1995–96 Greek Football Cup

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1995–96 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams72
Defending championsPanathinaikos
ChampionsAEK Athens (10th title)
Runners-upApollon Athens
Matches played117
Top goal scorer(s)Demis Nikolaidis (10)

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

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 won the cup after 13 years, shattering in the Final 7–1[1][2] Apollon Athens, that reached for first and only time a Greek Cup Final. It was also the last title, after 4 championships, that was achieved by AEK Athens, with Dušan Bajević as their coach.

After the Group stage, AEK Athens eliminated in succession Iraklis, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and Athinaikos, while in a big surprise Apollon Athens 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 Athens, a few days before his transfer in AEK Athens.

Calendar[]

Round Date(s) Fixtures Clubs New entries
Group stage 20 August, 5, 25 October & 9 November 1995 56 72 → 32 72
Round of 32 29 November, 20 December 1995 32 32 → 16 none
Round of 16 3, 17 January 1996 16 16 → 8 none
Quarter-finals 31 January, 14 February 1996 8 8 → 4 none
Semi-finals 28 February, 13 March 1996 4 4 → 2 none
Final 15 May 1996 1 2 → 1 none

Group stage[]

The phase was played in a single round-robin format.

Round of 32[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Niki Volos 1–3 OFI 1–3 0–0
Ialysos 5–4 Agios Nikolaos 3–1 2–3
Pyrgos 1–2 Veria 0–0 1–2
Apollon Athens 5–4 Paniliakos 2–1 3–3
Chania 2–4 Trikala 2–0 0–4 (a.e.t.)
Athinaikos 7–1 Pontioi Veria 4–0 3–1
Panachaiki 2–5 Panathinaikos 2–2 0–3
AEK Athens 3–0 Iraklis 1–0 2–0
Apollon Kalamaria 4–3 Kavala 3–0 1–3
Panetolikos 4–0 Varvasiakos 3–0 1–0
Nigrita 2–7 Olympiacos 1–4 1–3
Ionikos 8–2 Panelefsiniakos 4–0 4–2
Agrotikos Asteras 1–1 (a) Skoda Xanthi 1–1 0–0
Fokikos 0–6 PAOK 0–1 0–5
Doxa Vyronas 3–1 AEL 1–0 2–1
Anagennisi Giannitsa 2–3 Aris 1–0 1–3

Round of 16[]

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

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Doxa Vyronas 1–5 Panathinaikos 0–2 1–3
Panetolikos 3–4 Apollon Athens 1–2 2–2
OFI 1–2 Aris 1–0 0–2
PAOK 5–1 Ionikos 4–1 1–0
Olympiacos 2–4 AEK Athens 1–3 1–1
Trikala 4–0 Ialysos 2–0 2–0
Skoda Xanthi 5–0 Apollon Kalamaria 2–0 3–0
Athinaikos 7–3 Veria 5–2 2–1

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 Athens 5–3 Panathinaikos 3–1 2–2
PAOK 5–1 Trikala 3–0 2–1
Aris 2–3 Athinaikos 2–1 0–2
Apollon Athens 5–2 Skoda Xanthi 4–0 1–2

Semi-finals[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Athens 6–0 Athinaikos 5–0 1–0
Apollon Athens 4–2 PAOK 1–1 3–1

Final[]

The 52nd Greek Cup Final was played at the Olympic Stadium.

Apollon Athens1–7AEK Athens
  • Barnjak 78'
 Report (page 5)
Olympic Stadium, Marousi
Attendance: 31,563
Referee: Christos Sotiropoulos (Piraeus)
Apollon Athens
ΑΕΚ Athens
GK  1 Greece Dimitris Raptis
DF  3 Greece Kostas Mavridis  downward-facing red arrow 55'
DF  4 Greece Andreas Theodoropoulos  downward-facing red arrow 35'
DF  5 Greece Giannis Apostolou  downward-facing red arrow 46'
DF  7 Bosnia and Herzegovina Predrag Erak Yellow card 25'
ΜF  2 Greece Kostas Ioannou
MF  6 Greece Giannis Tatsis
MF  8 Greece Lefteris Velentzas (c)
MF 10 AlbaniaGreece Bledar Kola
FW  9 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bernard Barnjak
FW 11 Greece Demis Nikolaidis
Substitutes:
DF 12 GreeceAustralia Panagiotis Lachanas  upward-facing green arrow 55'
DF 13 Greece Vangelis Kefalas Yellow card 76'  upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 14 Greece Theodoros Alexis  upward-facing green arrow 35'
Manager:
Greece Giannis Pathiakakis
GK  1 Greece Ilias Atmatsidis
DF  2 Greece Vassilis Borbokis Yellow card 8' downward-facing red arrow 66'
DF  3 Greece Nikos Kostenoglou
DF  4 Greece Stelios Manolas (c) Yellow card 29'
DF  6 Greece Michalis Vlachos Yellow card 1' downward-facing red arrow 66'
DF 11 Greece Michalis Kasapis Yellow card 2'
MF  5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Refik Šabanadžović
MF  8 North Macedonia Toni Savevski
MF  7 Georgia (country) Temur Ketsbaia
MF 10 Greece Vasilios Tsiartas downward-facing red arrow 82'
FW  9 GreeceCape Verde Daniel Batista Red card 52'
Substitutes:
GK 15 Greece Vasilis Karagiannis
DF 13 Greece Vaios Karagiannis upward-facing green arrow 82'
DF 16 Greece Charis Kopitsis
MF 14 Greece Christos Maladenis upward-facing green arrow 66'
FW 12 Greece Christos Kostis upward-facing green arrow 66'
Manager:
Bosnia and HerzegovinaGreece Dušan Bajević

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Antonis Toyias (Piraeus)
    • Nikos Vergis ()
  • Fourth official: Malamas Tevekelis ()

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.
  2. ^ https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1996-1999.pdf

External links[]

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