1999–2000 Greek Football Cup

The 1999–2000 Greek Football Cup was the 58th edition of The Greek Football Cup, or Greek Football Cup.

1999–2000 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams56
Defending championsOlympiacos
ChampionsAEK Athens (12th title)
Runners-upIonikos
Top goal scorer(s)Demis Nikolaidis (11)

Tournament details

Totally 56 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 20 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final. An additional round was held between first and second, with 4 matches, in order that the teams would continue to be 16.

This year came back the phase of groups in the First round, after its provisional three-year suppression. Until quarter-finals, all matches were single. The most interesting round was Second (Round of 16), after drawing of Olympiacos against PAOK and Aris against Panathinaikos, with the home teams to take the qualification with difficulty.

Final was contested by AEK Athens, who previously eliminated rivals Olympiacos, and Ionikos, for their first and only time in history, having favourable draws in their course to the Final, but also after a very difficult qualification from First round in the goals difference, after triple equivalence in standings with Leonidio and Panetolikos. However, the win with score 8–0 against Nafpaktiakos Asteras in quarter-finals was remarkable.

AEK Athens easily won the game 3-0[1] and earned their 12th cup in club's history. A remarkable moment of the Final was when Nikolaidis scored using his hand and while the scoreline was 0–0 at the time. The goal was disallowed after an indication of the scorer to referee Giorgos Douros, who initially counted the goal. Nikolaidis was honoured with an international fair-play award[2] in 2002 for showing good sportmanship.

First round

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

Marko and Neapoli qualified without matches in the Additional Round.

Additional Round
Home team Score Away team
Neapoli Thessaloniki 2–1 PAS Giannina
Paniliakos 0–1 Olympiacos
Kavala 1–2 Panionios
Ionikos 4–1 Marko

Second round

Matches were held on 12 January 2000.

Home team Score Away team
AEK Athens 6–0 Trikala
Nafpaktiakos Asteras 1–0 Neapoli Thessaloniki
OFI 3–0 Agersani
Ethnikos Asteras 3–3 (4–5 p.) Panionios
Kalamata 3–0 Proodeftiki
Ionikos 4–2 Iraklis
Olympiacos 2–1 PAOK
Aris 1–1 (4–2 p.) Panathinaikos

Quarter-finals

First legs were held on 9, 10, 16 and 17 February 2000. Second legs on 1, 2, 8 and 9 March.

Team No. 1 Agg. Team No. 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ionikos9–2Nafpaktiakos Asteras8–01–2
Aris0–2Panionios0–00–2
Olympiacos1–4AEK Athens1–10–3
OFI1–3Kalamata1–00–3

Semi-finals

First legs were held on 12 April 2000 and second were held on 19th.

Team No. 1 Agg. Team No. 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens5–3Panionios4–11–2
Kalamata2–6Ionikos0–22–4

Final

The 56th Greek Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis".

AEK Athens3–0Ionikos
Nikolaidis  37'
Petkov  76'
Maladenis  81'
Attendance: 25,471
Referee: Giorgos Douros (Corinthia)
AEK
Ionikos
GK1 Ilias Atmatsidis (c)
DF2 Traianos Dellas
DF17 Michalis Kasapis
DF32 Michalis Kapsis
DF25 Ioannis Kalitzakis 85'
MF28 Milen Petkov
MF23 Vasilis Lakis
MF14 Akis Zikos 25'
MF20 Sotiris Konstantinidis 81'
FW10 Dragan Ćirić 70'
FW11 Demis Nikolaidis 35'
Substitutes:
GK15 Chrisostomos Michailidis
DF21 Vaios Karagiannis 70'
MF12 Charis Kopitsis
MF6 Dimitris Markos
MF18 Evripidis Katsavos
MF8 Toni Savevski 85'
FW7 Christos Maladenis 81'
Manager:
Giannis Pathiakakis
GK15 Foto Strakosha
DF3 Theodoros Pahatouridis 70'
DF7 Giorgos Daraklitsas
DF2 Trond Inge Haugland 11'
DF5 Giannis Xanthopoulos (c) 65'
MF21 Dimitris Deligiannis
MF8 Mohammad Nasser Afash 32'
MF17 Sokratis Ofrydopoulos 70' 75'
MF10 Paulinho Kobayashi 35' 59'
FW9 Craig Brewster
FW23 Zizi Roberts
Substitutes:
GK32 Chrysostomos Veniamin
DF12 Apostolos Tsoptsis
DF14 Giannis Gyrichidis 70'
MF16 Giorgos Staboulis
MF20 Martín Rodríguez
MF37 Marcelo Leopaldi 88' 75'
FW29 Darío Muchotrigo 59'
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Groutsis
    • Kourkounas

MATCH RULES

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

References
  1. "ΑΕΚ-Ιωνικός 3-0". sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  2. "Βραβείο fair play για τον Νικολαϊδη". in.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 30 November 2018.
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