The Greek Football Cup (Κύπελλο Ελλάδος), commonly known as the Greek Cup, is a knockout cup competition in Greek football, run by and named after the Hellenic Football Federation.
The Greek Cup began in 1931-32. Because it involves clubs of all standards playing against each other there is the possibility for "giant-killers" from the lower divisions to eliminate top clubs from the tournament, though lower division teams rarely reach the final.
The current holders of the Greek Cup are Larissa which beat Panathinaikos 2-1, on 5 May 2007 final.
Format
In the Greek Cup, only teams from the three professional divisions,
Super League,
Second and
Third, are allowed to participate.
From First to Fifth Round are carried out single matches, but in Fifth Round a match can be replayed if ends with a draw. Then, the replay is carried out in the home of the team that played away in the first match. In quarter-finals and semi-finals, are carried out double matches. Final is single.
History
Greek Cup began in
1931. In its early years, the attendance was optional. The matches were defined between the football associations, without a draw. Later, and for a lot of years, the draw worked in and double matches were held up to final. In the
90s, the qualifying matches were played in groups. The winners of the groups played against each other up to final in double matches.
Until 1964, if the final score was draw (including the extra time), the two finalists replayed, while penalties didn't exist. That year, in the semi-final match between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos (final score: 1-1), fans of both teams entered in the stadium, destroyed the ground and interrupted the game, believing that was arranged to end with a draw, in order to be replayed. The next year (1965) was applied a new rule, fixing that, if the final score was draw, the winner would be determined by draw.
That rule was suppressed in 1969-70, the season that penalty shootout were applied. Until 1971, teams from all over the divisions, professional and amateur, had been taking part. Each team played firstly in its football clubs association competition and the two winners continued in a Panhellenic competition. Since 1972, participants are only from the three professional divisions.
The current format was established since 2005-06 season.
Finals
| Season
| Winner
| Score
| Runner-up
| Stadium |
| 1931-32
| AEK Athens
| 5-3
| Aris
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens |
| 1932-33
| Ethnikos Piraeus
| 2-1 (r)
| Aris
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens |
| 1933-34
| not held
|
| 1934-35 |
| 1935-36 |
| 1936-37 |
| 1937-38 |
| 1938-39
| AEK Athens
| 2-1
| PAOK
| Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens |
| 1939-40
| Panathinaikos
| 3-1
| Aris
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens |
| 1940-41
| suspended due to World War II
|
| 1941-42 |
| 1942-43 |
| 1943-44 |
| 1944-45 |
| 1945-46 |
| 1946-47
| Olympiacos
| 5-0
| Iraklis
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens |
| 1947-48
| Panathinaikos
| 2-1
| AEK Athens
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens |
| 1948-49
| AEK Athens
| 2-1 (a.e.t.) (r)
| Panathinaikos
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens |
| 1949-50
| AEK Athens
| 4-0
| Aris
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens |
| 1950-51
| Olympiacos
| 4-0
| PAOK
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens |
| 1951-52
| Olympiacos
| 2-0 (r)
| Panionios
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens |
| 1952-53
| Olympiacos
| 3-2
| AEK Athens
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens |
| 1953-54
| Olympiacos
| 2-0
| Doxa Drama
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens |
| 1954-55
| Panathinaikos
| 2-0
| PAOK
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens |
| 1955-56
| AEK Athens
| 2-1
| Olympiacos
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens |
| 1956-57
| Olympiacos
| 2-0
| Iraklis
| Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens |
| 1957-58
| Olympiacos
| 5-1
| Doxa Drama
| Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens |
| 1958-59
| Olympiacos
| 2-1
| Doxa Drama
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens |
| 1959-60
| Olympiacos
| 3-0 (r)
| Panathinaikos
| Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens |
| 1960-61
| Olympiacos
| 3-0
| Panionios
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens |
| 1961-62
| not awarded ¹
|
| 1962-63
| Olympiacos
| 3-0
| Pierikos
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens |
| 1963-64
| AEK Athens ²
|
|
| 1964-65
| Olympiacos
| 1-0
| Panathinaikos
| Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens |
| 1965-66
| AEK Athens
| 2-0 ³
| Olympiacos
| Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens |
| 1966-67
| Panathinaikos
| 1-0
| Panionios
| Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens |
| 1967-68
| Olympiacos
| 1-0
| Panathinaikos
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens |
| 1968-69
| Panathinaikos (after draw)
| 1-1
| Olympiacos
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens |
| 1969-70
| Aris
| 1-0
| PAOK
| Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki |
| 1970-71
| Olympiacos
| 3-1
| PAOK
| Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens |
| 1971-72
| PAOK
| 2-1
| Panathinaikos
| Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens |
| 1972-73
| Olympiacos
| 1-0
| PAOK
| Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens |
| 1973-74
| PAOK
| 2-2 (4-3 p)
| Olympiacos
| Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens |
| 1974-75
| Olympiacos
| 1-0
| Panathinaikos
| Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens |
| 1975-76
| Iraklis
| 4-4 (6-5 p)
| Olympiacos
| Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens |
| 1976-77
| Panathinaikos
| 2-1
| PAOK
| Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens |
| 1977-78
| AEK Athens
| 2-0
| PAOK
| Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens |
| 1978-79
| Panionios
| 3-1
| AEK Athens
| Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens |
| 1979-80
| Kastoria
| 5-2
| Iraklis
| Nikos Goumas, Athens |
| 1980-81
| Olympiacos
| 3-1
| PAOK
| Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens |
| 1981-82
| Panathinaikos
| 1-0
| Larissa
| Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens |
| 1982-83
| AEK Athens
| 2-0
| PAOK
| Olympic Stadium, Athens |
| 1983-84
| Panathinaikos
| 2-0
| Larissa
| Olympic Stadium, Athens |
| 1984-85
| Larissa
| 4-1
| PAOK
| Olympic Stadium, Athens |
| 1985-86
| Panathinaikos
| 4-0
| Olympiacos
| Olympic Stadium, Athens |
| 1986-87
| OFI
| 1-1 (3-1 p)
| Iraklis
| Olympic Stadium, Athens |
| 1987-88
| Panathinaikos
| 2-2 (4-3 p)
| Olympiacos
| Olympic Stadium, Athens |
| 1988-89
| Panathinaikos
| 3-1
| Panionios
| Olympic Stadium, Athens |
| 1989-90
| Olympiacos
| 4-2
| OFI
| Olympic Stadium, Athens |
| 1990-91
| Panathinaikos
| 3-0
2-1
| Athinaikos
| Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
Olympic Stadium, Athens |
| 1991-92
| Olympiacos
| 1-1
2-0
| PAOK
| Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki
Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens |
| 1992-93
| Panathinaikos
| 1-0
| Olympiacos
| Olympic Stadium, Athens |
| 1993-94
| Panathinaikos
| 3-3 (4-2 p)
| AEK Athens
| Olympic Stadium, Athens |
| 1994-95
| Panathinaikos
| 1-0 (a.e.t.)
| AEK Athens
| Olympic Stadium, Athens |
| 1995-96
| AEK Athens
| 7-1
| Apollon Athens
| Olympic Stadium, Athens |
| 1996-97
| AEK Athens
| 0-0 (5-3 p)
| Panathinaikos
| Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens |
| 1997-98
| Panionios
| 1-0
| Panathinaikos
| Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens |
| 1998-99
| Olympiacos
| 2-0
| Panathinaikos
| Olympic Stadium, Athens |
| 1999-00
| AEK Athens
| 3-0
| Ionikos
| Olympic Stadium, Athens |
| 2000-01
| PAOK
| 4-2
| Olympiacos
| Nikos Goumas Stadium, Athens |
| 2001-02
| AEK Athens
| 2-1
| Olympiacos
| Olympic Stadium, Athens |
| 2002-03
| PAOK
| 1-0
| Aris
| Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki |
| 2003-04
| Panathinaikos
| 3-1
| Olympiacos
| Nea Smyrni Stadium, Athens |
| 2004-05
| Olympiacos
| 3-0
| Aris
| Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras |
| 2005-06
| Olympiacos
| 3-0
| AEK Athens
| Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion |
| 2006-07
| Larissa
| 2-1
| Panathinaikos
| Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos |
| 2007-08
|
|
|
|
|
Notes
- ¹ - The final between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos was abandoned at 0-0. The Cup was not awarded.
- ² - The semifinal between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos was abandoned at 1-1 in extra time and never finished; this left AEK Athens as the only finalists and they were awarded the Cup by the Greek FA.
- ³ - The Cup was awarded to AEK Athens after Olympiacos did not show for the final.
Performance By Club
| Club
| Winners
| Runners-up
| Winning Years |
| Olympiacos
| 22
| 11
| 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2005, 2006 |
| Panathinaikos
| 16
| 10
| 1940, 1948, 1955, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004 |
| AEK Athens
| 13
| 6
| 1932, 1939, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002 |
| PAOK
| 4
| 12
| 1972, 1974, 2001, 2003 |
| Panionios
| 2
| 4
| 1979, 1998 |
| Larissa
| 2
| 2
| 1985, 2007 |
| Aris
| 1
| 6
| 1970 |
| Iraklis
| 1
| 4
| 1976 |
| OFI
| 1
| 1
| 1987 |
| Ethnikos Piraeus
| 1
| -
| 1933 |
| Kastoria
| 1
| -
| 1980 |
| Doxa Drama
| -
| 3
| - |
| Pierikos
| -
| 1
| - |
| Athinaikos
| -
| 1
| - |
| Apollon Athens
| -
| 1
| - |
| Ionikos
| -
| 1
| - |
Titles by city
* (including Piraeus)
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