Totally 72 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 36 from Gamma. It was held in 6 rounds, included final.
The Final was contested for second possessed year by Panathinaikos and AEK Athens, the "greens" via fire and iron, while in their course they eliminated, inter alia, Skoda Xanthi, with a goal in the last minute of extra time, and Olympiacos, with a goal in the last minute of the match with away goals rule.
Contrary to the shocking Final of 1994, Final of that season[1] was stigmatised by riots in the pitch and out of it, by the moment that the referee Filippos Bakas gave a penalty in favour of Panathinaikos a few minutes before the end of extra time. This event caused protests, expulsions, riots between fans of both teams ( with 21 arrests in total), while certain footballers of AEK Athens denied to attend in the handing-over. Few days later, Filippos Bakas was attacked from unknown in a street near to airport of Elliniko and was wounded.
Calendar[]
Round
Date(s)
Fixtures
Clubs
New entries
Group stage
20, 31 August, 21 September & 11 October 1994
56
72 → 32
72
Round of 32
12, 30 November 1994
32
32 → 16
none
Round of 16
21 December 1994 & 18 January 1995
16
16 → 8
none
Quarter-finals
22 February, 1 March 1995
8
8 → 4
none
Semi-finals
15,22 March 1995
4
4 → 2
none
Final
19 April 1995
1
2 → 1
none
Group stage[]
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.
Greece
64
64
115
