1995–96 Greek Football Cup

The 1995–96 Greek Football Cup was the 54th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Football Cup.

1995–96 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams72
Defending championsPanathinaikos
ChampionsAEK Athens (10th title)
Runners-upApollon Athens
Top goal scorer(s)Demis Nikolaidis (10)

Tournament details

Totally 72 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final.

AEK Athens were awarded the cup after 13 years, shattering in the Final 7–1[1] Apollon Athens, that were presented for first and unique until now time in a Greek Cup Final. It was also the last title, after 4 championships, that was gained by AEK Athens, with Dušan Bajević coaching.

After the First Round (phase of groups), AEK eliminated in succession Iraklis, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and Athinaikos, while in a big surprise Apollon qualified in semi-finals against PAOK, with 3–1 in Toumba Stadium. For one more time, AEK Athens and Panathinaikos were drawn as opponents in the groups round, in order to be balloted again confronted in quarter-finals.

Demis Nikolaidis played in the Final as footballer of Apollon, a few days before his transfer in AEK Athens. Also remarkable was that Giannis Pathiakakis, coach of Apollon then, would coach AEK Athens 4 years later and would win the Cup.

First round

The phase was played in a single round-robin format. Each win would gain 3 points, each draw 1 and each loss would not gain any point.

Second round
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Niki Volos1–3OFI1–30–0
Ialysos5–4Agios Nikolaos3–12–3
Pyrgos1–2Veria0–01–2
Apollon Athens5–4Paniliakos2–13–3
Chania2–4Trikala2–00–4 (a.e.t.)
Athinaikos7–1Pontioi Veria4–03–1
Panachaiki2–5Panathinaikos2–20–3
AEK Athens3–0Iraklis1–02–0
Apollon Kalamaria4–3Kavala3–01–3
Panetolikos4–0Varvasiakos3–01–0
Nigrita2–7Olympiacos1–41–3
Ionikos8–2Panelefsiniakos4–04–2
Agrotikos Asteras1–1Skoda Xanthi (a.g.)1–10–0
Fokikos0–6PAOK0–10–5
Doxa Vyronas3–1Larissa1–02–1
Anagennisi Giannitsa2–3Aris1–01–3

Third round

First legs were held on January 3, 1996. Second on January 17, 1996.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Doxa Vyronas1–5Panathinaikos0–21–3
Panetolikos3–4Apollon Athens1–22–2
OFI1–2Aris1–00–2
PAOK5–1Ionikos4–11–0
Olympiacos2–4AEK Athens1–31–1
Trikala4–0Ialysos2–02–0
Skoda Xanthi5–0Apollon Kalamaria2–03–0
Athinaikos7–3Veria5–22–1

Quarter-finals

First legs were held on January 31, 1996, while second legs on February 14.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens5–3Panathinaikos3–12–2
PAOK5–1Trikala3–02–1
Aris2–3Athinaikos2–10–2
Apollon Athens5–2Skoda Xanthi4–01–2

Semi-finals
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens6–0Athinaikos5–01–0
Apollon Athens4–2PAOK1–13–1

Final

The 52nd Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

Apollon Athens1 – 7AEK Athens
Barnjak  78' Batista  11', 34'
Tsartas  22', 48' (pen.), 76'
Ketsbaia  60'
Kostis  89'
Attendance: 31,563
Referee: Christos Sotiropoulos (Piraeus)
Apollon
ΑΕΚ
Dimitris Raptis
Kostas Ioannou
Kostas Mavridis 55'
Andreas Theodoropoulos 35'
Giannis Apostolou 46'
Giannis Tatsis
Predrag Erak
Lefteris Velentzas (c)
Bernard Barnjak
Bledar Kola
Demis Nikolaidis
Substitutes:
Theodoros Alexis 35'
Vangelis Kefalas ???' 46'
Panagiotis Lachanas 55'
Manager:
Giannis Pathiakakis
Elias Atmatsidis
Vassilis Borbokis 66'
Nikos Kostenoglou
Stelios Manolas (c)
Refik Šabanadžović
Michalis Vlachos 66'
Temuri Ketsbaia
Toni Savevski
Daniel Batista 52'
Vassilios Tsiartas 82'
Michalis Kasapis
Substitutes:
Christos Maladenis 66'
Christos Kostis 66'
Vaios Karagiannis 82'
Manager:
Dušan Bajević

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-Απόλλων Αθηνών 7-1". sport-retro.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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