1996–97 Greek Football Cup

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 group stage was suppressed, while the teams of Alpha Ethniki would enter in the competition at the round of 32.

The round of 16 was very interesting, as 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 shoot-out.

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

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

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Second round

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Bracket

| RD1-team01 = AEK Athens | RD1-team02 = Skoda Xanthi | RD1-score01-1 = 5 | RD1-score02-1 = 0 | RD1-score01-2 = 3 | RD1-score02-2 = 3 | RD1-score01-agg = 8 | RD1-score02-agg = 3

| RD1-team03 = Nafpaktiakos Asteras | RD1-team04 = ILTEX Lykoi | RD1-score03-1 = 1 | RD1-score04-1 = 1 | RD1-score03-2 = 2 | RD1-score04-2 = 3 | RD1-score03-agg = 3 | RD1-score04-agg = 4

| RD1-team05 = Kastoria | RD1-team06 = Ethnikos Asteras | RD1-score05-1 = 1 | RD1-score06-1 = 0 | RD1-score05-2 = 1 | RD1-score06-2 = 4 | RD1-score05-agg = 2 | RD1-score06-agg = 4

| RD1-team07 = Paniliakos | RD1-team08 = Panegialios | RD1-score07-1 = 4 | RD1-score08-1 = 0 | RD1-score07-2 = 2 | RD1-score08-2 = 1 | RD1-score07-agg = 6 | RD1-score08-agg = 1

| RD1-team09 = Veria | RD1-team10 = Kavala | RD1-score09-1 = 4 | RD1-score10-1 = 0 | RD1-score09-2 = 1 | RD1-score10-2 = 1 | RD1-score09-agg = 5 | RD1-score10-agg = 1

| RD1-team11 = Apollon Athens | RD1-team12 = Edessaikos | RD1-score11-1 = 3 | RD1-score12-1 = 1 | RD1-score11-2 = 1 | RD1-score12-2 = 0 | RD1-score11-agg = 4 | RD1-score12-agg = 1

| RD1-team13 = PAOK | RD1-team14 = Panionios | RD1-score13-1 = 4 | RD1-score14-1 = 0 | RD1-score13-2 = 3 | RD1-score14-2 = 2 | RD1-score13-agg = 7 | RD1-score14-agg = 2

| RD1-team15 = Olympiacos | RD1-team16 = Kalamata | RD1-score15-1 = 4 | RD1-score16-1 = 1 | RD1-score15-2 = 3 | RD1-score16-2 = 1 | RD1-score15-agg = 7 | RD1-score16-agg = 2

| RD1-team17 = AO Pyrgos | RD1-team18 = Iraklis | RD1-score17-1 = 0 | RD1-score18-1 = 0 | RD1-score17-2 = 0 | RD1-score18-2 = 4 | RD1-score17-agg = 0 | RD1-score18-agg = 4

| RD1-team19 = Panathinaikos | RD1-team20 = Athinaikos | RD1-score19-1 = 3 | RD1-score20-1 = 0 | RD1-score19-2 = 3 | RD1-score20-2 = 0 | RD1-score19-agg = 6 | RD1-score20-agg = 0

| RD1-team21 = Ialysos | RD1-team22 = Levadiakos | RD1-score21-1 = 1 | RD1-score22-1 = 0 | RD1-score21-2 = 2 | RD1-score22-2 = 1 | RD1-score21-agg = 3 | RD1-score22-agg = 1

| RD1-team23 = Ethnikos Piraeus | RD1-team24 = Kallithea | RD1-score23-1 = 0 | RD1-score24-1 = 1 | RD1-score23-2 = 1 | RD1-score24-2 = 0 | RD1-score23-agg = 1(2) | RD1-score24-agg = 1(0)

| RD1-team25 = Naoussa | RD1-team26 = Ionikos | RD1-score25-1 = 1 | RD1-score26-1 = 2 | RD1-score25-2 = 1 | RD1-score26-2 = 3 | RD1-score25-agg = 2 | RD1-score26-agg = 5

| RD1-team27 = Panserraikos | RD1-team28 = OFI | RD1-score27-1 = 2 | RD1-score28-1 = 3 | RD1-score27-2 = 0 | RD1-score28-2 = 6 | RD1-score27-agg = 2 | RD1-score28-agg = 9

| RD1-team29 = Aris | RD1-team30 = Panelefsiniakos | RD1-score29-1 = 2 | RD1-score30-1 = 1 | RD1-score29-2 = 1 | RD1-score30-2 = 0 | RD1-score29-agg = 3 | RD1-score30-agg = 1

| RD1-team31 = Olympiacos Volos | RD1-team32 = Panachaiki | RD1-score31-1 = 0 | RD1-score32-1 = 2 | RD1-score31-2 = 2 | RD1-score32-2 = 2 | RD1-score31-agg = 2 | RD1-score32-agg = 4

| RD2-team01 = AEK Athens | RD2-team02 = ILTEX Lykoi | RD2-score01-1 = 3 | RD2-score02-1 = 1 | RD2-score01-2 = 3 | RD2-score02-2 = 0 | RD2-score01-agg = 6 | RD2-score02-agg = 1

| RD2-team03 = Ethnikos Asteras | RD2-team04 = Paniliakos | RD2-score03-1 = 0 | RD2-score04-1 = 5 | RD2-score03-2 = 2 | RD2-score04-2 = 3 | RD2-score03-agg = 2 | RD2-score04-agg = 8

| RD2-team05 = Veria | RD2-team06 = Apollon Athens | RD2-score05-1 = 1 | RD2-score06-1 = 0 | RD2-score05-2 = 0 | RD2-score06-2 = 2 | RD2-score05-agg = 1 | RD2-score06-agg = 2

| RD2-team07 = PAOK | RD2-team08 = Olympiacos | RD2-score07-1 = 1 | RD2-score08-1 = 2 | RD2-score07-2 = 1 | RD2-score08-2 = 2 | RD2-score07-agg = 2 | RD2-score08-agg = 4

| RD2-team09 = Iraklis | RD2-team10 = Panathinaikos | RD2-score09-1 = 0 | RD2-score10-1 = 1 | RD2-score09-2 = 0 | RD2-score10-2 = 3 | RD2-score09-agg = 0 | RD2-score10-agg = 4

| RD2-team11 = Ialysos | RD2-team12 = Ethnikos Piraeus | RD2-score11-1 = 4 | RD2-score12-1 = 1 | RD2-score11-2 = 2 | RD2-score12-2 = 2 | RD2-score11-agg = 6 | RD2-score12-agg = 3

| RD2-team13 = Ionikos | RD2-team14 = OFI | RD2-score13-1 = 7 | RD2-score14-1 = 2 | RD2-score13-2 = 0 | RD2-score14-2 = 2 | RD2-score13-agg = 7 | RD2-score14-agg = 4

| RD2-team15 = Aris | RD2-team16 = Panachaiki | RD2-score15-1 = 1 | RD2-score16-1 = 2 | RD2-score15-2 = 0 | RD2-score16-2 = 2 | RD2-score15-agg = 1 | RD2-score16-agg = 4

| RD3-team01 = AEK Athens | RD3-team02 = Paniliakos | RD3-score01-1 = 3 | RD3-score02-1 = 1 | RD3-score01-2 = 2 | RD3-score02-2 = 0 | RD3-score01-agg = 5 | RD3-score02-agg = 1

| RD3-team03 = Apollon Athens | RD3-team04 = Olympiacos | RD3-score03-1 = 1 | RD3-score04-1 = 1 | RD3-score03-2 = 0 | RD3-score04-2 = 1 | RD3-score03-agg = 1 | RD3-score04-agg = 2

| RD3-team05 = Panathinaikos | RD3-team06 = Ialysos | RD3-score05-1 = 2 | RD3-score06-1 = 0 | RD3-score05-2 = 1 | RD3-score06-2 = 1 | RD3-score05-agg = 3 | RD3-score06-agg = 1

| RD3-team07 = Ionikos | RD3-team08 = Panachaiki (a) | RD3-score07-1 = 3 | RD3-score08-1 = 1 | RD3-score07-2 = 0 | RD3-score08-2 = 2 | RD3-score07-agg = 3 | RD3-score08-agg = 3

| RD4-team01 = AEK Athens | RD4-team02 = Olympiacos | RD4-score01-1 = 2 | RD4-score02-1 = 1 | RD4-score01-2 = 1 | RD4-score02-2 = 0 | RD4-score01-agg = 3 | RD4-score02-agg = 1

| RD4-team03 = Panathinaikos | RD4-team04 = Panachaiki | RD4-score03-1 = 3 | RD4-score04-1 = 0 | RD4-score03-2 = 4 | RD4-score04-2 = 0 | RD4-score03-agg = 7 | RD4-score04-agg = 0

| RD5-team01 = AEK Athens | RD5-team02 = Panathinaikos | RD5-score01-1 = 0(5) | RD5-score02-1 = 0(3)

Round of 32

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Round of 16

Summary

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Matches

• Kiassos
• Tsiantakis
• Staboulis
• Ottiji
• Frousos
• Kiassos
• Moutas
• Mitić
• Riznić Ionikos won 7–4 on aggregate.

• Mitsopoulos
• Vaitsis
• Androutsos
• Palapanis
• Vaitsis Panachaiki won 4–1 on aggregate.

• Tsalouchidis
• Dikoumé
• Kefalas Apollon Athens won 2–1 on aggregate.

• Borrelli
• Liberopoulos Panathinaikos won 4–0 on aggregate.

• Kormaris
• Tahiri
• Kalimeris
• Raios
• Kontis
• Athanasiadis
• Petkovski
• Tahiri
• Kypriotis Ialysos won 6–3 on aggregate.

• Manolas
• Dimitriadis
• Nikolaidis
• Dotsis
• Kasapis
• Dimitriadis
• Kostis AEK Athens won 6–1 on aggregate.

• Zouboulis
• Alexandris
• Đorđević
• Alexandris
• Tasiopoulos Olympiacos won 4–2 on aggregate.

• Tsekos
• Barnjak
• Ilić
• Faltsetas
• Armylagos
• Pappas
• Gitsis
• Pavlopoulos Paniliakos won 8–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Summary

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Matches

• Tsiantakis
• Andrioli
• Roussos
• Palapanis
• Klejch Panachaiki won away goals.

• Alexis
• Alexandris
• Alexandris Olympiacos won 2–1 on aggregate.

• Alexoudis
• Warzycha
• Polja
• Warzycha Panathinaikos won 3–1 on aggregate.

• Batista
• Vlachos
• Marcelo
• Kyzeridis
• Ketsbaia AEK Athens won 5–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Summary

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Matches

• Batista
• Kopitsis
• Alexandris
• Nikolaidis AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.

• Alexopoulos
• Kalla
• Warzycha
• Nasiopoulos
• Goumas
• Liberopoulos
• Syrigos Panathinaikos won 7–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1997 Greek Football Cup final

References

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