1997–98 Greek Football Cup

The 1997–98 Greek Football Cup was the 56th edition of the Greek Football Cup.

1997–98 Greek Cup
Country Greece
Teams66
Defending championsAEK Athens
ChampionsPanionios (2nd title)
Runners-upPanathinaikos
Matches played129
Top goal scorer(s)Ademar Dorneles Rodrigues (8)

Tournament details

Totally 66 teams participated, 18 from Alpha Ethniki, 18 from Beta, and 30 from Gamma. It was held in 7 rounds, included final. The teams of Alpha Ethniki would enter in the competition in the Third Round.

Panionios made the surprise overcoming Panathinaikos in the Final[1][2] and won the second Cup in their history, after 1979. Also, they were neophyte in Alpha Ethniki that year, while the previous season they had participated in Beta Ethniki Championship. In semi-finals they eliminated PAOK. Panathinaikos in the Fourth Round eliminated Panserraikos, achieving an impressive victory in Serres, with extraordinary 4–6, and while in half time they were behind in the score, 3–1.

Calendar
RoundDate(s)FixturesClubsNew entries
First Round17,24 August 19974866 → 4248
Second Round10,24-25 September 19972042 → 32none
Third Round19 November, 3,4,24 December 19973232 → 1618
Round of 167-8-9,28-29 January 19981616 → 8none
Quarter-finals11,25 February 199888 → 4none
Semi-finals4,18 March 199844 → 2none
Final29 April 199812 → 1none

First round

First legs were held on August 17, 1997. Second legs on 24th.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Edessaikos 4–1 Preveza 2–0 2–1
Marko 1–0 Doxa Drama 4–0 0–0
Tyrnavos 1–5 Orestis Orestiada 0–3 1–2
Ethnikos Asteras 5–3 Panegialios 3–1 2–2
Apollon Kalamaria 2–0 Pamisos 2–0 0–0
Trikala 1–3 ILTEX Lykoi 0–2 1–1
Agios Nikolaos 6–7 Panserraikos 5–2 1–5
Agrotikos Asteras 4–3 Kozani 4–1 0–2
Kallithea 2–3 Nafpaktiakos Asteras 2–1 0–2
Apollon Larissa 1–0 PAS Giannina 1–0 0–0
Panargiakos 1–2 Agia Eleousa 1–1 0–1
Orfeas Alexandroupoli 2–1 Keratsini 0–0 2–1
Panelefsiniakos 6–1 Korinthos 5–0 1–1
Kerkyra 3–1 Olympiacos Volos 3–0 0–1
Naoussa 1–5 Aetos Skydra 0–2 1–3
Pyrgos 0–5 Panetolikos 0–4 0–1
Ialysos 5–1 Larissa 2–0 3–1
Anagennisi Arta 0–5 Aris 0–0 0–5
Egaleo 2–1 Ambelokipoi Thessaloniki 2–1 0–0
EAR 1–2 Pierikos 1–1 0–1
Niki Volos 2–0 Levadiakos 2–0 0–0
Ergotelis 4–2 Kastoria 3–2 1–0
Anagennisi Karditsa 5–2 Doxa Vyronas 3–0 2–2
Poseidon Michaniona 3–2 Aiolikos 0–1 3–1

Second round

First legs were held on September 10, 1997, and second on 24th–25th.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aris 4–1 Aetos Skydra 4–0 0–1
Agia Eleousa 2–3 Edessaikos 2–1 0–2
Poseidon Michaniona 3–3 (4–3 p) Orestis Orestiada 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Ergotelis 2–3 Apollon Larissa 1–1 1–2
Pierikos 2–5 Panserraikos 1–2 1–3
Orfeas Alexandroupoli 1–1 (3–0 p) Nafpaktiakos Asteras 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Ethnikos Asteras 0–5 Apollon Kalamaria 0–2 0–3
Panelefsiniakos 2–1 ILTEX Lykoi 2–1 0–0
Panetolikos 4–2 Marko 1–1 3–1
Niki Volos 2–0 Kerkyra 1–0 1–0
Egaleo bye — —
Ialysos bye — —
Anagennisi Karditsa bye — —
Agrotikos Asteras bye — —

Third round

First legs were held on November 19, 1997, while second legs were held on December 3-4–24th.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egaleo (a) 2–2 Paniliakos 1–0 1–2
Orestis Orestiada 0–6 Panathinaikos 0–2 0–4
Skoda Xanthi 4–1 AEK Athens 2–1 2–0
Apollon Larissa (a) 2–2 Panachaiki 1–0 1–2
Apollon Kalamaria 5–3 Kavala 3–0 2–3
Agrotikos Asteras 2–3 Anagennisi Karditsa 1–0 1–3
Apollon Athens 0–2 Orfeas Alexandroupoli 0–2 0–0
OFI 2–0 Kalamata 1–0 1–0
Aris (a) 3–3 Ialysos 2–0 1–3
Panelefsiniakos 3–4 Panionios 3–1 0–3
Edessaikos 3–2 Athinaikos 1–0 2–2
Iraklis 4–2 Olympiacos 2–0 2–2
Ethnikos Piraeus 0–3 Ionikos 0–0 0–3
Veria 3–2 Panetolikos 0–0 3–2
Panserraikos 4–3 Niki Volos 2–1 2–2
PAOK 3–2 Proodeftiki 3–1 0–1

Round of 16

First legs were held on January 7–8–9th 1998 and second were held on 28th–29th.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Veria 3–4 Skoda Xanthi 2–1 1–3
Panathinaikos 10–5 Panserraikos 4–1 6–4
OFI 3–5 Aris 2–1 1–4
Egaleo 1–5 Apollon Kalamaria 0–0 1–5
Apollon Larissa 4–0 Anagennisi Karditsa 3–0 1–0
PAOK 4–1 Ionikos 2–0 2–1
Iraklis 6–3 Edessaikos 5–0 1–3
Orfeas Alexandroupoli 0–1 Panionios 0–0 0–1

Quarter-finals

First legs were held on February 11, 1998. Second legs on 25th.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aris 1–3 Panathinaikos 1–1 0–2
PAOK 2–1 Skoda Xanthi 2–0 0–1
Iraklis 4–1 Apollon Larissa 4–0 0–1
Panionios 6–2 Apollon Kalamaria 4–2 2–0

Semi-finals

First legs were held on March 4, 1998, and second legs on 18th.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panionios 2–1 PAOK 1–0 1–1
Iraklis 2–4 Panathinaikos 2–1 0–3

Final

The 54th Greek Cup Final was played at the Karaiskakis Stadium.

Panionios1–0Panathinaikos
 Report
Attendance: 21,436
Referee: Giorgos Borovilos (Arcadia)
Panionios
Panathinaikos
GK12 Foto Strakosha
DF 6 Dimitris Bougas 13'
DF24 Vasilis Ioannidis 52'  72'
DF 8 Anastasios Katsabis 78'
DF 5 Leonidas Vokolos (c)
DF21 Apostolos Mantzios
MF 9 Miodrag Medan 66'
MF23 Giannis Kamitsis 54'  58'
MF10 Antonis Sapountzis 77'
MF20 Takis Fyssas
FW17 Dimitris Nalitzis 73'
Substitutes:
DF 4 Roy Wassberg 73'
MF18 Kostas Kafalis 66'
MF26 Theofilos Karasavvidis 78'
Manager:
Christos Emvoliadis
GK 1 Józef Wandzik 54'
DF 2 Stratos Apostolakis 65'
DF23 Theofilaktos Nikolaidis
DF 8 Giannis Goumas
DF17 Giorgos S. Georgiadis 28'  46'
DF 6 Thanasis Kolitsidakis
MF11 Giorgos Ch. Georgiadis
MF18 Kostas Konstantinidis
MF12 Erik Mykland 42' 48'
MF 9 Krzysztof Warzycha (c)
FW10 Alexis Alexoudis 54'
Substitutes:
MF15 Angelos Basinas 48'
MF13 Nikos Liberopoulos 54'
FW28 Igor Sypniewski 65'
Manager:
Vasilis Daniil

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official: Spyros Papadakos (Laconia)

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References
  1. "Πανιώνιος-Παναθηναϊκός 1–0". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  2. https://www.epo.gr/vodafon/kyppello/Kipello1996-1999.pdf
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