2015–16 Greek Football Cup

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2015–16 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams34
Defending championsOlympiacos
ChampionsAEK Athens (15th title)
Runners-upOlympiacos
Matches played80
Goals scored208 (2.6 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Diego Buonanotte (5)

The 2015–16 Greek Football Cup was the 74th edition of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 34 clubs were accepted to enter. The competition commenced on 9 September 2015 with the Preliminary Round and was planned to conclude on 23 April 2016 with the Final, at the Olympic Stadium.

The cup was cancelled by the Greek government on 3 March 2016, following crowd violence.[1] On 5 April 2016, FIFA Emergency Committee decided to provide the Greek authorities with a deadline to have the cancellation of the competition reversed before 15 April 2016 or the Hellenic Football Federation would face an automatic suspension.[2] The Greek authorities announced on deadline day that the Greek Football Cup will be resumed after an agreement reached with FIFA, UEFA and Hellenic Football Federation.[3]

A new schedule with the remaining match was announced with the final being played on 7 May 2016,[4] but the final was later postponed to 17 May 2016.[5][6]AEK Athens earned the trophy with a 2–1[7][8] win over Olympiacos.

Teams[]

Round Clubs
remaining		 Clubs
involved		 Winners from
previous round		 New entries Leagues entering
Preliminary Round 34 4 none 4 Football League
Group Stage 32 32 2 30 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 Fixtures Clubs New entries
Preliminary Round 9, 10, 16 September 2015 4 34 → 32 4
Group Stage 27–29 October, 1–3 & 15–17 December 2015 48 32 → 16 30
Round of 16 5–7, 12–14 January 2016 16 16 → 8 none
Quarter-finals 27, 28 January & 3, 4, 10, 11 February 2016 8 8 → 4 none
Semi-finals 2 March, 20, 26, 27 April 2016 3 4 → 2 none
Final 17 May 2016 1 2 → 1 none

Source:[9]

Participating clubs[]

2015–16 Super League 2015–16 Football League

Preliminary round[]

The draw for this round took place on 4 September 2015.

Summary[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Agrotikos Asteras 0–2 Kallithea 0–0 0–2
Acharnaikos 1–0 Trikala 1–0 0–0

Matches[]

Agrotikos Asteras0–0Kallithea
Report
Agrotikos Asteras Stadium, Euboea
Referee: Dionysis Zougras ()
Kallithea2–0Agrotikos Asteras
  • Arnarellis Goal 43'
  • Frangos Goal 60'
 Report
Peristeri Stadium, Peristeri
Referee: Georgios Foukakis (Heraklion)

Kallithea won 2–0 on aggregate.

Acharnaikos1–0Trikala
 Report
Acharnes Stadium, Acharnes
Referee: Aristotelis Diamantopoulos (Arcadia)
Trikala0–0Acharnaikos
Report
Trikala Municipal Stadium, Trikala
Referee: Nikolaos Poulimas ()

Acharnaikos won 1–0 on aggregate.

Group stage[]

The draw for this round took place on 17 September 2015.

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IRA PAS ACH KRD
1 Iraklis 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Round of 16 — — 4–0
2 PAS Giannina 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5 1–1 — —
3 Acharnaikos 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3 0–2 1–2 —
4 Anagennisi Karditsa 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1 — 0–0 0–1
Source: epo.gr

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PIO ERG ZAK PNT
1 Panionios 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 9 Round of 16 — 1–0 —
2 Ergotelis 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4 1–2 — 3–2
3 Zakynthos 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 — 2–2 1–0
4 Panetolikos 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0 1–2 — —
Source: epo.gr

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAOK CHA PTH OLV
1 PAOK 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6 7 Round of 16 — 2–0 —
2 Chania 3 1 1 1 6 9 −3 4 2–6 2–2 —
3 Panthrakikos 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4 — — 1–0
4 Olympiacos Volos 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1 1–1 1–2 —
Source: epo.gr

Group D[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAT LEV KER PCK
1 Panathinaikos 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Round of 16 3–0 — —
2 Levadiakos 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 — 2–0 —
3 Kerkyra 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2 1–1 — 1–1
4 Panachaiki 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1 1–2 1–4 —
Source: epo.gr

Group E[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OLY PLA APS PEG
1 Olympiacos 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 Round of 16 2–2 — —
2 Platanias 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4 — 3–1 —
3 Apollon Smyrnis 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3 1–2 — 3–1
4 Panegialios 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3 0–4 1–0 —
Source: epo.gr

Group F[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATR VER KLT LAM
1 Atromitos 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7 Round of 16 2–2 — —
2 Veria 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 — 1–0 —
3 Kallithea 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3 2–4 — 2–1
4 Lamia 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0 0–2 0–1 —
Source: epo.gr

Group G[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AEK LAR SKO PNF
1 AEK Athens 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 9 Round of 16 — — 6–0
2 AEL 3 2 0 1 5 6 −1 6 0–5 1–0 —
3 Skoda Xanthi 3 1 0 2 5 2 +3 3 0–1 — —
4 Panelefsiniakos 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0 — 1–4 0–5
Source: epo.gr

Group H[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AST KAL KIS PSE
1 Asteras Tripolis 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Round of 16 4–0 — —
2 Kalloni 3 2 0 1 4 6 −2 6 — — 2–1
3 Kissamikos 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1 1–3 1–2 —
4 Panserraikos 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1 0–1 — 0–0
Source: epo.gr
Rules for classification: 1. Points 2. Head-to-head points 3. Goals scored 4. Goals against 5. Play-offs (neutral ground).

Knockout phase[]

In the knockout phase, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

  • In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners are seeded, and the eight group runners-up are unseeded.
    The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group can be drawn against each other.

Bracket[]

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
Levadiakos 0 0 0
AEK Athens 1 2 3
AEK Athens 4 1 5
Iraklis 1 0 1
Veria 0 0 0
Iraklis 1 1 2
AEK Athens 1 1 2
Atromitos 0 1 1
PAS Giannina 1 1 2
Panathinaikos (a) 2 0 2
Panathinaikos 0 0 0
Atromitos 0 1 1
Platanias 0 1 1
Atromitos 0 2 2
AEK Athens 2
Olympiacos 1
Ergotelis 0 0 0
Panionios 1 1 2
Panionios 1 0 1
PAOK (a) 1 0 1
Kalloni 2 0 2
PAOK 1 3 4
PAOK 0 0 0
Olympiacos (w/o) 3 3 6
Chania 1 0 1
Olympiacos 4 6 10
Olympiacos 5 1 6
Asteras Tripolis 0 1 1
AEL 0 0 0
Asteras Tripolis 3 3 6

Round of 16[]

The draw for this round took place on 18 December 2015.

Seeding[]

Seeded teams
Team
Iraklis
Panionios
PAOK
Panathinaikos
Olympiacos
Atromitos
AEK Athens
Asteras Tripolis
Unseeded teams
Team
PAS Giannina
Ergotelis
Chania
Levadiakos
Platanias
Veria
AEL
Kalloni

Summary[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEL 0–6 Asteras Tripolis 0–3 0–3
Veria 0–2 Iraklis 0–1 0–1
Platanias 1–2 Atromitos 0–0 1–2
Levadiakos 0–3 AEK Athens 0–1 0–2
Ergotelis 0–2 Panionios 0–1 0–1
Kalloni 2–4 PAOK 2–1 0–3
PAS Giannina 2–2 (a) Panathinaikos 1–2 1–0
Chania 1–10 Olympiacos 1–4 0–6

Matches[]

AEL0–3Asteras Tripolis
Report
Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
Referee: Triantafyllos Tikas ()
Asteras Tripolis3–0AEL
 Report
Nea Smyrni Stadium, Nea Smyrni
Referee: Fotis Fotiadis ()

Asteras Tripolis won 6–0 on aggregate.

Veria0–1Iraklis
Report
Veria Stadium, Veria
Referee: Dimitrios Thanos ()
Iraklis1–0Veria
  • Vellios Goal 72'
 Report
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)

Iraklis won 2–0 on aggregate.

Platanias0–0Atromitos
Report
Perivolia Municipal Stadium, Chania
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia)
Atromitos2–1Platanias
Report
Peristeri Stadium, Peristeri
Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos ()

Atromitos won 2–1 on aggregate.

Levadiakos0–1AEK Athens
Report
  • Vargas Goal 30'
Levadia Municipal Stadium, Livadeia
Referee: Athanasios Giachos ()
AEK Athens2–0Levadiakos
  • Johansson Goal 44'
  • Buonanotte Goal 85'
 Report
Olympic Stadium, Marousi

AEK Athens won 3–0 on aggregate.

Ergotelis0–1Panionios
Report
Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
Referee: Spyros Selimos ()
Panionios1–0Ergotelis
 Report
Nea Smyrni Stadium, Nea Smyrni
Referee: Athanasios Sezos ()

Panionios won 2–0 on aggregate.

Kalloni2–1PAOK
 Report
Mytilene Municipal Stadium, Mytilene
Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis (Imathia)
PAOK3–0Kalloni
  • Mak Goal 65'
  • Athanasiadis Goal 58'
  • Berbatov Goal 86'
 Report
Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
Referee: Georgios Kominis ()

PAOK won 4–2 on aggregate.

PAS Giannina1–2Panathinaikos
 Report
Zosimades Stadium, Ioannina
Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Athens)
Panathinaikos0–1PAS Giannina
Report
Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi
Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis (Imathia)

Panathinaikos won on away goals.

Chania1–4Olympiacos
 Report
Perivolia Municipal Stadium, Chania
Olympiacos6–0Chania
 Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Referee: Alexandros Katsikogiannis (Epirus)

Olympiacos won 10–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals[]

The draw for this round took place on 15 January 2016.

Summary[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panionios 1–1 (a) PAOK 1–1 0–0
Panathinaikos 0–1 Atromitos 0–0 0–1
Olympiacos 6–1 Asteras Tripolis 5–0 1–1
AEK Athens 5–1 Iraklis 4–1 1–0

Matches[]

Panionios1–1PAOK
 Report
Nea Smyrni Stadium, Nea Smyrni
Referee: Michalis Voskakis ()
PAOK0–0Panionios
Report
Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)

PAOK won on away goals.

Panathinaikos0–0Atromitos
Report
Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Ampelokipoi
Referee: Dimitris Styliaras (Aetoloacarnania)
Atromitos1–0Panathinaikos
 Report
Peristeri Stadium, Peristeri
Referee: Christos Mitsios (Epirus)

Atromitos won 1–0 on aggregate.

Olympiacos5–0Asteras Tripolis
 Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Referee: Christos Mitsios (Epirus)
Asteras Tripolis1–1Olympiacos
 Report
Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium, Tripoli
Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens)

Olympiacos won 6–1 on aggregate.

AEK Athens4–1Iraklis
 Report
  • Vellios Goal 90'
Olympic Stadium, Marousi
Referee: Giannis Delfakis (Arcadia)
Iraklis0–1AEK Athens
Report
  • Mantalos Goal 50'
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Referee: Dimitris Thanos ()

AEK Athens won 5–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals[]

The draw for this round took place on 19 February 2016. After the first match on 2 March being abandoned due to crowd violence, the cup was cancelled,[1] before being resumed on 15 April 2016.[3] New dates for the competition were announced by Hellenic Football Federation and the other first leg match was played on 20 April while the second leg matches were played on 26 and 27 April 2016.[4]

Summary[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
PAOK 0–6 Olympiacos 0–3 (w/o) 0–3 (w/o)
AEK Athens 2–1 Atromitos 1–0 1–1

Matches[]

PAOK0–3
(Awarded)		Olympiacos
 Report
Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
Referee: Andreas Pappas (Athens)

Match abandoned in the 90th minute with the score at 1–2.[10] It was later awarded as a 0–3 win for Olympiacos.[11]

Olympiacos3–0
(Awarded)		PAOK
Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Referee: Charalampos Kalogeropoulos (Athens)

PAOK didn't show up to the match.[12]

Olympiacos won 6–0 on aggregate.

AEK Athens1–0Atromitos
  • Mantalos Goal 73'
 Report
Olympic Stadium, Marousi
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Alexis Aretopoulos ()
Atromitos1–1AEK Athens
  • Brito Goal 68' (pen.)
 Report
  • Djebbour Goal 88'
Peristeri Stadium, Peristeri
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Giorgos Kyzas (Drama)

AEK Athens won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final[]

After the cup was resumed the Hellenic Football Federation announced that the final would be played on 7 May 2016,[4] but it was later postponed to 15 May 2016.[5][6] It was again postponed to 17 May 2016.[13]

AEK Athens2–1Olympiacos
  • Mantalos Goal 38'
  • Djebbour Goal 51'
 Report
(in Greek)
Olympic Stadium, Marousi
Attendance: Behind closed doors
AEK Athens
Οlympiacos
GK 22 Greece Giannis Anestis
DF 12 Brazil Rodrigo Galo
DF  4 Spain César Arzo
DF 26 Greece Dimitrios Kolovetsios
DF 23 Spain Dídac Vilà Yellow card 62'
MF  8 Portugal André Simões Yellow card 41'
MF 18 Sweden Jakob Johansson
MF 20 Greece Petros Mantalos (c)  Substituted off 81'
FW  9 Venezuela Ronald Vargas  Substituted off 58'
FW 21 Greece Christos Aravidis Yellow card 43'  Substituted off 90+1'
FW 19 Algeria Rafik Djebbour
Substitutes:
GK 13 Greece Panagiotis Dounis
DF  5 Greece Vasilis Lampropoulos
DF 55 Greece Adam Tzanetopoulos  Substituted in 81'
DF 27 Greece Michalis Bakakis Yellow card 90+5'  Substituted in 58'
MF 25 Greece Konstantinos Galanopoulos
FW 30 Argentina Diego Buonanotte
FW 14 Czech Republic Tomáš Pekhart  Substituted in 90+1'
Manager:
Greece Stelios Manolas
GK 16 Spain Roberto
DF 30 Brazil Leandro Salino
DF  3 Spain Alberto Botía Yellow card 77'
DF  6 Morocco Manuel da Costa
DF 26 Democratic Republic of the Congo Arthur Masuaku
MF  5 Serbia Luka Milivojević Yellow card 32'
MF 11 Switzerland Pajtim Kasami Substituted off 53'
MF 19 Spain David Fuster (c) Substituted off 65'
MF 77 Portugal Hernâni Substituted off 53'
MF  7 Greece Kostas Fortounis
FW 17 Mexico Alan Pulido
Substitutes:
GK 48 Greece Dimitrios Katsimitros
DF 23 Greece Dimitris Siovas
DF 41 Greece Kostas Tsimikas
MF 91 Argentina Esteban Cambiasso
MF 10 Argentina Chori Domínguez Substituted in 65'
FW 90 Colombia Felipe Pardo Substituted in 53'
FW 99 Nigeria Brown Ideye Substituted in 53'
Manager:
Portugal Marco Silva

Man of the Match:

  • Petros Mantalos (AEK Athens)

Match officials

  • Assistant referees:
    • Damianos Efthimiadis
    • Polychronis Kostaras
  • Additional assistant referees:
    • Michael Koukoulakis
    • Alexandros Aretopoulos
  • Fourth official: Tryfon Petropoulos

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[]

  1. ^ a b "Greek Cup cancelled by government following crowd violence". Reuters. Reuters. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  2. ^ "FIFA Emergency Committee provides Greece a new deadline to resume Cup competition". FIFA. 5 April 2016. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b Επανέναρξη του Κυπέλλου Ελλάδας στο ποδόσφαιρο [Reopening of Greek Cup Football] (in Greek). Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Κύπελλο Ελλάδας: Οι ημερομηνίες ημιτελικών-τελικού [Greece Cup: The semi-final dates] (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  5. ^ a b Ανακοίνωση Ε.Π.Ο. (6/5/2016) [Announcement of the AEC (6/5/2016)] (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  6. ^ a b Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εκτάκτων Θεμάτων (7/5/2016) [Commission Decisions of Extraordinary Affairs (05.07.2016)] (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  7. ^ ΑΕΚ-Ολυμπιακός 2–1. cnn.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  8. ^ "AEK winner of Greek cup 2016". neoskosmos.com. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Ημερομηνίες αγώνων Κυπέλλου επαγγελματικών ομάδων περιόδου 2015-2016" (PDF). 14 September 2015. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Violence sees Greek Cup semi-final abandoned". BBC Sport. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  11. ^ Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εφέσεων 14/4/2016 [Commission Decisions Appeals 04/14/2016]. Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  12. ^ "Δεν κατέβηκε στο Καραϊσκάκη ο ΠΑΟΚ – Στον τελικό ο Ολυμπιακός". news.gr.
  13. ^ "ΕΠΟ: Στις 17 Μαΐου ο τελικός Κυπέλλου με τους ίδιους οργανωτικούς όρους - Press Publica - Δημοσιογραφία για το δημόσιο συμφέρον". presspublica.gr. 11 May 2016.

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