2015–16 Greek Football Cup

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.

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 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
RoundClubs
remaining		Clubs
involved		Winners from
previous round		New entriesLeagues entering
Preliminary Round344none4Football League
Group Stage3232230Super League
Round of 16161616nonenone
Quarter-finals888nonenone
Semi-finals444nonenone
Final222nonenone

Calendar
RoundMain dateFixturesClubsNew entries
Preliminary Round9, 10, 16 September 2015434 → 324
Group Stage27–29 October, 1–3 & 15–17 December 20154832 → 1630
Round of 165–7, 12–14 January 20161616 → 8none
Quarter-finals27, 28 January & 3, 4, 10, 11 February 201688 → 4none
Semi-finals2 March, 20, 26, 27 April 201634 → 2none
Final17 May 201612 → 1none

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
Referee: Dionysis Zougras (Kozani)
Kallithea2–0Agrotikos Asteras
 Report
Referee: Georgios Foukakis (Heraklion)

Kallithea won 2–0 on aggregate.

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

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
Referee: Triantafyllos Tikas (Karditsa)
Asteras Tripolis3–0AEL
 Report
Referee: Fotis Fotiadis (Kastoria)

Asteras Tripolis won 6–0 on aggregate.

Veria0–1Iraklis
Report
Referee: Dimitrios Thanos (Grevena)
Iraklis1–0Veria
 Report
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)

Iraklis won 2–0 on aggregate.

Platanias0–0Atromitos
Report
Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia)
Atromitos2–1Platanias
Report
Referee: Alexandros Aretopoulos (Trikala)

Atromitos won 2–1 on aggregate.

Levadiakos0–1AEK Athens
Report
Referee: Athanasios Giachos (Chios)
AEK Athens2–0Levadiakos
 Report
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)

AEK Athens won 3–0 on aggregate.

Ergotelis0–1Panionios
Report
Referee: Spyros Selimos (Laconia)
Panionios1–0Ergotelis
 Report
Referee: Athanasios Sezos (Kilkis)

Panionios won 2–0 on aggregate.

Kalloni2–1PAOK
 Report
Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis (Imathia)
PAOK3–0Kalloni
 Report
Referee: Georgios Kominis (Thesprotia)

PAOK won 4–2 on aggregate.

PAS Giannina1–2Panathinaikos
 Report
Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Athens)
Panathinaikos0–1PAS Giannina
Report
Referee: Dimitrios Karantonis (Imathia)

Panathinaikos won on away goals.

Chania1–4Olympiacos
 Report
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
Olympiacos6–0Chania
 Report
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
Referee: Michalis Voskakis (Rethymnο)
PAOK0–0Panionios
Report
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)

PAOK won on away goals.

Panathinaikos0–0Atromitos
Report
Referee: Dimitris Styliaras (Aetoloacarnania)
Atromitos1–0Panathinaikos
 Report
Referee: Christos Mitsios (Epirus)

Atromitos won 1–0 on aggregate.

Olympiacos5–0Asteras Tripolis
 Report
Referee: Christos Mitsios (Epirus)
Asteras Tripolis1–1Olympiacos
 Report
Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens)

Olympiacos won 6–1 on aggregate.

AEK Athens4–1Iraklis
 Report
Referee: Giannis Delfakis (Arcadia)
Iraklis0–1AEK Athens
Report
Referee: Dimitris Thanos (Grevena)

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
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
Referee: Charalampos Kalogeropoulos (Athens)

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

Olympiacos won 6–0 on aggregate.

AEK Athens1–0Atromitos
 Report
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Alexis Aretopoulos (Trikala)
Atromitos1–1AEK Athens
 Report
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
 Report
(in Greek)
Attendance: Behind closed doors
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese)
AEK Athens
Οlympiacos
GK22 Giannis Anestis
DF12 Rodrigo Galo
DF 4 César Arzo
DF26 Dimitrios Kolovetsios
DF23 Dídac Vilà 62'
MF 8 André Simões 41'
MF18 Jakob Johansson
MF20 Petros Mantalos (c)  81'
FW 9 Ronald Vargas  58'
FW21 Christos Aravidis 43'  90+1'
FW19 Rafik Djebbour
Substitutes:
GK13 Panagiotis Dounis
DF 5 Vasilis Lampropoulos
DF55 Adam Tzanetopoulos  81'
DF27 Michalis Bakakis 90+5'  58'
MF25 Konstantinos Galanopoulos
FW30 Diego Buonanotte
FW14 Tomáš Pekhart  90+1'
Manager:
Stelios Manolas
GK16 Roberto
DF30 Leandro Salino
DF 3 Alberto Botía 77'
DF 6 Manuel da Costa
DF26 Arthur Masuaku
MF 5 Luka Milivojević 32'
MF11 Pajtim Kasami 53'
MF19 David Fuster (c) 65'
MF77 Hernâni 53'
MF 7 Kostas Fortounis
FW17 Alan Pulido
Substitutes:
GK48 Dimitrios Katsimitros
DF23 Dimitris Siovas
DF41 Kostas Tsimikas
MF91 Esteban Cambiasso
MF10 Chori Domínguez 65'
FW90 Felipe Pardo 53'
FW99 Brown Ideye 53'
Manager:
Marco Silva

Man of the Match:

Match officials

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. "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. 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. 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. 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. 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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