1996–97 Greek Football Cup

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

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

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 Third Round.

Fourth Round (Round of 16) was very interesting. Olympiacos eliminated PAOK and Panathinaikos the team of 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 Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium and not in the Athens Olympic Stadium, the home of Panathinaikos. AEK Athens won on the penalty shootout.[1]

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.

First round
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atromitos0–4Anagennisi Karditsa0–30–1
Varvasiakos1–2Agios Nikolaos1–10–1
Tyrnavos0–1Doxa Drama0–10–0
Proodeftiki0–1Panegialios0–00–1
Ilisiakos5–3Anagennisi Kolindros4–21–1
Trikala1–1Naoussa (a.g.)1–10–0
Orestis Orestiada2–5Panionios1–11–4
Niki Volos1–3Doxa Vyronas1–10–2
Larissa6–2Poseidon Michaniona2–04–2
Ethnikos Asteras2–1Aetos Skydra1–01–1
Egaleo4–6Iraklis Ptolemaida1–13–5
Kallithea1–0Apollon Kalamaria0–01–0
Lamia3–4Ergotelis0–13–3
Korinthos1–5Nafpaktiakos Asteras0–11–4
Panetolikos5–1Marko1–04–1
Nigrita1–6Pyrgos1–10–5
Almopos Aridea0–2ILTEX Lykoi0–00–2
Ethnikos Piraeus (a.g.)4–4PAS Giannina2–12–3
A.F.C. Patra3–5EAR1–02–5
Anagennisi Arta6–2Irodotos4–12–1
Panserraikos3–1Panargiakos3–10–0
Aiolikos1–1Levadiakos (a.g.)1–10–0
Apollon Larissa0–3Panelefsiniakos0–00–3
Agrotikos Asteras0–2Ambelokipoi Thessaloniki0–10–1
Kerkyra3–3Ialysos (a.g.)3–10–2
Pierikos2–1Anagennisi Giannitsa0–02–1
Olympiacos Volos2–1Diagoras – Rodos Enosis 2–00–1

Second round
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Larissa0–0Kallithea (5–3 p.)0–00–0
Panelefsiniakos1–0Doxa Vyronas1–00–0
Panionios5–0EAR2–03–0
Panetolikos0–1Ethnikos Piraeus0–00–1 (a.e.t.)
Ambelokipoi Thessaloniki2–2Panserraikos (a.g.)2–10–1
Naoussa4–1Pierikos2–02–1
Pyrgos2–0Agios Nikolaos2–00–0
Ilisiakos4–5Ialysos2–22–3
ILTEX Lykoi4–0Anagennisi Karditsa3–01–0
Olympiacos Volos3–2Anagennisi Arta2–01–2
Doxa Drama2–6Ethnikos Asteras1–21–4
Iraklis Ptolemaida1–5Levadiakos1–00–5
Ergotelis2–4Panegialios1–01–4 (a.e.t.)
Nafpaktiakos Asterasbye--

Third round
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pyrgos0–4Iraklis0–00–4
Olympiacos7–2Kalamata4–13–1
AEK Athens8–3Skoda Xanthi5–03–3
Nafpaktiakos Asteras3–4ILTEX Lykoi1–12–3
Apollon Athens4–1Edessaikos3–11–0
Naoussa2–5Ionikos1–21–3
Paniliakos6–1Panegialios4–02–1
PAOK7–2Panionios4–03–2
Kastoria2–4Ethnikos Asteras1–01–4
Panathinaikos6–0Athinaikos3–03–0
Panserraikos2–9OFI2–30–6
Ialysos3–1Levadiakos1–02–1
Veria5–1Kavala4–01–1
Aris3–1Panelefsiniakos2–11–0
Olympiacos Volos2–4Panachaiki0–22–2
Ethnikos Piraeus (2–0 p.)1–1Kallithea0–11–0

Fourth round

First legs were held on November 27–28, 1996, while second legs on December 11–12.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ionikos7–4OFI7–20–2
Aris1–4Panachaiki1–20–2
Veria1–2Apollon Athens1–00–2
Iraklis0–4Panathinaikos0–10–3
Ialysos6–3Ethnikos Piraeus4–12–2
AEK Athens6–1ILTEX Lykoi3–13–0
PAOK2–4Olympiacos1–21–2
Ethnikos Asteras2–8Paniliakos0–52–3

Quarter-finals
Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ionikos3–3Panachaiki (a.g.)3–10–2
Apollon Athens1–2Olympiacos1–10–1
Panathinaikos3–1Ialysos2–01–1
AEK Athens5–1Paniliakos3–12–0

Semi-finals

First legs were held on February 12, 1997. Second legs on 26th.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens3–1Olympiacos2–11–0
Panathinaikos7–0Panachaiki3–04–0

Final

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

AEK Athens0–0Panathinaikos
Penalties
Kopitsis
Borbokis
Nikolaidis
Doboş
Atmatsidis 		5–3 Warzycha
Konstantinidis
Georgiadis
Markos
Attendance: 21,926
Referee: Giorgos Psychomanis (Athens)
AEK
Panathinaikos
1 Ilias Atmatsidis
4 Vassilis Borbokis
3 Michalis Kasapis (C)
6 Stelios Manolas
2 Nikos Kostenoglou
5 Triantafyllos Machairidis
10 Temuri Ketsbaia
7 Toni Savevski 98'
8 Daniel Batista
9 Christos Kostis 83'
11 Demis Nikolaidis
Substitutes:
16 Charis Kopitsis 83'
15 Veridiano Marcelo 98' 120'
14 Anton Doboş 120'
Manager:
Petros Ravousis
1 Józef Wandzik
2 Stratos Apostolakis (C)
6 Marinos Ouzounidis
4 Giannis Goumas
3 Thanasis Kolitsidakis 35'  119'
8 Giorgos Alexopoulos 105'
7 Giorgos Georgiadis
5 Dimitris Markos
9 Krzysztof Warzycha
10 Bledar Kola 97'
11 Alexis Alexoudis 112'
Substitutes:
15 Georgios Kapouranis 97'
16 Kostas Konstantinidis 105'
17 Giorgos Nasiopoulos 112'
Manager:
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.
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