1995–96 Greek Football Cup

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

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)

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 First Round (phase of groups), 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
RoundDate(s)FixturesClubsNew entries
First Round5672 → 3272
Second Round29 November, 20 December 19953232 → 16none
Round of 163,17 January 19961616 → 8none
Quarter-finals31 January, 14 February 199688 → 4none
Semi-finals28 February, 13 March 199644 → 2none
Final15 May 199612 → 1none

First round

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

Second round
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 Larissa 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
 Report (page 5)
Attendance: 31,563
Referee: Christos Sotiropoulos (Piraeus)
Apollon Athens
ΑΕΚ Athens
GK 1 Dimitris Raptis
DF 3 Kostas Mavridis  55'
DF 4 Andreas Theodoropoulos  35'
DF 5 Giannis Apostolou  46'
DF 7 Predrag Erak 25'
ΜF 2 Kostas Ioannou
MF 6 Giannis Tatsis
MF 8 Lefteris Velentzas (c)
MF10 Bledar Kola
FW 9 Bernard Barnjak
FW11 Demis Nikolaidis
Substitutes:
DF12 Panagiotis Lachanas  55'
DF13 Vangelis Kefalas 76'  46'
MF14 Theodoros Alexis  35'
Manager:
Giannis Pathiakakis
GK 1 Ilias Atmatsidis
DF 2 Vassilis Borbokis 8' 66'
DF 3 Nikos Kostenoglou
DF 4 Stelios Manolas (c) 29'
DF 6 Michalis Vlachos 1' 66'
DF11 Michalis Kasapis 2'
MF 5 Refik Šabanadžović
MF 8 Toni Savevski
MF 7 Temur Ketsbaia
MF10 Vasilios Tsiartas 82'
FW 9 Daniel Batista 52'
Substitutes:
GK15 Vasilis Karagiannis
DF13 Vaios Karagiannis 82'
DF16 Charis Kopitsis
MF14 Christos Maladenis 66'
FW12 Christos Kostis 66'
Manager:
Dušan Bajević

MATCH OFFICIALS

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

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
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