Alexis Alexandris
(7 goals)

Tournament details

Totally 72 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma. It was held in 7 rounds, included final. After 8 years the phase of groups was suppressed, while the teams of Alpha Ethniki would enter in the competition in the Round of 32.

The Round of 16 was very interesting. Olympiacos eliminated PAOK and Panathinaikos eliminated Iraklis. Also, Ionikos tipped OFI with 7 goals. For third time in the 4 last years AEK Athens and Panathinaikos were pondered over in the Final, held in Karaiskakis Stadium. AEK Athens won on the penalty shootout.[1][2]

The loss of Cup for Panathinaikos, in combination with their mediocre course in the championship, meant the unique time at the last 25 years that the club did not participate in any European competition.

Calendar
RoundDate(s)FixturesClubsNew entriesLeagues entering
First Round18, 25 August 19965472 → 4554Beta Ethniki & Gamma Ethniki
Second Round4, 5, 25 September & 9 October 19962645 → 32nonenone
Round of 322, 3, 23 October & 13, 14 November 19963232 → 1618Alpha Ethniki
Round of 1627, 28 November & 11, 12 December 19961616 → 8nonenone
Quarter-finals8, 29 January 199788 → 4
Semi-finals12, 26 February 199744 → 2
Final16 April 199712 → 1

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:

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

First round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atromitos 0–4 Anagennisi Karditsa 0–3 0–1
Varvasiakos 1–2 Agios Nikolaos 1–1 0–1
Tyrnavos 0–1 Doxa Drama 0–1 0–0
Proodeftiki 0–1 Panegialios 0–0 0–1
Ilisiakos 5–3 Anagennisi Kolindros 4–2 1–1
Trikala 1–1 (a) Naoussa 1–1 0–0
Orestis Orestiada 2–5 Panionios 1–1 1–4
Niki Volos 1–3 Doxa Vyronas 1–1 0–2
AEL 6–2 Poseidon Michaniona 2–0 4–2
Ethnikos Asteras 2–1 Aetos Skydra 1–0 1–1
Egaleo 4–6 Iraklis Ptolemaida 1–1 3–5
Kallithea 1–0 Apollon Kalamarias 0–0 1–0
Lamia 3–4 Ergotelis 0–1 3–3
Korinthos 1–5 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 0–1 1–4
Panetolikos 5–1 Marko 1–0 4–1
Nigrita 1–6 AO Pyrgos 1–1 0–5
Almopos Aridea 0–2 ILTEX Lykoi 0–0 0–2
Ethnikos Piraeus (a) 4–4 PAS Giannina 2–1 2–3
A.F.C. Patra 3–5 EAR 1–0 2–5
Anagennisi Arta 6–2 Irodotos 4–1 2–1
Panserraikos 3–1 Panargiakos 3–1 0–0
Aiolikos 1–1 (a) Levadiakos 1–1 0–0
Apollon Larissa 0–3 Panelefsiniakos 0–0 0–3
Agrotikos Asteras 0–2 Ambelokipoi Thessaloniki 0–1 0–1
Kerkyra 3–3 (a) Ialysos 3–1 0–2
Pierikos 2–1 Anagennisi Giannitsa 0–0 2–1
Olympiacos Volos 2–1 Diagoras – Rodos Enosis 2–0 0–1

Second round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEL 0–0 (3–5 p) Kallithea 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Panelefsiniakos 1–0 Doxa Vyronas 1–0 0–0
Panionios 5–0 EAR 2–0 3–0
Panetolikos 0–1 Ethnikos Piraeus 0–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Ambelokipoi Thessaloniki 2–2 (a) Panserraikos 2–1 0–1
Naoussa 4–1 Pierikos 2–0 2–1
Pyrgos 2–0 Agios Nikolaos 2–0 0–0
Ilisiakos 4–5 Ialysos 2–2 2–3
ILTEX Lykoi 4–0 Anagennisi Karditsa 3–0 1–0
Olympiacos Volos 3–2 Anagennisi Arta 2–0 1–2
Doxa Drama 2–6 Ethnikos Asteras 1–2 1–4
Iraklis Ptolemaida 1–5 Levadiakos 1–0 0–5
Ergotelis 2–4 Panegialios 1–0 1–4 (a.e.t.)
Nafpaktiakos Asteras bye

Bracket
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
AEK Athens 5 3 8
Skoda Xanthi 0 3 3 AEK Athens 3 3 6
Nafpaktiakos Asteras 1 2 3 ILTEX Lykoi 1 0 1
ILTEX Lykoi 1 3 4 AEK Athens 3 2 5
Kastoria 1 1 2 Paniliakos 1 0 1
Ethnikos Asteras 0 4 4 Ethnikos Asteras 0 2 2
Paniliakos 4 2 6 Paniliakos 5 3 8
Panegialios 0 1 1 AEK Athens 2 1 3
Veria 4 1 5 Olympiacos 1 0 1
Kavala 0 1 1 Veria 1 0 1
Apollon Athens 3 1 4 Apollon Athens 0 2 2
Edessaikos 1 0 1 Apollon Athens 1 0 1
PAOK 4 3 7 Olympiacos 1 1 2
Panionios 0 2 2 PAOK 1 1 2
Olympiacos 4 3 7 Olympiacos 2 2 4
Kalamata 1 1 2 AEK Athens (p) 0(5)
AO Pyrgos 0 0 0 Panathinaikos 0(3)
Iraklis 0 4 4 Iraklis 0 0 0
Panathinaikos 3 3 6 Panathinaikos 1 3 4
Athinaikos 0 0 0 Panathinaikos 2 1 3
Ialysos 1 2 3 Ialysos 0 1 1
Levadiakos 0 1 1 Ialysos 4 2 6
Ethnikos Piraeus (p) 0 1 1(2) Ethnikos Piraeus 1 2 3
Kallithea 1 0 1(0) Panathinaikos 3 4 7
Naoussa 1 1 2 Panachaiki 0 0 0
Ionikos 2 3 5 Ionikos 7 0 7
Panserraikos 2 0 2 OFI 2 2 4
OFI 3 6 9 Ionikos 3 0 3
Aris 2 1 3 Panachaiki (a) 1 2 3
Panelefsiniakos 1 0 1 Aris 1 0 1
Olympiacos Volos 0 2 2 Panachaiki 2 2 4
Panachaiki 2 2 4

Round of 32
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AO Pyrgos 0–4 Iraklis 0–0 0–4
Olympiacos 7–2 Kalamata 4–1 3–1
AEK Athens 8–3 Skoda Xanthi 5–0 3–3
Nafpaktiakos Asteras 3–4 ILTEX Lykoi 1–1 2–3
Apollon Athens 4–1 Edessaikos 3–1 1–0
Naoussa 2–5 Ionikos 1–2 1–3
Paniliakos 6–1 Panegialios 4–0 2–1
PAOK 7–2 Panionios 4–0 3–2
Kastoria 2–4 Ethnikos Asteras 1–0 1–4
Panathinaikos 6–0 Athinaikos 3–0 3–0
Panserraikos 2–9 OFI 2–3 0–6
Ialysos 3–1 Levadiakos 1–0 2–1
Veria 5–1 Kavala 4–0 1–1
Aris 3–1 Panelefsiniakos 2–1 1–0
Olympiacos Volos 2–4 Panachaiki 0–2 2–2
Ethnikos Piraeus 1–1 (2–0 p) Kallithea 0–1 1–0 (a.e.t.)

Round of 16
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ionikos 7–4 OFI 7–2 0–2
Aris 1–4 Panachaiki 1–2 0–2
Veria 1–2 Apollon Athens 1–0 0–2
Iraklis 0–4 Panathinaikos 0–1 0–3
Ialysos 6–3 Ethnikos Piraeus 4–1 2–2
AEK Athens 6–1 ILTEX Lykoi 3–1 3–0
PAOK 2–4 Olympiacos 1–2 1–2
Ethnikos Asteras 2–8 Paniliakos 0–5 2–3

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ionikos 3–3 (a) Panachaiki 3–1 0–2
Apollon Athens 1–2 Olympiacos 1–1 0–1
Panathinaikos 3–1 Ialysos 2–0 1–1
AEK Athens 5–1 Paniliakos 3–1 2–0

Semi-finals

Summary
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens 3–1 Olympiacos 2–1 1–0
Panathinaikos 7–0 Panachaiki 3–0 4–0

Matches
AEK Athens2–1Olympiacos
  • Batista 46'
  • Kopitsis 73'
 Report (page 6)
Attendance: 24,450
Referee: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)
Olympiacos0–1AEK Athens
Report (page 7)
Attendance: 25,955
Referee: Manolis Papatriantafyllou (Kilkis)

AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos3–0Panachaiki
 Report (page 5)
Attendance: 4,374
Referee: Manolis Giannadakis (Lasithi)
Panachaiki0–4Panathinaikos
Report (page 6)
Attendance: 1,830
Referee: Thanasis Zachariadis (Thessaloniki)

Panathinaikos won 7–0 on aggregate.

Final

The 53rd Greek Cup Final was played at the Karaiskakis Stadium.

AEK Athens0–0 (a.e.t.)Panathinaikos
Report
Penalties
 5–3
Attendance: 21,926
Referee: Giorgos Psychomanis (Athens)
AEK
Panathinaikos
GK 1Greece Ilias Atmatsidis
DF 4Greece Vasilios BorbokisYellow card 10'
DF 6Greece Stelios Manolas
DF 2Greece Nikos Kostenoglou
DF 3Greece Michalis Kasapis (C)Yellow card 42'
MF 5Greece Triantafyllos Machairidis
MF 7North Macedonia Toni Savevski downward-facing red arrow 98'
MF10Georgia (country) Temuri KetsbaiaYellow card 25'
FW 9Greece Christos Kostis downward-facing red arrow 83'
FW 8GreeceCape Verde Daniel Batista
FW11Greece Demis Nikolaidis
Substitutes:
DF14Romania Anton Doboş upward-facing green arrow 120'
DF16Greece Charis KopitsisYellow card 110' upward-facing green arrow 83'
FW15Brazil Marcelo Veridiano upward-facing green arrow 98'downward-facing red arrow 120'
Manager:
Greece Petros Ravousis
GK 1Poland Józef Wandzik
DF 2Greece Stratos Apostolakis (C)
DF 6Greece Marinos OuzounidisYellow card 63'
DF 4Greece Giannis GoumasYellow card 47'
DF 8Greece Georgios AlexopoulosYellow card 3'downward-facing red arrow 105'
DF 3Greece Thanasis KolitsidakisYellow card 35' Yellow-red card 119'
MF 5Greece Dimitris MarkosYellow card 24'
MF 7Greece Giorgos Georgiadis
MF10Albania Bledar Koladownward-facing red arrow 97'
MF11Greece Alexis Alexoudisdownward-facing red arrow 112'
FW 9Poland Krzysztof Warzycha
Substitutes:
DF16Greece Kostas Konstantinidisupward-facing green arrow 105'
MF15Greece Georgios Kapouranisupward-facing green arrow 97'
FW17Greece Giorgos Nasiopoulosupward-facing green arrow 112'
Manager:
Croatia Velimir Zajec

MATCH OFFICIALS

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Three named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References
  1. "ΑΕΚ-Παναθηναϊκός 0-0 (5-3 πεν.)". sportdog.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  2. "Kipello1996-1999" (PDF). epo.gr (in Greek). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2022.
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