1975–76 Cypriot Cup

The 1975–76 Cypriot Cup was the 34th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 35 clubs entered the competition. It began on 8 May 1976 with the preliminary round and concluded on 27 June 1976 with the final which was held at Tsirio Stadium. APOEL won their 9th Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Alki Larnaca 6–0 in the final.

1975–76 Cypriot Cup
CountryCyprus
Dates8 May 1976 – 27 June 1976
Teams35
ChampionsAPOEL
(9th title)
Runners-upAlki Larnaca

Format

In the 1975–76 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division, the Cypriot Second Division and the Cypriot Third Division.

The competition consisted of six knock-out rounds. In all rounds each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of the one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay at the ground of the team who were away for the first game. If the rematch was also drawn, then extra time was following and if the match remained drawn after extra time the winner was decided by penalty shoot-out.

The cup winner secured a place in the 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round 2 teams of each category participated. The teams were decided by drawing. Achilleas Kaimakli, a team of 1975–76 Cypriot Third Division did't want to participate in the 1975–76 Cyprus Cup, so only 7 of the 8 teams of the 1975–76 Cypriot Third Division participated.

Team 1 Result Team 2
(A) Anorthosis Famagusta2 - 1Akritas Chlorakas (C)
(B) Omonia Aradippou2 - 0Keravnos Strovolou (B)
(A) Evagoras Paphos3 - 2Anagennisi Deryneia (C)

First round

8 clubs from the 1976–77 Cypriot First Division, 7 clubs from the 1976–77 Cypriot Second Division and 7 clubs from the 1976–77 Cypriot Third Division were added.

Team 1 Result Team 2
(A) Alki Larnaca1 - 0AEL Limassol (A)
(A) Anorthosis Famagusta3 - 0PAEEK (B)
(A) APOEL8 - 0ENAD Ayiou Dometiou (B)
(A) Apollon Limassol4 - 0Ethnikos Achna (B)
(B) APOP Paphos4 - 2Doxa Katokopias (C)
(A) Aris Limassol5 - 1Ethnikos Asteras Limassol (C)
(A) ASIL Lysi0 - 0, 2 - 0AEM Morphou (B)
(A) EPA Larnaca3 - 2Ethnikos Assia (B)
(C) Ermis Aradippou0 - 1Pezoporikos Larnaca (A)
(A) Evagoras Paphos10 - 1AEK Kythreas (C)
(B) Iraklis Gerolakkou1 - 1, 1 - 1 (4 - 2 pen.)Parthenon Zodeia (B)
(B) Othellos Athienou1 - 0Omonia Aradippou (B)
(A) AC Omonia4 - 1Olympiakos Nicosia (A)
(A) Enosis Neon Paralimni3 - 1Digenis Akritas Morphou (A)
(A) Nea Salamis Famagusta6 - 1Faros Acropoleos (C)
(B) Chalkanoras Idaliou4 - 0Orfeas Nicosia (B)

Second round

Team 1 Result Team 2
(A) Alki Larnaca2 - 1Apollon Limassol (A)
(A) APOEL2 - 1Evagoras Paphos (A)
(B) APOP Paphos1 - 1, 2 - 3Aris Limassol (A)
(A) EPA Larnaca4 - 0Othellos Athienou (B)
(A) AC Omonia3 - 0Chalkanoras Idaliou (B)
(A) Enosis Neon Paralimni2 - 1ASIL Lysi (A)
(A) Pezoporikos Larnaca1 - 0Anorthosis Famagusta (A)
(A) Nea Salamis Famagusta4 - 1Iraklis Gerolakkou (B)

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Result Team 2
(A) Alki Larnaca2 - 0Aris Limassol (A)
(A) APOEL3 - 0EPA Larnaca (A)
(A) AC Omonia2 - 0Enosis Neon Paralimni (A)
(A) Pezoporikos Larnaca4 - 1Nea Salamis Famagusta (A)

Semi-finals

Team 1 Result Team 2
(A) Alki Larnaca2 - 0Pezoporikos Larnaca (A)
(A) APOEL1 - 0AC Omonia (A)

Final

APOEL6–0Alki Larnaca
Antros Miamiliotis  17'
Nikos Kritikos  31'
Nikos Kritikos  59'
Markos Markou  75'
Markos Markou  77'
Leonidas Leonidou  79'
Cypriot Cup 1975–76 Winners
APOEL
9th title

Sources

  • "1975/76 Cyprus Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2017-08-24. Retrieved 2017-09-08.

Bibliography

  • Gavreilides, Michalis; Papamoiseos, Stelios (2001). Ένας αιώνας Κυπριακό ποδόσφαιρο [One century Cypriot football] (in Greek). Nicosia: The writer. pp. 98–99. ISBN 9963-8720-1-8.
  • Stephanidis, Giorgos (2003). 40 χρόνια κυπριακές ομάδες στην Ευρώπη [40 years Cypriot teams in Europe] (in Greek). Nicosia: Haravgi. p. 93. ISBN 9963-8841-1-3.

See also

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