2017–18 Greek Football Cup

2017–18 Greek Cup
Country	Greece
Teams	33
Defending champions	PAOK
Champions	PAOK (6th title)
Runners-up	AEK Athens
Matches played	76
Goals scored	199 (2.62 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Aleksandar Prijović (5); Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (5); Pedro Conde (5)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Greek Cup was the 76th edition of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 33 clubs were accepted to enter. The competition commenced on September 2017 with the Preliminary Round and concluded on the 12th of May 2018 with the Final. PAOK won the competition for second consecutive year (thus defending the title) beating AEK Athens 2–0[1][2] in the final held at Athens Olympic Stadium.

Teams

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round
Preliminary Round	33	2	none	2	Football League
Group Stage	32	32	1	31	Super League
Round of 16	16	16	16	none	none
Quarter-Finals	8	8	8	none	none
Semi-Finals	4	4	4	none	none
Final	2	2	2	none	none

Calendar

Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs	New entries this round
Preliminary Round	20 August & 30 August 2017	2	33 → 32	2
Group Stage	19, 20, 21 September, 24, 25, 26 October & 28, 29, 30 November 2017	48	32 → 16	31
Round of 16	19, 20, 21 December 2017 & 9, 10, 11 January 2018	8	16 → 8	none
Quarter-Finals	24, 25 January & 7, 8 February 2018	4	8 → 4	none
Semi-Finals	27, 28 February, 1 March & 17, 18, 19 April 2018	2	4 → 2	none
Final	12 May 2018	1	2 → 1	none

Participating clubs

2017–18 Super League	2017–18 Football League
AEK Apollon Smyrni Asteras Tripoli Atromitos Kerkyra Lamia AEL Levadiakos Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panetolikos Panionios PAOK PAS Giannina Platanias Xanthi	Acharnaikos Aiginiakos Anagennisi Karditsa Apollon Kalamarias Apollon Larissa Aris Chania−Kissamikos Ergotelis ~~Iraklis~~ (withdrawn) Kallithea OFI Panachaiki Panegialios Panserraikos Sparta Trikala Veria

Preliminary round

The draw for this round took place on August 2017.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aiginiakos	2–2 (a)	Veria	1–0	1–2

Group stage

The draw for this round took place on 11 August 2017.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	OFI	PLA	APO	IRA
1	OFI	2	2	0	3	1	+2	6		1–0	2–1	—
2	Platanias	2	1	1	1	1	0	3	—		1–0	—
3	Apollon Smyrni	2	0	2	1	3	−2	0	—	—		—
4	Iraklis[lower-alpha 1] (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—

Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense
(W) Withdrew.
Notes:

Iraklis Thessaloniki withdrew from the league because of Financial Problems. The founding club (Athlitiki Enosis Pontion Katerini) stopped to exist too. The original Gymnastikos Syllogos Iraklis will decide if a new football team will start from the Third Category of the local championship Macedonia Football Clubs Association, or if the football team of G.S. Iraklis will be merged with 1st category (A1) Macedonia Football Clubs Association club Iraklis Ampelokipi, as it happened before 5 years with Athlitiki Enosis Pontion Katerinis F.C.. The club was therefore automatically disqualified from the tournament.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PAO	LEV	APO	EGN
1	PAOK	3	3	0	8	1	+7	9		2–1	—	—
2	Levadiakos	3	2	1	7	3	+4	6	—		—	5–0
3	Apollon Pontou	3	1	2	2	3	−1	3	0–1	1–2		—
4	Aiginiakos	3	0	3	0	11	−11	0	0–5	—	0–1

Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	AEK	LAM	APO	KAL
1	AEK Athens	3	3	0	12	2	+10	9		2–0	—	—
2	Lamia	3	2	1	3	3	0	6	—		—	1–0
3	Apollon Larissa	3	1	2	3	10	−7	3	0–7	0–2		—
4	Kallithea	3	0	3	3	6	−3	0	2–3	—	1–2

Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	ATR	TRI	KER	SPA
1	Atromitos	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7		—	1–0	—
2	Trikala	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	1–1		0–0	—
3	Kerkyra	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4	4	—	—		6–1
4	Sparta	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11	0	0–4	1–3	—

Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	OLY	AST	AOC	ACH
1	Olympiacos	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7		2–1	—	—
2	Asteras Tripoli	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	—		2–1	—
3	Kissamikos	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	1–1	—		1–0
4	Acharnaikos	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0	0–3	0–3[lower-alpha 1]	—

Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense
Notes:

walkover

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	XAN	PTK	PSR	ERG
1	Xanthi	3	3	0	8	3	+5	9		2–0	—	—
2	Panetolikos	3	2	1	7	2	+5	6	—		2–0	—
3	Panserraikos	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3	1–2	—		2–0
4	Ergotelis	3	0	3	2	11	−9	0	2–4	0–5	—

Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PAG	PNI	ARI	PGL
1	PAS Giannina	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5		—	—	3–0
2	Panionios	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	1–1		—	—
3	Aris	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	1–1	1–2		—
4	Panegialios	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3	—	1–0	0–1

Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points, 3) head-to-head goal difference, 4) head-to-head best offense, 5) overall goal difference, 6) overall best offense, 7) overall best defense

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PAN	AEL	PNC	ANK
1	Panathinaikos	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7		2–0	—	—
2	AEL	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4	—		3–0	—
3	Panachaiki	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4	1–1	—		1–0
4	Anagennisi Karditsa	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1	1–2	0–0	—

Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points,[3] 3) head-to-head goal difference,[4] 4) head-to-head best offense,[5] 5) overall goal difference,[6] 6) overall best offense,[7] 7) overall best defense.[8]

Round of 16

The draw for this round took place on 4 December 2017.

Seeded teams
Team
OFI
PAOK
AEK
Atromitos
Olympiacos
Xanthi
PAS Giannina
Panathinaikos

Unseeded teams
Team
Platanias
Levadiakos
Lamia
Trikala
Asteras Tripoli
Panetolikos
Panionios
AEL

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Platanias	0–4	Olympiacos	0–2	0–2
Asteras Tripoli	0–2	Atromitos	0–1	0–1
Levadiakos	1–4	PAS Giannina	1–0	0–4
Lamia	4–2	Panathinaikos	4–1	0–1
Panetolikos	0–5	AEK	0–4	0–1
Trikala	2–7	PAOK	1–5	1–2
Panionios	3–0	OFI	2–0	1–0
AEL	3–2	Xanthi	3–0	0–2

Quarter-Finals

The draw for this round took place on 15 January 2018.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PAOK	5–1	Atromitos	2–0	3–1
Panionios	5–1	Lamia	1–0	4–1
Olympiacos	1–2	AEK	0–0	1–2
PAS Giannina	3–5	AEL	1–2	2–3 (a.e.t.)

Semi-Finals

The draw for this round took place on 12 February 2018.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panionios	2–6	PAOK	1–3	1–3
AEL	2–2 (a)	AEK	2–1	0–1

Final

12 May 2018

20:30 (UTC+3)

AEK	0–2	PAOK
	Report (in Greek)	Vieirinha 65' Pelkas 90+2'

Athens Olympic Stadium

Attendance: 35,545

Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

AEK

PAOK


GK	1	Vasilis Barkas
DF	2	Michalis Bakakis
DF	4	Ognjen Vranješ	64' 80'
DF	19	Dmytro Chygrynskiy
DF	23	Niklas Hult		53'
MF	8	André Simões
MF	20	Petros Mantalos (c)		67'
MF	25	Kostas Galanopoulos	90'
MF	14	Anastasios Bakasetas	71'	73'
MF	10	Marko Livaja	46'
FW	11	Sergio Araujo
Substitutes:
GK	16	Panagiotis Tsintotas
DF	12	Rodrigo Galo		53'
DF	5	Vasilis Lampropoulos
DF	33	Giorgos Giannoutsos
MF	77	Christos Giousis
MF	7	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos		67'
FW	9	Giorgos Giakoumakis		73'
Manager:
Manolo Jiménez


GK	31	Alexandros Paschalakis
DF	3	Léo Matos	21'
DF	15	José Ángel Crespo	45+1'
DF	5	Fernando Varela	80' 90+4'
DF	88	Vieirinha (c)		82'
MF	87	José Cañas
MF	8	Maurício	80'
MF	77	Dimitris Pelkas	90+3'
MF	10	Djalma Campos	6'	52'
MF	21	Diego Biseswar		75'
FW	9	Aleksandar Prijović
Substitutes:
GK	99	Marios Siampanis
DF	13	Stelios Malezas		82'
MF	28	Yevhen Shakhov		75'
MF	7	Omar El Kaddouri
MF	29	Róbert Mak		52'
MF	18	Dimitris Limnios
FW	20	Efthymis Koulouris
Manager:
Răzvan Lucescu

Man of the Match:

Vieirinha (PAOK)

Match officials

Assistant referees:
- Raúl Cabañero Martínez (Spain)
- José Manuel Matías Caballero (Spain)
Additional assistant referees:
- Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
- Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
Fourth official:
- Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)

Match rules

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra time if necessary
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used

References

ΑΕΚ-ΠΑΟΚ 0-2. onsports.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.
"PAOK outplays AEK to lift the Greek Cup in Athens". ekathimerini.com. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
"Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 5 (in Greek)
"Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 6 (in Greek)
"Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 7 (in Greek)
"Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 8 (in Greek)
"Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 9 (in Greek)
"Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 10 (in Greek)

External links

2017–18 Greek Football Cup at the Greek Football Federation site (Greek)

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[table_note_IRA0.20813587690151-3] Iraklis Thessaloniki withdrew from the league because of Financial Problems. The founding club (Athlitiki Enosis Pontion Katerini) stopped to exist too. The original Gymnastikos Syllogos Iraklis will decide if a new football team will start from the Third Category of the local championship Macedonia Football Clubs Association, or if the football team of G.S. Iraklis will be merged with 1st category (A1) Macedonia Football Clubs Association club Iraklis Ampelokipi, as it happened before 5 years with Athlitiki Enosis Pontion Katerinis F.C.. The club was therefore automatically disqualified from the tournament.

[table_note_ACH_AST0.2752084747307-4] walkover

[1] ΑΕΚ-ΠΑΟΚ 0-2. onsports.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.

[2] "PAOK outplays AEK to lift the Greek Cup in Athens". ekathimerini.com. Retrieved 30 November 2018.

[5] "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 5 (in Greek)

[6] "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 6 (in Greek)

[7] "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 7 (in Greek)

[8] "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 8 (in Greek)

[9] "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 9 (in Greek)

[10] "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation., chapter 20, paragraph 10 (in Greek)