2017–18 Greek Football Cup

2017–18 Greek Cup
Country  Greece
Teams 33
Defending champions PAOK
Champions PAOK (6th title)
Runners-up AEK Athens
Matches played 76
Goals scored 199 (2.62 per match)

The 2017–18 Greek Cup was the 76th season of the Greek Football Cup. A total of 33 clubs were accepted to enter. The competition commenced on September 2017 with the Preliminary Round and concluded on the 12th of May 2018 with the Final. The winner of the competition qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.PAOK won the competition for a second consecutive year(thus defending the title) beating AEK Athens 2-0 in the final held at Athens Olympic Stadium.

Teams

RoundClubs
remaining		Clubs
involved		Winners from
previous round		New entries
this round		Leagues entering
at this round
Preliminary Round332none2Football League
Group Stage3232131Super League
Round of 16161616nonenone
Quarter-Finals888nonenone
Semi-Finals444nonenone
Final222nonenone

Calendar

RoundMain dateNumber
of fixtures		ClubsNew entries
this round
Preliminary Round20 August & 30 August 2017233 → 322
Group Stage19, 20, 21 September, 24, 25, 26 October & 28, 29, 30 November 20174832 → 1631
Round of 1619, 20, 21 December 2017 & 9, 10, 11 January 2018816 → 8none
Quarter-Finals24, 25 January & 7, 8 February 201848 → 4none
Semi-Finals27, 28 February, 1 March & 17, 18, 19 April 201824 → 2none
Final12 May 201812 → 1none

Participating clubs

2017–18 Super League 2017–18 Football League

Preliminary round

The draw for this round took place on August 2017.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aiginiakos 2–2 (a) Veria 1–0 1–2

Group stage

The draw for this round took place on 11 August 2017.

Group A

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts
1. OFI 22003–16
2. Platanias 21011–13
3. Apollon Smyrni 20021–30
4. Iraklis (withdrawn) 00000–00
 IRAOFIAPOPLA
Iraklis — — — —
OFI — — 2–1 1–0
Apollon Smyrni — — — —
Platanias — — 1−0 —
1.^ Iraklis Thessaloniki withdrew from the league because of Financial Problems. The Founding Club (Athlitiki Enosis Pontion Katerini) stopped to exist too. The Original Gymnastikos Syllogos Iraklis will decide if a new Football Team will start from The Third Category of the Local Championship Macedonia Football Clubs Association, or if The Football Team Of G.S. Iraklis will be merged with 1st category (A1) Macedonia Football Clubs Association club Iraklis Ampelokipi, as it happened before 5 years with Athlitiki Enosis Pontion Katerinis F.C.. The club was therefore automatically disqualified from the tournament.

Group B

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts
1. PAOK 33008–19
2. Levadiakos 32017–36
3. Apollon Pontou 31022–33
4. Aiginiakos 30030–110
 APOPAOLEVEGN
Apollon Pontou — 0–1 1–2 —
PAOK — — 2−1 —
Levadiakos — — — 5−0
Aiginiakos 0–1 0–5 — —

Group C

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts
1. AEK Athens 330012–29
2. Lamia 32013–36
3. Apollon Larissa 31023–103
4. Kallithea 30033–60
 KALAEKLAMAPO
Kallithea — 2–3 — 1−2
AEK — — 2−0 —
Lamia 1−0 — — —
Apollon Larissa — 0−7 0–2 —

Group D

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts
1. Atromitos 32106–17
2. Trikala 31204–25
3. Kerkyra 31116–24
4. Sparta 30032–130
 KERATRTRISPA
Kerkyra — — — 6–1
Atromitos 1−0 — — —
Trikala 0–0 1−1 — —
Sparta — 0–4 1–3 —

Group E

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts
1. Olympiacos 32106–27
2. Asteras Tripoli 32016–36
3. Kissamikos 31113–34
4. Acharnaikos 30030–70
 OLYASTACHAOC
Olympiacos — 2−1 — —
Asteras Tripoli — — — 2–1
Acharnaikos 0–3 0–3(w/o) — —
AO Chania Kissamikos 1–1 — 1–0 —

Group F

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts
1. Xanthi 33008–39
2. Panetolikos 32017–26
3. Panserraikos 31023–43
4. Ergotelis 30032–110
 ERGPTKPSRXAN
Ergotelis — 0–5 — 2−4
Panetolikos — — 2−0 —
Panserraikos 2−0 — — 1−2
Xanthi — 2−0 — —

Group G

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts
1. PAS Giannina 31205–25
2. Panionios 31113–34
3. Aris 31113–34
4. Panegialios 31021–43
 PAGARIPNIPGL
PAS Giannina — — — 3–0
Aris 1–1 — 1–2 —
Panionios 1–1 — — —
Panegialios — 0–1 1–0 —

Group H

Team Pld W D L Goals Pts
1. Panathinaikos 32105–27
2. AEL 31113–24
3. Panachaiki 31112–44
4. Anagennisi Karditsa 30121–31
 PANAELANKPNC
Panathinaikos — 2–0 — —
AEL — — — 3–0
Anagennisi Karditsa 1–2 0–0 — —
Panachaiki 1–1 — 1–0 —

|} Source: Hellenic Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) head-to-head points,[1] 3) head-to-head goal difference.[2] 4) head-to-head best offense [3] 5) overall goal difference [4] 6) overall best offense.[5] 7) overall best defense.[6]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Round of 16

The draw for this round took place on 4 December 2017.

Seeded teams
Team
OFI
PAOK
AEK
Atromitos
Olympiacos
Xanthi
PAS Giannina
Panathinaikos
Unseeded teams
Team
Platanias
Levadiakos
Lamia
Trikala
Asteras Tripoli
Panetolikos
Panionios
AEL
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Platanias 0–4 Olympiacos 0–2 0–2
Asteras Tripoli 0–2 Atromitos 0–1 0–1
Levadiakos 1–4 PAS Giannina 1–0 0–4
Lamia 4–2 Panathinaikos 4–1 0–1
Panetolikos 0–5 AEK 0–4 0–1
Trikala 2–7 PAOK 1–5 1–2
Panionios 3–0 OFI 2–0 1–0
AEL 3–2 Xanthi 3–0 0–2

Quarter-Finals

The draw for this round took place on 15 January 2018.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
PAOK 5–1 Atromitos 2–0 3–1
Panionios 5–1 Lamia 1–0 4–1
Olympiacos 1–2 AEK 0–0 1–2
PAS Giannina 3–5 AEL 1–2 2–3 (a.e.t.)

Semi-Finals

The draw for this round took place on 12 February 2018.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Panionios 2–6 PAOK 1–3 1–3
AEL 2–2 (a) AEK 2–1 0–1

Final

AEK 0–2 PAOK
Report
(in Greek)		 Vieirinha  65'
Pelkas  90+2'
Attendance: 35,545
AEK
PAOK
GK1Greece Vasilis Barkas
DF2Greece Michalis Bakakis
DF 4 Ognjen VranješYellow cardYellow cardRed card 64', 80'
DF19Ukraine Dmytro Chygrynskiy
DF23Sweden Niklas Hult 53'
MF 8Portugal André Simões
MF20Greece Petros Mantalos (c) 67'
MF25Greece Kostas GalanopoulosYellow card 90'
MF14Greece Anastasios BakasetasYellow card 71' 73'
FW11Argentina Sergio Araujo
FW10Croatia Marko LivajaYellow card 46'
Substitutes:
GK16Greece Panagiotis Tsintotas
MF77Greece Christos Giousis
DF5Greece Vassilis Lambropoulos
FW9Greece Giorgos Giakoumakis 73'
DF33Greece Giorgos Giannoutsos
MF 7Greece Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 67'
DF12Brazil Rodrigo Galo 53'
Manager:
Spain Manolo Jiménez
GK31Greece Alexandros Paschalakis
DF 3Brazil Léo MatosYellow card 21'
DF15Spain José Ángel CrespoYellow card 45+1'
DF43Cape Verde Fernando VarelaYellow card 80'Red card 90+4'
DF88Portugal Vieirinha (c) 82'
MF87Spain José Cañas
MF8Brazil MaurícioRed card 80'
MF77Greece Dimitris PelkasYellow card 90+3'
MF10Angola Djalma CamposYellow card 6' 52'
MF21Netherlands Diego Biseswar 75'
FW 9Serbia Aleksandar Prijović
Substitutes:
GK99Greece Marios Siampanis
MF7Morocco Omar El Kaddouri
DF13Greece Stelios Malezas 82'
MF28Ukraine Yevhen Shakhov 75'
MF29Slovakia Róbert Mak 52'
MF18Greece Dimitris Limnios
FW18Greece Efthimis Koulouris
Manager:
Romania Răzvan Lucescu

Man of the Match:

Match officials

References

  1. ↑ "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation. , chapter 20, paragraph 5 (in Greek)
  2. ↑ "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation. , chapter 20, paragraph 6 (in Greek)
  3. ↑ "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation. , chapter 20, paragraph 7 (in Greek)
  4. ↑ "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation. , chapter 20, paragraph 8 (in Greek)
  5. ↑ "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation. , chapter 20, paragraph 9 (in Greek)
  6. ↑ "Professional league rules" (PDF). Hellenic Football Federation. , chapter 20, paragraph 10 (in Greek)
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