2019–20 Greek Football Cup

2019–20 Greek Cup

Tournament details
Country	Greece
Teams	84
Defending champions	PAOK
Final positions
Champions	Olympiacos (28 titles)
Runner-up	AEK Athens
Tournament statistics
Matches played	107
Goals scored	264 (2.47 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Dimitrios Pelkas Georgios Pamlidis (4 goals each)
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The 2019–20 Greek Football Cup is the 78th season of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 84 clubs are accepted to enter. 14 from the Super League 1 (1st tier), 12 from the Super League 2 (2nd tier), 14 from the Football League (3rd tier) and 44 previous season local Cup winners. The Second Leg Semi-Final matches and the Final were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece until June.

The Final was originally scheduled for 26 July and was postponed to 30 August because of Olympiacos' pressure in HFF to change the stadium from Georgios Kamaras Stadium to Olympic Stadium and after the no of the Hellenic Police in the first stadium. The Final was rescheduled for 30 August in the Olympic Stadium but it was postponed again because Olympiacos' player Maximiliano Lovera was tested positive for COVID-19. The Final was rescheduled again for 12 September at Panthessaliko Stadium in Volos.

Round	Date(s)	Fixtures	Clubs	New entries	Leagues entering
First Round	24, 25, 28 August & 17 September 2019	21	84 → 62	44	Local Cup Winners
Second Round	31 August, 1, 4, 8, 15 September & 2 October 2019	11	62 → 51	none	none
Third Round	14, 15, 18, 25 September & 16 October 2019	12	51 → 39	14	Football League
Fourth Round	24–26 September, 2, 9, 23 October 2019	12	39 → 27	12	Super League 2
Fifth Round	29–31 October & 3–5 December 2019	22	27 → 16	9	Super League 1, places 6–14
Round of 16	7–9, 14–16 January 2020	16	16 → 8	5	Super League 1, places 1–5
Quarter-finals	4–6, 11–13 February 2020	8	8 → 4	none	none
Semi-finals	4 March & 24 June 2020	4	4 → 2
Final	12 September 2020	1	2 → 1

Super League 1	Super League 2	Football League	2018−19 Local Cup Winners
AEK Athens AEL Aris Asteras Tripolis Atromitos Lamia OFI Olympiacos Panathinaikos Panetolikos Panionios PAOK Volos Xanthi	Apollon Larissa Apollon Pontus Apollon Smyrnis Chania Doxa Drama Ergotelis Karaiskakis Kerkyra Levadiakos Panachaiki PAS Giannina Platanias	Diagoras Egaleo Enosis Aspropyrgos Ialysos Ierapetra Ionikos Kavala Kalamata Niki Volos Olympiacos Volos Thesprotos Triglia Trikala Veria	Acharnaikos AEEK SYNKA Aetos Orfano Aiolikos Apollon Efpalio2 APO Atalanti Atromitos Agios Georgios Atromitos Patras Atsalenios Doxa Arta Edessaikos PO Elassona Episkopi Ethnikos Alexandroupoli Ethnikos Piraeus Grevena Aerata1	Ilisiakos Karitsa Korinthos Leonidio Makedonikos Foufas Megas Alexandros Iasmos Megas Alexandros Kallithea Meliteas Meliti1 Meteora Nea Artaki Omiros Neochori Orfeas Xanthi Pallixouriakos Panargiakos	Pandramaikos Enosis Vathyllos-Pansamiakos Panserraikos Panthiraikos PAONE Eptalofos3 Pellana Potamia Sellana Souli Paramythia Thermaikos Thinaliakos Thriamvos Serviana1 Tilikratis Xenophon Krestena Ypato Zakynthos4

The draw for this round took place on 9 August 2019.^[1] The majority of fixtures were held on 24, 25 and 28 August 2019.^[2]

Two of the fixtures, Kalamata–Atromitos Patras and Enosis Vathyllos-Pansamiakos–Aiolikos were postponed in light the bids of Kalamata and Aiolikos to enter the Football League.^[2] Kalamata were eventually greenlighted to play in the Football League by decision of the HFF, taking the place of Nestos Chrysoupoli, who withdrew their participation.^[3] As such, despite being drawn against Atromitos Patras, they advanced to the Third Round draw on walkover. Likewise, Atromitos advanced to the next round on walkover.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
24 August 2019
Tilikratis	3–1	Sellana
25 August 2019
Pellana	2–0	Atromitos Agios Georgios
Pallixouriakos	0–1	Xenophon Krestena
Thinaliakos	2–1	Potamia
Megas Alexandros Iasmos	0–3 (w/o)	Pandramaikos
Ethnikos Alexandroupoli	0–7	Aetos Orfano
Panserraikos	2–2 (4–3 p)	Orfeas Xanthi
PAONE Eptalofos	0–4	Karitsa
Makedonikos Foufas	3–2	Megas Alexandros Kallithea
Edessaikos	1–2	Thermaikos
PO Elassona	0–0 (4–2 p)	Souli Paramythia
APO Atalanti	2–0	Meteora
Apollon Efpalio	3–0	Omiros Neochori
Korinthos	2–0	Leonidio
Nea Artaki	2–2 (2–3 p)	Ethnikos Piraeus
Episkopi	1–0	Atsalenios
Acharnaikos	0–3	AEEK SYNKA
28 August 2019
Doxa Arta	2–0	Zakynthos
Ypato	5–0	Panargiakos
Panthiraikos	3–0	Ilisiakos
17 September 2019
Enosis Vathyllos-Pansamiakos	0–0 (2–4 p)	Aiolikos
N/A
Kalamata	bye
Atromitos Patras	bye

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The draw for this round took place on 27 August 2018.^[4]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
31 August 2019
PO Elassona	1–1 (5–3 p)	Tilikratis
1 September 2019
Thinaliakos	1–0	Apollon Efpalio
Aetos Orfano	4–2	Thermaikos
Pellana	1–0	AO Ypato
Pandramaikos	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Makedonikos Foufas
Xenophon Krestena	2–1	Doxa Arta
AE Karitsa	1–2	Panserraikos
4 September 2019
Episkopi	2–0	Ethnikos Piraeus
8 September 2019
Panthiraikos	1–0	AEEK SYNKA
15 September 2019
APO Atalanti	1–0	Atromitos Patras
2 October 2019
Aiolikos	2–0	Korinthos

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The draw for this round took place on 9 September 2019.^[5] A total of 24 teams are involved in the Round 3 draw: The 12 2019−20 Football League teams entering in this round, and the twelve winners of the previous round.^[5] 12 single-match fixtures were determined, of which the winners will qualify to the next Round. The majority of fixtures were held on 14, 15 and 18 September.^[6]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
14 September 2019
Aetos Orfano	2–1	Thesprotos
PO Elassona	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Enosis Aspropyrgos
15 September 2019
Episkopi	1–2	Trikala
Panthiraikos	0–0 (5–4 p)	OF Ierapetra
Thinaliakos	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Kavala
Pandramaikos	0–3	Ionikos
Xenophon Krestena	1–2	Egaleo
Panserraikos	2–0	Triglia
18 September 2019
Pellana	0–2	Ialysos
Veria	2–0	Diagoras
25 September 2019
APO Atalanti	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Olympiacos Volos
16 October 2019
Aiolikos	1–0	Niki Volos
N/A
Kalamata	bye

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The draw for this round took place on 17 September 2019.^[7] A total of 24 teams were involved in the Round 4 draw: The 12 2019−20 Super League 2 teams entering in this round, and the twelve winners of the previous round.^[7] 12 single-match fixtures were determined, of which the winners qualified to the next Round. The majority of fixtures were held on 24, 25 and 26 September.^[7]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
24 September 2019
Ionikos	1–2	Panachaiki
Veria	3–0	Levadiakos
Trikala	1–0	Doxa Drama
25 September 2019
Egaleo	0–2	Ergotelis
Kavala	2–0	Chania
Kalamata	0–0 (4–3 p)	Karaiskakis
26 September 2019
Panthiraikos	1–2	Platanias
2 October 2019
Ialysos	1–0	Kerkyra
Aetos Orfano	0–1	Apollon Larissa
Enosis Aspropyrgos	0–2	PAS Giannina
9 October 2019
Olympiacos Volos	1–0	Apollon Pontus
23 October 2019
Aiolikos	1–0	Apollon Smyrnis
N/A
Panserraikos	bye

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The draw for this round took place on 16 October 2019.^[8] A total of 22 teams are involved in the Round 5 draw: The 8 2019−20 Super League teams, who finished in places 6–13 in the 2018−19 season entering the competition in this round, the twelve winners of the previous round, the champion of the 2018–19 Football League (Volos), and the single club advancing on walkover in Round 4 (Panserraikos).^[9]

As of this phase onward, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.

In the draw for Round 5, the nine Super League teams are seeded, and the 13 clubs advancing from previous Rounds are unseeded.^[9] The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. The remaining 4 unseeded clubs will be drawn against one another with the team being drawn last hosting the second leg.^[9]

A total of 11 fixtures were determined, of which the winners will qualify to the Round of 16. The first leg matches will be held on 29, 30 and 31 October, while the 2nd leg matches will be held 3, 4 and 5 December 2019.^[9]

Seeded	Unseeded
Panionios	Panserraikos
Lamia	Panachaiki
Panathinaikos	Veria
Panetolikos	Trikala
AEL	Ergotelis
Asteras Tripolis	Kavala
Xanthi	Kalamata
OFI	Platanias
Volos	Ialysos
	Apollon Larissa
	PAS Giannina
	Olympiacos Volos
	Aiolikos

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Apollon Larissa	2–4	Xanthi	2–1	0–3
Panserraikos	2–2 (2–4 p)	Volos	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
PAS Giannina	3–1	Veria	1–0	2–1
Olympiacos Volos	0–9	Panionios	0–3	0–6
Kalamata	3–1	AEL	3–0	0–1
Kavala	2–4	OFI	2–0	0–4
Panachaiki	1–5	Panathinaikos	1–3	0–2
Platanias	2–4	Asteras Tripolis	0–1	2–3 (a.e.t.)
Ialysos	1–9	Panetolikos	0–4	1–5
Aiolikos	0–6	Lamia	0–3	0–3
Trikala	4–2	Ergotelis	3–2	1–0

Xanthi won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Volos won 4–2 on penalties.

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PAS Giannina won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Panionios won 9–0 on aggregate.

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Kalamata won 3–1 on aggregate.

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OFI won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Asteras Tripolis won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Panetolikos won 9–1 on aggregate.

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Lamia won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Trikala won 4–2 on aggregate.

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which were played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level.
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

• In the draw for the Round of 16, the five Super League clubs finishing in places 1–5 in the previous season are seeded, while the clubs advancing from the Fifth Round are unseeded.
  The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. The remaining 6 unseeded clubs will be drawn against one another with the team being drawn last 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.

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Volos	0	2	2
	16	Atromitos	3	0	3
								Atromitos		0	0	0
								Aris		0	1	1
	8	Xanthi	0	1	1
	9	Aris	1	2	3
															Aris		1	2	3
															AEK Athens (a.e.t.)		2	2	4
	5	AEK Athens	1	0	1
	12	Asteras Tripolis	1	2	3
								AEK Athens		1	4	5
								Panetolikos		1	0	1
	4	Panetolikos (a)	0	1	1
	13	Panionios	0	1	1
																						AEK Athens		0
																						Olympiacos		1
	6	OFI	0	1	1
	11	PAOK	3	4	7
								PAOK		2	1	3
								Panathinaikos		0	0	0
	3	PAS Giannina	1	1	2
	14	Panathinaikos	0	3	3
															PAOK		3	0	3
															Olympiacos		2	2	4
	7	Trikala	0	1	1
	10	Lamia	1	1	2
								Lamia		0	2	2
								Olympiacos		0	3	3
	2	Kalamata	0	1	1
	15	Olympiacos	2	4	6

The draw took place on 16 December 2019.^[10]

Seeded	Unseeded
PAOK	Panetolikos
Olympiacos	Asteras Tripolis
AEK Athens	Xanthi
Atromitos	OFI
Aris	Volos
Panionios	PAS Giannina
Lamia	Trikala
Panathinaikos	Kalamata

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Volos	2–3	Atromitos	0–3	2–0
PAS Giannina	2–3	Panathinaikos	1–0	1–3
Asteras Tripolis	1–3	AEK Athens	1–1	0–2
Kalamata	1–6	Olympiacos	0–2	1–4
OFI	1–7	PAOK	0–3	1–4
Trikala	1–2	Lamia	0–1	1–1
Xanthi	1–3	Aris	0–1	1–2
Panetolikos	1–1 (a)	Panionios	0–0	1–1 (a.e.t.)

Atromitos won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Panathinaikos won 3–1 on aggregate.

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AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Olympiacos won 6–1 on aggregate.

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PAOK won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Lamia won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Aris won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Panetolikos won on away goals.

The draw took place on 23 January 2020.^[11]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aris	1–0	Atromitos	0–0	1–0
Panetolikos	1–5	AEK Athens	1–1	0–4
PAOK	3–0	Panathinaikos	2–0	1–0
Lamia	2–3	Olympiacos	0–0	2–3

Aris won 1–0 on aggregate.

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AEK Athens won 5–1 on aggregate.

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PAOK won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Olympiacos won 3–2 on aggregate.

The draw took place on 20 February 2020.^[12]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PAOK	3–4	Olympiacos	3–2	0–2
AEK Athens	4–3	Aris	2–1	2–2 (a.e.t.)

Olympiacos won 4–3 on aggregate.

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AEK Athens won 4–3 on aggregate.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dimitrios Pelkas	PAOK	4
	Georgios Pamlidis	PAS Giannina
3	Christos Alexiou	Karitsa	3
	Alberto Simoni	Veria
	Giannis Loukinas	Platanias
	Gavriil Apostolidis	Aetos Orfano
	Sotiris Tsiloulis	Panionios
	Dimitris Gourtsas	Panserraikos
	Georgios Papavasiliou
	Admir Bajrovic	Panetolikos
	Vangelis Alexopoulos	Kalamata
	Marko Livaja	AEK Athens

• The 2019–20 Greek Cup format (in Greek)